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Thanks for that info, Deutsch - no way that Wikipedia can briefly give a perspective on all the nuances of history. I guess my evaluation boils down more to my own philosophies than those of Lambert - if someone continually does things that concern me (in this case, team selection and post-game...

Interesting point. You'll know all the following, but it helped me by researching it... Assuming Wikipedia is correct on McGhee, then the similarities with Lambert are scary - a first season close to relegation, good form sandwiched in between blocks of poor form. If Lambert follows the deja vu...

Positives from this season? We have not been relegated. We have some huge talents coming through the youth ranks, who should make it at this level at the very least, provided the coaches don't break them. Two managers who, just occasionally, got some wins out of a disjointed team, almost despite...

Who stays and who goes? I have no idea who is going to come in, playing staff wise, but as an exercise I wondered what I would do if the new season begins tomorrow and what team I would put out. So, here goes: BURGOYNE IORFA - - - WILLIAMSON - - - HAUSE - - - SILVIO MARSHALL - - - EVANS...

I am always amazed by the comments my wife comes up with, as they are sometimes the bleedin' obvious which I miss. Why would any player want to play well when that means you get dropped for the next match? Have a stinker, keep your place. Take a bow, Messrs Edwards and Coady...

The big "if" is whether Lambert is still with us by the next game. This is a stubborn man, incapable of taking a step back, looking at what happened and building on what he has seen. In a dream world, but sticking to his new formation, I'd hope we'd see the following: IKEME IORFA - - -...

My wife and I were there today. She doesn't want to go again while Lambert is head coach. She even quoted Rodney Marsh: "well I've seen lots of football matches in my time, And this was one of them." The bizarre alternating 3-4-3 to 5-2-3 and probably other combinations thrown in for good...

Well, the good... Saiss and Price together - let's hope it works. Marshall given another chance to shine. Hause stays in the team. Coady dropped. The last chance saloon... Weimann, Bodvarsson. The bad... Doherty and Saville as the full backs. Edwards as Attacking Midfielder. Batth in ahead of...

I have a very bad feeling, based on what has happened at Leicester. Sack Manager. Caretaker Manager wins two out of two, six points and a move clear of relegation. Leicester will be a world news story. Fosun will be aware of it. They will look on in contemplation. It's rabbit-in-headlights...

I really don't know enough about Paul Lambert and his history to make an informed judgement on what the hell he thinks he's playing at. Norwich City - good manager; Aston Villa - bad manager. Have we got a divided dressing room? If so, does it split as the Jackett Toppings against the Overseas...

There is still very much Edwards the Assistant weighing in on team selection in this match. First golden rule: don't play players out of position. Saville gets the unwanted accolade. Price and Bright deserved their starts, and need to be retained for the next few matches to build up their niche...

Before today, I reckoned all we needed was a new super Keeper, a commanding captain of a Centre Half, and a Striker who scores for fun in the January window. Wrong. I haven't seen anythiing from the 12 who have played this first half to suggest any of them deserve their places in the team.

So, let me see if I understand this. The new manager is about to be appointed in the next couple of days, and will be watching this with eagle eyes. The answer to this from the starting 11 is to play as if they want a transfer in January. And it's a starting 11 where less than half of the...

Oh Lordy, not Sven-Goran Eriksson then?

Yes, I voted Ince. And like I said in another thread, get Karl Robinson in as his assistant. They've worked as a team before, and in that case on limited resources at MK Dons. As many are having trouble comprehending Pearson's lack of appeal to some, I don't get the anti-Ince stance. I am sure...

"(Karl Robinson) was appointed manager of League One team Milton Keynes Dons on 10 May 2010, having previously been the club's assistant manager under previous boss Paul Ince." (from Wikipedia). Both now available. New Manager and Assistant??? I mention it as I haven't seen Karl mentioned...

Was at the game. Formation wise, it didn't look like a 4-4-2 most of the time to me, it looked like a 4-2-3-1 with Bod in the "10". Leeds lived up to their "dirty" tag, cutting down as many runs at them from the wings as possible - Tex made some incursions which tore them apart, but when...

Rotate, rotate, rotate - for better or worse... the logic will be that we're playing the side bottom of the table, so the Head Coach thinking will be he can do an almost full rotation. Ikeme Silvio ... Stearman ... Hause ... Doherty ... Coady ... ... Price ... Saville ... John ...

The bizarre thing about tonight is I am not surprised. We knew we needed a new defence, a central defender other than Stearman at the very least. And a new keeper. We still don't know who our best midfield are. We know our best striker, but alongside that we need to decide on a formation...

The lottery we now have for team selection! As has been said, triple points for anyone who gets it on-the-nail. So, here's my hunch... and it is on the basis that the very recent new signings will not be put straight into the team - that seems to be the way Uncle Walt has generally played it...