| Paul Lambert 442 magazine 15:01 - Jun 7 with 6744 views | RobTheMonk |
Small Ipswich mention, but he knew straight away that the players weren’t good enough for the Championship. States that Ipswich are a brilliant club.
He was a plonker, but he got given a rough hand for us and never recovered from it.
How far we’ve come. |  | | |  |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:04 - Jun 7 with 5499 views | tractorboy1978 |
He was a c0ck of the highest order. The worst and most dislikeable manager of my time as a Town fan. For at least the last 12 months, he was begging for the sack and managing the club was a total inconvenience to him. Heard him speak recently about how he was delighted to get sacked by Aston Villa too. Thoroughly odious bloke and I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:05]
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:07 - Jun 7 with 5449 views | Jon_456 |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:04 - Jun 7 by tractorboy1978 |
He was a c0ck of the highest order. The worst and most dislikeable manager of my time as a Town fan. For at least the last 12 months, he was begging for the sack and managing the club was a total inconvenience to him. Heard him speak recently about how he was delighted to get sacked by Aston Villa too. Thoroughly odious bloke and I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:05]
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I would argue that says more about Marcus Evans than it does PL.
Firstly giving him that 5 year contract and then not sacking him sooner. | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:10 - Jun 7 with 5425 views | Miaow |
He ended up being my most-disliked ITFC manager. And that’s quite an achievement given the competition from the Evans era. |  |
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:14 - Jun 7 with 5392 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:04 - Jun 7 by tractorboy1978 |
He was a c0ck of the highest order. The worst and most dislikeable manager of my time as a Town fan. For at least the last 12 months, he was begging for the sack and managing the club was a total inconvenience to him. Heard him speak recently about how he was delighted to get sacked by Aston Villa too. Thoroughly odious bloke and I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:05]
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To be honest the easy thing to say was he was awful/useless/total **** etc. I think towards the end his head had completely gone, he'd lost the fans etc and his ego/pride made his behaviour/interviews etc dreadful. He had to go.
But when you look back he effectively predicted and got a lot absolutely bang on. He talked about how important the structure was at a club and how there wasn't one at Ipswich (I thought that was excuse making at L1 level) but he was bang on. Only having seen the difference a ground up infrastructure at a club can make can I see what he was saying.
He talked about if someone could get some momentum with the club it could be massive and we'd fill stadiums and go along way. Bang on.
To a degree the style of play he wanted to do and direction of travel was right. He didn't have McKenna ability, the background staff, players of infrastructure to carry it off. If he had gamechanger might he have got us up and had some success. Honestly yes I think out of L1 at least he might well.
But he's so far off McKenna as a person and coach. Just so thankful those days are behind us. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:21]
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:21 - Jun 7 with 5338 views | Churchman |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:04 - Jun 7 by tractorboy1978 |
He was a c0ck of the highest order. The worst and most dislikeable manager of my time as a Town fan. For at least the last 12 months, he was begging for the sack and managing the club was a total inconvenience to him. Heard him speak recently about how he was delighted to get sacked by Aston Villa too. Thoroughly odious bloke and I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:05]
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You only have to hear what Darren Bent has to say about him from his time at Villa to work out what sort of cockwomble Lambert was/is.
Not quite the worst, but for me gets a podium placing for the worst manager in our history awards. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:23 - Jun 7 with 5311 views | itfcjoe |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:14 - Jun 7 by Nutkins_Return |
To be honest the easy thing to say was he was awful/useless/total **** etc. I think towards the end his head had completely gone, he'd lost the fans etc and his ego/pride made his behaviour/interviews etc dreadful. He had to go.
But when you look back he effectively predicted and got a lot absolutely bang on. He talked about how important the structure was at a club and how there wasn't one at Ipswich (I thought that was excuse making at L1 level) but he was bang on. Only having seen the difference a ground up infrastructure at a club can make can I see what he was saying.
He talked about if someone could get some momentum with the club it could be massive and we'd fill stadiums and go along way. Bang on.
To a degree the style of play he wanted to do and direction of travel was right. He didn't have McKenna ability, the background staff, players of infrastructure to carry it off. If he had gamechanger might he have got us up and had some success. Honestly yes I think out of L1 at least he might well.
But he's so far off McKenna as a person and coach. Just so thankful those days are behind us. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:21]
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He gave up on the job so early, it was so clear from his touchline demeanour and whilst he had all these criticisms he signed a 5 year deal and had the power given to him to actually do something about them.....but didn't mention them until he was about to get the sack |  |
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:38 - Jun 7 with 5149 views | Stu_boy |
Honest question who would you rather have out of keane, lambert or hurst? | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:42 - Jun 7 with 5109 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:14 - Jun 7 by Nutkins_Return |
To be honest the easy thing to say was he was awful/useless/total **** etc. I think towards the end his head had completely gone, he'd lost the fans etc and his ego/pride made his behaviour/interviews etc dreadful. He had to go.
