The Paul Lambert thread - poll reset after our capitulation to Hull

[silhillvilla]

Last years 0-0 at hull was the prequel to next weeks 0-0.

[Pete3206]

Hull are shit. So are we. It's all about who are the least shit on Tuesday night.

It'll be a 90 minute long shit-off.

Clash Of The Shite-ans

[hipkiss92]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31126792

I thought the final part about this was very telling, about Koeman surrounding himself with the right sort of people, to make up for qualities he might not possess himself.

This is one of Lambert's failings over the past couple of years, not getting effective staff in place.  I think this also  comes from not having a structure behind the scenes to direct staff recruitment.

[pauliewalnuts]

Rudy.

1. He isn't lambert

Hardly the most difficult of criteria to fulfil.

I don't understand that whole "he's not Lambert" thing.

It goes like this:

"Lambert is fucking useless, he's absolutely hopeless* times a million, by almost every single person on here.

Then shortly after

"I'd go for this bloke, he's got to be better than Lambert"

Surely if we are damning Lambert as useless, then the fact that a manager is considered better than him is largely meaningless. If Lambert is that bad, surely that applies to most managers?

I appreciate the point about Sherwood's win percentage at Spurs (although over a short period of time, and a period on which he repeatedly made himself look a cock) but, assume we fire Lambert, we're then theoretically choosing from a pool of pretty much every manager there is, bar about a dozen in jobs which are beyond us.

Are you really saying that, of all those possibilities, the one you'd focus on is Tim Sherwood? Really?

[ciggiesnbeer]

Hull are shit. So are we. It's all about who are the least shit on Tuesday night.

It'll be a 90 minute long shit-off.

Clash Of The Shite-ans

el shitico?

[pauliewalnuts]

Hull are shit. So are we. It's all about who are the least shit on Tuesday night.

It'll be a 90 minute long shit-off.

Clash Of The Shite-ans

el shitico?

El Crapico

[paulcomben]

Birmingham Mail reckons the search for an assistant is now urgent. Seems certain that performing seals would form a more clued-up board of directors.

[Des Little]

Last years 0-0 at hull was the prequel to next weeks 0-0.

That was a bad game. If get another game like that I'll be crying all the way home.

[kippaxvilla2]

Rudy.

1. He isn't lambert

Hardly the most difficult of criteria to fulfil.

I don't understand that whole "he's not Lambert" thing.

It goes like this:

"Lambert is fucking useless, he's absolutely hopeless* times a million, by almost every single person on here.

Then shortly after

"I'd go for this bloke, he's got to be better than Lambert"

Surely if we are damning Lambert as useless, then the fact that a manager is considered better than him is largely meaningless. If Lambert is that bad, surely that applies to most managers?

I appreciate the point about Sherwood's win percentage at Spurs (although over a short period of time, and a period on which he repeatedly made himself look a cock) but, assume we fire Lambert, we're then theoretically choosing from a pool of pretty much every manager there is, bar about a dozen in jobs which are beyond us.

Are you really saying that, of all those possibilities, the one you'd focus on is Tim Sherwood? Really?

Who took the jam outta your donut? :-)

The truth is I have no idea if he's the right one.  But it seems to me that a big part of the problem down at Villa at the moment is the easy oasy existence they all seem to enjoy - and why would you be any different with a manager who says publically you're playing excellently every week.  Sherwood is someone who clearly doesn't suffer fools, isn't afraid to speak his mind and seems at least to have a winning mentality.  I could only see these traits as being a positive at the moment.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I think we'll be crying on the way home Des!

Bloody long way as well mate!

[passport1]

I think it generally gets overlooked that the fans have been very patient with Lambert. We've been terrible for most of his reign and it's only now that it appears the vast majority want him out. I hope the club realise it's not just a knee-jerk thing.

Given the stealth like speed at which our board are known to react they may well view it as ' a knee jerk thing'

[kippaxvilla2]

By the way I don't think the pool of potential managers is as big as you suggest as I think we can discount hefty compensation payouts to poach employed managers nowadays.

[Dave]

Sherwood is someone who clearly doesn't suffer fools, isn't afraid to speak his mind and seems at least to have a winning mentality.  I could only see these traits as being a positive at the moment.

Worked like a dream when we had Roy Keane here.

[kippaxvilla2]

That's apples with pears.  Keane was clearly as mad as a mongoose.  You can have discipline and speak your mind without appearing to want to kick everyone's head in.  I manage it at work.

[passport1]

Who are the 3.6% who want him to stay as manager ?

They belong to a small religious sect that have been locked in a trappist monestary for the past three years.