| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here 10:05 - Feb 21 with 2767 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
1. A new manager is lined up... but he has a 'watching brief' for a couple of games. This has happened before (Lambert did it himself) and would be easy to do secretly with iFollow.
2. The takeover rumours are true. I'm sure ME can afford to sack PL if he wants... but if a takeover is imminent, why would he waste his own money doing it? Let the new owners decide what they want to do with Lambert. It's not ME's problem anymore if he's selling.
I agree, as others have posted, that it's baffling as to why this is still going on, and these are the two best scenarios I can come up with. I don't subscribe to the 'he just doesn't care' theory. His kids being supporters will prevent that - and from his appearances at games and the messages he's put out, I believe he does (he's just been crap at running it).
There also could be some merit in that he's just too busy with his other businesses right now... although it only takes a short chat with Lee O'Neill on the phone about what's been going on to come to a conclusion that this isn't working. And even if he is busy, I'm sure he'd watch the games Saturdays for a couple of hours. |  |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:08 - Feb 21 with 2144 views | pointofblue |
If I was a prospective new owner I’d have Lambert’s severance pay coming from Evans’ pocket. It’s not their fault that he lost control of his senses and gave him a five year contract. |  |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:10 - Feb 21 with 2128 views | N2_Blue |
the season is dead...Evans knows it. He'll hang on to Lambert until the summer while thrashing out a mutual consent deal that is of benefit to both in terms of the finances. I expect this is what the current face-2face talks will be and hence Lamberts slightly more positive demeanour.
He is not going to pay up Lambert now and pay for a new manager for 4 months of a dead season.
There is no take over.
People are thinking this through too much. |  |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:13 - Feb 21 with 2093 views | Metal_Hacker |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:10 - Feb 21 by N2_Blue |
the season is dead...Evans knows it. He'll hang on to Lambert until the summer while thrashing out a mutual consent deal that is of benefit to both in terms of the finances. I expect this is what the current face-2face talks will be and hence Lamberts slightly more positive demeanour.
He is not going to pay up Lambert now and pay for a new manager for 4 months of a dead season.
There is no take over.
People are thinking this through too much. |
I don’t know there is BUT how do you know there isn’t a takeover out of curiosity ? |  |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:13 - Feb 21 with 2088 views | pointofblue |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:10 - Feb 21 by N2_Blue |
the season is dead...Evans knows it. He'll hang on to Lambert until the summer while thrashing out a mutual consent deal that is of benefit to both in terms of the finances. I expect this is what the current face-2face talks will be and hence Lamberts slightly more positive demeanour.
He is not going to pay up Lambert now and pay for a new manager for 4 months of a dead season.
There is no take over.
People are thinking this through too much. |
The season shouldn’t be dead though, even now a competent manager should be able to haul us into the play off fight. Leave it much longer, though, and it will be. | |
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| Really straightforward theory on 10:15 - Feb 21 with 2067 views | Funge |
Evans is a total dickhead, who has no idea what he is doing. |  | | |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:17 - Feb 21 with 2032 views | vapour_trail |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:15 - Feb 21 by Funge |
Evans is a total dickhead, who has no idea what he is doing. |
That’s the only theory you need. |  |
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| Really straightforward theory on 10:21 - Feb 21 with 2000 views | RegencyBlue |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:15 - Feb 21 by Funge |
Evans is a total dickhead, who has no idea what he is doing. |
Works for me! |  | | |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:24 - Feb 21 with 1990 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:08 - Feb 21 by pointofblue |
If I was a prospective new owner I’d have Lambert’s severance pay coming from Evans’ pocket. It’s not their fault that he lost control of his senses and gave him a five year contract. |
Yeah maybe. Depends how much the investor knows about the manager. If it's someone overseas looking to buy a football club, and is looking at the whole package, they might not have got down to the nitty gritty of Lambert staying or going. But generally I'd agree that Evans should foot that bill. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:27 - Feb 21 with 1957 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:10 - Feb 21 by N2_Blue |
the season is dead...Evans knows it. He'll hang on to Lambert until the summer while thrashing out a mutual consent deal that is of benefit to both in terms of the finances. I expect this is what the current face-2face talks will be and hence Lamberts slightly more positive demeanour.
He is not going to pay up Lambert now and pay for a new manager for 4 months of a dead season.
