| Lambert not the one for us. 05:10 - Jan 8 with 2432 views | harlingblue |
Lambert a great PR man, perhaps the link with Evans and us punters, but as a Manager, he has much to learn. He has not got the drawing power of MM, has not got the way to blend players at the right time into the team. Our U23 Managers, headed by Bryan Gluug would do a far better job. |  | | |  |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:07 - Jan 8 with 1747 views | ArnieM |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:22 - Jan 8 with 1723 views | itfcjoe |
I think his recruitment has been good, he just needs to settle on something and kick on.
He get's a lot right in general, but the key thing is going wrong presently - I don't see any reason why he will settle on something as doesn't look like it will happen - but it needs to |  |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:32 - Jan 8 with 1699 views | MrTown |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:22 - Jan 8 by itfcjoe |
I think his recruitment has been good, he just needs to settle on something and kick on.
He get's a lot right in general, but the key thing is going wrong presently - I don't see any reason why he will settle on something as doesn't look like it will happen - but it needs to |
Agree with this entirely, his recruitment especially this summer has been very good;
Holy/Norwood/KVY/Garbutt/Wilson/Keane for 500k is very good business.
Has been slightly unlucky with injuries; Lankester/Sears/Bishop all being out for extensive amounts of time has taken away some of his key flair players.
If he had settled on a system and core 15/16 players I also think our level of football would also be at a higher standard. |  |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:41 - Jan 8 with 1689 views | hector_clifford |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:22 - Jan 8 by itfcjoe |
I think his recruitment has been good, he just needs to settle on something and kick on.
He get's a lot right in general, but the key thing is going wrong presently - I don't see any reason why he will settle on something as doesn't look like it will happen - but it needs to |
I think he needs to be asked/ challenged about the comments he made regarding formation changes and confusing players. He hasn't followed his own words and needs to asked the reasons for this and it is having a terrible effect on our season.
Over to you Phil, for the Accrington press conference! | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:45 - Jan 8 with 1681 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Surely the message from on high... well for offshore IS that he is the one for us?
Lambo is a bit like Brexit now.... it's happening - and the fall-out will not be apparent until the damage starts to be done.
Which in Lambo's case may not actually happen. Given time he might actually stabilize the club and get us on an upwards trajectory. The offshore owners seem to think so anyway. And it IS their club | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 10:12 - Jan 8 with 1648 views | SamWhiteUK |
Shame they didn't listen to you before offering him a huge contract extension, isn't it, really?
Can we stop with these threads now? They are getting desperately boring, especially as it is clear he is now staying. |  | | |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 10:57 - Jan 8 with 1603 views | Keaneish |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:32 - Jan 8 by MrTown |
Agree with this entirely, his recruitment especially this summer has been very good;
Holy/Norwood/KVY/Garbutt/Wilson/Keane for 500k is very good business.
Has been slightly unlucky with injuries; Lankester/Sears/Bishop all being out for extensive amounts of time has taken away some of his key flair players.
If he had settled on a system and core 15/16 players I also think our level of football would also be at a higher standard. |
We'll see this now. I think the plan all along has been to utilise the whole squad and keep them as fresh as possible heading into the second half of the season and to try out what works and what doesn't, within reason. It's obviously come unstuck a little but that seems to have been the plan, which suggests PL leans on Henry a lot, which i like. I'd find it staggering if with only a few injuries and out of all competitions with Keane, Huws, Sears and Bishop all now back in contention that we don't pick a settled system and side bar the odd, natural rotation.
This squad, fresh, fit with that settled system should blow this league away - no excuses really. |  |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 11:05 - Jan 8 with 1585 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:45 - Jan 8 by ElephantintheRoom |
Surely the message from on high... well for offshore IS that he is the one for us?
Lambo is a bit like Brexit now.... it's happening - and the fall-out will not be apparent until the damage starts to be done.
Which in Lambo's case may not actually happen. Given time he might actually stabilize the club and get us on an upwards trajectory. The offshore owners seem to think so anyway. And it IS their club |
He already has us on an upward trajectory. The team he took over was dire and would have struggled in League 1. Hurst ripped the club apart so thoroughly that the team he left would have been in the lower reaches of League 1, another relegation battle. We went from having Carter-Vickers, McGoldrick and Waghorn to Nsiala, Nolan and Jackson. You can add more to both of these lists. We replaced a team of useful, experienced Championship players with lower league plodders - decent young men doing their best but not anywhere near the quality of their predecessors.
