Big_John_10 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Interesting to hear Tony pulis saying managers should be given 3 years as the third year is the one where progression should be seen. Don't all managers think all managers should be given a long time? We should have given McLeish 2 more years if we were taking the advice of Pullis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Interesting to hear Tony pulis saying managers should be given 3 years as the third year is the one where progression should be seen. Don't all managers think all managers should be given a long time? We should have given McLeish 2 more years if we were taking the advice of Pullis. Interesting to note that Pullis made noticeable progress at Palace in just a few months yet Lambert made no progress at Villa in 2 years (so the 3 year rule is not so hard and fast). Perhaps if Villa fans could have seen some progress there wouldn't be calls for his head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) There has been no progress under Lambert. I had such high hopes for us after the last 10 games of his first season. I felt we had clicked and were on the way up. However roll on this season and our quality of football has dropped dramatically. Lambert looks and acts clueless when opposition managers change tactics against us. But the biggest thing is how he has wasted the limited funds he has had. He has spent 4m or so on 2 LB's and then had to sign a 3rd because they were crap. He signed the likes of Sylla, Tonev and Helenius and has rarely played them. Why sign these players and then not use them when our squad is riddled with injuries. At the moment it seems that Lambert could get away with the dire showing last season because everyone is preoccupied with selling the club. Lets hope that any new owner has a modicum of ambition and realises that Lambert is better off managing Celtic. Edited May 14, 2014 by jacketspuds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 After finishing the season with 1 win in 9 games and getting outplayed in most of those games Lambert has to go. Lambert out. Give the job to someone who knows what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'm totally apathetic to the situation now, defo not in the 'lambert out asap' camp but I'd lose no sleep if he went 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The sun claim he will tell Randy he would rather "quit than face a third season of cutbacks and fans’ fury." http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/5628121/Paul-Lamberts-Aston-Villa-future-on-the-line-as-he-meets-Randy-Lerner.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The sun claim he will tell Randy he would rather "quit than face a third season of cutbacks and fans’ fury."http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/5628121/Paul-Lamberts-Aston-Villa-future-on-the-line-as-he-meets-Randy-Lerner.html HH told me in a pm last summer that he thought Lambert would quit if investment didn't change this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendi Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-paul-lambert-flies-3542510 He going to tell Lerner to pay me up , he been talking him out off selling up 100 per cent true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-paul-lambert-flies-3542510 He going to tell Lerner to pay me up , he been talking him out off selling up 100 per cent true. Are you willing to put your life on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midian Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Mendi you always seem to post very late lately are you from USA or just a night owl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendi Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-paul-lambert-flies-3542510 He going to tell Lerner to pay me up , he been talking him out off selling up 100 per cent true. Are you willing to put your life on that? What ever am saying has legs to it . so please don't judge me at this moment of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The mood music of those newspaper stories is that Lambert is preparing his exit and we will be looking for a new manager very soon as well as a new owner. Why do I get the feeling this is all becoming a little chaotic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 After finishing the season with 1 win in 9 games and getting outplayed in most of those games Lambert has to go. Lambert out. Give the job to someone who knows what they're doing. 1 win and 1 draw in 9 games... if we did that over the course of a season we'd have finished with no more than 20 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Mendi I'm going to assume your account's been hacked. No way would a sane person think that PL is saying "Oh please Randy, let me have a shot at ruining my managerial reputation a bit more by going into another year with **** all money to spend." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Mat Kendrick calling for Lambert's head now. He better hope the club is sold and Lambert fired, otherwise he's finished as an "Insider" To be honest it is a pretty shoddy piece of journalism which relies on some idiotic reasoning. These journalists are such snivelling little cowards and they never attack unless they feel safe to do so, which supports your conclusion that he sees no risk. He's just whoring his opinion out to try and align himself with the general feelings of fans but he's just your usual journo scum, who isn't fit to lace any football manager's boots. His bum-hole will be ready-greased to welcome whoever Lambert's replacement will be, not matter what he might have written about them previously.You don't like journalists, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 He will be leave Aston Villa over the next few days. He had originally hoped to stick around and meet the new owners. But any takeover is a million miles away [Autumn at the very earliest]. A sign of how bad things are, don't think Faulkner and Lambert are to be locked in with Lerner for hours of talks, they have this afternoon and then the rest of the time is with Randy's legal people. Imagine a worst case scenario for Aston Villa and you will be pretty close to the Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 What's the point in sacking him then? We won't have a manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw_nuff Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 He will be leave Aston Villa over the next few days. He had originally hoped to stick around and meet the new owners. But any takeover is a million miles away [Autumn at the very earliest]. A sign of how bad things are, don't think Faulkner and Lambert are to be locked in with Lerner for hours of talks, they have this afternoon and then the rest of the time is with Randy's legal people. Imagine a worst case scenario for Aston Villa and you will be pretty close to the Mark. A merger with Small Heath and we have to use their gaff as VP is asset stripped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-paul-lambert-flies-3542510 He going to tell Lerner to pay me up , he been talking him out off selling up 100 per cent true. so the manager that has spent the best part of 2 years without any meaningful money to spend, who reminded us of that fact at every opportunity, doesn't want the owner to sell up? He'd rather keep going in his job with no money? Is that it? But if that's the case why would he be looking to be paid up for leaving? Also, you're making it seem as if him looking for his contract paid up is some kind of revelatory thing that'd cause issues here? He'll be fully entitled to the remainder of his contract if he's terminated early, that's not remotely out of the ordinary. At this stage it looks like you're just typing random words hoping some of it'll stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Thanks to Hippo for finally providing a bit of ITK that we can all believe. Probably no more accurate, but at least it's better than crap about Larry Ellison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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