Paul Lambert (R)

[Salsa Party Animal]

He only bought one good player in his time at Villa Park. That why we are in trouble.

[olaftab]

If I'd had any involvement with Villa, apart from being a fan, over the last five years I'd be keeping my head down and my fuckin' mouth shut.

This.

One of the very very few positive things I can say about MON is he kept his trap shut for years after leaving us.

He was probably legally obliged to.

I have lot of respect now for McLeish. He has conducted himself with dignity and nobility since leaving us.

[john e]

The tried to resign bit is misleading,
what he wanted was to walk away fully paid up and Lerner said no, he could have walked as no one can stop you but he would have left with no pay up

Again it's all about money not integrity

[Steve67]

Boo hoo. They wouldn't let him spend big money on players, yet he goes and wastes seven million on Kozak. Not an insignificant sum of money. At a time when we all could see we needed reinforcements elsewhere in the side. Paul, you came, you fucked it up, move on. Yes, we all know Lerner is a fucktard, move on.

[Lizz]

I'm almost gobsmacked Lambert managed to get another job as a manager.

[Villa in Denmark]

wow! Any 3 of them would certainly of filled the void left by Benteke.

Why not come out with this sooner? Fair play to the man!

Is that irony?
Lukaku he says was when he first arrived. The window he signed Benteke. The window we were also linked with Bony.

He says he contained Aubameyang when he was at St Etienne. He was only their player for one season, 2012-13, albeit with a 12 months loan from Milan before that, before he went to Dortmund. So unless Sergeant Bilko thought we could nab him in the January window, 6 months after he'd signed a permanent deal or that he could beat Dortmund to his signature at the end of the season, he's talking out of his arse.

He really does get more and more objectionable with every utterance.

Maybe he's trying to divert attention away from how well it's not going up north.

[Villa in Denmark]

So, from the end of the second season to when he finally left, he was working under duress?
He really didn't want to be here but couldn't escape?

But, he still signed a new contract a year later?

I know he is trying to cover his arse, but I can still smell bullshit.

Not even a year later. 2 months later.

[wally58]

Remember. He will probably have to pay us a visit next season. (Unless Blackburn suss him out).

[Toronto Villa]

I can just see the conversation between Randy and Lambert (by video conference off course)

Lambert: "Mr Lerner, I've called this meeting to offer you my resignation"
Lerner: "No"
Lambert: "Aye Fuck, we go again"

Lying tosser. You don't ask permission to fucking resign. You do it. It's that simple. He probably offered to resign and insisted on a full payout to which the club told him to go do one.

[brontebilly]

why didnt he go one step further from "offering to resign" and actually resign then?

Lerner forced him to stay at the club against his will I guess

course a few months later he signed a contract extension

to be fair to him, that summer signing utter crap like Senderos, Joe Cole, Richardson etc , he would have better off for his career jumping ship.

Dreadful career decision to take that Blackburn job too mind, selling Jordan Rhodes for big money and re-investing in a loan for Danny Graham!!!

[Hillbilly]

How does the old saying go? - Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.

[croatian]

Fuck off Lambert.

And when you get there, fuck right off again.

That's about the top and bottom of it.

Apart from the fact I'm off into Fremantle for a few more beers......

[gpbarr]

Perhaps we should try avoid sinking to that level and put his tenure and commentary behind us.

Does anybody really care still what he thinks.

Time to move on. More pressing matters at hand.

[croatian]

Perhaps we should try avoid sinking to that level and put his tenure and commentary behind us.

Does anybody really care still what he thinks.

Time to move on. More pressing matters at hand.

Yep, you're probably right. I do feel better having a vented spleen though.

[rob_bridge]

He should have been sacked immediately after relegation had been staved off in 2014. No ifs no buts. After the Chelsea win we nosedived.

It was the second such run of form we encountered under him. It was no surprise to any of use we had a 3rd in the autumn.

Total wasted opportunity. The only reason he stayed was because the inpet board were too frightened of making duff (inappropriate) appointment number 4 on their watch, which they duly managed in their own inimitable manner.