Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[brontebilly]

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/473441/Aston-Villa-NEED-to-chase-Hernandez-Lescott-and-Holtby-this-summer-Paul-Lambert

Thought I would share 

too little too late from him though

last summer if the board were getting stiffy about getting Gareth Barry in loan, that was the time to start raising it publicly or else letting it leak through well placed media sources that he was unhappy

his managerial career looks absolute toast now and he is trying to hang on for the sake of his career

[olaftab]

I assume he will resign if the owners do not agree?

[tomd2103]

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/473441/Aston-Villa-NEED-to-chase-Hernandez-Lescott-and-Holtby-this-summer-Paul-Lambert

Thought I would share 

Lescott - plausible - there is a Villa link albeit a fairly tenuous one

Holtby - doubtful - probably get another chance at Spurs under their new manager

Hernandez - no way Jose - would have interest from major clubs across Europe and beyond

[Matt C]

Going against the grain of everything they've been preaching for years. Sounds like a manager readying his escape route.

[frank black]

Either Lambert knows there's going to be significant investment  or perhaps a new owner. Or he is forcing his dismissal.

Talking up these kind of players when he knows they are out if reach, is only going to wind up the chairman.

[mr underhill]

TSM 1 did exactly the same thing at exactly the same stage in his season and we all know what happened next. I'm hoping history repeats itself.

[Ron Manager]

Lambert would be a fool to resign even it is morally the right thing to do. He will hang on until either Randy or the possible new owners sack him. Then he will get his lovely lolly. But his reputation as an up and coming manager of promise has been damaged badly at Villa Park

[Dante Lavelli]

I prefer this more candid Lambert.  Before he tried so hard to NOT say anything that he came across as a bit of a bumbling idiot (that does not excuse his other failings but at least suggests he is not nuts and under more normal conditions may rejuvinate his career).

[PaulWinch again]

I agree completely with what Lambert says there, because whether it's this year or next or the one after the current policy will see us relegated sooner or later.

[LeeS]

I agree completely with what Lambert says there, because whether it's this year or next or the one after the current policy will see us relegated sooner or later.

I agree too. But this means he is on his way out and knows it. They are the words of a man with nothing to lose who is readying his excuses for failure. He had a good reputation before he joined us and will need to salvage something to take into the job market.

[PaulWinch again]

Problem is it doesn't matter who the manager is, if we continue with this policy we are done for. I think Lambert should go, but another manager coming in with the same constraints will struggle.

[MoetVillan]

Tony Pulis wouldnt

[SoccerHQ]

Tony Pulis was struggling at Stoke at the end and that was actually with some decent investment....8.5m on Palacios for example.

[Smirker]

Lambert will stay and we'll spend good money this summer. We will bring in at least two quality signings that will excite the fans.

[Richard E]

Tony Pulis was struggling at Stoke at the end and that was actually with some decent investment....8.5m on Palacios for example.

8.5 million for Palacious is "Beye-esque."