12 May 2017 09:55:13
Paul Lambert's job title is head coach, this means he is head of the coaching department. The requirements are to train the players, to create a playing style with the staff he is given, to make them ready to play on a Saturday/ Tuesday. Mendes is not stepping on Lambert's toes, more likely he is doing Thelwell's job in player recruitment. Everybody on this forum calls Lambert "manager" he's not, his main responsibility is to make the players he is given better. who thinks he has done thi? .


1.) 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 11:04:38
At last someone sees it has it is Hemwolf your 100% right lambert is a head coach that's it gone are the days of managers ruling the roost. Lambert has got to except this or he will be moved on however I don't think there will be many people shedding tears over him leaving he is average at best and in the 6 months he's been here he's not really shown much in the way of coaching/ man managing our team. Fosun are in charge and we've all got to except this they will run the club anyway they see fit and if going the Mendes`s root is there choice then we all need to except this. I didn't here anybody complaining when fosun took over and this is the way of football nowadays and the foreign bandwagon will continue to roll on and on with Owners managers and players. Rightly or wrongly this is where English football is at so get used to it. UTW.


2.) 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 11:32:47
The difficulty with this situation is that any coach would want to have players of a certain " type" to best compliment his philosophy and if the players brought in by agents do not fit that philosophy then the whole plan is screwed. At the very least coach and agent need to be on the same page when identifying new players.


3.) 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 11:37:17
Problem is, if PL walks will it be another wasted season? Will the new "coach" have to assess the players or will it be left to Thelwell/ Mendes? . Would they be willing to accept there mistakes and get shut of the dross they brought in? . Worried1.


4.) 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 12:48:15
Very good comments 1877stlukes, things have changed and players he as mentioned apart from Abraham striker from Chelsea are just average players, the same with Weighman realy, he is okay player but if he was a prolific striker in what we badly need, Derby would of been playing him so either way Lambert as still got a hell of a lot to prove to me, because last season was nowere near good enough and he as to take blame for home form with is boreing team selections, because the football at home was dire to say the least.


5.) 12 May 2017
12 May 2017 13:17:53
Your right guys we need to have a better plan than the one we've got at the moment if fosun are going to continue down the head coach road then the structure has got to be right. To achieve this they will need to implement the style of football that they require and structure this to all age groups so all coaches are working off the same page only this way will the head coach roll work . If there is a footballing philosophy at the club then your head coaches job becomes so much easier, has we all know this is the way a lot of European teams work . Doing this allows the manager/ coach to be changed year by year if required but the footballing philosophy remains. UTW.