Lambert Out?

[eastie]

8 games and we have a Lambert out thread....

Try reading the original post.  Nobody has called for Lambert to be sacked at all.

True, I think we are all behind him and accept he has a difficult job to turn things around.

[KevinGage]

The thread title is a bit of a pisser, TBH. 

Outsiders might look at it and think  "Look at that!  Fickle Villa fans want to get shot of him already."

Then again, fcuk what outsiders think.

[Percy McCarthy]

Innit.

[danlanza]

8 games and we have a Lambert out thread....

Egg- Fecking- Zakaly. But there are some good points being made by people.
I have said and still do say that we will be fine. A good Tonking is on its way for Norwich.

[alteavilla]

if you do not have the right tools you will struggle to do the job
how many of pl team tomorrow would get into mon team that played lcf v manure
not a lot
we are a work in progress
pl req.time and money to do the job
he will get this right

[Lizz]

Slight tangent, just heard John Inverdale on R5 mention an interview Pat Murphy did with
PL which will air tomorrow. Apparently PL didn't speak to one of the chief bigwigs at Norwich for the last 2 years.

[brian green]

Sorry Lizz but do you mean he did not speak to a certain bigwig at Norwich or he did not speak to any of the bigwigs at Norwich for two years?

[Lizz]

A certain bigwig, who was I think mentioned by name, but as ever, being in the kitchen at the time & multi tasking, was unsure if it was Delia or the CEO.

[Ad@m]

A certain bigwig, who was I think mentioned by name, but as ever, being in the kitchen at the time & multi tasking, was unsure if it was Delia or the CEO.

It was the Chairman, Alan Bowkett.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/9635437/Aston-Villa-manager-Paul-Lambert-says-he-has-not-spoken-to-Norwich-City-chairman-since-acrimonious-departure.html

[Percy McCarthy]

Well if they were in the kitchen it was Delia surely?

[DrGonzo]

I still can't believe I have to see this thread everytime I login to this website.  Any of you who think Lambert is not an improvement on the sacks of shit who were on the bench last year and did so much to destroy the great name of our club need to spend some time on the naughty step.

[bertlambshank]

I still can't believe I have to see this thread everytime I login to this website.  Any of you who think Lambert is not an improvement on the sacks of shit who were on the bench last year and did so much to destroy the great name of our club need to spend some time on the naughty step.

Lambert was clueless today.

[SoccerHQ]

The worry to me is that Lambert has had only one season in his league himself. It's easy to forget that with the job he did at Norwich but 2/3 of those seasons were below the premier league.

We've seen in the past managers who've had wonder seasons and then kept the club up before being found out the next season. Take Pardew at West Ham, got them up, first season they finished top half and reached the cup final, next season sacked by xmas. Paul Jewell at Wigan, first season again great but the next they avoided the drop on the last day and he got out.

I suppose Lambert saw that would probably happen at Norwich so wanted to save his reputation a little and he probably thought like a lot of ous that it wouldn't take a lot to get us back into comfortable mid table and build from there. Looks like most of us overestimated that as we'll be in a relegation battle for the foreseeable future.

My first choice for the job has always been Roberto Martinez. Three seasons managing in the prem, kept Wigan (just about) in the league playing decent football on a limited budget and appears to me tactically quite good. That's not to say I was against Lambert as he was one of my choices after that but tbh apart from Newcastle and Swansea this season has been as bad as last season and the same old falings are apparent, lack of goal threat, can't defend set pieces, too slow to move the ball in midfield etc.

[usav]

I still can't believe I have to see this thread everytime I login to this website.  Any of you who think Lambert is not an improvement on the sacks of shit who were on the bench last year and did so much to destroy the great name of our club need to spend some time on the naughty step.

In what way is this season better than last so far?   It isn't.

I didn't understand the mass jubilation when we got Lambert, in the same way I didn't understand the mass hysteria last season.   Two shit managers, with a shit squad.   What do you expect to happen on the pitch?   The only difference is one of them didn't work for that lot down the road.

[supertom]

We've got a problem. Inexperienced side, lead by a manager inexperienced in the big time. For me, if we go down then we've already got the best man to take us up again with Lambert.

Come Feb-March. If we're still in this position, struggling like we are then I'm not sure Lambert has the nous to get us out. It'd be at that point where you need an experienced manager to get you out of the mess. I don't think Lambert is a grind out a result type of manager anyway. Never has been, but at a certain stage, to survive in this league, you need that.

So there may be a very tough decision for Lerner into next year. Does he stick or twist? He might look at how late he left it with Eck and not want to ride that close again. If he thinks we can afford a relegation and come through it better, then he sticks. Otherwise we might so a desperation appointment in the final 3rd of the season. Who that'd be I don't know. Someone on a short contract for good money perhaps. Even then, given our squad we could get Mourinho and still sink.

I'm happy for Lambert to stay on but whilst it's a steep learning curve for our squad, it's the same for him. He kept Norwich up playing his way and sticking to it. For us, he may have to be a bit more clever in how he approaches it. We can't hope for 3-2 wins, we can't score enough. We've got to hold out and scrape 1-0s more effectively.

January is make or break. I can't actually see us winning more than 2-3 before then. We could conceivably not win any.