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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Sir Paul
Spoke tae The Big Pookah. oan
The Subject o’.. Charles Green’s Reputation, which… whenevah it wiz discussed aroon the Campfire o’ the Bettah Bizness Association…The Overwhelming Consensus o’ Opinion ..
Wiz…that..
Mr. Green wiz the Original.. Personification of ..The Legengary..”Flying Herbert”.
Fur.. He has HId a Very Checkered HIstory, in Conducting
his Business Affairs.
He has as Last Coont.. Been Involved in No Less Than having
had..
SIXTY, Directorships..in Various Small..and Struggling Companies.. some for a very Short Period of Time.. most of these Business Establishments..have gone tae the wall.despite his Yeoman Efforts, to prevent.
He has also.. Resigned fae.. Six..
One of his Latest Resignations. which he was forced tae dae….after he had created
Extreme feelings of Animus Agin Him fae the other Investors, was…. Sheffield United..
A Fitba’ Club, which, he left, pretty much in a worse state financially , than when he first Arrived oan the scene.
Yep.. It seems that Charles, is wan of Those,awe Right~
And whit are “Those”….anywey??
Noo, Ah wull mak an attempt tae Gie Ma Readers, who
dinna know, whit a “Flying Herbert” is… in the form of
an Illustrative Illustrative ALLEGORY.
Well.. It is hard tae explain whit “THEY ” ur.. tae a bunch Non Cognoscenti.. such as … Maist o’ Your Readers .
As usual… Present Company.. Excepted…o’ course!
But.. Ah wull try..
A “Flying Herbert” is the Kinda Guy.. who..
If he is oan an Ocean Cruise, whiling away his Time.. between Vacations..
and Happens tae Observe a Struggling Person in the Waater.. who is obviously having extreme difficulties..in keepin’ his or her heid above the Waves…
The “Flying Herbert”. will ,immediately ,come tae the Assistance of the Drowning Personage, by .. Generously.. Casting him/ her… a Rope.
The Drowning Person, will Gratefully Grasp the Rope..and Eagerly Pull him or herself. towards the Ship..and Safety..
while, “The Flying Herbert” shall ,also retain the other end of the rope..and manfully,pull his catch.. towards the ship.
So far.. are ye getting awe awe this?
Guid..
Howevahhhhhh…
Suddenly , the “Flying Herbert”, is alerted tae the Fact..
That..
There is Another Person… Who is Also..Hiving Extreme difficulty in Keep Afloat…in the Waaater… aboot.. Twenty Yards away, from the Person , who, He.. The “Flying Herbert”…is presently occupied, in Manfully Pulling towards the Ship..and Safety.
Hmmmmmm
Whit tae dae? Whit tae Dae??
Only one thing.. Obviously..
The “Flying Herbert”… As is HIS WONT..
Shall Immediately, Release his Hold oan the Rope oan which he is Holding.. in the process..of course.. condemning the poor fellow or gal.. to a watery grave,who is , meanwhile, holding grimly oantae the ither end of the Rope.
Turning his Attention , tae his new “Victim”..
The “Flying Herbert” snall noo.. Toss , Another Rope , to the New Object of his Attention.
The Newly Noticed.. Second.. Drowning Individual.
The “Flying Herbert”. of course, remains unmoved ..by the Trouble which he has caused. And expresses NO Sympathy, at awe.. tae the noo, egregiously, abandoned unfortunate.
For it is all in a Day’s Work.. to Him..
Fur he is..Like A done Told Ye..
A “Flying Herbert”.. and ..
After awe… He has Acted as he has..
BECAUSE……… IT I S IN HIS NATURE.. tae Dae so!
He will Cast Another ..Life Saving Rope.. to his New Object of Attention, and Manfully, commence tae pull the now happy and relieved fellow or gal.. tae safety…
But..
Jist Wait a Cotton-Pickin’ Minute..
Is that no ANITHER Figure,,that Ah see.. Struggling, and Thrashing aboot,in the Water..as He or She is aboot tae Go doon Fur the Thoid Time?????
Hmmmmmmmm
Yep, If , Mr. Greenjeans..is successful in Takin’ over the Ibrox
Company..
It wull.. Soitenly no end .. Happily.. fur the Unfortunate
G.A. Support.
In Ma Opinion.
Kojo
Still , Laffin’ and growin’ Stronger , by the day.
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon on 2 June, 2012 at 15:15:
Agreed. We need quality in there. I do rate Rogne – although his injury record is a worry.
Could any of our learned colleagues explain to me what the difference is between the inner house and the outer house of the Court of Session.