There is no take over.
People are thinking this through too much. |
How are you so confident there's no takeover? Unless you're ME, or very close to him, you have no idea either way.
Also, the season's not dead. It's got a bad cough, perhaps, but it's not dead to a new, competent manager. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:30 - Feb 21 with 1938 views | Fixed_It |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:24 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Yeah maybe. Depends how much the investor knows about the manager. If it's someone overseas looking to buy a football club, and is looking at the whole package, they might not have got down to the nitty gritty of Lambert staying or going. But generally I'd agree that Evans should foot that bill. |
New owners invariably bring their own ideas in terms of manager (see Evans/Keane). They would view replacing the current manager as being one of their expenses, surely. |  |
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| Really straightforward theory on 10:30 - Feb 21 with 1935 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:15 - Feb 21 by Funge |
Evans is a total dickhead, who has no idea what he is doing. |
It's a nice simple line for people to uparrow, but let's be honest; he's a self-made multi-millionaire businessman. He's clearly not an idiot. He's made bad decisions with regard to his football club (many of which were only bad in hindsight), but he doesn't have NO idea what he's doing. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:30 - Feb 21 with 1927 views | J2BLUE |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:27 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
How are you so confident there's no takeover? Unless you're ME, or very close to him, you have no idea either way.
Also, the season's not dead. It's got a bad cough, perhaps, but it's not dead to a new, competent manager. |
Which makes a time wasting watching brief even more unlikely. The new manager would have access to every game we’ve played. A watching brief would make no sense at all. |  |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:32 - Feb 21 with 1914 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:30 - Feb 21 by Fixed_It |
New owners invariably bring their own ideas in terms of manager (see Evans/Keane). They would view replacing the current manager as being one of their expenses, surely. |
That's a good point. ME can just say he has no plans to sack the manager, so if the new owners want a change that expense is on them. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:36 - Feb 21 with 1883 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:30 - Feb 21 by J2BLUE |
Which makes a time wasting watching brief even more unlikely. The new manager would have access to every game we’ve played. A watching brief would make no sense at all. |
A watching brief, for a couple of games, wouldn't be time-wasting. It would be gathering information about the team as it is now, without interference, to get an overview of what's going wrong and what's needed. And has happened before. [Post edited 21 Feb 2021 10:38]
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:41 - Feb 21 with 1835 views | J2BLUE |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:36 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
A watching brief, for a couple of games, wouldn't be time-wasting. It would be gathering information about the team as it is now, without interference, to get an overview of what's going wrong and what's needed. And has happened before. [Post edited 21 Feb 2021 10:38]
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It hasn’t happened before. Lambert sat in the stands for one game when he had only joined just before the game and there was a caretaker manager in charge. No new manager is going to say let me skip a few games and keep this clown so I can watch on ifollow when there is already loads of games they can be watching. They could literally watch 10 games over 2-3 days if they wanted. Why wait for them to play out in real time? Honestly it makes no sense at all. | |
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| Really straightforward theory on 10:42 - Feb 21 with 1824 views | Funge |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:30 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
It's a nice simple line for people to uparrow, but let's be honest; he's a self-made multi-millionaire businessman. He's clearly not an idiot. He's made bad decisions with regard to his football club (many of which were only bad in hindsight), but he doesn't have NO idea what he's doing. |
I dunno, Dollers, I like my theory a lot. | | | |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:44 - Feb 21 with 1807 views | vapour_trail |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:30 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
It's a nice simple line for people to uparrow, but let's be honest; he's a self-made multi-millionaire businessman. He's clearly not an idiot. He's made bad decisions with regard to his football club (many of which were only bad in hindsight), but he doesn't have NO idea what he's doing. |
Yeah you’re right.
A decade and a half of a few errors, only visible in hindsight.
Definitely not wilful neglect of the football club on every level that’s resulted in our decline to our lowest ebb in six decades. Definitely not that. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:48 - Feb 21 with 1765 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:41 - Feb 21 by J2BLUE |
It hasn’t happened before. Lambert sat in the stands for one game when he had only joined just before the game and there was a caretaker manager in charge. No new manager is going to say let me skip a few games and keep this clown so I can watch on ifollow when there is already loads of games they can be watching. They could literally watch 10 games over 2-3 days if they wanted. Why wait for them to play out in real time? Honestly it makes no sense at all. |
Evans has reportedly already sounded out several managers. If I were them I'd be watching our games in case I got the call. Maybe ME just hasn't made that call yet.
