He's been at it again albeit talking about Wolves this time. "I'm pretty sure I'd have been up there too," Lambert told BBC WM."I knew if we could revamp it in the summertime and get the players in, indicated by the sort of money that they have now, we wouldn't have been far away."I knew the size of the club. The club is huge. They have great people there and brilliant supporters. Everything is going for them."
Lambert was nowhere near as badly treated on what he had to spend as he would have you believe.
Wasn't that also the summer where it was strongly rumoured that he didn't spend all that he'd been given?
Some things transcend mere football rivalries, and it is in that spirit that I think we should all spare a prayer for our friends in the Potteries on what is undoubtedly a very sad day for them.
Presumably Coates was passed a list of available managers and plumped for the only one he'd heard of. There's no other explanation.