Right now our former captain, Paul Lambert, is one of the hottest tickets in football management so it’s no surprised that Norwich City have been unable to hold onto him. Inside three years he transformed the club from one that lost 1-7 to Colchester United (then managed by Paul) to one of the most improved teams in Europe, earning two consecutive promotions and a mid-table finish in the FA Premier League.
If Lambert ended up at Liverpool, or even Chelsea, you would not have been surprised. Instead, he’s set to go to Aston Villa. During their Martin O’Neill era Villa splurged cash they ultimately realised they couldn’t afford. Martin walked out days before the start of the season in August 2010. Since then they pitched Gerard Houllier at the job before poaching Alex McLeish from relegated city rivals Birmingham.
In short, Villa looks like a club without the vision to build stable progress. Unlike Norwich, who seem to know exactly what they are doing. They even coped with the loss of Neil Doncaster, who left the club a few months before the arrival of Lambert.
Norwich City is the better job.
I’m on Radio Scotland with Jim Spence around 16:15 today, talking about social media and football, square sliced, the price of milk and lawn care.
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Jungle Jim on 3 June, 2012 at 10:28 said:
Tiny Tim @9.58
”I am reasonably confident that those who decry Scotland are critical of the Scottish Establishment and the undercurrent which both feeds and serves that Establishment.”
And the smug, self satisfied bombast that goes with it.
Folly Folly,
Sorry I got the name wrong, not deliberate.
I was only on the nightshift cos I was working (well, I was at work).
Not posted for weeks then a bit dissappointed no-one was awake when I was. How childish does that sound? :)
Sorry if I was a bit grumpy. But took your comment as a dig.
All the best mate.
Ernie the royal family and their supporters on the Thames are against everything we stand for
Ie justice for all and equality for all races
Elitism and putting down other races is what they stand for
It makes me vomit
….PFayr on 3 June, 2012 at 10:38 said:
interesting …one has to wonder where they will be able to fit in their usual sectarian bile in that one
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No doubt working on it as we speak.
Kitalba
Love that song.
I never gave Big John the credit he was due.
Heard that song in Clapham maybe 25 years ago and loved it. My name’s Dempsey so it had some resonance. The southern Irish guys in the pub assumed I was from the North.
SydneyTim on 3 June, 2012 at 10:48 said:
If you feel so strongly that you can accuse the people turning out to see what’s happening on the Thames (most of whom will be one month’s pay cheque away from penury) of endorsing elitism and racism and putting down other races then you must be feeling pretty uncomfortable as a white man living in Australia.
‘I wake up in the morning,
Hold my hands n pray for rain,
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin’ me insane…’
Don’t you just love this weather on days like today!
I would love this country to be a meritocracy, where those with the most talent rose to the top. Unfortunatley I live in a country where birthright, privilege and money are more valued than talent and integrity.
Maybe one day, but I doubt it, certainly not in my lifetime, and I’m not that old.
TinyTim on 3 June, 2012 at 09:56 said:
Fully agree ….. Scotland is a beautiful Country, with a lot of wonderful people, tarnished only by the ‘hateful ones’……. My best holidays have been up north……Mull is superb …. I don’t think there are many Celtic fans who hate Scotland…..
Scotland will benefit greatly from the demise of the ‘hate merchants’ from Govan……
Ernie
I think somebody is trying to paint us as bigots with the foolish idea that we would possibly think the Thames is lined with racists today,what a stupid thing to say.
I should add that the bile’t bean hosted the Holy Father not so long back.
Perspective.
For what it’s worth, my post at 10:04 should have read RFC will be revived for the season after next, not the one coming up.
SPENT fewhours yesterday up in comrie…st fillians caravan site had a wee jubby doo wi few union flags about a few bears in attendance…kinda family thing wi kids games competions etc ….bailed out near the end afore the dj played his final toon for the day….the one you gotta stand for…..anyhow he played it….then he played the penny arcade thing……the way it turned out last but not least he played ..vera lynn singing when will we meet again…..aye awrite dont rub it in the bears were heard to say
DOC
The major impetus for reform always comes from a restless and otherwise unempowered majority.
That the powers-that-be choose to ignore that fact is to their own peril.
Meritocracy becomes a self-fulfilling disaster as those who achieve a position of merit and thus power eventually fall victim to the same ideology that they sought to undermine. They themselves are undermined.
There have been damned few exceptions,sadly.
I was under the impression that Ticketus still had a claim on the season ticket mony …….does anyone know what the current status is ?
Just been reviewing the posts ……… Season ticket saga predictable …..
Basically, they don’t love their club…..they only ‘ love to hate’…..
An awful lot of “this comment is under review” in the papers thi past week ……LOL……FF must be buuuuuzzing…..!!!
