Paul Lambert - a retrospective

[London Villan]

I fcukin hate him. That Christmas/New Year spell was the most inept and embarrassing run of results in the club's history. And there has beena few!

[Legion]

8, 7, 4?

[brian green]

All three of those games amazingly could have been heavier defeats.

[Legion]

Especially the Chelsea debacle.

[London Villan]

Sun   Dec   23         Premier   Chelsea   Away   Lost   0-8
Wed   Dec   26         Premier   Tottenham Hotspur   Home   Lost   0-4
Sat   Dec   29         Premier   Wigan Athletic   Home   Lost   0-3
Tue   Jan   1         Premier   Swansea City   Away   Drew   2-2
Sat   Jan   5         FAC 3   Ipswich Town   Home   Won   2-1
Tue   Jan   8         LC Semi - 1 Leg   Bradford City   Away   Lost   1-3
Sat   Jan   12         Premier   Southampton   Home   Lost   0-1
Sat   Jan   19         Premier   West Bromwich Albion   Away   Drew   2-2
Tue   Jan   22         LC Semi - 2 Leg   Bradford City   Home   Won   2-1 (3-4 aggregate)
Fri   Jan   25         FAC 4   Millwall   Away   Lost   1-2
Tue   Jan   29         Premier   Newcastle United   Home   Lost   1-2

[brian green]

Especially the Chelsea debacle.

[Legion]

8 4 3. Cries at that.

[London Villan]

Add bradford and millwall into that. How he wasnt sacked i will never know.

[Legion]

That is a shocking sequence of results.

[Pete3206]

I've got 2 words to describe his era.

Shite.........and shite.

[SoccerHQ]

I had high hopes after what he did at Norwich and felt that with a bigger budget than Norwich, he would do great. No idea why it worked at Norwich with mediocre players and not with us.

What actually did happen with Culverhouse?? never got to the bottom of it.

Karsa and Culverhouse were summarily dismissed due to allegations of bullying if I remember correctly.

I believe Karsa was posting on VillaTalk just before he was dismissed which added to the surrealism of that time.

[ez]

Playing the ball backwards from a goal kick.
Playing keepball in our own half with the opposition not getting a kick for ages. They weren't too bothered though as they were winning the game.
Claimed he had his resignation turned down but signed a new contract.
Gave Gabby a new contract.

[Toronto Villa]

8 4 3. Cries at that.

at least we got better...

[Pete3206]

Sun   Dec   23         Premier   Chelsea   Away   Lost   0-8
Wed   Dec   26         Premier   Tottenham Hotspur   Home   Lost   0-4
Sat   Dec   29         Premier   Wigan Athletic   Home   Lost   0-3

Great Christmas that was. At least we were saving ourselves for an easy cup semi final.

[Steve67]

A man treated so very badly by Randy Lerner, he signed anew four year contract. My heart bleeds.