But I agree, if there is a new manager it wouldn't make much sense for Lambert to still be here. I'd forgotten we had a caretaker when Lambert watched us, so it seems likely ME would have a caretaker now. However, most of ME's new managers have already been lined up, so I'd expect them to be watching at least one game before it's officially announced.
Maybe, though, I'm just desperately clutching at straws. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:52 - Feb 21 with 1737 views | J2BLUE |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:48 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Evans has reportedly already sounded out several managers. If I were them I'd be watching our games in case I got the call. Maybe ME just hasn't made that call yet.
But I agree, if there is a new manager it wouldn't make much sense for Lambert to still be here. I'd forgotten we had a caretaker when Lambert watched us, so it seems likely ME would have a caretaker now. However, most of ME's new managers have already been lined up, so I'd expect them to be watching at least one game before it's officially announced.
Maybe, though, I'm just desperately clutching at straws. |
I don’t blame you, we all are! I think we all have that sinking feeling that Lambert is about to be backed with another statement filled with outright lies like we’re all stupid. | |
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| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:53 - Feb 21 with 1723 views | WD19 |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:10 - Feb 21 by N2_Blue |
the season is dead...Evans knows it. He'll hang on to Lambert until the summer while thrashing out a mutual consent deal that is of benefit to both in terms of the finances. I expect this is what the current face-2face talks will be and hence Lamberts slightly more positive demeanour.
He is not going to pay up Lambert now and pay for a new manager for 4 months of a dead season.
There is no take over.
People are thinking this through too much. |
Have you seen our run in?
A competent manager would still get us in the playoffs. Even from where we currently are.
Although......
2 weeks in early January by WD19 28 Nov 2020 10:03There is a 2 week period in early January where we have only 1 game. The new manager needs to have his feet firmly under their table by then so we can maximise that time to work with the players.
We also have 9 games between now and then. In a league where promotion candidates need to win virtually every week we could be toast by then.
Do it Marcus. Stop waiting for a miracle. What you are currently doing is sticking with a partner you don’t love in the hope they will magically become more attractive and have a personality transplant.
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| Really straightforward theory on 10:54 - Feb 21 with 1712 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:42 - Feb 21 by Funge |
I dunno, Dollers, I like my theory a lot. |
I've given my evidence. You need to give a bit more than "I like my theory a lot." | |
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| Really straightforward theory on 10:58 - Feb 21 with 1679 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:44 - Feb 21 by vapour_trail |
Yeah you’re right.
A decade and a half of a few errors, only visible in hindsight.
Definitely not wilful neglect of the football club on every level that’s resulted in our decline to our lowest ebb in six decades. Definitely not that. |
You're twisting what I actually said. I didn't say "a few" and I didn't say "only" in hindsight.
Yes he's neglected the club. I was referring to managerial appointments, and it's a fact that with most of them, most of us on here were happy with them at the time. People call Hurst a terrible mistake... and yet at the time LOADS of people were calling for him on here. There was equally no, or very little, wailing when Keane was announced. | |
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| Really straightforward theory on 12:53 - Feb 21 with 1541 views | Funge |
| Really straightforward theory on 10:54 - Feb 21 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I've given my evidence. You need to give a bit more than "I like my theory a lot." |
Nah, it's a robust argument. | | | |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 13:10 - Feb 21 with 1456 views | MonkeyAlan |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 10:52 - Feb 21 by J2BLUE |
I don’t blame you, we all are! I think we all have that sinking feeling that Lambert is about to be backed with another statement filled with outright lies like we’re all stupid. |
Reportedly, no one knows. Every week we hear he has 3 more games. People say their sources tell them this and that. But still it rumbles on. Let's be honest, only Evans knows, the rest are guessing or listening to people who arnt that much in the know. |  | | |
| A couple of theories as to why Lambert's still here on 13:34 - Feb 21 with 1402 views | factual_blue |
3. He and Marcus are both part of the Democrats' paedophile pizza ring, and are controlled by Ellen de Generes. [Post edited 21 Feb 2021 13:40]
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