Since I don't believe Lambert would have gone to Villa without first sounding out his team, I think Culverhouse must have been consulted and agreed to join him in the move. There's been talk of how Culverhouse would do if he took over the reins at CR. Some of us have been very taken by the idea, others have thought how rarely an assistant taking over seems to work and that a good assistant does not always make a good manager. (Not only the poor Wolves guy this season, but our own example when Walker left, and historical stuff like Clough and Taylor). Also ex-players don't have a great record as managers either. On the other hand, Lambert is on record as crediting Culverhouse for much of his success and he really doesn't seem like another Bryan Gunn. What do people think? Sadly, this is probably irrelevant, because it seems sure that Culverhouse will join Lambert but his head might be turned by the offer of being the Boss rather than the Number Two. And I suspect McNally would rather enjoy throwing Lambert's schemes off the rails a little. The world could also then judge how good Lambert would be without Culverhouse. He already has a hard gig at Villa and this would make it much, much harder.
I for one would quite like to see IC at least given a chance as our new manager, but feel like you that it's more likely that all 3 of them will be moving to Birmingham together. I'm sure the board is working furiously to appoint the new manager as quickly as possible and as someone said on another post, 'I don't want an established Premier League manager', or someone who wants to come here at the end of his career. I like the idea of Hughton from Brum, but not too keen on Malky. We'll just have to wait and see.
Do you think he knew about all this earlier than you might think and had a word in Holt's ear to smooth the way for joining him at Villa? Or are "last payday" or falling out with the board over a longer contract the prevailing theories?
the problem with your idea jonah, logical as it is, is that norwich can choose to accept an offer from another club rather than villa. i heard from reliable sources when holt first handed in his transfer request that it was to do with the length of the contract being extended and he wanted more money too, neither of which the club were prepared to give him AT THIS STAGE, where he still has two years remaining on his deal. his agent came out yesterday and said that it was to do with length of contract and although i believe there is more to it and more to do with money than that, it seems that is the catalyst for all this. i stand by the club on their decision not to renegotiate with him his deal
Totally agree. If he had only one more year left on his contract, I could understand, as he would still only be 32, which would be an uncomfortable age for a player to have his contract run out. In my eyes, he's made a huge mistake.
