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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The presence of an erudite Celtic supporting Blogmeister seems to have engendered an unusually civilised discussion.
Mon the Lunatics…
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon on 2 June, 2012 at 16:35 said:
Cheers mate, should be in and out before they have too much beer.
I like what he just said about going to the papers for analysis … who here goes to the papers for that? Do any of us get our analysis from the press? Me, personally, I read CQN, RTC, Phil and the writing of individuals on those sites who have far more insight, and offer far more analysis, than any of the hacks ever have or will.
There are far too many lunatics on here today.
Medication time! Medication time!
I nominate bournesouprecipe as RP McMurphy!
Easy the Lunatics…
That was an nteresting discussion on how the new media is overtaking the old in many areas, but can’t do everything.
Well done Paul.
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on 2 June, 2012 at 16:35 said:
Radio Scotland and stories from the past
I’m guessing lots of you will remember an Only An Excuse special for the World Cup 1990 called Tackle. I did have it on VHS but in this digital era I’ve looked and looked and can’t find it. If anyone can point me to a source I would love to see it again.
“….wan o’ the immortals…… he’s deid noo, o’ course”
Same here, can’t find it anywhere, it was brilliant.
well done Paul
haha
you gave them a good run for their money
well done fella !
right back to this street party
Well done Paul. A Celtic treasure for sure.
HH
miki67 at 14:11 and all.
This is concerning your post about BBC’s “Stadiums of Hate”
Watching Poland game now. Will have couple of minuets free before 8 or 9 o’clock and will write few words about that film. I thought the film was the history. I see it’s not.
Sterling performance Paul67
Actually enjoyed listening to the show
Passionate Request For Declan Update …………..
If RTC is blog award winner then I believe Declan is poster of the season 2011/12 on CQN
Debate….
Not yet anyway Gordon … not yet.
But you never can tell. I would bet on websites like this outlasting these guys long term. Investigative journalism is changing too. RTC has uncovered more info than the BBC, and even helped with the research.
Don’t forget, we, in effect, are just getting started, and we’ve already pushed the Rangers situation forward. Two more years, five more years, who knows where this site and social media will be?
I know time is running out for people like Jackson.
super Ally just aff the blower, there
demandin to know the names o these lunatics
go on, out with it Paul
fairs fair
Good work Paul67.
Belgium game coming up on Virgin 853 and other outlets.
Paul..
Great stuff also thought the others treated you with the utmost respect…
How refreshing compared to dingbat etc…
cheers bloke
Zbyszek still one nil Poland?
How come , with all the lunatics we are able to muster on here,that not one of yiz has managed to come up with a story as fantastic as the new Super Duper Mega Casino in Govan?
One Scottish Journo loony is worth 100 CQN loonies.
Mon the mad mental Scottish Press!
Hankray:
Just in from work. I was lurking & seen your post about Marx Bros. Glad to know there is a fellow fan on CQN. Real bad day at work. Very tired. Not in a good mood. I promised myself to be more disciplined when posting. If there is anything toxic in my mind, then don’t post. I would just end up saying something daft & making a fud of myself (no change there then- I hear at the back).
Enjoy your Marx Bros box set- sure you will.
Back to occasional lurking.
Hail. Hail.
W
English is only admitting what they all do. They’re too lazy to research stories themselves so they come onto RTC CQN etc and blag.
I remember listening to Shortbread years ago, the DR had ran a story about Stubbs’ leaving Celtic, after the usual bufoon discussion about a non-story (Stubbs denied it unequivocally) Richard Gordon said: ‘…but the byline is a ‘house name’…’ One of the bufoons queried this term. this provoked RG to explain that a ‘house name’ was basically a fictitious name which journos use when submitting stories of dubious provenance.
The MSM hid behind fictitious names and made up sources to plant stories at crucial times. How often was Eoin Jess going to sign for RFC(ia), according to Chico? This story would be trailed just before the ranjurz played Aberdeen.
That was a good discussion on Radio Scotland especially without the ‘shock jocks’ Traynor and Young.
Well done Paul.
Missed it folks.Hope someone can put a link on later as I would like to hear it.
I Loon
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective.
Hiya, Palomine???
Ah see that ye are Chipper, as Usual…
That’s Nice.. Fur ye hiv a way wi’ ye.. that Tells me.. that
ye are an Avowed and Practising… Pixilated Pixie, jist like Me.
and.. as ye know THEY are are Rare as… OAN HERE… As A Snake wi Chilblains!
Talkin’ Aboot Aston Villa..
Fur some strange reason, Aston Villa Games are shown ,regularly, right here , in Vegas.. oan wan o’ Ma Local T.V. stations.
Why, that should Be.. Ah canny tell ye.
And..naturally.. Ah hiv watched a Few of their Recent Games.. and Many of Their Games,in the Past…when they wur competin’,under the Managerial Aegis o’ the Magnificent.Mr. O.