I mean in legal terms not geographical ones …
The Inner Court is essentially a court of appeal,
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon on 2 June, 2012 at 15:23 said:
In the Outer House, a judge sits alone to hear various different matters such as the one Lord Glennie dealt with the other day. In the Inner House, at least three judges sit to deal essentially with matters which have been appealed or reclaimed from lower courts.
The Outer a court of first instance
i dont think paul lambert will cut it at villa,if i was him and indeed im not i would have stuck with norwich,im sure the board there are a decent bunch of people.the board at villa will be a different kettle of fish.on another point about paul lambert ,manys the time i have went through to celtic park on non match days ,the days when the players trained a barrowfield ,when they came back from there to go back to celtic park ,there were always plenty of children waiting on them for there autographs.lambert and a few others ignored them .i never had much time for them after that,now henrik always had time for the kids no problems signing autographs. oh sutton was another one who had no time for the kids, and to finish of im not going to wish paul lambert best of luck at villa,
Bennjeybhoymul As Long as thats all she was fingering?
brendan-behan, Monaghan1900,
Makes sense to me – thanks.
There was me, happy lurking at work and then titbhoy2 comes on and spouts pash about ex-Hoops.
Titbhoy2 – away an do yirself a mischief ya cabbage!
Back to lurkin………..^
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Petec
Hiya,pally?
Great tae see yer still spreadin’ the Woid..
As a Matter of Fact.. Well..mebbe, no a Fact.. Mebbe..
A Factotum?
O.K. we wull go wi that!
Thur Hiv Bin
FOUR TEMPLES, that hiv bin Built ,in the History of the Jews.
Fur. Dinna ye know that..
Jesus, wus the Temple that wiz Destroyed and
Re-Built.. “in Three Days”… as wiz Prophesied
Yep.. There hiv bin FOUR, by Ma coont.
Kojo
Yer pal..who likes ye mair and mairer.
Still, Laughin’
my bodys a temple tae
acropolis auld and tattered
jmccormick / PeteTheBeat,
Real conversation from a few years back:
Barmaid: Haven’t see you in ages. Where have you been?
Me: Benbecula.
Barmaid: Hmmm, lucky for some! Where’s the tan?
I see Chelsea have signed Hulk to go with Hazard. Should make life easier for headline writers if nothing else.
Paul Lambert Has Re-Signed..
But..
Norwich,hisnae accepted it.
Hmmmmmmm
If a Resignation Takes Place in Forrest.. and Naebuddy, pays any attenshun..
Did it Evah..
Happen??
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
Platini’s new rules are really scaring these clubs
No one responds to my desperately needed answering questions,like has N.L. signed a contract with us for next season? ( What credence is given to the rumours he may go to Norwich by the cognoscenti among you? ) If he has then I apologise for my lack of info,but,in mitigation,I plead illness.
: (
GrumpyFeveredAgeingCelt CSC
Guy from RM seems to have a point. Anyone spot a potential flaw?
“Bringing the Game Into Disrepute
Humour me with a hypothetical scenario.
In this scenario I am self employed and a member of a gold club. My wife does my accounts and has deliberately not paid my taxes. With this money she has instead bought me golf lessons which has resulted in my game improving, so I am better than everyone else at my club. HMRC find out I have not being paying taxes and decide to take me to court. The golf club hear about this and decide to charge me with bringing the game into disrepute.
Do you think in the real world a golf club would do that?”
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Huddle.
Hiya,pally?
Nice tae chat…
By the way..
Ye hiv me at a disadvantage…
Who’s Platini??
Kojo
yer pal…who likes ye, already.
Stil, Laughin’
Good afternoon CQN, planning to go into Glasgow city centre for a bite to eat. I heard there were a few OO marches today, if anyone is there just now, is the city centre ok/safe just now?
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Miki67
Hiya,pal.. ?
Shucks.. Ah will respond tae yer question..
The Rumour that Norwich , wiz wantin’ Neil.. is a bunch o
Coos Nests.
Can’t blame the Newshound who foist brought it up, though.
There is a Saying in the Business..
“When ye hiv Nae News tae Report.. well..
Jist Make Some Up.”
Heck.. Ah hiv done it.. a Hundred times!
Kojo
Yer, pal.. who likes ye aloater.
Still, Laughin.
Monaghan1900 on 2 June, 2012 at 15:58:
He seems to be struggling with reality.
