brummie Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Unbelievably, someone in the press cottoning on to the weirdness of Lambert. From the Graun Lambert risks the wrath of a forgiving Villa faithful The discrepancy between Paul Lambert’s press conference assessment and the FA Cup tie witnessed at Villa Park yesterday left the attendant media somewhat bemused. The Holte End had just turned on the Aston Villa manager for the first time in his tenure, three minutes before Christian Benteke’s winning goal broke Blackpool’s resistance. Lambert said he found their vehemence “strange”. With 12 goals from 22 games this season, and three wins from the last 17, it is stranger that Villa fans have remained supportive of Lambert. In these days of short-term reigns and so little loyalty, strange but laudable. It is as if, with Randy Lerner hitting stony ground thus far in his attempt to sell up, the Villa crowd have become accustomed to mediocrity. After the relatively heady days of three successive top-six finishes and two Wembley visits under Martin O’Neill, Villa fans never bought into Gérard Houllier. They positively howled at the moon until delivered with Alex McLeish’s head on a plate. Yet after finishing 15th in the Premier League in each of the past two seasons, with one run to the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup (where they lost to Bradford City from League Two), and now facing a third successive campaign endeavouring to keep their heads above the relegation parapet, Lambert has received very little grief from the crowd. Benteke was a superb signing, even if he has flattered to deceive in the past 18 months, and the likes of Ashley Westwood and Fabian Delph have developed into good Premier League midfield players. The players work hard for him and are now trying to adapt to a preferred passing game, but still lack touch and movement. Lambert is deluded if he thinks maintaining harmless possession in recent games against Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Blackpool equals progress. Lambert has been fortunate to avoid too much criticism thus far. But if he continues to praise Villa’s performances every week, not distinguishing between the good and the bad games, then he risks alienating supporters further. In these dour, difficult days for Villa he needs to keep a forgiving fan base onside. Peter Lansley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Is there any facet of Lambert you rate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 http://www.hastingsunitedfc.co.uk/news/article/us-appoint-kane-for-a-second-time/ From Newcastle and is a massive toon fan. Howay the U's! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Unbelievably, someone in the press cottoning on to the weirdness of Lambert. From the Graun Lambert risks the wrath of a forgiving Villa faithful The discrepancy between Paul Lambert’s press conference assessment and the FA Cup tie witnessed at Villa Park yesterday left the attendant media somewhat bemused. The Holte End had just turned on the Aston Villa manager for the first time in his tenure, three minutes before Christian Benteke’s winning goal broke Blackpool’s resistance. Lambert said he found their vehemence “strange”. With 12 goals from 22 games this season, and three wins from the last 17, it is stranger that Villa fans have remained supportive of Lambert. In these days of short-term reigns and so little loyalty, strange but laudable. It is as if, with Randy Lerner hitting stony ground thus far in his attempt to sell up, the Villa crowd have become accustomed to mediocrity. After the relatively heady days of three successive top-six finishes and two Wembley visits under Martin O’Neill, Villa fans never bought into Gérard Houllier. They positively howled at the moon until delivered with Alex McLeish’s head on a plate. Yet after finishing 15th in the Premier League in each of the past two seasons, with one run to the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup (where they lost to Bradford City from League Two), and now facing a third successive campaign endeavouring to keep their heads above the relegation parapet, Lambert has received very little grief from the crowd. Benteke was a superb signing, even if he has flattered to deceive in the past 18 months, and the likes of Ashley Westwood and Fabian Delph have developed into good Premier League midfield players. The players work hard for him and are now trying to adapt to a preferred passing game, but still lack touch and movement. Lambert is deluded if he thinks maintaining harmless possession in recent games against Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Blackpool equals progress. Lambert has been fortunate to avoid too much criticism thus far. But if he continues to praise Villa’s performances every week, not distinguishing between the good and the bad games, then he risks alienating supporters further. In these dour, difficult days for Villa he needs to keep a forgiving fan base onside. Peter Lansley What do you expect? Be careful what you wish for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I just heard on SSN that Celtic have the ability to postpone 1 Scottish Premier League game in January! Why the f*** is this a thing? I was wondering about that as well. I assume that the rule is limited to Celtic and the option is not available to all SPL clubs? Does beg the question why and how they got that rule approved. It's a money spinner basically they postpone game then play a friendly abroad. Usually happens in first couple of weeks of rseason too. Rangers used to do it too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Our board has finally seen sense and has called up an election at the end of the season. Most likely we'll elect Laporta again. He's a cunt, but a winning cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Our board has finally seen sense and has called up an election at the end of the season. Most likely we'll elect Laporta again. He's a c***, but a winning c***. VI what's bad about Laporta? Just curious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Our board has finally seen sense and has called up an election at the end of the season. Most likely we'll elect Laporta again. He's a c***, but a winning c***. http://img01.mundodeportivo.com/2012/06/20/Laporta-en-la-piscina-FOTO-Cor_54314597645_54115221154_600_396.jpg Yep that's a cunt alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Brummie, sorry if you've been asked this a million times, but what are the chances of Lambert getting the boot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Our board has finally seen sense and has called up an election at the end of the season. Most likely we'll elect Laporta again. He's a c***, but a winning c***. http://img01.mundodeportivo.com/2012/06/20/Laporta-en-la-piscina-FOTO-Cor_54314597645_54115221154_600_396.jpg Yep that's a cunt alright. Any more pictures of that? Wouldn't mind seeing the upper body of the woman in the background. