Calm Down Dear - There's Life After Lambert

Amid the despair, some things have been overlooked in this Lambert debacle.

Many are questioning the fact that he is a derisory fifth or sixth choice. Probably not true. There were some saying Lambert and his 'representatives` (whoever, and whatever they are) had spoken to Randy Lerner and his 'representatives` (WaWTA) over two weeks ago. They were then presumably rebuffed by McNally and co., and they would have wanted to ensure they had options if Lambert fell through. Hence the speaking to Ole Gunnar and Martinez. We can`t really grumble too much about them tapping him up, he wouldn`t be here at all if we hadn`t.

So too are Villa a bigger club than us. While we were scrapping and sliding our way into League One, Villa were consistently in and around the European places. They spent more on one player than our squad is worth. Randy Lerner will have learnt from this McLeish season too; he will need to back the manager a bit more, just not as much as O`Neill unreasonably wanted. It is a good job to build up and it is a step up, no matter what we like to think.

The apocalypse, this is not. We`re going to be linked with managers we would never have done before, and in a good way. Culverhouse will be off though, Lambert`s said himself he`s nothing without him. Will Malky want to stay on at the Redbirds now that he can spend some money for a year or so? Tough call for him. I wouldn`t be surprised if McNally started drawing up a shortlist already just in case.

The one downside is Swansea will be possibly competing directly with us, although they`re reportedly looking abroad to continue on the Swanselona brand. So we could be OK with that one too.

Three years for a manager in football is a long time. So if, as it is increasingly more likely, he does go, let`s not have a meltdown, eh? Plenty more managers in the sea, it`s still Norwich city we follow, we`re still in a great position moving in the right direction.

So calm down dear.