PAUL Lambert is set to bolster Aston Villa’s backroom staff and reunite with his former Norwich confidants Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa in the next few days.Sources in East Anglia suggest the two clubs are close to agreeing a compromise to allow the Canaries duo to link up with Lambert as pre-season gets under way. Culverhouse and Karsa were Lambert’s assistant and head of football operations respectively at the Carrow Road, having previously worked with him at Wycombe and Colchester.But they are surplus to requirements at Norwich now after new boss Chris Hughton took coaches Colin Calderwood, Paul Trollope and scout Ewan Chester with him from Blues.Lambert, meanwhile, has been holding out for trusted allies Culverhouse and Karsa to join him since taking over at Villa at the start of June.First team coach and reserve team boss Kevin MacDonald left the club by mutual consent, while Gordon Cowans has been kept on in an as yet unspecified role.Goalkeeping coach Terry Gennoe and fitness coach Adrian Lamb have also been retained. Read More http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2012/07/03/aston-villa-ian-culverhouse-and-gary-karsa-set-to-join-paul-lambert-at-villa-park-97319-31311521/#ixzz1zY4k60Op
Don't really know much about them in a coaching way but welcome aboard
Karsa's role is to look at the videos. He is the most expensive fella ever to lie in bed all day, but he is worth every penny. He knows every move that every player has made in every league he has worked in. The guy also has a photographic memory and Lambert will be lost without him. He is the key member of staff at the club. His job is to work out the strengths and weaknesses of every opposition team and player. He forwards the template to Culverhouse and Cully sets up the team to attack the opposition weaknesses and rebutt the opposition strengths. Lambert had the easy job. He motivated the players before kick-off and at half-time, picked the team and the transfer targets, the latter with Cully. All this unrequited love for Lambert from the Canary faithful was completely misplaced. It should be 'there's only one Gary Karsa'. City's strength was a tightly knit management team.
Quote from: Phil from the upper holte on July 03, 2012, 10:33:24 AMDon't really know much about them in a coaching way but welcome aboardThey are very highly rated by the Norwich fans, especially Culverhouse, who appears to be the footballing brain with Lambert as Mr Motivator. As one Norwich fan put it, "without Culverhouse, Villa have bought a very expensive car without an engine".I found this that may explain how Lambert's backroom team work:QuoteKarsa's role is to look at the videos. He is the most expensive fella ever to lie in bed all day, but he is worth every penny. He knows every move that every player has made in every league he has worked in. The guy also has a photographic memory and Lambert will be lost without him. He is the key member of staff at the club. His job is to work out the strengths and weaknesses of every opposition team and player. He forwards the template to Culverhouse and Cully sets up the team to attack the opposition weaknesses and rebutt the opposition strengths. Lambert had the easy job. He motivated the players before kick-off and at half-time, picked the team and the transfer targets, the latter with Cully. All this unrequited love for Lambert from the Canary faithful was completely misplaced. It should be 'there's only one Gary Karsa'. City's strength was a tightly knit management team.
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