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Brummie, sorry if you've been asked this a million times, but what are the chances of Lambert getting the boot? Absolutely zero. The owner has set the bar at not getting relegated. So long as that doesn't happen, he doesn't care. Lambert got a new four year contract in September. Incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Brummie, sorry if you've been asked this a million times, but what are the chances of Lambert getting the boot? Absolutely zero. The owner has set the bar at not getting relegated. So long as that doesn't happen, he doesn't care. Lambert got a new four year contract in September. Incredible. Would you take going down to try and enforce change at both manager and owner level? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Unbelievably, someone in the press cottoning on to the weirdness of Lambert. From the Graun Lambert risks the wrath of a forgiving Villa faithful The discrepancy between Paul Lambert’s press conference assessment and the FA Cup tie witnessed at Villa Park yesterday left the attendant media somewhat bemused. The Holte End had just turned on the Aston Villa manager for the first time in his tenure, three minutes before Christian Benteke’s winning goal broke Blackpool’s resistance. Lambert said he found their vehemence “strange”. With 12 goals from 22 games this season, and three wins from the last 17, it is stranger that Villa fans have remained supportive of Lambert. In these days of short-term reigns and so little loyalty, strange but laudable. It is as if, with Randy Lerner hitting stony ground thus far in his attempt to sell up, the Villa crowd have become accustomed to mediocrity. After the relatively heady days of three successive top-six finishes and two Wembley visits under Martin O’Neill, Villa fans never bought into Gérard Houllier. They positively howled at the moon until delivered with Alex McLeish’s head on a plate. Yet after finishing 15th in the Premier League in each of the past two seasons, with one run to the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup (where they lost to Bradford City from League Two), and now facing a third successive campaign endeavouring to keep their heads above the relegation parapet, Lambert has received very little grief from the crowd. Benteke was a superb signing, even if he has flattered to deceive in the past 18 months, and the likes of Ashley Westwood and Fabian Delph have developed into good Premier League midfield players. The players work hard for him and are now trying to adapt to a preferred passing game, but still lack touch and movement. Lambert is deluded if he thinks maintaining harmless possession in recent games against Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Blackpool equals progress. Lambert has been fortunate to avoid too much criticism thus far. But if he continues to praise Villa’s performances every week, not distinguishing between the good and the bad games, then he risks alienating supporters further. In these dour, difficult days for Villa he needs to keep a forgiving fan base onside. Peter Lansley What do you expect? Be careful what you wish for. I have no idea what you mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Brummie, sorry if you've been asked this a million times, but what are the chances of Lambert getting the boot? Absolutely zero. The owner has set the bar at not getting relegated. So long as that doesn't happen, he doesn't care. Lambert got a new four year contract in September. Incredible. Would you take going down to try and enforce change? No. Partly because he won't get sacked even if he gets us relegated. Seriously, he's bullet proof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Is there any facet of Lambert you rate? Yes. When he spends more than peanuts on a player, he can spot a good one. Vlaar was good for 4m, Benteke, obviously, a superb signing. Even Kozak, before he got injured weighed in with a decent goal ratio, and Carlos Sanchez is looking more and more like a very good signing. That's all good. What isn't all good is the coaching side of things, where he's just all over the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Is there not an ex club of his that might be daft enough to give you £3.5m for him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Dortmund could be looking for a new manager soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 ITV not renewing Andy Townsend's contract http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2901212/ITV-not-renew-Andy-Townsend-s-contract-losing-Champions-League-Europa-League-FA-Cup-rights.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Champion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 ITV not renewing Andy Townsend's contract http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2901212/ITV-not-renew-Andy-Townsend-s-contract-losing-Champions-League-Europa-League-FA-Cup-rights.html What a shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Champion. He's freelance I think, so we might still have him commentating on ITV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Champion. He's freelance I think, so we might still have him commentating on ITV. If so it'll only be on the occasional England match, considering they've lost the FA Cup, EL and CL games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I've just been listening to The Football Ramble. Do you know how many goals Ronald Koeman scored in 613 games? 207 A 1 in 3 defender ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 http://oi60.tinypic.com/jphd38.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 pens and free kicks innit. Basically automatic goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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