owls maniac Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, bigrbuk said: And before that Lewis McGugan. In an unrelated post, I'd half expected Lambert to be announced today. Like everything else we’ll probs appoint a manager when it’s too late to keep us up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, bigrbuk said: And before that Lewis McGugan. In an unrelated post, I'd half expected Lambert to be announced today. I did as well mate. Lambert still 1/4, same as yesterday, so everyone is keeping things very quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Big Ron's Sovereign said: His nationality makes no difference. Unless of course, they were Scottish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RocketOwl Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 hours ago, gurujuan said: It’s all very well people remembering what he did at Colchester and Norwich Perhaps they are the same people who remember what Rhodes did at Huddersfield None of that is relevant, as has been proven in the case of Rhodes Why would we replace a manager, who has reached the Championship play offs, with some guy who’s done sod all for years Will we ever learn Beggars belief doesn't it. How long ago was his Norwich success now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulture_squadron Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Lambert could be a good shout. Imagine he knows a lot about us having been managing in the Champ for a while and his Scotland/Celtic links. Hopefully he’d know what he wanted in the window and can stop the rot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 20 hours ago, Southie_Owl said: In fact they won 13 of the following 28 games, which isn’t bad for a side that were in the bottom half when he took over. I think that’s pretty much playoff form over a full season? He was only given one transfer window to make an impact too. I think their fans were probably glad an ex villa boss had gone, like we would be if we had an ex Pigs boss in charge Amazing isnt it how some folk are overlooking the work he did at his most recent clubs and specifically under the circumstances he found when he arrived at them. People are hoping chansiri doesnt turn out to be like the venky’s then say they don’t think lambert achieved anything at the club, despite being there 7 months, improving their league position and then HE chose to leave them, as they were a farce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Nothing I've read convinces me that this would be a positive appointment We've just dismissed a manager, who in his only 2 full seasons, has taken us to the play offs Don't really have an issue with that, as he seemed to have run out of ideas Logically then, if we wanted to continue to make progress, then we needed to appoint a coach who would give us a chance of going one step further Nothing in his recent record suggests he will do this Of course he could do it, and he has done it before, but that's true of a lot of managers It's not like we are talking about Benitez, Hughton or Wagner, coaches who have achieved this feat in recent times This league is a much harder league now, since Lambert was last a success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Nothing I've read convinces me that this would be a positive appointment We've just dismissed a manager, who in his only 2 full seasons, has taken us to the play offs Don't really have an issue with that, as he seemed to have run out of ideas Logically then, if we wanted to continue to make progress, then we needed to appoint a coach who would give us a chance of going one step further Nothing in his recent record suggests he will do this Of course he could do it, and he has done it before, but that's true of a lot of managers It's not like we are talking about Benitez, Hughton or Wagner, coaches who have achieved this feat in recent times This league is a much harder league now, since Lambert was last a success The funniest thing about that is that you think we sacked Carlos Also the job at the moment is about avoiding relegation, not about playoffs . Carlos has left an absolute shambles behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miruic Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Nothing I've read convinces me that this would be a positive appointment We've just dismissed a manager, who in his only 2 full seasons, has taken us to the play offs Don't really have an issue with that, as he seemed to have run out of ideas Logically then, if we wanted to continue to make progress, then we needed to appoint a coach who would give us a chance of going one step further Nothing in his recent record suggests he will do this Of course he could do it, and he has done it before, but that's true of a lot of managers It's not like we are talking about Benitez, Hughton or Wagner, coaches who have achieved this feat in recent times This league is a much harder league now, since Lambert was last a success In his defence since he got back to back promotions to go from League One to the Premiership he spent 4 years as a premier a league manager, quite hard to achieve promotion during that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Miruic said: In his defence since he got back to back promotions to go from League One to the Premiership he spent 4 years as a premier a league manager, quite hard to achieve promotion during that time. Yes the guy’s crime seems to be he was too busy managing a big club in the premier league under difficult circumstances and not getting another team promoted from the championship instead Incidentally i’d like to see what any other manager would have achieved at Blackburn and wolves in 7 months compared to what lambert did. Seeing as both were on a downward slope when he got there Edited January 2, 2018 by Southie_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, oldishowl said: The funniest thing about that is that you think we sacked Carlos Also the job at the moment is about avoiding relegation, not about playoffs . Carlos has left an absolute shambles behind Yes, we might need a different style of manager, if it’s right, and we are in a relegation scrap Yhen what though? A relegation firefighter on a 5 month contract might make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: Yes the guy’s crime seems to be he was too busy managing a big club in the premier league under difficult circumstances and not getting another team promoted from the championship instead Incidentally i’d like to see what any other manager would have achieved at Blackburn and wolves in 7 months compared to what lambert did. Seeing as both were on a downward slope when he got there Isn’t that where we are now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Isn’t that where we are now? Yes exactly, he arrived at clubs on downward slopes and got them to finish higher in the table than when he arrived. He did that within 7 months and only 1 transfer window. I would certainly take that right now. At wolves his record was pretty much that of a playoff challenging team. My personal view is that if he had stayed with them then this season they would still be towards the top end of the league, but he had different plans for recruitment compared to the owners who wanted to bring in all those Portuguese players, so they got rid. Edited January 2, 2018 by Southie_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peake Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Wonder why no one is hoping for Karanka or Jokanovic even though they're probably the most realistic managers with recent promotions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Peake said: Wonder why no one is hoping for Karanka or Jokanovic even though they're probably the most realistic managers with recent promotions.. Jokanovic is my first choice, then Lambert. Karanka third - but dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: Yes exactly, he arrived at clubs on downward slopes and got them to finish higher in the table than when he arrived. He did that within 7 months and only 1 transfer window. I would certainly take that right now. At wolves his record was pretty much that of a playoff challenging team. My personal view is that if he had stayed with them then this season they would still be towards the top end of the league, but he had different plans for recruitment compared to the owners who wanted to bring in all those Portuguese players, so they got rid. Fair enough, but having achieved such amazing feats, both Wolves and Blackburn got rid of him Yes they were under pressure from supporters who didn’t take to him, but that’s true at most clubs once a manager runs out of ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 6 hours ago, HarrowbyOwl said: Think Lambert will be very wary about taking the Wednesday job. He was sacked by Wolves after a rift with the Chinese owners about the influence of Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes' involvement in player recruitment. That, compounded by appointment of Karien (aka Night) Meire will set his alarm bells ringing. Once bitten and all that... Good point mate, but let’s be honest, irrespective of our current disharmony, manager of SWFC is still a big job in this country. Especially for someone who gets it right. I’m not sure he will have a list of more attractive options.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Lambert talked about wanting his team to press high up the pitch and play at high tempo. It’s not as if he is a long ball merchant. He has had success at both ends of the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest everydays_wednesday Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Back in the day they used to advertise a managers job in the daily paper (mate of mine applied for the Man Utd job) ! Do clubs still ask for applicants or am I just still a bit too old and old fashioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Please get him appointed so we can prepare for the derby Edited January 2, 2018 by modboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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