The reason we were relegated with Lambert is because he is a football manager and not a magician.
In my view we now have an average League 1 squad who have performed above expectation in the early part of the season.
I share others' puzzlement at some of his decisions but overall we are going the right way.
Edit... Maybe a bit better than 'average'. Hopefully and with a bit of luck we can maintain a promotion challenge. But if we are lucky enough to go up then we will need to bring in some quality or we'll struggle again. [Post edited 8 Jan 2020 11:20]
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 11:11 - Jan 8 with 1568 views | Parky |
Bryan who? | | | |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 11:42 - Jan 8 with 1518 views | marcus1642 |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 09:45 - Jan 8 by ElephantintheRoom |
Surely the message from on high... well for offshore IS that he is the one for us?
Lambo is a bit like Brexit now.... it's happening - and the fall-out will not be apparent until the damage starts to be done.
Which in Lambo's case may not actually happen. Given time he might actually stabilize the club and get us on an upwards trajectory. The offshore owners seem to think so anyway. And it IS their club |
The Brexit analogy is a bit silly. Giving Lambert a five year deal is certainly ambitious and a real leap of faith to say the least. But what is Evans supposed to do? Forever changing managers to find our own ITFC "special one?" Whilst sacrificing stability?
I will say that Lambert has made an overall positive contribution, but the club was in a mess and in disarray when he arrived, and I believe he and Evans (and others) are trying to sort it out. This takes time of course.
Us supporters have had seventeen years of stagnation followed by a deserved relegation I hate to say this, but maybe Town will have to fall further before things get turned around. Good examples of this are Brighton, Wolves and even Man City to name a few. Then there are teams like Bournemouth. What do they do that we can't emulate? |  | | |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 11:48 - Jan 8 with 1507 views | MrTown |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 10:57 - Jan 8 by Keaneish |
We'll see this now. I think the plan all along has been to utilise the whole squad and keep them as fresh as possible heading into the second half of the season and to try out what works and what doesn't, within reason. It's obviously come unstuck a little but that seems to have been the plan, which suggests PL leans on Henry a lot, which i like. I'd find it staggering if with only a few injuries and out of all competitions with Keane, Huws, Sears and Bishop all now back in contention that we don't pick a settled system and side bar the odd, natural rotation.
This squad, fresh, fit with that settled system should blow this league away - no excuses really. |
I think it would be hard for anyone to disagree with this. | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 12:02 - Jan 8 with 1481 views | Oxford_Blue |
He’s managed over 500 matches, mostly in the premiership, and has taken Norwich up in successive seasons from league two, coming mid table. Your assessment of him is very harsh.
Realistically, he is as good a manager as we will get right now.
In any event, he is going nowhere. He’s just been given a contract extension. Whilst obviously it is a frustrating time, it serves no purpose to attack him. We all need to focus on the next match. | | | |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 12:10 - Jan 8 with 1457 views | chicoazul |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 11:05 - Jan 8 by Tangledupin_Blue |
He already has us on an upward trajectory. The team he took over was dire and would have struggled in League 1. Hurst ripped the club apart so thoroughly that the team he left would have been in the lower reaches of League 1, another relegation battle. We went from having Carter-Vickers, McGoldrick and Waghorn to Nsiala, Nolan and Jackson. You can add more to both of these lists. We replaced a team of useful, experienced Championship players with lower league plodders - decent young men doing their best but not anywhere near the quality of their predecessors.
The reason we were relegated with Lambert is because he is a football manager and not a magician.
In my view we now have an average League 1 squad who have performed above expectation in the early part of the season.
I share others' puzzlement at some of his decisions but overall we are going the right way.
Edit... Maybe a bit better than 'average'. Hopefully and with a bit of luck we can maintain a promotion challenge. But if we are lucky enough to go up then we will need to bring in some quality or we'll struggle again. [Post edited 8 Jan 2020 11:20]
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"He already has us on an upward trajectory."
What????? |  |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:17 - Jan 8 with 1327 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 12:10 - Jan 8 by chicoazul |
"He already has us on an upward trajectory."
What????? |
He took over a very poor side which, IMO, would have struggled in League 1. He could not prevent relegation (because he is not a miracle worker) made some changes to the squad and we are now, rather than being L1 strugglers, challenging for promotion.
