Lambert: I want to build a top team

[Toronto Villa]

He's fucking building one and has an elite forward doing his job. Give this lot time and support the manager.

[PaulWinch again]

Wonderful .

[rob_bridge]

Yep - keep it going now

[Salsa Party Animal]

is today only 90 minutes of good performance as we only do 45 minutes in most games this season
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[Nii Lamptey]

Gotta admit, like a lot of fans on here, we were calling for PL's head a few months ago. He has most definitely proved us wrong - Considering the mess McLeish left him, along with the money problems caused by MON, he was up against it from the start.

He has slowly shaped this team, picking up relatively unknown players from the lower leagues and Europe, and is starting to turn them into superstars. There is something immensely satisfying about watching this young team grow and develop, and I for one feel a huge sense of pride in this approach, over the money tossing approach of QPR, Man City, etc.

I would hereby like to offer my wholehearted humble apologies Mr Lambert. I will never doubt you again.

UTV

[ozzjim]

Gotta admit, like a lot of fans on here, we were calling for PL's head a few months ago. He has most definitely proved us wrong - Considering the mess McLeish left him, along with the money problems caused by MON, he was up against it from the start.

He has slowly shaped this team, picking up relatively unknown players from the lower leagues and Europe, and is starting to turn them into superstars. There is something immensely satisfying about watching this young team grow and develop, and I for one feel a huge sense of pride in this approach, over the money tossing approach of QPR, Man City, etc.

I would hereby like to offer my wholehearted humble apologies Mr Lambert. I will never doubt you again.

UTV

For all the satisfaction, if we are following the Dortmund model, then inevitably we are going to have gut wrenching moments ahead when some of these guys we are watching grow are going to leave for silly money.

[Nii Lamptey]

Gotta admit, like a lot of fans on here, we were calling for PL's head a few months ago. He has most definitely proved us wrong - Considering the mess McLeish left him, along with the money problems caused by MON, he was up against it from the start.

He has slowly shaped this team, picking up relatively unknown players from the lower leagues and Europe, and is starting to turn them into superstars. There is something immensely satisfying about watching this young team grow and develop, and I for one feel a huge sense of pride in this approach, over the money tossing approach of QPR, Man City, etc.

I would hereby like to offer my wholehearted humble apologies Mr Lambert. I will never doubt you again.

UTV

For all the satisfaction, if we are following the Dortmund model, then inevitably we are going to have gut wrenching moments ahead when some of these guys we are watching grow are going to leave for silly money.

You had to spoil it didn't you! 

[paul_e]

Gotta admit, like a lot of fans on here, we were calling for PL's head a few months ago. He has most definitely proved us wrong - Considering the mess McLeish left him, along with the money problems caused by MON, he was up against it from the start.

He has slowly shaped this team, picking up relatively unknown players from the lower leagues and Europe, and is starting to turn them into superstars. There is something immensely satisfying about watching this young team grow and develop, and I for one feel a huge sense of pride in this approach, over the money tossing approach of QPR, Man City, etc.

I would hereby like to offer my wholehearted humble apologies Mr Lambert. I will never doubt you again.

UTV

For all the satisfaction, if we are following the Dortmund model, then inevitably we are going to have gut wrenching moments ahead when some of these guys we are watching grow are going to leave for silly money.

So long as we use it well i can live with that.  There are only a handful of clubs in the world for whom that doesn't apply once the money gets silly enough or the player is determined enough.  Where things have gone wrong in the last 5 years is that we done a shit job of replacing players who we've sold for good profit.  Replace them effectively and you can grow from it, but replacing young with nzogbia is just bad business (in hindsight).

If Benteke goes for 30+ million (which is clearly the market value currently) use 5-10 on a replacement and the rest on replacing the likes of Hutton, Warnock and Dunne with quality.  Get all 3 right and despite losing a genuine worldy we could be a much stronger squad for it, so long as the replacement striker gives us 80-90% of what Benteke offers.

