Back off Andi!

[Witton Warrior]

Apparently we are "missing the point" of Andi Weimann and need to cut him some slack according to Mr Lambert
We are expecting too much of him in only his second full season.
Lambo says "He's a natural finisher, I'll give him that, and he gets himself into scoring positions"

4 goals this season, last one in January.

Is this just Lambert deflecting from his own problematic position?

Will Andi make it as an Aston Villa striker or become a poor man's Gabby?

[bobdylan]

Poor man's Gabby?  Gabby has 3 this season, maybe he's a poor man's Weimann?

[Ron Manager]

Not fit for purpose either of them. Weimann more so.

[Richard E]

To be fair he's generally very supportive of his players in public and that's how I'd want him to be.

If he had said "Andi's crap, he's really letting the side down" he'd be getting pelters for demoralising him in the open air.

I don't get the impression he's the sort that pulls his punches behind closed doors where needed. 

[bertlambshank]

Weimann has gone backwards this season.Lambert's judgement has to be called on this one.

[Ads]

There is nothing wrong with a manager going into bat for one of his players, especially when he is low on confidence.

I don't think he has benefitted from being played out of position and has looked well out of sorts for much of the season. We have precious few attacking and creative options though, which is our big shortcoming.

[Witton Warrior]

It is the timing of this that I find strange.
Not sure that Andi got any more stick than anyone else last week?

[Concrete John]

We got away with it in the short term during last season's good run at the end, but he's not a wideman.  Played as a central striker, I think we'd be seeing more from him. 

We need to buy someone for the right in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1, or play Albrighton there, and add him to the pool for the central striking spot with Kozak and Benteke.

[bertlambshank]

It is the timing of this that I find strange.
Not sure that Andi got any more stick than anyone else last week?

Yep,why highlight it.

[Witton Warrior]

We got away with it in the short term during last season's good run at the end, but he's not a wideman.  Played as a central striker, I think we'd be seeing more from him. 

We need to buy someone for the right in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1, or play Albrighton there, and add him to the pool for the central striking spot with Kozak and Benteke.

It is his all-round games that seems lacking - the "Bambi on ice" display when defending against Stoke was bloody awful.
He might be faster if he didn't keep waving his arms around while running - would decrease drag ;-)

[Toronto Villa]

It's possible it is something that Weimann has heard from a section of the crowd, or that he's simply feeling the pressure like the others and just needed a public boost. I think 3 losses on the bounce has affected everyone and when you have limited forward options it's not a bad thing for the manager to publicly support you. He did it with Benteke earlier in the season.

[Ads]

If he plays on Saturday, then it has to be up front or not at all.

[Witton Warrior]

If he plays on Saturday, then it has to be up front or not at all.

Would him and Gabby playing off Holt be better? Have Delph higher up the pitch to run onto Holt's passes?

Or am I dreaming again...

[Ads]

I have no problem with Holt starting, I actually think he did pretty well in his Kevin Davies role on Saturday.

I would go with Gabby and Bacuna off him or Andi.

[Concrete John]

If he plays on Saturday, then it has to be up front or not at all.

Would him and Gabby playing off Holt be better? Have Delph higher up the pitch to run onto Holt's passes?

Or am I dreaming again...

Gabby left, Super Marc right and Weimann through the middle.

Holt on the bench.