Popular Post markavfc40 Posted April 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) I think us getting to the FA Cup final and our upturn in form in the league just confirms what many fans thought for some time. That he had built a good squad of players but was clueless in terms of how to get the best of them. I genuinely don’t know how much input he had into the scouting of players and who we purchased but I'd imagine it was quite considerable. What we do know is that as manager he was responsible for picking the team, formation, style of play in terms of it being attacking or defensive and for motivating the players. He totally lost his way on all those counts. I think wherever he ends up next he needs to take a serious look at who he has alongside him in terms of an assistant and coaching staff. Clearly Lambert is lacking in some areas, as all managers do, but a good manager will ensure where he is lacking he has staff around him who can fill the gaps. Edited April 20, 2015 by markavfc40 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Zen Posted April 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2015 (...)enjoy how bad Lambert continues to look. What a peculiar and sad thing to enjoy. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (...)enjoy how bad Lambert continues to look. What a peculiar and sad thing to enjoy. There is an almost worryingly personal dislike there for what essentially was just a man doing his job poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (...)enjoy how bad Lambert continues to look. What a peculiar and sad thing to enjoy. There is an almost worryingly personal dislike there for what essentially was just a man doing his job poorly. He should have retired though, long before he dragged us all the way down to 18th! If it hadn't been for Sherwood we would probably be 20th by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 20, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2015 Retired? That would have been a bit extreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) Retired? That would have been a bit extreme Nah, the man's lost it i think. The once up and coming manager from Norwich is no longer there i think Edited April 20, 2015 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) Retire is harsh. The job was just too much of a challenge for him, no more, no less. Edited April 20, 2015 by sexbelowsound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Retire is harsh. The job was just too much of a challenge for him, no more, no less. Time will tell if he can rebuild his repuptation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The most confusing thing for me and perhaps we'll never know the truth is the whole (lack of an) assistant manager thing during the end of his reign. Was he not allowed to recruit Or couldn't he find anyone suitable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The most confusing thing for me and perhaps we'll never know the truth is the whole (lack of an) assistant manager thing during the end of his reign. Was he not allowed to recruit Or couldn't he find anyone suitable? It was borderline criminal. I'm not aware of another top league club lacking important staff like that for an extended period of time. As disinterested as Lerner is, I don't believe it was him who had ordered that and the fact that Sherwood has been allowed to bring a good number of staff makes it very unlikely to pin that on Lerner/Fox. Either Lambert was too picky or didn't think he really needed more help or no one wanted to work with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (...)enjoy how bad Lambert continues to look. What a peculiar and sad thing to enjoy. There is an almost worryingly personal dislike there for what essentially was just a man doing his job poorly. No one has made me dislike watching the club I love as much as Paul Lambert. He may be the nicest bloke in the world but I dislike him a lot for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (...)enjoy how bad Lambert continues to look. What a peculiar and sad thing to enjoy. There is an almost worryingly personal dislike there for what essentially was just a man doing his job poorly. No one has made me dislike watching the club I love as much as Paul Lambert. He may be the nicest bloke in the world but I dislike him a lot for that. He's gone though, chill your boots, he can't hurt you anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 This place will go into absolute meltdown if a Paul Lambert-managed club ever beats us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I think the job just became too much for him and he lost the plot this season with his style of play. He had a good record at Norwich though so suspect he will get another job soon. Many managers we have had go into meltdown afterwards. The pressure of the job becomes so much they are burnt out after leaving us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2015 Retired? That would have been a bit extreme Nah, the man's lost it i think. The once up and coming manager from Norwich is no longer there i think Mental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 This place will go into absolute meltdown if a Paul Lambert-managed club ever beats us. agreed but for a couple of years it's going to have to be a cup game against lower league or Scots opposition he needs a bit of a rebuild before a prem team would look around for that January rescue managerial change and think of Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2015 I think he'll be a premier league manager before the end of next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Well, never say never I guess, and best of luck to him out there. But that either means he gets the job at a promoted team between now and August, which I can't see, or he's seen by somebody as the ideal choice to get a team out of a relegation crisis. I just can't see either of those two scenarios with Aston Villa as the last thing on his record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I think he'll get another team in Championship and be interesting to see if he can get them promoted. I've said it before but for the most part he's a decent judge of a player. You can see our squad has quality which he managed to build without huge investment. He's just a very poor coach and motivator. He lost the players last year, It was very obvious to anyone who watched Spurs away on last day of season. Unfortunatley Randy wasnt one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2015 Well, never say never I guess, and best of luck to him out there. But that either means he gets the job at a promoted team between now and August, which I can't see, or he's seen by somebody as the ideal choice to get a team out of a relegation crisis. I just can't see either of those two scenarios with Aston Villa as the last thing on his record. The latter I reckon. Once the teams lower down the league start sacking their managers next season he'll be in the running for the jobs. One of those teams could also be Norwich... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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