[ozzjim]

Gotta admit, like a lot of fans on here, we were calling for PL's head a few months ago. He has most definitely proved us wrong - Considering the mess McLeish left him, along with the money problems caused by MON, he was up against it from the start.

He has slowly shaped this team, picking up relatively unknown players from the lower leagues and Europe, and is starting to turn them into superstars. There is something immensely satisfying about watching this young team grow and develop, and I for one feel a huge sense of pride in this approach, over the money tossing approach of QPR, Man City, etc.

I would hereby like to offer my wholehearted humble apologies Mr Lambert. I will never doubt you again.

UTV

For all the satisfaction, if we are following the Dortmund model, then inevitably we are going to have gut wrenching moments ahead when some of these guys we are watching grow are going to leave for silly money.

So long as we use it well i can live with that.  There are only a handful of clubs in the world for whom that doesn't apply once the money gets silly enough or the player is determined enough.  Where things have gone wrong in the last 5 years is that we done a shit job of replacing players who we've sold for good profit.  Replace them effectively and you can grow from it, but replacing young with nzogbia is just bad business (in hindsight).

If Benteke goes for 30+ million (which is clearly the market value currently) use 5-10 on a replacement and the rest on replacing the likes of Hutton, Warnock and Dunne with quality.  Get all 3 right and despite losing a genuine worldy we could be a much stronger squad for it, so long as the replacement striker gives us 80-90% of what Benteke offers.

Finding another Benteke, even at 80% will take a long, long time! He is going to be an iconic player of his generation if he keeps progressing in his current manner. Lambert does give me confidence he could find one though.

I just want him to employ a defender scout.

[SoccerHQ]

Lambert dosen't have a clue about defending but he showed at Norwich you can still win games even if you concede shed loads.

This is finally a Paul Lambert team now. I wanted him out in January I admit as we had Bradford and we looked like nailed on relegation certs which would've been a disaster and a sackable offence. But keep us up and he deserves another year as we look good attacking now rather than first half of the season when we were struggling to even create any chances in a lot of games.

I think the first thing I'd do if Benteke leaves would be on the phone to Chelsea to try and get Lukaku in, if you're talking replacements there's one right there who's scored a good amount in the prem already.

[jonzy85]

I think if you were a talented youngster playing in the lower leagues watching last night, you would be pretty excited if you found out that Villa were interested in you this summer. Lambert has shown that he is willing to give young lads a go and it will give us the edge this summer if we have competition for a player's signature.

[curiousorange]

I think if you were a talented youngster playing in the lower leagues watching last night, you would be pretty excited if you found out that Villa were interested in you this summer. Lambert has shown that he is willing to give young lads a go and it will give us the edge this summer if we have competition for a player's signature.

This is an excellent point, and i'd like to think that eventually other teams will cotton on to the same strategy and some sanity might return to the transfer market. But if it doesn't, and we reap the benefits from doing it the long-term way, we'll have a very happy decade ahead.

[Concrete John]

I think if you were a talented youngster playing in the lower leagues watching last night, you would be pretty excited if you found out that Villa were interested in you this summer. Lambert has shown that he is willing to give young lads a go and it will give us the edge this summer if we have competition for a player's signature.

This is an excellent point, and i'd like to think that eventually other teams will cotton on to the same strategy and some sanity might return to the transfer market. But if it doesn't, and we reap the benefits from doing it the long-term way, we'll have a very happy decade ahead.

If you were a current England international centre half, who supported the club as a kid, and was about to leave your present club, you'd also look at that and think "Hold on a minute..................."

[Marlon From Bearwood]

This season has been a real rollercoaster however there have been more magic moments (a good barometer of this is usually how mental the goal celebrations are) in the last few weeks (ie QPR home, Stoke away, and last night) than the whole season under McLeish. Even the wins were boring under him.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Paul Lambert need to get Olof/Martin/Shaun/Allan Evans back and they can help to coach the defenders and tell him who is worth buying for defenders and maybe help out in tactics, and let Paul Lambert carry out his vision and plans. Paul Lambert is doing a good job so far but he need a better supporting act and advice and coaches.