But when you look back he effectively predicted and got a lot absolutely bang on. He talked about how important the structure was at a club and how there wasn't one at Ipswich (I thought that was excuse making at L1 level) but he was bang on. Only having seen the difference a ground up infrastructure at a club can make can I see what he was saying.
He talked about if someone could get some momentum with the club it could be massive and we'd fill stadiums and go along way. Bang on.
To a degree the style of play he wanted to do and direction of travel was right. He didn't have McKenna ability, the background staff, players of infrastructure to carry it off. If he had gamechanger might he have got us up and had some success. Honestly yes I think out of L1 at least he might well.
But he's so far off McKenna as a person and coach. Just so thankful those days are behind us. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:21]
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He was hardly saying anything insightful or uniquely visionary - any one with any remote interest in ITFC knew what the issues were and how underfunded the club was, particularly off the pitch.
He made a complete dogs dinner of the season cut short by COVID and then really couldn't be arsed after that. He barely touched base with the players during that COVID break and they were all left to their own devices fitness wise. He chucked the towel in but didn't want to lose out on a pay day so stayed here putting in barely the minimum and taking the p!ss. A complete c0ck. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:48]
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:43 - Jun 7 with 5095 views | RobTheMonk |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:23 - Jun 7 by itfcjoe |
He gave up on the job so early, it was so clear from his touchline demeanour and whilst he had all these criticisms he signed a 5 year deal and had the power given to him to actually do something about them.....but didn't mention them until he was about to get the sack |
The 5 year contract he got was genuinely one of the most puzzling things I’ve seen come out of the club in my time as a fan.
He took over some dross though and has a semblance of sympathy from me because of that. But I have no sympathy for his League 1 fall into mediocrity and subsequent meltdowns. | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:48 - Jun 7 with 5026 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:07 - Jun 7 by Jon_456 |
I would argue that says more about Marcus Evans than it does PL.
Firstly giving him that 5 year contract and then not sacking him sooner. |
I think both are true. C0ck of a bloke and carried himself terribly, especially towards the end when he had clearly checked out but was happy to act like a complete chopper while picking up his wages.
That said he was dealt a terrible hand here from a football side. He's right in that the squad he inherited was dire, the infrastructure was sub standard even by upper L1 standards and he was operating in a rudderless vessel of a football club. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:56 - Jun 7 with 4913 views | muhrensleftfoot |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:04 - Jun 7 by tractorboy1978 |
He was a c0ck of the highest order. The worst and most dislikeable manager of my time as a Town fan. For at least the last 12 months, he was begging for the sack and managing the club was a total inconvenience to him. Heard him speak recently about how he was delighted to get sacked by Aston Villa too. Thoroughly odious bloke and I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:05]
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Agree with this totally. Worst manager in ITFC history (I can go back to Bill McGarry). Not helped by the owner of course. Amongst many poor management decisions, sending Donacien away on loan, Jackson to the under 21’s. Utter rubbish manager. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:04 - Jun 7 with 4802 views | hoppy |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:04 - Jun 7 by tractorboy1978 |
He was a c0ck of the highest order. The worst and most dislikeable manager of my time as a Town fan. For at least the last 12 months, he was begging for the sack and managing the club was a total inconvenience to him. Heard him speak recently about how he was delighted to get sacked by Aston Villa too. Thoroughly odious bloke and I have no sympathy for him whatsoever. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:05]
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Put you down as an "Undecided"? |  |
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:14 - Jun 7 with 4730 views | RadioOrwell |
His overuse of the phrase "we go again" after every terrible performance will be my main memory of him. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:30 - Jun 7 with 4580 views | BonchosBicycle |
I wish I could visit an alternate universe where McKenna took over when Lambert did, and see what he could have done with the players we had then. I suspect a hell of a lot better than we did. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:31 - Jun 7 with 4568 views | davblue |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:14 - Jun 7 by Nutkins_Return |
To be honest the easy thing to say was he was awful/useless/total **** etc. I think towards the end his head had completely gone, he'd lost the fans etc and his ego/pride made his behaviour/interviews etc dreadful. He had to go.
But when you look back he effectively predicted and got a lot absolutely bang on. He talked about how important the structure was at a club and how there wasn't one at Ipswich (I thought that was excuse making at L1 level) but he was bang on. Only having seen the difference a ground up infrastructure at a club can make can I see what he was saying.
He talked about if someone could get some momentum with the club it could be massive and we'd fill stadiums and go along way. Bang on.
To a degree the style of play he wanted to do and direction of travel was right. He didn't have McKenna ability, the background staff, players of infrastructure to carry it off. If he had gamechanger might he have got us up and had some success. Honestly yes I think out of L1 at least he might well.
