Lambert gone

[paul_e]

That little interview makes perfect sense to me.  It's basically saying a big part of the problem is that he didn't bother rebuilding the coaching team and tried to just get on, which was never going to work and more importantly gave him not support when things were going wrong.

'Young and Hungry' was a good concept and the players he signed in the first summer should have been a good enough 'batch' for the first window.  The problem was they all came to a bigger club with better facilities but the lack of decent coaching saw them all stand still.

[PaulWinch again]

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

Very much so.

Yes I agree. Take a holiday in the sun, have a few beers, and forget football if at all possible.  Good Luck!

Would have been far more gracious if he'd admitted he wasn't good enough and stepped aside long before dragging us to the edge of relegation. And I should imagine that a couple of million quid in compensation should sugar the pill and pay for several holidays in the sun. I wish I could forget the shit he's left us in

Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact he's been pretty gracious given the amount of abuse he took. He wasn't up to the job and that's clear. But how many people walk away from a multi-million pound contract?

[A|C]

I feel no sympathy what so ever, he wasn't good enough and should have gone 18 months ago.

He failed at his job, got sacked and has been given a massive pay off.  To put it in perspective, it would take me 63 years with 6 monthly performance reviews on my current wage to earn that.

[Jimbo]

Amount of abuse? I think he was given far more grace than abuse from Villa fans over his three years of continual, and frequently abject failure.

[PaulWinch again]

Amount of abuse? I think he was given far more grace than abuse from Villa fans over his three years of continual, and frequently abject failure.

I don't mean the whole crowd turned on him, but I think it was pretty clear that most didn't want him here anymore. I'm not saying it wasn't justified, but he didn't have to react to being sacked so gracefully.

[onje_villa]

Nice statement. It's the statement of a man who can see the positives and am sure we will see more of him.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Let's be honest, it was a ghost written statement by the LMA. And the fact that he was clinging to his millions whilst overviewing a truly dreadful and potentially disastrous spell in our history just makes me hate him more and shows that the club's interests were not on his radar. And Lerner for stumping up the new contract.

[cdbearsfan]

Good luck Paul. He could easily have not mentioned the fans in his statement. He's a decent chap. He might be a decent manager elsewhere, as he was at Norwich and beyond. I'm glad to see him go but bear him no ill will.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Amount of abuse? I think he was given far more grace than abuse from Villa fans over his three years of continual, and frequently abject failure.

He had the longest honeymoon period of any Villa manager I can recall.

[tomd2103]

Good luck Paul. He could easily have not mentioned the fans in his statement. He's a decent chap. He might be a decent manager elsewhere, as he was at Norwich and beyond. I'm glad to see him go but bear him no ill will.

Sums up how I feel.  Should have gone long before he did, but I don't think he can be blamed for that really.  If he teams up with an experienced, tactically inovative coach, he might do OK in his next job.   

[AlexAlexCropley]

He can come out with all the mumbling platitudes he  likes, I'm sure he's ingratiating himself to the next suckers anyway, but I'll never forgive him for what he reduced my club to.
Don't like him.Don't dislike him.

[mr underhill]

the longest honeymoon's right - one spent continually fucking us over

[Lee]

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

That;s how I feel. I have never questioned him as a man, but as a manager, despite the restrictions he was initially put under, he has been piss poor

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Amount of abuse? I think he was given far more grace than abuse from Villa fans over his three years of continual, and frequently abject failure.

Agree.

"We want Lambert out" is hardly abuse!
And it was not the majority chanting it - for how long? - 3 or 4 games?
Villa fans have been incredibly patient waiting for umpteen hopeful corners to be turned. The last 20 games or so are evidence enough to show that we've been stuck at the lights on red and there are no corners on Lambert's road map.

[bill]

Let's be honest, it was a ghost written statement by the LMA. And the fact that he was clinging to his millions whilst overviewing a truly dreadful and potentially disastrous spell in our history just makes me hate him more and shows that the club's interests were not on his radar. And Lerner for stumping up the new contract.

Lets be honest, you don't know the LMA wrote that piece. Hate is a dreadful word to use. Says more about you than Lambert. He's gone, and with more dignity than you show. I wanted him gone a long time ago, but will reserve my hate for those who truly deserve it. Paul Lambert is not among them.