https://theclaretandview.com/2017/09/11/could-we-be-about-to-see-a-familiar-face-in-the-dugout/ This was an interesting article, if true. I wanted him at the time, I really thought he'd make a difference but he never recovered from Bradford. How could anyone? It wasn't just Bradford either, that week we dropped a two goal lead against the stripeys, and knocked out of the FA Cup by millwall. They had an easy run to the semi final from there. That week was amongst the lowest times following the Villa
Any bright period was completely obliterated by the number of humiliations we had to suffer. Then there was his post match "thought we were fantastic" comments when he had us playing the keep ball in our own half tactic. Dreadful manager.
For 45 minutes we were excellent today
We worked on some stuff on Saturday and I thought we were excellent at it today.
I thought we were excellent right from the off
“I think we should have had two penalties, we hit the post twice and Joe Mason should have scored, but I still thought we were excellent. It shows you how far we’ve come.
Quote from: Bren'd on October 13, 2017, 08:27:16 AMAny bright period was completely obliterated by the number of humiliations we had to suffer. Then there was his post match "thought we were fantastic" comments when he had us playing the keep ball in our own half tactic. Dreadful manager. That had reached a point where I wondered if he was saying it to wind us up. 'We were excellent' was happening in pretty much every post match interview, including the matches we were being battered in. Just type 'Paul Lambert we were excellent' into Google.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/mar/31/paul-lambert-aston-villa-liverpoolQuoteFor 45 minutes we were excellent todayhttp://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/paul-lambert-heaps-praise-match-winner-4765473QuoteWe worked on some stuff on Saturday and I thought we were excellent at it today.He was even doing it at Wolves - https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2017/04/01/paul-lambert-hails-world-class-helder-costa-and-excellent-wolves/QuoteI thought we were excellent right from the offhttp://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/paul-lambert-deserved-three-points-12398494Quote“I think we should have had two penalties, we hit the post twice and Joe Mason should have scored, but I still thought we were excellent. It shows you how far we’ve come.There are many more of him saying 'we were excellent' after defeats