Goooooooood Afternoon from a “Jubilee Free” Turkiye.
Shove your Butchers Aprons up your archie !
Good morning from a soggy Manchester.
Quiet in here are all the Bhoys down on the Embankment.
Can anyone point me to a source that states a court appointed administrator is there to look out for the interests of the creditors rather than trying to save the company?
A wee argument with a Hun at work. You know the type, bowling club, ex-Albion worker.
Any help appreciated.
Looking back at the posts and listening to “temporary stand” brought back memories.
Can any of you post big Stubbs last minute headed equaliser against thems in front of the temporary stand as I think I was the first one to fall over the wall in sheer (sic) jubilation. Nearly dislocated my knees, if that is possible.
So the admins act for the creditors..and invite CG to help manage the company…and make decisions on behalf of. Would Charlies interests not be at odds with the creditors? How can that be ok?
God shave the queen
DJBEE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnphuMb1IrM
It’s in there somewhere mate.
Just a wee reminder for PL:
What steps are you taking to counter the un-restrained bias of refereeing decisions next season? Regardless of the outcome of the RFCia fiasco, next season you can bet your bottom dollar that the MIB will be pulling out all the stops to apply their warped sense of justice wholly against CFC.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 3 June, 2012 at 11:23 said:
I believe you are correct, all meritocracys will fall, but then all systems will fall. It has always been so, they are always replaced by whatever comes next, for good or not.
At least with meritocracy we would fall by our own faults and failings, not by those imposed by those who rule by birthright.
Emilio Izaguirre continued his impressive end of season form as he created two goals for Honduras in their 3-0 win over El Salvador in Washington last night.
Playing in left midfield the 2011 Scottish Player of the Year set up the second and third goals after the break to give Honduras the perfect boost ahead of Friday’s World Cup opener at home to Panama on Friday before facing Canada in Toronto on June 12.
Chance for the Toronto Bhoys to see Izzy next week.
DJBEE 115
Tried to pin it down,found this instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL2YQxQhMRo
MAGIC!
I posted this on RTC in response to a post saying that what I mention had nothing to do with the issue. I got showered with a horde of them thumbs down thingies.
Oh! Okay then, let’s take Catholicism, sectarianism, Alex Salmond and his ilk out of the equation, let’s agree that none of these motivated intelligent men at Rangers to resort to cheating… so what exactly was their motivation? What motivated Rangers to risk ridicule and sanction? Hubris?… well that would require qualification; MONEY?… well that too would require qualification.
What motivated Rangers to cheat?
If there was no Celtic would Rangers have felt the need to cheat?
If there was no Celtic would there be an RTC?
What motivated Rangers to cheat?
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Can anybody on here tell me what motivated Rangers to cheat?
I’ve just read the Paul McConville prodigious Shakespearean piece.
Unfortunately, I never comprehended The Merchant of Venice or anything much of Shakespeare at school.
Scottish law, based on Roman Law, add a little Shakespeare and I must say I’m just short of having learned SFA.
I did know enough beforehand (so did Paul McConville) to foresee that any good lawyer would prove to any good Judge that the SFA rules were easy to through out, especially when it wasn’t written down that “You shalt not sign any more players”.
I’d expect the Ragers saga to continue, for months because most people have forgotten that the ‘big tax case’ judgement seems to have slipped off the radar, and is clearly being deliberately withheld, to aid the survival of the stricken club.
Let them eat cake.
Just been told about Glasgow City Council leader Mathieson. At a time when vital services are withdrawn he authorises Thousands of Pounds for the orange order to host jubilee parties.
He also told a large meeting of them that the restriction to the number of marches and routes would not be happening on his watch.
I have found out when my own coucillor is having their next surgery and intend to pay them a visit.
HH
The racist accusation is just plain silly.
I am in Covent Garden at the moment and the crowds heading to the river ( not me ) are overwhelmingly tourists combined with the usual silly Southern Englanders with their Union flags – not St George’s.
Irks me but feels a combination of emotions- tiresome,irrelevant, embarrassing.
I dislike all that royalist stuff, it is fawning but harmless – at least compared to Orangeism.
kitalba on 3 June, 2012 at 12:10 said:
Can anybody on here tell me what motivated Rangers to cheat?
The need to win at any cost!! it’s in their DNA
DOC 1207
Good point. I’m clearly worn down by cynicism amd experience.
When everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds,then I might be happy.
Until then,I’ll keep agitating from the sidelines.
You too,I suspect!
Jaaskelianen will be West Ham’s new keeper apparently….
Has Fraser signed yet?
GOOGYBHOY 1208
Times have changed,thankfully.
Remember this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War
KITALBA
History had shown that they would get away with it.
Simple.
But if there was no Celtic would they have felt the need to cheat?