Culverhouse and Karsa suspended (Now both sacked: Reply #876)

[Des Little]

Saturday is now massive......

It always was!

[richard moore]

Designed to get lambert to walk?

[Dante Lavelli]

Saying that the bomb squad now have a coaching staff!

Well we were complaining that they're doing nothing for their money.  Now they get to move the cones about.

Am I right in thinking that Lambert's back room staff have nearly always been the same?  He looks pretty isolated to me.  There's no reason why other coaches cannot be parachuted into the roles but unless selected by Lambert I cannot see it working long term.

[JUAN PABLO]

fcuk me

this is madness ,  but looks like the e nd of Lambert etc too  , so im happy about that

Id never believe Sid and Given will be promoted to firsst team coach's this morning. 

What an interested few weeks are going to have

[supertom]

This is very very odd, they are Lambert's two most trusted side kicks. Also promoting Given to a coach is very very strange.

Given wants to move into coaching when he retires and I believe he's taken his badges. To step in for the last 5 games, we could do worse I guess.

[Ads]

I guess it depends what they've done.

You can have friends in a firm, but if they are doing something to get themselves suspended, and if they deserve it, then it's one of those shrug your shoulders things.

I cannot see this being a tactic to get anybody out. It sounds like there was an incident, our HR department investigated and carried out necessary disciplinary procedures in-line with the clubs guidelines.

I wonder what went down? It will all come out in the wash I guess.

[Simon Ward]

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~3768488,00.html

Club statement sheds little light on the state of affairs!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

From the OS:

The Club can confirm that Gordon Cowans and Shay Given have been temporarily promoted to assist manager Paul Lambert and his first team coaching staff.

Paul Lambert said: "I'm delighted to have Gordon and Shay to assist me in preparing the team for Saturday which is what the whole group is focussed on."

Gordon Cowans said: "The manager has asked me to step up to assist him at this time and I'll do my utmost for the Club and the manager in helping prepare the team for Saturday's game against Southampton."

Shay Given said: "As players, it's important that each and every one of us take responsibility right now and I'm delighted to play my part in helping the manager and the team go and try to win on Saturday."

The Club can also confirm in response to media speculation that Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa have been suspended pending an internal investigation.

[supertom]

Wouldn't it just be bizarre if we came out on saturday playing good football and winning convincingly? I won't hold my breath on that one, but it'll be interesting. I wonder with Sid stepping up whether he may persuade Lambo to give Robinson and perhaps Johnson some game time?

[Monty]

One thing I'm sure of is that they're rubbish coaches. The sheer staticness of the players week after week doesn't suggest great pedagogic prowess down at BH.

[Toronto Villa]

The club have also confirmed it as well. Bloody hell, what a mess.

I reckon they are trying to force Lambert's hand into resigning. Lambert's done at Villa.

[Ads]

Interesting that Lambert asked Sid to step up, and presumably Shay too. Something serious must have happened, beyond looking at Facebook during work hours.

[andyh]

I'm really not sure how Lambert can carry on, even after today.
He has been completely undermined, still I guess he wont walk if there' s a compensation case to be had.
   
Why have they been suspended ? Because of the 'reported' training ground bust up ?   
 

[fbriai]

It's difficult to see how his position remains tenable at this point.

[supertom]

Have to say as well, this wouldn't have been something Shay would have been contractually obligated to do. He's a good pro and fair play to him for stepping up when asked.
Other members of our bomb squad, had they been put in that position (coach Hutton...could you imagine it???) might have stuck two fingers up at the club.