Therefore, Ah kin speak wi’ some authority. which , naturally, ye canny hear.. but.. Ah assure you.
Ah am speakin’ wi’ some.. authority, nevertheless..
When Ah tell ye, that Villa ,hiv gone right intae the you know whit…since.. the Magnificent Mr. O.. has Departed the scene.
Not tae Mince Woids.. which Ah nevah dae..if Ah kin help it… Allow me tae Aver……that..
Villa, ur in Dire Need of Sound Managerial Help… and even
wull accept.. An Unsound wan, if pit tae the Pinch.
But wait.. Now..
Enter.. Mr. Lambert, who…. ,at this very moment.. Nudgin’ Aside…the diminutive,Mighty Moose….
is nonchalantly ,clambering up fae the Audience…tae join the Villa cast of Characters…oan Stage.
Has he come tae Save the Day???
Wull, he be able tae Restore Aston tae their Former state o
Dignified, Mediocrity..which they enjoyed, under the Great Wan?
Tough Wan..
Ah ,soitenly, canny tell ye, if Mr. Lambert wull be able tae dae that.
Howevahhhhhh.. if he Canny…and Disnae..
Then , Ah say that Justice wull be Soived..
Fur..
Mr. Lambert, did the Doity.. oan .. Poor Norwich..and
well. Ah am a great believer that Everywan always gets his Just desserts.. sooner or Later..
And..
Ah kin Vouchsafe fur THAT..!!
And… Ah hiv the Scars tae Prove it!
The Story of the Retiring Bear, The Callow Guys,the Unretiring Gals.. and the Mysterious Disappearing.. Hound Dug.. and, the subsequent.. Murder of wan o’ the Main Characters of the tale… and how
it changed America.
can be found within the Pages of Ma Upcoming Book..
“How tae Knit Yersel……. a Garage”…which wull be available from Amazon,not.. Shortly.. but…Longly!
So ye jist hiv tae contain yer curiosity. and be patient.
Kojo
yer pal..who likes ye mair and mairer.
Still, Laughin’
Might have been Only an Excuse in 90’s
One episode had Tony Roper in an interview for a job at Ipox
The interviewer is helping him complete the form:
Interviewer: name?
Roper: Joseph ignatius Murphy
Interviewer: D.o.B?
Roper: ehhh no … Roman Catholic
Maaaannn we fell about the place hehehehe
HH
M
The sub-line of this site says it all.
I posted a scoop on P&B three or four years ago, essentially six months after Skoosh signed for us, that Wenger was sniffing around him at c.£10m.
The Record carried the story, with one section almost word for word, barely a week later.
Best bit was that I had previously posted that I was doing it as a wind-up to a someone else (who only came on during the night-shift) and I then removed the post saying it was a wind-up.
Celtic News, not Lazy Journalism.
TAL
Well played on Shortbread, Paul …
I agree with those earlier who said today’s discussion was much more civilised than those which features dinosaur badyins, Young and Traynor.
I must say, too, that I welcome the extra air time being afforded to Jim Spence.
werementalwerecrazywereaffwireffinheids.csc
Art Of War what you are telling me is as long as they play for celtic they are nice people ok. oh and by the way i love cabbage .
Paul on the BBC
http://snd.sc/KGheMj
Gotta Go.
Seeya, Guys and Gals,anon
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
Art Of War ,no wonder the country going down the pan, when jokers like you are supposed to be working.but like you they are on playing games on the computer. if i find out were you work i am going to report you taya tumshy.
Hat doffed once again Paul for the excellent contribution to the very civilised social media discussion on Sportsound. The reputation of CQN goes upwards and onwards yet again.
Interesting issue about a business model for making new media financially viable. Maybe once you have finished the book on all matters RFCIA (working title “The Never Ending Story”), you can rattle off a quick Business Plan for “CQN – a 2020 Vision”? … that’s if you’re not still working on volume 10 of the book around then!
Has there been a discussion about a graduated subscription model for CQN before, perhaps including the magazine/badge etc?
HH
This England match is,poor.
Spanish football on the brink?
Atletico Madrid
still owe Porto
£23m from Falcao
& Micael transfers –
report
The Europa League holders still have
to pay the Portuguese giants a
sizeable amount from the deals
which brought the duo to the Spanish
capital last summer.
The Spanish side signed the duo from the
Dragons in a combined deal of €45m
(£36.4m) last summer.
Falcao scored two goals in this season’s
Europa League final as Atletico won their
second European title in three years.
Meanwhile, Micael joined Real Zaragoza on
loan for the 2011-12 campaign.
In a report sent to market accounts and
made public, it highlights that Los
Colchoneros have yet to pay off more than
half of the transfer fee.
The move was sanctioned in August 2011
under the mediation of agent Jorge Mendes,
with Atletico confident that they will meet
the payments agreed between the two
parties.
Atletico ended the Primera Division season
in fifth place.