At this point, O'Neill's well ahead

What he achieved at Wycombe was phenomenal: he inherited a mid-table Conference club, ran away with the Conference and won two FA Trophies, then went straight through the Fourth Division, then almost reached the Third Division play-offs. Lambert doesn't even have a promotion on his CV yet!

MON was also always cautious, generally waiting until he knew he'd taken a club as far as he could before moving on. Because of this, he turned down Forest - newly relegated from the Prem - to stay at Wycombe, newly promoted to the Football League! I hope Lambert is similarly cautious; because for the life of me, I can't see anyone being as successful at Burnley as Coyle was. And if they go down, they don't have the infrastructure to go back up; but if they don't, the fans will turn on whoever's in charge. That job's a poisoned chalice IMO.

Posted By: thebigfeller on January 7th 2010 at 19:34:03

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Paul Lambert vs Martin O'Neil (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 7, 19:14:39
- At this point, O'Neill's well ahead (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 7, 19:34:03
  - 100% spot on. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 7, 19:47:33
    - Absolutely correct about Coyle - was an entirely logical move for him IMO (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 7, 19:50:21
  - I like that - keep talking! (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 7, 19:37:23
    - If I was PL, I'd use Burnley's apparent interest to get a pay rise (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 7, 19:42:27
      - Didn't Worthington do that a few years ago? (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jan 7, 19:57:02
        
        He did. Wednesday were undoubtedly sniffing around, and I was briefly worried (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 7, 19:59:46
        
        October 2001 it was (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jan 7, 20:15:38
      - Get him on a higher wage, get him on a tighter contract (NCFC) - conker, Jan 7, 19:45:34
      - You mean sacking him in the summer on the basis that he might leave later? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 7, 19:45:21
        
        Not sacking him - asking how committed he is to us in the event of certain circumstances (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 7, 19:48:47
- I like Lambert but I also like O'Neill. Which is better? Only one way to find out - FIGHT! (n/m) (NCFC) - Harry Hill, Jan 7, 19:23:19
  - O'Neill wins IMHO (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 7, 19:31:57

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