Following the appointment of Paul Lambert as head coach, Wolverhampton Wanderers need to give the new boss time to settle in.
The most important thing in football these days is time. Given the trigger finger nature of chairmen up and down the country, you don’t often get to see scenarios in which managers really turn things around.
There is simply not enough trust within the beautiful game between the men at the top and the ones in the dugout, and one club where that is more obvious than ever before is Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Following a stretch of five managers in 15 months, the introduction of new owners Fosun brought some warning signs to Molineux. Nobody knew how they would react to the task of owning a football club, and if the early signs are anything to go by then it is a tad worrying.
Sacking Walter Zenga so quickly was a mistake. He should have been given a chance to make things happen for at least a few more weeks, and the fact that Tim Sherwood and Dougie Freedman were among the possible candidates to take over is equally as alarming.
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Walter Zenga
That is why they need to learn from that slight error of judgement. Paul Lambert is a delicate manager right now after his poor tenures with Villa and Blackburn, much like David Moyes. His reputation has taken a bit of a battering and he needs time to build something, similar to what he did at Norwich.
If the former Champions League winner has a poor start and gets sacked, what kind of message is that sending out to other prospective managers? We are deep enough into the season now that stability is vital and shaking it off as being “too early in the year” to worry about managers coming in and out is not going to work anymore.
Lambert’s whole philosophy insists upon patience, and with the fickle nature of the fans and media it is easy for new owners to be intimidated. They need to remain strong and realise that the best course of action is waiting, giving the Scot what he needs and showing as much support as possible.
Ex-Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert
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