Sir Doug picked Lambert

[Dave Clark Five]

“I knew then that if McLeish was to leave then Lambert would be the ideal man for the job and I am glad Randy Lerner and Paul Faulkner agreed with me.”



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[Rip Van We Go Again]

Give it a rest Herbert, you've had your many, many days in the sun.

[not3bad]

They'll always ask Doug what he thinks while he's around. 

[asgpaul]

I wondered if he voted in the H&V poll...?

[dave.woodhall]

Nice to know Brian Little & John Gregory were sacked and Ron Saunders left while Doug was around.

[Dave Clark Five]

They'll always ask Doug what he thinks while he's around. 

To be honest, I don't blame them.

[olaftab]

This is nothing he will be picking ou managers from the grave.

[PeterWithesShin]

Doug calling for managerial stability?

[not3bad]

Nice to know Brian Little & John Gregory were sacked and Ron Saunders left while Doug was around.

I noticed that one!  "I had 13 managers, and sacked 11 of them!  Ron Saunders resigned and Graham Taylor I allowed to go to England!'

[PeterWithesShin]

Nice to know Brian Little & John Gregory were sacked and Ron Saunders left while Doug was around.

I noticed that one!  "I had 13 managers, and sacked 11 of them!  Ron Saunders resigned and Graham Taylor I allowed to go to England!'

Didn't he always claim he didn't sack Brian or JG?

[PeterWithesShin]

This also made me raise an eyebrow. "The most successful managers I picked tended to be the ones who stayed longest – that was because they had time to settle in to the job and the better they do the less need there is to remove them from office"

My memory is that apart from Ron Saunders and SGT all the others got worse the longer they were there. Usually by the second or third full season.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Nice to know Brian Little & John Gregory were sacked and Ron Saunders left while Doug was around.

I noticed that one!  "I had 13 managers, and sacked 11 of them!  Ron Saunders resigned and Graham Taylor I allowed to go to England!'

Didn't he always claim he didn't sack Brian or JG?

Only when it suited him.

[nigel]

He'll be claiming praise for '81, '82 & '83 next

[Chris Harte]

Shouldn't the title read "Sir Doug would have picked Lambert too"?

[Risso]

He should say something about Martinez and incite a full on battle royale between himself and Whelan.  A war like that could see whole continents (not to mention incontinence pants) torn asunder.