Lambert Out?

[The Laughing Policeman]

It's quite simple really, we either continue along the road we are currently on, one of financial stability and a slow but painful rebuilding job or we go for the shit or bust scenario of fleeting glory (see Leeds or Pompey) and any self respecting Villa fan would hopefully vote for the sensible option.

[not3bad]

We should keep faith with Lambert whatever happens this season. But I don't think we'll be relegated anyway.

[silhillvilla]

It doesn't seem to me your big problem is the manager, although I have to say he doesn't exactly inspire confidence that you'll start climbing the table any time soon. It just seems to be you've lost too many decent players too soon and replaced them with inferior counterparts that don't seem to go together to form a balanced side.

Scoring goals is the main problem at the moment. You've got the goalscorers, but you're not getting the service to them which suggests a problem with the midfield.

Hi Sendo, when WHUFC last got relegated, when did you / the majority of fans realise you were down and accept it ? Pre Xmas ? Pre Easter ? Or was it total denial until the inevitable?

[Percy McCarthy]

Forgive me for butting in, but IMO they were probably still hopeful when they went in front against us through Keane at Upton Park. I think if they had beaten us that day they probably would have caught us.

I only comment as that's the point up to which I was still cacking myself.

[silhillvilla]

Good point Percy, I was wondering if most fans still have hope until its mathematically impossible.

[LeeB]

Good point Percy, I was wondering if most fans still have hope until its mathematically impossible.

I think most fans go bipolar, believing (maybe hoping) it can be done till the the fat lady sings, but at the same time shitting bricks if they're anywhere near the relegation spots at any time of the season.

[Risso]

It's quite simple really, we either continue along the road we are currently on, one of financial stability and a slow but painful rebuilding job or we go for the shit or bust scenario of fleeting glory (see Leeds or Pompey) and any self respecting Villa fan would hopefully vote for the sensible option.

Of course, there's no happy medium in between.

[curiousorange]

Regarding our current transfer policy (if that's what it is, rather than trying to fill each position with exactly the player the manager wants), if Lambert's satisfied with who he's buying then I accept that. But there's more to management than buying players. I'm just disillusioned with the 'new beginning' with Lambert because I can't tell if we're where we are because our manager has bought players who lack quality, or he's bought appropriate players but isn't up to it tactcs wise.

[rutski]

sack him now, lets be as high and mighty as chelsea!

[kipeye]

I personally do not agree that Lambert's signings lack quality, it is one thing they appear to all have. The qualities they appear to possess are hard work, lack of preciousness and a real willing to put themselves into a game. These are not necessarily the ones that are going to bring instant success, but for me it is a welcome change from the previous years where we have seen as many bad qualities in players as good ones.
They need time to develop as a team and although it seems it is not going to happen as quickly as we would want (to put it mildly), the players he has bought have all shown potential individually and occasionally collectively.
I still get irked by people writing off players because of one bad game or a drop in form or confidence-it happens to the best and the worst and the measure is how you deal with it. Don't forget all the previous Villa players written off as absolute donkeys and yet many of them are still performing at the highest level in the Premier League at clubs doing better than us at present.

[pauliewalnuts]

Sooner have that than Sam.

I wouldn't.  The football and the results are far worse than what Allardyce is managing at West Ham. 

Did you want Sam over Lambert in the summer?

I'd have chosen him over Lambert this summer.

I don't remember you calling for him to get the job this summer.

[villajk]

http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/2012/nov/paul-lambert-fined.aspx


Aston Villa manager to serve one-match touchline ban
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has admitted a breach of FA Rule E3.

It relates to language and/or behaviour amounting to improper conduct following his side’s game at Manchester City on 17 November 2012.

Lambert accepted the standard penalty for the charge and will now serve a one-match touchline ban to commence with immediate effect.

He has also been fined £8,000.

[not3bad]

I saw a couple of people calling for Allardyce but they were on the wind up.

[rutski]

http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/2012/nov/paul-lambert-fined.aspx


Aston Villa manager to serve one-match touchline ban
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has admitted a breach of FA Rule E3.

It relates to language and/or behaviour amounting to improper conduct following his side’s game at Manchester City on 17 November 2012.

Lambert accepted the standard penalty for the charge and will now serve a one-match touchline ban to commence with immediate effect.

He has also been fined £8,000.

and what about the twat of a linesman, what will happen to him the  blind arsehole!

[stubbsyandy]

It's the constant chopping and changing of the management side of the club over the last three years that have landed us in the sh*t we find ourselves in at the present. Another change of manager now with all the instability that it would bring, new gaffer, new coaches and probably a new style of play would only serve to make us even more likely to be relegated.
What AVFC needs now more than anything else is stability on the managerial/coaching side of things.
Yes things are going to be a bit hairy this season but I don't believe we will be relegated.
Give Paul Lambert time and I reckon that he will turn us around. Yes I know that people want instant success but real life isn't like that.
Oh and by the way Randy can always point to Carrow Road last season and say "well you guys wanted him so you only have yourselves to blame."   

Spot on!!!
Lets build something worthwhile, no matter what ups and downs we may have along the way