Managing the club was like being on death row says Paul Lambert

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Jonah

[mr underhill]

Trumpton Town are looking for a new kit man. Go Paul!

[Damo70]

At least you only have to walk to the chair on Death Row once. I don't want to tot up all the times I exited the North Stand and had to walk past delighted away fans during his time in charge.

[john e]

we do seem to kill managers careers off at Villa,
 when you think of all our previous managers of recent years most of them find it difficult to find another job, based I'm sure on the fact they were staggeringly bad when they were with us

Lambert, Mcliesh, Houllier, Dolly,  I don't think ever managed on these shores again since leaving, and MON took his time then bombed at Sunderland, and he was the darling of fleet street

[pauliewalnuts]

MON killed his own career off, we didn't do that for him.

It was interesting how, when he finally comes back to the game, it is to Sunderland (bit of a come down after his hoped for next stops while he was managing us), and the internet is awash with Villa fans predicting what would happen there.

Fast forward a season or so and said Villa fans were absolutely spot on, from the lazy overpriced home market signings, to the one dimensional football, the lot.

[john e]

MON killed his own career off, we didn't do that for him.

It was interesting how, when he finally comes back to the game, it is to Sunderland (bit of a come down after his hoped for next stops while he was managing us), and the internet is awash with Villa fans predicting what would happen there.

Fast forward a season or so and said Villa fans were absolutely spot on, from the lazy overpriced home market signings, to the one dimensional football, the lot.

he did take Stephen Fletcher to Sunderland though for 12 mill,
 good bit of business that was I'm sure all black cats would agree

[dekko]

To be fair to the Sunderland fans they figured out his flaws a lot quicker than we did.

[Toronto Villa]

It's not that they figured it out quicker. They had a massive body of evidence to work from which in fairness we didn't have. He joined us fresh off successes at Leicester and Celtic and with the goodwil generated by why he left Celtic and the natural excitement of Randy buying the club. By the end of his time with us most smart fans could see what has happened and Sunderland fans just knew what would around the corner. And they weren't wrong.

[Brend'Watkins]

Lambert reminds me of a stranger you might meet in a pub who wants to bitch about being recently  and unfairly ditched by their partner.  You listen to all their woes knowing full well there's another side to the story.  PL seems oblivious to the fact we know the other side to the story in all it's graphic detail. So much so that if you knew the stranger's previous partner in the same way you'd stop the stranger in flow and tell them to shut the f*** up because they were talking like a c***.

[cheltenhamlion]

Agreed. Started work on an article about him and his recent outbursts yesterday. I got too involved with the Sherwood roller coaster to stick it to him properly last season. Game on, mother fucker!

[ChicagoLion]

Talking aboutarsehole managers I am sitting about 15 yards away from DOL in a hotel bar in Chicago,

[Ads]

Go and flick his ears for me please and tell him I'm not fickle, I wasn't leaving, despite us being 3-1 down in a shit stinking ground, I just fancied a beer before the half was over.

If you want to nut the pug nosed twat, then that's cool too.

[Toronto Villa]

Talking aboutarsehole managers I am sitting about 15 yards away from DOL in a hotel bar in Chicago,

Feel free on my behalf to go and urinate on his shoes.

I'll be in your neck of the woods in a couple of weeks CL. Where's Vernon Hills in relation to Chicago?

[ciggiesnbeer]

Talking aboutarsehole managers I am sitting about 15 yards away from DOL in a hotel bar in Chicago,

A noogie seems more than fair.

[peter w]

Is he just standing in the doorway leaning against the frame?