He has improved us and our trajectory, therefore, arguably, is upward. | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:19 - Jan 8 with 1323 views | DanTheMan |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:17 - Jan 8 by Tangledupin_Blue |
He took over a very poor side which, IMO, would have struggled in League 1. He could not prevent relegation (because he is not a miracle worker) made some changes to the squad and we are now, rather than being L1 strugglers, challenging for promotion.
He has improved us and our trajectory, therefore, arguably, is upward. |
That is some impressive mental gymnastics. |  |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:22 - Jan 8 with 1313 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:19 - Jan 8 by DanTheMan |
That is some impressive mental gymnastics. |
Would you mind, please, explaining how... | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:25 - Jan 8 with 1301 views | DanTheMan |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:22 - Jan 8 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Would you mind, please, explaining how... |
He took over a side that, whilst not performing at all well and then proceeded to not make them any better then his predecessor who had also done an awful job.
We've then gone into League One where we have a squad that, at least individually, is quite a lot better than the other teams in the division. We've ridden that for a bit and now the constant chopping and changing has given us some of the worst form in the country.
The idea that this is us on an upward trajectory I do not understand in the slightest. We have quite literally gone backwards since he arrived, at least on the pitch. We're now boring to watch and ineffective for the most part. | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:26 - Jan 8 with 1301 views | Oxford_Blue |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:22 - Jan 8 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Would you mind, please, explaining how... |
I suppose you could say that we have been at the top or near the top of league one rather than rooted to the bottom of the championship. | | | |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:31 - Jan 8 with 1290 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:25 - Jan 8 by DanTheMan |
He took over a side that, whilst not performing at all well and then proceeded to not make them any better then his predecessor who had also done an awful job.
We've then gone into League One where we have a squad that, at least individually, is quite a lot better than the other teams in the division. We've ridden that for a bit and now the constant chopping and changing has given us some of the worst form in the country.
The idea that this is us on an upward trajectory I do not understand in the slightest. We have quite literally gone backwards since he arrived, at least on the pitch. We're now boring to watch and ineffective for the most part. |
Do you genuinely think that last season's squad would have been better than mid-table in L1? | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:33 - Jan 8 with 1286 views | DanTheMan |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:31 - Jan 8 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Do you genuinely think that last season's squad would have been better than mid-table in L1? |
Yes. | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 15:59 - Jan 8 with 1264 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 12:02 - Jan 8 by Oxford_Blue |
He’s managed over 500 matches, mostly in the premiership, and has taken Norwich up in successive seasons from league two, coming mid table. Your assessment of him is very harsh.
Realistically, he is as good a manager as we will get right now.
In any event, he is going nowhere. He’s just been given a contract extension. Whilst obviously it is a frustrating time, it serves no purpose to attack him. We all need to focus on the next match. |
Hi Paul, I assume that first paragraph was lifted straight from the start of your CV. Any chance of adding any new achievements to put on it that didn’t take place 8 years ago?
Cheers |  |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 16:00 - Jan 8 with 1261 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 11:48 - Jan 8 by MrTown |
I think it would be hard for anyone to disagree with this. |
Apart from it being complete guesswork and all the evidence of Lambert’s reign so far suggesting a settled side is unlikely, of course | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 16:44 - Jan 8 with 1222 views | Keaneish |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 16:00 - Jan 8 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Apart from it being complete guesswork and all the evidence of Lambert’s reign so far suggesting a settled side is unlikely, of course |
Seems you forgot to read the post...
I pointed out that i'd be very surprised should we not now see a settled side give our current predicament. So your retort looks a bit silly seeing as the whole sentiment of the post was that it's a prediction of what will come, of course. | |
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 16:53 - Jan 8 with 1213 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 16:44 - Jan 8 by Keaneish |
Seems you forgot to read the post...
I pointed out that i'd be very surprised should we not now see a settled side give our current predicament. So your retort looks a bit silly seeing as the whole sentiment of the post was that it's a prediction of what will come, of course. |
Great correction, apart from the fact I was responding to MrTown’s post that no one could possibly disagree with that...
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| Lambert not the one for us. on 17:47 - Jan 8 with 1164 views | Keaneish |
| Lambert not the one for us. on 16:53 - Jan 8 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Great correction, apart from the fact I was responding to MrTown’s post that no one could possibly disagree with that...
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You've said, "no-one could disagree with it" using sarcasm as my post was "guess work". The very context of it is that its a prediction, it is guess work. MrTown said no-one could argue with that prediction so your post is either stating the obvious and therefore pointless or yet another post hijack trying to prove someone else incorrect, something you continually do. Boring. | |
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