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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Saint Stivs on 2 June, 2012 at 18:51 said:
saltires en sevilla on 2 June, 2012 at 18:39 said:
St stivs
total aside, having clocked my accent and pick up fot the company name, Mays cabs taxi drivers were asking how your doing.
i just said new job in london is all i knew.
nice people.
the woman driver topped it off for me, living in hartley whitley, great the drought is over, we can get the swinmming pool filled now, and the hot tub on.
aye,
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Yep they only took the taxi thing on as a wee sideline to pay the horse feed … Seriously
Very nice people indeed completely unaffected which is unusual in those parts
Let me know next time you are in town
Miki67 that programme was sensationalist but still worrying all the same.
There are fascist elements all over Europe just now, look at the French election Eg, Italy and in the UK we have the BNP and EDL with racist attacks a regular occurence, we are not squeaky clean, far from it although our football stadiums and supporters have cleaned up their act in comparison, with the exception of Scotlands shame who’s supporters enjoy the protection of the establishment.
I’m interested in Zbyszeks take on that programme also.
Ps the Irish will be fine as always.
Back to the film.
Hx2
saltires en sevilla on 2 June, 2012 at 18:55
Saltires..
Yep..He was a greeting faced wee so and so…
Jim Duffy also played in that game and as you say he strolled it..
Green Oak Tree,
On the road to recovery mate.Thanks.
Kojo is a racist and can never be considered a member of the Celtic family.
Vinny,
Are you coming to Free Derry next week?
Tricoloured Ribbon
Tri …Brilliant stuff, as I said previously I have been there and time is the healer..
Green Oak Tree on 2 June, 2012 at 19:02 said:
saltires en sevilla on 2 June, 2012 at 18:55
Hope you ‘megged him too :)
HH
M
Evening Paul67 et al,
Listened to some of the programme. I thought people like English, when not defending themselves to the hilt, were trying their best to undermine sites like CQN, by suggesting that we are regularly taken over by the lunatic fringe. Their day has gone; they know it and are doing their best to postpone it.
Vmhan
It was a wonderful occasion and Jim and Anne received tremendous applause. Clearly Reamonn’s story is known to a wide audience.
Please bring up today’s occasion when you meet them again.
Googy,Haldane by any chance?
saltires en sevilla …
Saltires..
Never megged him bet could very easily have stuck one right on his chin..LOL
EDB will do, I’ll speak to them next Sat afternoon and at the do in the evening.
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Tricoloured ribbon yes, over in Fri and back on Monday, just wee Derryghirl and I, last year we had 24/25 over it was brilliant.
Will see ye in Traceys!
Hx2
Vmhan on 2 June, 2012 at 19:01 said:
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Yes…my suspicions were alerted from the off cos the were playin’ The Prodigy and doin’ semi-subliminal camera work.
And,jeezo,don’t WE just know all about the fascist tendency in fair Scotia!?
HH!
Tricoloured Ribbon on 2 June, 2012 at 19:15 said:
Googy,Haldane by any chance?
share on F’book or Twitter
Used to live Shearer Quadrant…..then Lomond Rd.
Mam is still there with my brother.
Tricoloured ribbon
Tri …. Do you live in Derry?
Ok Vinny,me you,big Paddy and coorslad will get eh,more than a few.Look forward to seeing you buddy.
GOT,
Yes mate I do.
Missed you on shortbread today Paul, as I was gowfin’. Could you tell me the best way to get rid of moss on my lawn?
Spotted Chic Young on his way into the Argyll Hotel in Southend nr Campbeltown not long ago.
I think it was remiss of me not to also mention that a special young man, Joseph (Joe) Wilson, was also similarly awarded a posthumous award today.
Joe had been an outstanding student at Taylor High School and was very well thought of in the local community.
A very sad loss to his family and friends.
Tric Ribbon, I should have said earlier…. Excellent CQN’er MWD will be accompanying us in our visit to the fair City of Doire, Whits on in Traceys on Fri night, I’m hoping it’s Sean Sands?
Hx2
Don’t know if anyone has posted yet but I have just seen Paul Gascoigne in an Umbro advert on SSN. Very distresing. I didn’t like him but I hate to see another human being reduced to such an extent – especially someone who was a great footballer.
ElDiegoBhoy on 2 June, 2012 at 19:33 said:
sounds like a great day. One to lift the heart and soul.
Tri..
Long shot here…I have asked on here over the years if any of the Derry bhoys know the McLaughlin family who moved from the Bogside to Shantallow 2 (Early 70s)…There was about ten in the family and two of the boys were called Sean and Danny. They would be 54 and 52 years old now….
Googy,
I worked in Shearer Quad,Cook Rd,Roy Young Ave and Buchanan ? Rd,Ave,?
Worked with Scottish Homes,formerly SSHA and we were based in the Vale Industrial Estate.I know that whole area well mate.Great people down there.
St Pats to the core too although I’m from Clydebank.
Tricoloured Ribbon on
2 June, 2012 at 19:36 said
If I ever get over to Derry I will look you up , fine man you are.
I hear there’s a bit of a Celtic convention in Blackpool on the 21, 22 and 23rd of Sept.
Venue Fri and Sun is the Blackpool Catholic club and the big night on Sat is the Hilton.
The local supporters are not involved in this, do any CQN’ers know the organisors?
Anybody any more info?
Green Oak,
I live in the Greater Shantallow Area.Galliagh to be precise.Are that family originally from Scotland?I know a Danny McLaughlin but he’s a Fifer.
Paul67 came across very well on the radio tonight I thought. Wasn’t exactly a groundbreaking debate, but got the sense that English and the BBC guy were engaged in catch-up.
Got the sense, in fact, that they were out of their depth regarding “new” media, and were scared.
Good! They should be.
In other news, if you think the England-Belgium game was drab, tune in to Croatia-Norway. Suffering Jaysus. Huseklepp – oh dear.
googybhoy
And the icing on the cake was no queue to get out of the car park despite the Ideal Homes thingy going on at the SECC.
ok Bhoys off out of here to work……Hail Hail
Googybhoy cheap flights from M’chester and L’pool, I can give you details of accommodation if needed….. Ah go on go on.
Hx2
Googy,
Do ye know Joe Crawford,John Dunlop,Jim Beattie or Tom Hannon?
More jeely eating talk?
Mon the Young Spur :-)
HH
ElDiegoBhoy on 2 June, 2012 at 18:11 said:
Not long home from the Caritas Award Ceremony at the Armadillo this afternoon.
It was tremendously enjoyable and there was a lovely tribute to Reamonn Gormley whose mum and dad picked up a posthumous award in his honour.
EDB
I was there today as well.
Fantastic day for the 1st ever Caritas Awards.
Had a lump in my throat when Raemon’s parents walked on stage.
Super watching the Six Counties getting slaughtered by Holland.
Caching up here, there must be some lightweights on here. Old England was a “sophisticated” sherry of sorts, Old English a cider of poor quality. Glad to help, wonder how I know these things.
As for the Only an Excuse “Italia 90” tape, I had the audio cassette in the car almost every day, great stuff before it got soggy in later years. The front cover had the photo of Tony Roper hitch-hiking to the tourney , holding up the handwritten sign “Itly” …good visual gag.