Randy Lerner

[PeterWithesShin]

Doug would have sacked him before he'd got on the bus after the 0-8
Losing 8-0 should never be acceptable

Would/should he have sacked MON for losing 7-1 at the same place with a much better side?

In hindsight it would probably have been better for every one if we had.
Of course that was in the days when we were paying "proper Premier League fees and wages" so that kind of thing could never happen.

I mean just the scoreline though. If 8-0 should be instantly sackable, surely 7-1 with a much stronger side should be as well?

[Dave]

I remember when Michael Essien was going nowhere, that you'd have to drag him over Jean-Michel's bloated, fly-riddled dead body to get him away from Lyon - until Chelsea offered £31m, at which point he was gone instantly. That's what we'll have to do with Baticle etc,

I reckon that would be a world record transfer fee for a physio.

[Monty]

I remember when Michael Essien was going nowhere, that you'd have to drag him over Jean-Michel's bloated, fly-riddled dead body to get him away from Lyon - until Chelsea offered £31m, at which point he was gone instantly. That's what we'll have to do with Baticle etc,

I reckon that would be a world record transfer fee for a physio.

Assistant manager, actually. GOD'S SAKE DAVE PAY ATTENTION.

[silhillvilla]

Doug would have sacked him before he'd got on the bus after the 0-8
Losing 8-0 should never be acceptable

Would/should he have sacked MON for losing 7-1 at the same place with a much better side?

In hindsight it would probably have been better for every one if we had.
Of course that was in the days when we were paying "proper Premier League fees and wages" so that kind of thing could never happen.

I mean just the scoreline though. If 8-0 should be instantly sackable, surely 7-1 with a much stronger side should be as well?

Well I agree and I think Doug would of fired MON
He also would not of put up with his antics generally , the day he allegedly resigned and had to be talked back into the job. Doug would of just boot him out

[Toronto Villa]

Our elusive chairman is preparing a statement regarding new manager.
Gerard Houllier is assisting Tom Fox, Paddy Reilly and Hendrik Almstadt in finding the right man.
Maybe using him to smooth the waters with Lyon.
Don't shoot the messanger just heard this via a well connected person on coach to Souithampton.

Not Eastie I take it?

Eastie wouldn't know. He's travelling down with the Wags. He's on mani/pedi duty.

[Hoppo]

1000% not Eastie.

[Sexual Ealing]

Interestingly, when I'm in charge of the dictionary, an 'Eastie' will be when a gentleman's 'lad' has a natural preference for pointing left. I say 'interestingly', but only in a very loose sense.

[saunders_heroes]

Doug would have sacked him before he'd got on the bus after the 0-8
Losing 8-0 should never be acceptable

Would/should he have sacked MON for losing 7-1 at the same place with a much better side?

In hindsight it would probably have been better for every one if we had.
Of course that was in the days when we were paying "proper Premier League fees and wages" so that kind of thing could never happen.

I mean just the scoreline though. If 8-0 should be instantly sackable, surely 7-1 with a much stronger side should be as well?

I'd have definitely sacked Lambert after the 8-0 humiliation. Would have saved us a lot of grief. Instead he was allowed to stay and fester.

[PeterWithesShin]

That's not the point i'm making though. Would you have sacked MON straight after the 7-1 as well?

[eamonn]

Interestingly, when I'm in charge of the dictionary, an 'Eastie' will be when a gentleman's 'lad' has a natural preference for pointing left. I say 'interestingly', but only in a very loose sense.

Where does that leave Ashley Westwood?

[saunders_heroes]

That's not the point i'm making though. Would you have sacked MON straight after the 7-1 as well?

Of course not. If you finish top 6 for the third year on the trot then get slaughtered at Chelsea you at least get the benefit of the doubt. Lambert's 8-0 was something else though. I'd have sacked him on the spot and I said it at the time as well.

[adrenachrome]

Interestingly, when I'm in charge of the dictionary, an 'Eastie' will be when a gentleman's 'lad' has a natural preference for pointing left. I say 'interestingly', but only in a very loose sense.

Where does that leave Ashley Westwood?

Not to mention Clit Eastwood who would not know if he was going or coming and in severe danger of meeting himself coming back and splitting his difference into the bargain. In any case, left is west if your head is north, surely?

[Legion]

Interestingly, when I'm in charge of the dictionary, an 'Eastie' will be when a gentleman's 'lad' has a natural preference for pointing left. I say 'interestingly', but only in a very loose sense.

Where does that leave Ashley Westwood?

Not to mention Clit Eastwood who would not know if he was going or coming and in severe danger of meeting himself coming back and splitting his difference into the bargain. In any case, left is west if your head is north, surely?

Typo' or deliberate?

[pauliewalnuts]

That's not the point i'm making though. Would you have sacked MON straight after the 7-1 as well?

Of course not. If you finish top 6 for the third year on the trot then get slaughtered at Chelsea you at least get the benefit of the doubt. Lambert's 8-0 was something else though. I'd have sacked him on the spot and I said it at the time as well.

I reckon there were four or five occasions - or runs of results more accurately - in Lambert's tenure which would have got pretty much any other manager the sack.

Yet somehow he remained unscathed.

We also had that horrible sequence of: get a really unexpected win (at Anfield, for example) gain plaudits, then go on a truly hideous run of results for 9 or 10 matches, then repeat.

[PeterWithesShin]

So you'd have sacked him for his first defeat in 7 games, even though it wasn't even halfway through the season and we were in the SF of a cup?