| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level 18:25 - Feb 20 with 2849 views | Mullet |
What made him so popular on here and across the fanbase has been the fuel on the fire, when it comes to things going against him. Having Covid at possibly the worst time and it clearly taking a toll on him meant he was battling to do his job when it was already too far gone to ever come back in the fans' estimations.
It must be incredibly hard to be a top footballer and it not translate into management. Where you can go to big clubs where you would have flourished as a player and fail as a manager is nothing new. We've seen it here with Roy, let alone countless others at other clubs. But to see every decision you make turn out for the worse must destroy even those with the mental and testicular fortitude it takes to reach the top.
Of course he's well paid, of course he could and should have walked a long time ago if he wanted to ingratiate himself just a little bit with us, but instead everything he's tried for good or ill has collpased on his head. He's been reduced to a sickly, mumbling, ninja in outdoor gear and it was tragic to watch. The man who inspired banners and bonding is long dead. His husk has been wafting about Ipswich for over a year now doing nothing.
I thought Northampton was the lowest we could go, so in a way today was undoubtedly a big improvement. But his quotes and demeanour long before today suggest he is just trying to set a narrative noone is believing or all that interested in.
When you've fallen out beyond repair with a player who was attracting bigger offers than most and the guy you've backed as the midfielder who emobodies yourself more than anyone else on the pitch and the kids have been sent out en masse, it's little surprise you see fight from whose left.
I wondered before the game if this side was largely those who hadn't fallen out with him at all or at least "too much" as to make picking them a loss of face. If that was the fight and desire needed we were always doomed anyway. Had this season been on track today would have been a frustrating blip, not a sign to Marcus of green shoots etc.
It's not just a really sad chapter in our club's history, but a worrying one. People who think it's the manager alone and not Evans might be much scarcer now, but getting rid of Lambert doesn't remove the bloke whose decisions and inertness have been the significant factors in making Mick the only decent period in his ownership.
We'll rip into Lambert's reputation and legacy for years to come, but how long can Evans keep getting it so badly wrong before he needs to be spoken about the past tense too? He's spent obscene amounts only to devalue every asset and facet of the club. He can't make this next roll of the dice another loser can he? But form suggests he will. |  |
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| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 11:10 - Feb 21 with 364 views | pointofblue |
| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 10:33 - Feb 21 by Mullet |
That assumes cash is his only motivation, not ego, pride or desperation to prove himself which is a common flaw of top athletes once they can no longer compete and move on. That's quite an important distinction. |
And he cannot see that he is making things worse for himself with the comments to the press and treatment of Jackson and Nolan? It’s as though he’s deliberately saying and doing things to wind up the fanbase now. |  |
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| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 12:05 - Feb 21 with 347 views | RadioOrwell |
| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 10:35 - Feb 21 by Mullet |
"I know Evans is bad but that doesn't make a positive case for Lambert." that isn't the entirity of what we're talking about though is it?
I agree on your last sentence, but who would walk away from that kind of money? Especially when most of us will not earn that in years of working. Let alone this will be his last job. It's very easy for fans to spend other people's money such is the vast sums involved. |
Meanwhile with each passing day the club is going further round the U-bend.
But you know, as long as he keeps getting paid that's the main thing.
This started off with "feeling sorry for Lambert".
That sentiment is laughable. |  | | |
| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 16:28 - Feb 21 with 305 views | Mullet |
| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 11:10 - Feb 21 by pointofblue |
And he cannot see that he is making things worse for himself with the comments to the press and treatment of Jackson and Nolan? It’s as though he’s deliberately saying and doing things to wind up the fanbase now. |
Maybe he is? Maybe he feels betrayed? He's certainly descended into paranoia and done some silly and some abhorrent things trying to position himself in a better standing here, and now elsewhere.
It's pretty tragic that Mick aside, we have become a managerial graveyard and they all leave in similar circumstances. As bad as he has been, seeing the unravelling of the bloke whilst Evans does little and says little more to us is symptomatic of how badly he runs the club. | |
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| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 16:54 - Feb 21 with 301 views | cbower |
| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 19:53 - Feb 20 by Guthrum |
A conclusion I came to during the Keane era was that some former top players managing in lower divisions simply fail to comprehend that footballers at that level are mostly incapable of matching the standards of the people they were used to working with - however much fierce driving or inspirational leading one might do. That is why they aren't at Prem clubs.
Lambert's constant talk of his past achievements reminded me of it. As if those should somehow be able to push the team to exceptional heights.
Whereas the formerly lesser players are used to it and can more easily concentrate on getting the technical, tactical and man-management stuff right, rather than relying on their own past example.
Obviously there will be exceptions on both sides, but those are my thoughts. |
Bobby Charlton. Terrific player, abysmal failure as manager. Jose M - nothing noteworthy as a player, massive success as a manager. Proves your point Gutters. |  |
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| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 17:16 - Feb 21 with 289 views | cbower |
| I feel sorry for Paul Lambert on one level on 09:36 - Feb 21 by Mullet |
But who wouldn't do the same? His only partiality to us was the chance was to stick two fingers up at Nodge. He's not inhuman for self-preservation regardless of all the obvious flaws we can see.
He's been a terrible fraud in many ways, but I don't think he was entirely cynical or deluded at least initially. It's pretty clear we are suffering because he is, and as we all agree his career is surely done after this.
That said seeing him speak, his body language, his treatment of others makes me see a man at the end of his tether and completely in over his head. That's pretty tragic in isolation. |
Beyond a disastrous attempt at splitting the centre backs to receive the ball from the keeper in his first few games, I can't recall any attempt to play a coherent, consistent or effective style of football for the entirety of his tenure. This season's so called 433 which is more 451 has left us so weak when attacking it has been embarrassing. Most games he has left it until 75+ to make changes, often going 442 and we have then mustered some attempt on goal. I genuinely believe that if the players would listen to me with some professional respect, I could do better! His tactical nous on the evidence of the last 2.5 years is non existent. The big club stuff gets on my nerves too. One (albeit very successful) season at Dortmund, lots of trophies in that ultra competitive Scottish League, international caps and a decent spell with Nodge a decade ago are notable achievements of course. However, disastrous spells more recently at Wolves, Villa and Stoke are the lead characteristics of his management career and that is what he has shown here. Be gone Lambert you fraud. Still hanker after Cowleys myself. They definitely wouldn't be giving us any "I've played at the top level" self justification bull. | |
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