VillaJ100 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 20 minutes ago, Zatman said: Unless i missed somebody, i make it no Lambert signings still play for Villa? Technically Gil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 hours ago, jim said: Paddy PowerVerified account @paddypower FollowFollow @paddypower More When Paul Lambert was confirmed as new Stoke boss, we thought he may not have been first choice, but he could be the perfect man for the job. Then we thought about it some more, changed our minds, and decided to pay out on Stoke being relegated from the Premier League. I bet the Coates Family have got all the media marketeers working through the night at Bet365 towers tonight looking for a witty response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Excuse me while I go clear my throat......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Genie said: Don’t you think a team with Stokes resources, and premier league status they could do better than Paul Lambert? I’d be a bit annoyed I were a Stoke fan. Even take a punt on an unknown doing well in another league has got to be a better option? Think it was just a case of them getting knocked back by their first two choices and then worrying a bit. Happened with Everton aswell. Surely in this day and age you only sack a manager if you have a cast iron guarentee your first choice wants to come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 hours ago, bobzy said: Has Lambert actually had "several failures"? With hindsight, most Villa fans think he did alright keeping us in the Premier League. With Blackburn, they were basically mid-table in Championship. He improved Wolves from where they were before he took over, too. Obviously he didn't have huge amounts to spend here but he took over a team that finished 16th promising to entertain and improve and after two similar finishes he left us in 19th two and a bit years later. Blackburn were massively in decline so he did o.k there given they went down the next season. He kept Wolves up but bored their fans to death. No way they'd be anywhere near 1st if he'd stayed in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Czechlad said: I don't understand how Lambert got this job... I do feel for Lambert when he was with us because lerner absolutely f***ed him financially, and our team was pretty garbage for the most part, but since managing our club, Lambert has done nothing to warrant another appointment. Good news for Lambert is this Stoke team has enough quality to stay up, and after this United game, he has 3 matches that he can win. Don't see it. Stoke Do have winnable games at home left (next three are Watford, Huddersfield and Brighton) but he's from the Mon school of failing to win home games as his teams can't break down packed defences so can see two of those being draws. After that they have Man. City and Spurs.... Away from home they have very tough fixtures left: Bournemouth, Arsenal, Leicester, Liverpool, West Ham, Southampton and Swansea on last day. Ironcially they'll probably get a result at Anfield as Lambert teams always play amazing there for some reason, he won there with Wolves last season. Can see them losing four of those fixtures anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 What has Lamberk done to deserve another PL job They should have just kept Hughes i don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Kingman said: Lamberts eye for detail... Good - Benteke, Vlaar, Lowton, Okore??? Agree Bad - Bennett, Bacuna, Westwood???, El Ahmadi, Sanchez Only Bennett was shit. The rest did the job. Ugly - Bowery, Cole, Senderos???, Kozak, Richardson, Sylla, Luna, Helenius, Tonev, Cissokho.Bowery, Cole, Senderos, Kozak, Richardson, Sylla, Luna, Helenius,all butall but Kozakall a Not a bad transfer record, transfer fees were low, and contracts short. Pretty sure we made money from those players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, AshVilla said: What has Lamberk done to deserve another PL job They should have just kept Hughes i don't get it I think it was clear things were stale at Stoke so the new manager freshening things up was needed. Lets face it every premier league side are world famous now, plus a huge pile of money in the bank and the best they could come up with was Lambert? The premier league has got fat and lazy no scouting for players and no scouting for managers either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, AshVilla said: What has Lamberk done to deserve another PL job He said yes when they asked him if he wanted it. After being turned down three times Stoke needed someone they knew would take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotaxMax125 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 So they want a manager who's ego is more important than the good of the club? How long before he falls out with and benches their best players like he did with us. Bent (wasted), Given (wasted). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I think it looks like a crap appointment. That said, you never know, sometimes the ones who look the worst end up being better than you expect. We were all laughing at David Moyes about two months ago. I do think there's a bit of revisionism happened regarding his last two appointments. He wasn't brilliant at Blackburn or Wolves, but I would dispute that he 'failed' at either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, HanoiVillan said: I think it looks like a crap appointment. That said, you never know, sometimes the ones who look the worst end up being better than you expect. We were all laughing at David Moyes about two months ago. I wasn’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Kingman said: Lamberts eye for detail... Good - Benteke, Vlaar, Lowton, Okore??? Bad - Bennett, Bacuna, Westwood???, El Ahmadi, Sanchez Ugly - Bowery, Cole, Senderos???, Kozak, Richardson, Sylla, Luna, Helenius, Tonev, Cissokho.Bowery, Cole, Senderos, Kozak, Richardson, Sylla, Luna, Helenius, I remember Senderos looking really solid alongside Vlaar but he got injured on international duty (sound familiar?) and that was that. Pretty much agree with everything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, RotaxMax125 said: So they want a manager who's ego is more important than the good of the club? How long before he falls out with and benches their best players like he did with us. Bent (wasted), Given (wasted). Yep. He couldn't deal with players who were accomplished - He pushed James Collins out of Villa who has been a Premier League player ever since. He needed young 'triers' who he could control i.e. Westwood, Weimann - that's my impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Czechlad said: I don't understand how Lambert got this job... I do feel for Lambert when he was with us because lerner absolutely f***ed him financially, and our team was pretty garbage for the most part, but since managing our club, Lambert has done nothing to warrant another appointment. Good news for Lambert is this Stoke team has enough quality to stay up, and after this United game, he has 3 matches that he can win. I don't feel for him and his bank balance disagrees with the bit in bold. I dislike him because he kept draining the club of money for himself when things were horribly wrong behind the scenes. He 'protected' Lerner for his own personal gain while Aston Villa was dying a slow death. F*ck him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Lambert watching from the stands, is that to distance himself from the hiding they’ll get and not be associated with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I think it looks like a crap appointment. That said, you never know, sometimes the ones who look the worst end up being better than you expect. We were all laughing at David Moyes about two months ago. I do think there's a bit of revisionism happened regarding his last two appointments. He wasn't brilliant at Blackburn or Wolves, but I would dispute that he 'failed' at either. He did a good job at Norwich and he made good signings for us considering what he had to work with. I think he he lost his way a bit with styles of play but think he could do decent at Stoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Did Steven Ireland fall asleep in his home tanning bed? His face is the same color as the Man U home shirts Edited January 15, 2018 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Stephen Ireland has started this game quite well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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