Lambert gone

[rob_bridge]

I can't bring myself to dislike him, regardless of how he's done. Thanks for trying and caring Paul, and good luck for the rest of your career.

Quite - unlike Billy McNeill who I wouldn't piss on if he was on fire.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I do feel that the 'Young and Hungry' philosophy could have worked, if he'd been able to pick from the top of the tree, rather than the lower branches. Lerner has to take some of the blame for this.

Young and hungry players need coaching which has to go down as Lambert's greatest weakness. He was the wrong man for the mission.

[Walmley_Villa]

Thanks Paul - I really hoped it work out and was genuinely excited when you were appointed. I am sure that the constraints you were put under by those above made the job nigh on impossible and indeed you were probably let down by some of those closest to you. Good luck for the future and I think you did get Villa which some of your predecessors never did grasp.

[LeeB]

I've read that statement, and now I feel bad for shouting at him on Tuesday.

[adrenachrome]

Barnsley have sacked Danny Wilson. Coincidence?

I quite liked "Mary's Prayer" but he has not done too well recently.

[Jimbo]

I've read that statement, and now I feel bad for shouting at him on Tuesday.

I feel much sorrier for all the fans who paid and travelled to watch that insulting crap, and all the other insulting crap they've been served up over the past three, no, five years.

[olaftab]

After the sheer relief of last night I feel a tinge of sadness this morning. As I see more and more headlines "Lambert sacked" I don't like the fact that this is to do with our club and we have discarded a man who cam here with huge hope and optimism. So I think where has it all gone wrong. After giving due consideration to Randy's restrictions I can not think of blame resting anywhere other than firmly with Paul. He started with let's  get young and hungry players and grow them into a strong team. I was there yes we have a coach with strong beliefs and principles. However it was the comporomising of those values in the second and third season and often the total lack of tactical nous that made me lose all trust in him. There are so many things to mention but the coup de gras was on Tuesday night when he said "we have to win ugly now it's 13 cup finals". After that even if there was any doubt before he could not continue to be our manager.
A nice man and no doubt  behind the scenes a tough man but a little short in talent to succeed at this level. I with him the best of luck.

[Boz]

Interesting to note that he thanks Paul Faulkner but does not mention Tom Fox!

Perhaps because he was the one who fired him

[mr underhill]

let's not get too sentimental. Judge him solely on his performance as a manager of AV. On that he was total shite.

[Monty]

I do feel that the 'Young and Hungry' philosophy could have worked, if he'd been able to pick from the top of the tree, rather than the lower branches. Lerner has to take some of the blame for this.

Young and hungry players need coaching which has to go down as Lambert's greatest weakness. He was the wrong man for the mission.

I agree. One day he'll turn up as a director of football somewhere, and I think he'll do that job well.

[David_Nab]

Interesting to note that he thanks Paul Faulkner but does not mention Tom Fox!

Perhaps because he was the one who fired him

Could be that

The Hacks now rounding on Lerner and the spending.Whilst the money was tightened (maybe too much ) after the MON and FPP we really had little choice.The thing is whilst Lambert certainly didn't have the funds to compete with the top 10 equally he certainly had enough to be better than the lower half of league over the past 3 years and again disregards his inability to beat lower league clubs with far smaller budgets.

[rob_bridge]

To be fair he had to avoid relegation battles, finish mid table with odd cup run thrown in, avoiding embarassing exits and play some football worth watching. He had tools at his disposal to do just that.

Let's face facts he is a pretty major failure.

[pauliewalnuts]

Interesting to note that he thanks Paul Faulkner but does not mention Tom Fox!

Perhaps because he was the one who fired him

Could be that

The Hacks now rounding on Lerner and the spending.Whilst the money was tightened (maybe too much ) after the MON and FPP we really had little choice.The thing is whilst Lambert certainly didn't have the funds to compete with the top 10 equally he certainly had enough to be better than the lower half of league over the past 3 years and again disregards his inability to beat lower league clubs with far smaller budgets.

And that's the most damning thing about his tenure, the one that says a lot more than his restricted budget.

I know he bought a lot of duffs, but they were almost all in the 1m or so, pocket money bracket. When he spent more, he did pretty well - Okore, Kozak, Sanchez, Gil, Benteke, Vlaar - and that "more" was still piffling amounts of money.

Praising him for getting that right in some way takes away from his "yeah but what about the budget" response.

Any half decent manager would have that squad at about mid table at the least.

[Jimbo]

The lack of funds is a factor, but it's the lack of expertise - or even basic competence - in leadership, management and decision-making that has got this club in a mess.

[PaulWinch again]

That's a pretty gracious statement from Lambert, I wish him luck in the future.