Whooooooooosh
what a horse the Camalot …
I have met Paul Lambert on numerous occasions his kid and mine were in the same primary class he would talk to anyone about football l spent lots of time talking to him either when waiting to pick the kids up from school or meeting at the local shops. I recall one time spending about forty minutes talking about the tactics he felt we should have used v Barcelona and how we should have manmarked certain players. He told me one time about his course in Germany about how you had to be invited on to it how the training at German clubs always reflected the intensity of match play.
He came over as someone who was articulate passionate and his own man when thinking about football. At the time l was there saying l thought he was going to be a good manager one day and the image he got from the media as being basically too thick was wrong but others on here who were obviously more in the know than l told me l was wrong and would use his time at Livingstone to prove to me l was wrong.
PS
l have been to CP many a time, including once being invited by TB and once by MON to watch training,and met players l have never seen a player not do well by the fans who were there to greet them.
Monaghan – aye, it’s a very close analogy with professional football….he certainly has a good point. Wonder if he’s been in touch with the Hun’s lawyers yet?
Help ma boab!
TTTT
Jist bin informed by a Member of Ma Team o’ Crack Researchers..that
Aston Villa ,has INDEED.. Captured the Haun o’ Mr. Lambert.
hivin’. managed tae reach, whit is termed.. A satisfactory compensatory agreement wi his former Club.
Noo.. We are Awe up tae date.
Kojo
Still, Laughin’, though.
I’m still thinking about the Glennie report.
Is he really saying to Carloway that he should have gone for suspension in the first place? Or is that just my sunshine induced optimism?
As I understand it, it goes back to the same appeal panel as before. How will they interpret it?
hoose aye ready furra jubilee nat, know ? …
https://twitter.com/speedybhoy/status/208929750541008896/photo/1
:)
(headin back 7pm noo tae the “villa”/hoose efter a day where over 100 indians/pakistani stood in front o me oot here in desert pleadin fur direction of sorts…..goblessem…poor sods….no coz o ma directin, mind ye, but cozza the fact its pure boilin ootside n they’v gotta work there, shuvvlin kak, literally!)
hail hail ally koom salam
Alasdair MacLean
Another one from my young and single days.
Chatting up a blonde on a Friday night.
She says she’s just back from holiday. I ask here where.
She says Africa.
I reply ‘What country?’
She says she doesn’t know.
I thought that showed a bit of class not knowing what country you’d be on holiday to :-)
Good luck to Shane Williams after his last game today. The nearest thing in rugby to a Celtic player.
here the daze sportsound gig…first hour anyhow…
http://soundcloud.com/celticresearch/ssnd2-6/s-tqWF4
What time is Paul on the radio?
Am I on the wrong station?
Listening to memories of Scotland losing to England…
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•
Yep, I’m beginning to think that Glennie man is a Timmy conspirator. :-)
reiperman Radio Scotland around about now..
*Sir Kojo*
Lambert to Aston V. ?
Strange move.
Perhaps his wife was influential ?
Wasn’t her homesickness cited as the reason for Lambert’s early return to Scotland from Germany ?
He’ll be lucky to do as well as MON..
I suspect that his assistant,Ian Culverhouse,brings a great deal to the partnership…was a great wee player for Norwich,in their Golden Period,when they punched well above their weight…
Hope that he opts to stay at Norwich,who will always be my favoured English Team…
Now to more important matters…….,..
The tale of Bob,Carol,Ted & Alice,the Angry Grizzly Bear,and the Prized Hunting Dog that ran away…..
Better you start from the very beginning,for the benefit of any of your avid new readers…
Look away,Kilbowie Kelt,Mon Petite Vielle
I’m sure the Godfish bowl could do with a wee clean anyways..?
Hi Paul,
Totally agree, MO’N has always been cautious about his career moves he likes going to under-achieving Clubs with potential and improving them.
I don’t think Paul Lambert is in this position with Villa, I can’t see the upside for him, hope he proves me wrong.
Great observation on ND, was thinking about this the other day, Norwich supporters could refer to his tenure as the wilderness years.
In his time the SPL has lurched from disfunctional to disaster, he needs to go before it’s desolation…
Petec @ 13:49,
Interesting, I’m oot & aboot so no reference info.
I’ll check out John 2:19.
I think in Judaism, they refer to the first temple period and second temple period. Of course Herod’s Temple wasn’t there long before it was destroyed by the Romans.
It’s one of my pet subjects, I’ve got a friend whose Religion is Christo/Judaism, he is also a Historian so I’ll run it past him.
Hail! Hail!
Just seen a close up of the old Jelly Bean at Epsom.
She should be entered for the World Gurning Championship.
blantyretim,
Cheers. All I can hear is Andy Goram though.
I feel as though I’ve been duped. Is duped the right word? Yes. I think so. I’ve been duped..