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Offline auntiesledd

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #480 on: January 15, 2018, 12:26:56 PM »
Presumably Coates was passed a list of available managers and plumped for the only one he'd heard of. There's no other explanation.

Coats was apparently 'impressed' with Mumbles's knowledge of the Stoke squad & his ideas in order to get them out of their battle against relegation! Mind you, I did hear that on Talkshite...   :o

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #481 on: January 15, 2018, 12:29:00 PM »
Two and a half year contract. That'll top up his pension fund nicely when he gets fired next year.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #482 on: January 15, 2018, 12:29:15 PM »
damn wanted Rowett there

Derby to go up and Stoke to come down now

Offline Marlon From Bearwood

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #483 on: January 15, 2018, 12:31:46 PM »
Apparently Pardew was Albion's 8th choice manager.

I wonder how far down Stoke's initial list of managers Lambert was?

Mind bogglingly lazy appointment. And none of this contract til the end of the season stuff, the lucky chancer gets a 2.5 year deal!

Online OzVilla

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #484 on: January 15, 2018, 12:33:27 PM »
That's two pieces of quite shocking news so far today. One being the sad passing of Cyrille and the other that there's someone out there stupid enough to employ this numpty to manage a football team. 


Offline tomd2103

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #485 on: January 15, 2018, 12:41:58 PM »
Apparently Pardew was Albion's 8th choice manager.

I wonder how far down Stoke's initial list of managers Lambert was?

Mind bogglingly lazy appointment. And none of this contract til the end of the season stuff, the lucky chancer gets a 2.5 year deal!

Probably sold himself as someone who could keep a team in the top flight after his time with us.  The fact that he was a major contributing factor to us being in relegation trouble in the first place has obviously been ignored.

Not that I am bothered about Stoke in the slightest, but that is an awful appointment.   

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #486 on: January 15, 2018, 12:44:09 PM »
I'd be disappointed if I found out that Alan Pardew's interview didn't cover monkey tennis.

Offline Gareth

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #487 on: January 15, 2018, 12:47:17 PM »
Bizarre decision by Stoke but he did give Gabby a 4yr contract so we live in hope on deadline day that he comes back for him :-)

Problem for me with Lambert was that he flip flopped his philosophies so often it was hard to keep up - young & hungry, old & knackered then we started that farcical pass the ball around at back to get possession stats up :-) - from what I remember if his Norwich team they had a way of playing that they stuck to, if he follows that way again he has a chance if he tries being clever again they’ll be in the Championship by May

Offline IFWaters

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #488 on: January 15, 2018, 12:48:52 PM »
I like the bit in the club statement where the chairman says he does well in stable clubs with local ownership. AHA! Neatly sidesteps his record managing us then ...

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #489 on: January 15, 2018, 12:49:13 PM »
Stoke have voluntarily resigned from the Premier League.

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #490 on: January 15, 2018, 12:51:29 PM »
I like the bit in the club statement where the chairman says he does well in stable clubs with local ownership. AHA! Neatly sidesteps his record managing us then ...

And Blackburn
And Wolves


Offline Rudy65

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #491 on: January 15, 2018, 12:52:38 PM »
Apparently Pardew was Albion's 8th choice manager.

I wonder how far down Stoke's initial list of managers Lambert was?

Mind bogglingly lazy appointment. And none of this contract til the end of the season stuff, the lucky chancer gets a 2.5 year deal!

I'm sure there will be a relegation clause

There has been some recent appointments of the normal old school manager, Pulis, Moyes, Allardyce, Pardew etc but at least they have reasonable and recent track records. PL doesn't. Stoke are doomed

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #492 on: January 15, 2018, 12:54:07 PM »
that 'could do a job' old boys network is incredibly powerful

Pardew, Moyes, Allardyce, Lambert, Pulis, yours truly, it must be some sort of Masons secret society all in gamefull employment most of them in thepremiership it's just a matter of time before they sort out jobs for Mcliesh and Mclaren

Offline passport1

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #493 on: January 15, 2018, 12:58:41 PM »
It's not often that I feel sympathy for Stoke City.

My thoughts are with them at this very sad time.


May their god go with them.

Offline mattjpa

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Re: Paul Lambert gets a new job.
« Reply #494 on: January 15, 2018, 01:01:07 PM »
There are few managers who can go into a club headed for a crash on the rocks and turn it round. From the evidence displayed at Villa, Blackburn and Wolves, Paul Lambert is most definitely not one of them. thats not to say at the right club in the right situation he couldnt be a very capable manager, but this decision really makes the mind boggle.

 


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