Lambert in or out? Poll reset with majority 'in', 7th May

[LeeB]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

There's a reason for that.

Namely that the few names you've garnered between you are fucking laughable.

So far we've had Keane, Allardyce and Alex McLeish.

I'd give it the Bradford boss before those three fucking stooges.

[Greg N'Ash]

There's literally dozen of names. Pick someone shit, he'd still be above Lambert record wise. TSM would be above Lambert ffs.

So name a few from the dozens you'd be happy with.

you name a dozen names. I'd take any of them over Lambert if we go down. You can't get worse than than the worst.

[PeterWithesShin]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

That's because the suggestions were Roy Keane and Easter Island Allardyce.

[PeterWithesShin]

There's literally dozen of names. Pick someone shit, he'd still be above Lambert record wise. TSM would be above Lambert ffs.

So name a few from the dozens you'd be happy with.

you name a dozen names. I'd take any of them over Lambert if we go down. You can't get worse than than the worst.

Defeats the point if I name them. You have said there are dozens that you would prefer to manage us if we went down. I'm asking you to name just a few of them. The only criteria is that you'd want them as manager and that it's likely they'd join us in the Championship.

[pauliewalnuts]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

I know. Shocking that if Lambert takes us down they'd want to keep a manager with a worse record than anyone comparable who's managed in the prem. Its like saying "who's better than Billy McNeil?"

Great.

However, that still does nothing to address the fact that, were we relegated, we'd spend the summer with Lerner and Faulkner again choosing a new manager, and doing so on the basis that we would not be in the top flight any more.

And what's more, I'd imagine Randy, having not put his hand in his pocket to buy the CB who might have kept us ip in January, is not going to suddenly start to spunk money into the club at this point, so it'll have to be a financially cheap option, as we'll have paid millions to get shot of Lambert, Culverhouse, Karsa and co, and will have to find money to make the new man available.

Serious question - Lerner will have a short list of four or five, which sort of names do you think will be on there?

If it makes it easier, I'll tell you the calibre of the sort of manager I reckon he'd have on there.

It'd be the likes of Curbishley, Phil Parkinson, Billy Davies. Those sort of names

So, unless you can come up with some more convincing names, do you really think it'd be worth spending millions of pounds to get rid of the current management team to get any of those in, and to once more go through the process of a new manager with a new style and wanting different players?

[Risso]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

That's a fair comment, there will be, but it'll be mostly because the range of options available will be stomach churningly bad.

There are plenty of reasons to pile into Lambert, I am not kidding myself on that, but he's at least got a record of getting teams promoted.

And of at least *trying* to play football - and you know I've added that because I know you're going to throw McLeish's name back at me ;-)

He has a record of getting teams promoted from the Championship once.  If/when he takes us down, he'll have kept Norwich up one season, and taken us down one season.  With football that isn't anything special, and is only better than McLeish's, which isn't hard.  Which as a Premier LEague record, isn't really much better than the likes of Phil Brown, not that I'm advocating him.

[pauliewalnuts]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

That's because the suggestions were Roy Keane and Easter Island Allardyce.

Don't forget the proven organiser of defences, Roberto Di Matteo.

[Louzie0]

Adele. She can write and sing a song. good grief.
Then there's Ben Affleck. Acts, writes, directs, produces.

Laudrup. plays, manages, sings, does his own videos.


3 for a start.

[Risso]

So, unless you can come up with some more convincing names, do you really think it'd be worth spending millions of pounds to get rid of the current management team to get any of those in, and to once more go through the process of a new manager with a new style and wanting different players?

You keep mentioning the fact that it would cost money to sack him, whilst apparently ignoring the cold hard truth that him taking us down will cost 10-20 times more at least. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

That's because the suggestions were Roy Keane and Easter Island Allardyce.

Don't forget the proven organiser of defences, Roberto Di Matteo.

And McLeish. Be still my beating heart.

[SheffieldVillain]

There's literally dozen of names. Pick someone shit, he'd still be above Lambert record wise. TSM would be above Lambert ffs.

