Lambo a Villa fan....?

[Tuscans]

Just watched Football Focus and he said he followed Villa as a child. His mum bought him an 82' Villa shirt.

Nice one PL.

[Irish villain]

Just watched Football Focus and he said he followed Villa as a child. His mum bought him an 82' Villa shirt.

Nice one PL.

No way?! This is excellent news. He did seem to have a certain affinity with the club as we have discussed in recent days.

I'm sickened that I missed this interview, if anybody can find a link (BBC vids usually don't play in ROI) can you post here? Cheers.

[AstonTavernForever]

He's kept that quiet! Good to know though and hopefully he can take us back to those happier times in 82

[Tuscans]

I gathered he was Celtic through and through but obviously not. Adds a little sexiness for me when your manager has an affection for the club from his childhood days.

[Tuscans]

Just watched Football Focus and he said he followed Villa as a child. His mum bought him an 82' Villa shirt.

Nice one PL.

No way?! This is excellent news. He did seem to have a certain affinity with the club as we have discussed in recent days.

I'm sickened that I missed this interview, if anybody can find a link (BBC vids usually don't play in ROI) can you post here? Cheers.

It was literally only about 4 minutes long but im sure it will appear on Youtube in next coming days

[dave shelley]

I've always loved the way he talks about the club.  He always addresses us by name and never follows the modern trend of football club managers who always address the club they are managing as "the football club" when talking about them.

His attitude and body language towards the supporters always seem genuine to me, I love that attitude, I really do; which is one of the reasons I desperately want him to do well with us.

[Den Dennis]

His mom bought him the 82 euro kit.......bloody glory-hunter

[not3bad]

I gathered he was Celtic through and through but obviously not.

Well, he could still have been a big Celtic fan and followed Villa as his English team...

[Tuscans]

I gathered he was Celtic through and through but obviously not.

Well, he could still have been a big Celtic fan and followed Villa as his English team...

I guess...just kind of thought you get the Scots following Liverpool, Man.Utd etc

[KevinGage]

I've always loved the way he talks about the club.  He always addresses us by name and never follows the modern trend of football club managers who always address the club they are managing as "the football club" when talking about them.

Snap. 

Seems such a petty thing, but it always used to piss me off when MON came out with that.  It's Villa or THE Villa.

Might just be PR, but following some of the previous managers who had a penchant for foot in mouth moments, it's welcome. 

[martin o`who??]

I saw that, this bloke is definitely winning me over more and more.

[Nev]

Pat Murphy tweeted about this earlier, I waited for the interview to make my mind up.

I'm deeply suspicious when managers come out with this kind of thing but the fact that Lambert didn't say this when he came here or even used it to his advantage when we were playing so badly is to his credit.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Yeah, I'm cynical about this sort of stuff too...I want to see the shirt!

[KevinGage]

In fairness, we were kind of a big deal then.   We picked up a few floating fans around the country dating back to that period - but not to the extent that the North West clubs did, obv. 

The purchase of a shirt might just have been that, mind.  Plenty of people would buy replica jerseys for clubs outside of their own league with no real emotional attachment to said club.

As others have said, if he was a Villa fan, I'm sure it would have come out before now.

[Lambert and Payne]

I'm a bit suspicious in all honesty, seems such an easy thing to say.