Lambert on TalkSport

[Legion]

I think the job turned out to be too big for him.

I also think he'd known nothing but success before coming here, and when things got tricky he didn't know what to do.

I also wonder how much the almost total lack of backroom staff other than that mentalist Keane was actually down to him.

I wish him no ill and hope he gets another job soon, but I've been watching us for about 40 years now and this season was the worst football I've ever seen from a villa team

Absolutely no doubt we'd have been relegated had we stuck with him.

All of the above.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm all heart.

[olaftab]

The mad idea of Guzan bowling it out to the fullbacks and going to Germany and coming back with a brand new tactic of keeping the ball but not creating any chances showed that he'd lost it.

It was truly desperate

That was laughable probably the most amateur thing I have ever seen in professional football.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm all heart.

Soft

[olaftab]

Lambert will get another job for sure. You wonder though if he needs to do a McLaren and work abroad for a year or two.

One of the smaller German clubs might suit him.

In the Westfalia NRW-Liga with someone like VfB Huls!

[silhillvilla]

I imagine he will end up somewhere like St Mirren or Partick.
That's his level.

[martin o`who??]

It may be black or white thinking but he was either bad at his job or the players wanted him out.

Dont ever forget that we, the fans, wanted - and got PL, sometimes a manager and club just are not a good fit for a myriad of reasons, and others are, In much the same way that Tim seemed to be at home from day one.

[LeeB]

It may be black or white thinking but he was either bad at his job or the players wanted him out.

Dont ever forget that we, the fans, wanted - and got PL, sometimes a manager and club just are not a good fit for a myriad of reasons, and others are, In much the same way that Tim seemed to be at home from day one.

I agree with this.

[silhillvilla]

It may be black or white thinking but he was either bad at his job or the players wanted him out.

Dont ever forget that we, the fans, wanted - and got PL, sometimes a manager and club just are not a good fit for a myriad of reasons, and others are, In much the same way that Tim seemed to be at home from day one.

That's not true though. I for one never wanted him and I know many others who didn't. The singing for him at Norwich in mcleishs last game was tragic. I can't blame the fans too much though after the preceding 24 months of nonsense.

[martin o`who??]

Interesting that he's spinning it to suggest if he'd had a fully fit Benteke we'd have been fine. Was Benteke that much fitter when he started scoring for Sherwood than the last couple of months under Lambert?

The two league goals he scored this season with Lambert in charge, at Palace and at home to ManUre were comepletely of the Beast's own making which suggests he would have scored a hatful more during that period had we been better set-up to supply him like we are now.

Arse and covering come to mind.

Indeed. I don't recall thinking, whilst watching the big fella frustratedly hanging around the centre circle for weeks on end, that the reason he wasn't banging them in for fun was his fitness. If he truly believes that, along with those post-match "we were excellent" lines he repeatedly trotted out, it only confirms my long-held belief that eventually all Villa managers go mental.

Bearing in mind that a certain Ron Saunders left the then current League Champions for St Andrews you may have a point.

[Londonvilla]

Former Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert makes frank admission over Jack Grealish

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/05/14/former-aston-villa-boss-paul-lambert-makes-admission-over-jack-g/

The Scot says that he and the 19-year-old hotshot didn't always see eye to eye.

Former Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has admitted to Sky Sports News HQ that he and Jack Grealish had a few falling outs during his time at the club.

Lambert gave Grealish his Villa debut at the start of this season, as the teenage attacker would go on to impress in four league cameos and one cup start, before penning a new long-term deal in October to ward off interest from top-flight rivals.

The Solihull-native seemed primed for a major role in the first-team at the time but instead but spent the next few months either warming the bench or in the reserves while fans clamoured for his inclusion.

However, with Tim Sherwood replacing Lambert at the helm in late-February following his sacking, the 19-year-old has since found his way into the line-up, earning rave reviews from six straight starts and leaving many wondering why the previous regime did not seem to believe he was ready for regular action.

The Scot stresses that he has been delighted to see Grealish performing so well of late but believes that he and his former coaching staff handled his development in the correct manner.

“We didn’t always see eye to eye,” Lambert said on Thursday morning. “He was a young player with a lot of promise but you’re trying to teach him what can happen if things can go wrong – you’re trying to harden him up.

“I’m delighted that he’s doing well now and having a sustainable run but there will come times that he’ll find it hard and things don’t go his way.

“He’s playing without fear, as a young player always does. We took him to America [for preason] and let him see how a pro lives and they actually do it.

“And we gave him his debut and, to be fair to him, he’s doing well.”

Grealish's recent emergence has also led to an international tug-of-war, with the Republic of Ireland Under-21 midfielder refusing a first senior call-up this week amid speculation that he is considering switching to England.

The decision has seen him come in for criticism from some quarters and Lambert believes that he has now put himself in a tough spot.

“It’s a hard one,” the former midfielder said. “There was a time when I was there when the Irish Under-21s were going to call him up and he never wanted to go there with them.

“Maybe he’s waiting for England? – I don’t know, but it’s his choice where he wants to go.

I Like Paul Lambert , he spent very little money compared to others and got the wage bill down, but when he started play fear football he had to go.The fan could see that Jack needed to start playing so why could he not see it?

[Legion]

It may be black or white thinking but he was either bad at his job or the players wanted him out.

Dont ever forget that we, the fans, wanted - and got PL, sometimes a manager and club just are not a good fit for a myriad of reasons, and others are, In much the same way that Tim seemed to be at home from day one.

I didn't. Plus I also thought the appointment of Sherwood was questionable. Very happy indeed to say that so far I was totally wrong.

[London Villan]

I wish he'd had the backbone to resign after one on the numerous debacles he presided over. Pathetic. He'll never have to work again, but the scary thing is he'll walk into another very well paid job and mumble his way to more failure.

The last few weeks have felt like a breath of fresh air, I'm enjoying football again, I wish it had happened 12 months ago.

[martin o`who??]

It may be black or white thinking but he was either bad at his job or the players wanted him out.

Dont ever forget that we, the fans, wanted - and got PL, sometimes a manager and club just are not a good fit for a myriad of reasons, and others are, In much the same way that Tim seemed to be at home from day one.

I didn't. Plus I also thought the appointment of Sherwood was questionable. Very happy indeed to say that so far I was totally wrong.

I can honestly say that as from when Lamberts position became genuinely untenable and people were saying " but who are we" etc I was advocating Sherwood above all else. (Although, admittedly, the list of potential candidates wasn't unlimited)

[silhillvilla]

Also that bullshit story he came out with about asking Lerner to sack him twice ! Wtf !
Why didn't you walk then you bullshit merchant