Isa Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 he spoke well of villa to be fair, not as bad as some say. didnt come across as bitter Other than his usual little swipe at fans with his claim that "everyone expects Villa to be finishing sixth or seventh" you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 To be fair we do!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 It was only last season that stating you'd be happy with mid table on here would be met with cries of "lowered expectations". Saying our fans expect 6/7th isn't exactly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 To be fair we do!! I didn't under the 2.5 years he was in charge. Although I do expect more than 12 goals in 24 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Not one fan expected Lambert to finish in the top-seven. He was turned on for not being able to break the cycle of relegation dogfights and rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 he spoke well of villa to be fair, not as bad as some say. didnt come across as bitter I didn't get this impression, so I watched it again. He praised Randy a couple of times and Faulkner once. Didn't mention Tom Fox. Said " everyone expected top 6, 7 etc" (incredibly insulting to most fans, who actually significantly lowered their expectations and gave him time well into his third year when we were abysmal ). Made much, with the help of the presenter, of little he had to work with financially, never mentioned the support he got from the fans for so long..... I don't think I'd call that speaking well of us at all. In fact when you add it to the rest of what he said I've gone from being a reluctant critic who hoped for the best for him to totally anti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 PL has a case for his first two seasons in-charge, but this season was a disaster barring the opening few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Lambert basically just echos the Villa related clichés rolled out by every manager (i.e. massive club, great club etc) but for whatever reason he gets extra adulation for saying it. I personally find absolute nothing likeable about him, he is gormless, gutless and deluded. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'd have had a lot more time for him if he'd said something along the lines of..."I thought we did OK considering everything for the first two years, I really thought we could push on, as we had good players, as you can see, but I think the hard efforts of those two years took a toll on me, on all of us, and maybe it became more difficult than it should to get top performances out of the players,and maybe out of myself, but I wish the Club, the fans, and the Manager well. But he didn't. Nowhere near. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 the alleged trying to get sacked wasnt a classy move if true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 He needs some pr to try and make excuses because every game that goes by Tim Sherwood is making him look like an abysmal manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I hope he gets another job soon. Good luck to him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted May 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2015 I hope he gets another job soon. Good luck to him. Me too. One far, far, far away from us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2015 he spoke well of villa to be fair, not as bad as some say. didnt come across as bitter Other than his usual little swipe at fans with his claim that "everyone expects Villa to be finishing sixth or seventh" you mean? Isn't that exactly what Sherwood has said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Isn't that exactly what Sherwood has said? Where? The context was probably different. In Lambert's case he has done it a few times before, like that time he berated our "unrealistic expectations". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2015 I didn't hear the interview. But didn't Sherwood say not so long ago that people expect villa to finish 6th or 7th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Dunno TBH. Like I say, I'd imagine the context was completely different if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I didn't hear the interview. But didn't Sherwood say not so long ago that people expect villa to finish 6th or 7th? When Lambert said it it was a case of "people are deluded if they think we should be finishing there". If Tim said it I've no doubt it was more "this club SHOULD be finishing there" Massive difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Also said he had no arguments over being sacked, just how he was sacked, apparently over the phone whilst he was with family in Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Someone at the Sherwood press conference said that Lambert almost sacked Grealish at one point. No idea how true that is but ridiculous if so. He really lost his way here. I backed him for longer than I probably should have. I wish him the best of luck wherever he goes next but thank f*ck he's gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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