EX-CANARY LAMBO IS NEW BOSS AT IPSWICH
dering NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO fully expects Wolves to bare their teeth again at Brighton today.
The Wanderers boss and his players have spent the week thrashing out what went wrong against Watford last week.
Nuno saw his men’s six-match unbeaten league run end with a limp 2-0 home defeat to the Hornets thanks to goals from Etienne Capoue (above) and Roberto Pereyra.
The Molineux chief
(right) said it is a case of forgive and forget
– but told his men in no uncertain terms that he wants the Seagulls to feel the backlash.
He revealed he had held a postmortem with his players to try and establish why the wheels came off against Watford.
Nuno said: “Sulking is not the answer. My players are honest and there’s no point making excuses. After a bad result and a bad performance you have to bounce back.”
His newly-promoted side were the talk of the town going into last weekend with draws against Manchester United and Manchester City, and sitting seventh in the
Premier League table. “When someone is better than you on the day, you just have to accept it,” added Nuno.
“We look at things as a group – it’s all very open. We analyse our mistakes. We’re grown up people.
“Players say what they feel. It’s not a case of me being angry. It’s normal to want to do this.”
Nuno wants to put the pain of the Hornet sting behind him and press on with trying to repair the damage at the Amex.
He said: “What happened against Watford is over. We didn’t play well... finished. I just want a good reaction.
“We have to perform better and that’s the least I expect from my boys. “It’s the right mentality for us to have.”
After naming the same side for a record-breaking ninth time, the Portuguese said he has not had fringe players banging on his door stating their case for a first-team recall.
He said: “They haven’t been knocking on the door. And there is no point coming to my office. We do all of our talking out on the pitch.
“Brighton are a very good side in the Premier League who are doing well at home, so we are expecting a very tough game against them.” what to do situations.”
Hughton’s men, who finished 15th last season, partied after beating Manchester United last May to stay up but now have their sights set higher.
March added: “Top 10 or maybe top 12, that’s where we want to be and I think we can achieve it. I don’t set myself goal targets but I want to play even more games than last season. Scoring is the best feeling in the world. I’ve not done that enough.” in different PAUL LAMBERT will be appointed Ipswich’s new manager this morning, but is leaving caretaker Bryan Klug in charge for the trip to Millwall.
Former Norwich boss Lambert (above) has put aside fears over the reception he may receive from the Tractor Boys fans to agree to succeed Paul Hurst, who was sacked on Thursday.
Hurst was in the job for less than five months and managed just one win from his 15 games in charge.
Klug is determined to earn something at The Den before handing over to Lambert and said: “We had stability for five years under Mick McCarthy, but we had an influx of 12 new players in the summer and that’s a big change.
“I’ve been on all the courses and they say the job is 20 per cent what you know and 80 per cent man-management.
“I agree with that 100 per cent and an experienced manager coming in and man-managing will be massive.”
Klug, 58, said: “I came here in 1978 and we’ve
vChampionship: 3Topmorrow, 4pm BIRMINGHAM’S resurgence is still at major risk of being halted by a points deduction.
EFL chiefs remain keen to punish Blues for a breach of their profitability and sustainability rules.
The League were “exceptionally disappointed” in the summer when Brum announced the £2million signing of Danish leftback Kristian Pedersen while under a transfer embargo.
The Championship club is now awaiting an never been lower than we are now.
“Everything seems to have gone wrong that could possibly go wrong for Paul Hurst.
“You need a bit of luck and I don’t think he had that. I’m very sad that he’s lost his job.
“I’m a great believer in continuity, but there is a tipping point as well.”
Millwall winger Shane Ferguson has warned teammates they cannot take Ipswich lightly despite Hurst’s sacking.
“I think they’ll just continue the way they are. Whoever comes in and takes that job, I’m sure they’ll do great,” said the Northern Ireland star.
“But we are just focusing on ourselves and hopefully we can get the three points.”
Millwall have won their last two home matches – against Aston Villa and Wigan – to climb out of the Championship drop zone.
“The fans help us out a lot. The way they got behind us after half-time on Tuesday night helped,” Ferguson added.
“Hopefully we can send them home happy again tomorrow.” independent disciplinary commission into their finances.
The commission will hear from both the EFL and Blues, who reported losses of £13m in the year to June 2017.
Possible punishments ranging from a fine to a deduction of up to 12 points are a nightmare for Blues boss Garry Monk (above), whose side are unbeaten in 10 matches.
A 2–1 midweek win over Reading was their third victory on the spin.
Monk said: “We have been growing and getting stronger.”