Oh, not everyone. Take Roy Keane for example. He's shit and below Lambert record wise in the Premier League. You wouldn't suggest him, surely?

[pauliewalnuts]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

That's a fair comment, there will be, but it'll be mostly because the range of options available will be stomach churningly bad.

There are plenty of reasons to pile into Lambert, I am not kidding myself on that, but he's at least got a record of getting teams promoted.

And of at least *trying* to play football - and you know I've added that because I know you're going to throw McLeish's name back at me ;-)

He has a record of getting teams promoted from the Championship once.  If/when he takes us down, he'll have kept Norwich up one season, and taken us down one season.  With football that isn't anything special, and is only better than McLeish's, which isn't hard.  Which as a Premier LEague record, isn't really much better than the likes of Phil Brown, not that I'm advocating him.

Ah, good point.

Phil Brown. That's another name of the sort of level we'd be looking at.

Do you still want to go fishing in that particular pool?

And as for promotions, let's not forget, Lambert will at least be already at the club, will know the squad, will know how the club works (disfunctionally, mainly), and keeping him will cost nothing, whereas replacing him will cost a lot of money.

The thing people seem to not realise is that slating Lambert left, right and centre, then replying to the question with "who next" with "better than Lambert" is by their own definition, utterly meaningless and not good enough.

[pauliewalnuts]

So, unless you can come up with some more convincing names, do you really think it'd be worth spending millions of pounds to get rid of the current management team to get any of those in, and to once more go through the process of a new manager with a new style and wanting different players?

You keep mentioning the fact that it would cost money to sack him, whilst apparently ignoring the cold hard truth that him taking us down will cost 10-20 times more at least. 

This is in the circumstances in which we're already down.

[Greg N'Ash]

Don't do it Greg.  Any name you say will be met with hoots of derision, don't give them the satisfaction.

I know. Shocking that if Lambert takes us down they'd want to keep a manager with a worse record than anyone comparable who's managed in the prem. Its like saying "who's better than Billy McNeil?"

Great.

However, that still does nothing to address the fact that, were we relegated, we'd spend the summer with Lerner and Faulkner again choosing a new manager, and doing so on the basis that we would not be in the top flight any more.

And what's more, I'd imagine Randy, having not put his hand in his pocket to buy the CB who might have kept us ip in January, is not going to suddenly start to spunk money into the club at this point, so it'll have to be a financially cheap option, as we'll have paid millions to get shot of Lambert, Culverhouse, Karsa and co, and will have to find money to make the new man available.

Serious question - Lerner will have a short list of four or five, which sort of names do you think will be on there?

If it makes it easier, I'll tell you the calibre of the sort of manager I reckon he'd have on there.

It'd be the likes of Curbishley, Phil Parkinson, Billy Davies. Those sort of names

So, unless you can come up with some more convincing names, do you really think it'd be worth spending millions of pounds to get rid of the current management team to get any of those in, and to once more go through the process of a new manager with a new style and wanting different players?

what squad do you think Lambert will be managing? Not the present one with all its weaknesses but a far far worse one. Anyone any good will be gone so you want Lambert to take us up with the likes of Ireland and the worse youth players? He can't motivate the current rabble so you fancy his chances with the dregs of this squad and him somehow finding journeymen championship players to get us up? He'll be lucky to get the money he had at Norwich. Need a wise old hand who can motivate players, not a charisma free zone

[PeterWithesShin]

There's literally dozen of names. Pick someone shit, he'd still be above Lambert record wise. TSM would be above Lambert ffs.

So name a few from the dozens you'd be happy with.

you name a dozen names. I'd take any of them over Lambert if we go down. You can't get worse than than the worst.

Defeats the point if I name them. You have said there are dozens that you would prefer to manage us if we went down. I'm asking you to name just a few of them. The only criteria is that you'd want them as manager and that it's likely they'd join us in the Championship.

You missed replying with names here Greg