But he's so far off McKenna as a person and coach. Just so thankful those days are behind us. [Post edited 7 Jun 2024 15:21]
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He'd been around enough good clubs to know what good looks like tbf to him. I never doubted his thoughts of where we were at behind the scenes, we were barely professional in our infrastructure, and that's down to Evans not any manager. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:34 - Jun 7 with 4525 views | MK1 |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:21 - Jun 7 by Churchman |
You only have to hear what Darren Bent has to say about him from his time at Villa to work out what sort of cockwomble Lambert was/is.
Not quite the worst, but for me gets a podium placing for the worst manager in our history awards. |
It's hard to get past RK and PH, but he has come out with some right b0ll0cks since his sacking. Thoroughly dislikable person. |  |
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:38 - Jun 7 with 4485 views | MK1 |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:38 - Jun 7 by Stu_boy |
Honest question who would you rather have out of keane, lambert or hurst? |
More than happy to give up a body part to ensure none of them ever enter Portman Road again. | |
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:41 - Jun 7 with 4463 views | ParisBlue |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:56 - Jun 7 by muhrensleftfoot |
Agree with this totally. Worst manager in ITFC history (I can go back to Bill McGarry). Not helped by the owner of course. Amongst many poor management decisions, sending Donacien away on loan, Jackson to the under 21’s. Utter rubbish manager. |
He banned Phil from press conferences!
The most bizarre thing about the 5 year contract (still 12 months remaining btw) is that we were on such a poor run of form. After the 5-3 defeat at Lincoln I genuinely thought he was done and should have been sacked at that point. 3 days later..... |  |
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| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:43 - Jun 7 with 4447 views | Europablue |
So it took him no time to decide whose fault it would be when he failed? He seemed to do a decent job at Colchester and obvious was very successful at Norwich.
I can only imagine that the game moved on in the meantime.
He should have had sense either not to take the Ipswich job, or if he did, be likable, but he probably just shouldn't have taken the job.
That squad was not so bad that they couldn't be kept up. He came in with the attitude that we were done just like a lot of people thought the same about QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:45 - Jun 7 with 4420 views | Europablue |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 15:38 - Jun 7 by Stu_boy |
Honest question who would you rather have out of keane, lambert or hurst? |
I guess it has to be Hurst of those 3. | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 17:59 - Jun 7 with 4170 views | HighgateBlue |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:45 - Jun 7 by Europablue |
I guess it has to be Hurst of those 3. |
The guy who only lasted 15 games because he only won one match? That Hurst?
No.
Lambert and Keane both had better win percentages than Cook, who seems to be loved as a cheeky chappy. Hurst was by a country mile the most abject failure of a manager that this club has ever seen. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 18:00 - Jun 7 with 4164 views | Juggsy |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:43 - Jun 7 by Europablue |
So it took him no time to decide whose fault it would be when he failed? He seemed to do a decent job at Colchester and obvious was very successful at Norwich.
I can only imagine that the game moved on in the meantime.
He should have had sense either not to take the Ipswich job, or if he did, be likable, but he probably just shouldn't have taken the job.
That squad was not so bad that they couldn't be kept up. He came in with the attitude that we were done just like a lot of people thought the same about QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. |
Ian Crook as assistant was obviously the brains behind the duo. He was useless once he went. Sad that we made the same mistake with Paul Cook and watched his previous assistant take Wigan up. |  | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 18:04 - Jun 7 with 4140 views | davblue |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:43 - Jun 7 by Europablue |
So it took him no time to decide whose fault it would be when he failed? He seemed to do a decent job at Colchester and obvious was very successful at Norwich.
I can only imagine that the game moved on in the meantime.
He should have had sense either not to take the Ipswich job, or if he did, be likable, but he probably just shouldn't have taken the job.
That squad was not so bad that they couldn't be kept up. He came in with the attitude that we were done just like a lot of people thought the same about QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. |
We were utter dross, performance and ability wise. | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 18:05 - Jun 7 with 4117 views | davblue |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 18:00 - Jun 7 by Juggsy |
Ian Crook as assistant was obviously the brains behind the duo. He was useless once he went. Sad that we made the same mistake with Paul Cook and watched his previous assistant take Wigan up. |
*Culverhouse | | | |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 18:18 - Jun 7 with 4030 views | Churchman |
| Paul Lambert 442 magazine on 16:34 - Jun 7 by MK1 |
It's hard to get past RK and PH, but he has come out with some right b0ll0cks since his sacking. Thoroughly dislikable person. |
Yep, they’re the two!
I get the argument that Lambert inherited a lot of dross. He did. But adding more dross was never going to go well.
I don’t absolve Evans who allowed the club to fall apart. But McCarthy worked in the Evans disaster zone and he’s the measure. Lambert was an arrogant gasbag that was beyond clueless. Yes, he did well at Norwich but those days were long behind him. How he managed to con a five year contract out of Evans is beyond my comprehension. It was nuts. | | | |
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