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

[adrenachrome]

One thing which 99% of the fans are convinced about, the pundits less so,  is that we would have gone down if PL had stayed. Now at least we have a chance.

[OCD]

By the end even his mates that work as pundits believed we would go down but always put the blame on the club's cut in spending rather than Lambert.

[Damo70]

He was lucky to survive two and a half seasons of constant relegation struggle at a club of our size. Even smaller and newly promoted clubs have shown managers the door for less.

[pauliewalnuts]

He was lucky to survive two and a half seasons of constant relegation struggle at a club of our size. Even smaller and newly promoted clubs have shown managers the door for less.

Lambert got extraordinary patience.

From the club - mostly because the bloke employing him is an uninterested moron who knew no better, and from the fans because we gave him a massive pool of goodwill when he got the job.

[brian green]

I thought he might have got a temporary job with the Highways Agency. An illuminated sign by me on the A14 which should have read "closed B1001 Great Gransden" actually read "lose 0 1 Great Grand".  Could be his predecessor of course.

[Damo70]

He was lucky to survive two and a half seasons of constant relegation struggle at a club of our size. Even smaller and newly promoted clubs have shown managers the door for less.

Lambert got extraordinary patience.

From the club - mostly because the bloke employing him is an uninterested moron who knew no better, and from the fans because we gave him a massive pool of goodwill when he got the job.

I also think we got so used to battling relegation we forgot how to be angry about it. We became like Coventry and Small Heath. Battle relegation, stay up, job done, everybody happy. Repeat cycle.

[Tony Erdington]

He was lucky to survive two and a half seasons of constant relegation struggle at a club of our size. Even smaller and newly promoted clubs have shown managers the door for less.

Lambert got extraordinary patience.

From the club - mostly because the bloke employing him is an uninterested moron who knew no better, and from the fans because we gave him a massive pool of goodwill when he got the job.





I also think we got so used to battling relegation we forgot how to be angry about it. We became like Coventry and Small Heath. Battle relegation, stay up, job done, everybody happy. Repeat cycle.

[Tony Erdington]

Agreed,

I was going down VP accepting our lot, and not even expecting to beat anyone,

Bradford will haunt me forever.
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[silhillvilla]

He was lucky to survive two and a half seasons of constant relegation struggle at a club of our size. Even smaller and newly promoted clubs have shown managers the door for less.

Lerner has a lot to answer for.
To think Lambert asked him twice to sack him and he did nothing.
Incompetence of the highest order from Lerner.

[Toronto Villa]

Yes off course Lambert asked Lerner to sack him? Do you honestly believe that? Lambert didn't half come out with some fantasy bollocks.

[silhillvilla]

Yes off course Lambert asked Lerner to sack him? Do you honestly believe that? Lambert didn't half come out with some fantasy bollocks.

Either way he should have been sacked on multiple occasions regardless.
Lerner was negligent.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well, i guess Lambert could have "asked him to sack him" if it was in the style of me when I argue with the Mrs and run out of ways to defend myself and resort to pointing at the door and shouting "there's the door, you can always LEAVE ME!"

I don't really want her to**, and she's clearly not going to do it, and I guess Lambert could have taken the same line when arguing with Randy.

Or he could just be inventing it. One thing I think is pretty clear is that the club has been an unholy organisational mess for the last few seasons (just look at the assistant managers situation for one example), so to be honest nothing would surprise me.



** well, maybe for a few days, say? A week or two possibly? That'd be nice.

[nodge]

In a "please sack me and pay up my contract in full" type of way? Yes, I could believe that.

[Risso]

Well, i guess Lambert could have "asked him to sack him" if it was in the style of me when I argue with the Mrs and run out of ways to defend myself and resort to pointing at the door and shouting "there's the door, you can always LEAVE ME!"

and she's clearly not going to do it

That's not what she told me earlier.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well, i guess Lambert could have "asked him to sack him" if it was in the style of me when I argue with the Mrs and run out of ways to defend myself and resort to pointing at the door and shouting "there's the door, you can always LEAVE ME!"

and she's clearly not going to do it

That's not what she told me earlier.

Ha!

I walked right into that one.