Lambert in or out? Poll reset with majority 'in', 7th May

[Fergal]

I said Hughes earlier. He was on the short list the last 2 times so folk say. Available immediately. Not saying I'd want him, but he is the obvious candidate if the trigger is pulled.

And what a candidate he'd be - the bloke who assembled the team and squad currently rooted to the bottom of the table.

Don't even joke about it...

[dl9]

I said Hughes earlier. He was on the short list the last 2 times so folk say. Available immediately. Not saying I'd want him, but he is the obvious candidate if the trigger is pulled.

Fuck me. Have we gone so low? Hughes ? Cmon Villa, FFS. No chance, we will be fine, just, then watch us go next season. UTV with Lambert.

Hughes can f*ck off to Blackburn and be responsible then for relegating two teams in a season. We stay with Lambert, quite simply there is no managerial alternative. The team are young, they're also shite, but they are our team and our club and we have no alternative.

[Dave Clark Five]

What use was he at Man City with all those resources at his disposal? Useless.

[Risso]

If Lambert gets us relegated, there isn't a cat in hells chance that he will staying he job. Can you really see the fans accepting that?  Long term planning goes out of the window if we are relegated.

I don't think that he'd be fired at all. In fact we'd have a much better chance of coming back up with him in charge.

Why?  It's him that's got us into this position.  No ever Villa manager ever has turned in a Christmas period like this.  This season has been a disaster so far.

Because it would provide continuity and the club wouldn't be back to chopping and changing yet again. Unless off course Neil Warnock is free and you would rather he took over.

The Chelsea fans have been a bit quiet since Benitez won four league games on the spin.  If somebody is doing really, really, REALLY badly at their job, as Lambert certainly is, you sack them and try to get somebody better in.  Lambert's performance has just been unacceptably poor since he took over, and there has been no sign of improvement, whatsoever.

I don't recall seeing your end of the world post after the Liverpool game? Apparently we wasn't doing really, really, REALLY badly at that point but in a week, granted of very poor results, every bit of good work and progress is to be discarded. You've simply discounted all of that plus all of the injuries to senior players that would have helped.

Still, I'm sure you'll be able to suggest his replacement given the plethora of quality choices who are currently out of work, or those willing to break their contracts and leg it to Villa Park.

The Liverpool game was just Lambert's equivalent of Chelsea away under McLeish.  A complete one off totally at odds with most of the other league performances.

[Ger Regan]

So are you still advocating Keane then, risso?

[Toronto Villa]

So are you still advocating Keane then, risso?

Or Steve Bruce maybe. He's doing well at Hull

[dl9]

So are you still advocating Keane then, risso?

Or Steve Bruce maybe. He's doing well at Hull

Or why not call Trevor Francis to see if he's free?

[Eigentor]

Lambert took over a team that had won 15 points in the last 19 league games last season. Before the Chelsea game it looked as if he was slowly turning a team that seemed almost vaccinated against winning into a decent side.

In the squad there are two reliable experienced players: Vlaar and Agbonlahor. Both are injured. After the drubbing against Chelsea, the youngsters' confidence is shot, and it's clear that we cannot survive on hunger and enthusiasm alone.

Lambert can be criticised for mainly two things: that he failed in signing a decent, experienced central midfielder last summer (KEA looks, sadly, to be a truly shit signing), and that neither he nor his coaches seem able to organise a defence. But that doesn't make him useless at the job. Our dismal stats (most conceded, least scored etc) are mainly a function of the previous three matches, which we must hope are anomalies. They are perhaps somewhat due to Lambert's lack of tactical nous, but mainly due to the hand he has been dealt. Without those results his record is not great, but surely not unacceptably bad considering the state of the squad and the club when he started his job.

[Dave Clark Five]

So are you still advocating Keane then, risso?

Or Steve Bruce maybe. He's doing well at Hull

Or why not call Trevor Francis to see if he's free?

Saw him this morning in Solihull. Looked as if he wasn't doing much.

[mr woo]

So are you still advocating Keane then, risso?

Or Steve Bruce maybe. He's doing well at Hull

Or why not call Trevor Francis to see if he's free?

Saw him this morning in Solihull. Looked as if he wasn't doing much.

How much is The Big Issue these days anyway?

[olaftab]

Yes let's  get Lambert out and bring in Dave Bassett or Iain Dowie and turn us into a complete joke.

[JUAN PABLO]

I think when Nzogbia is fit , maybe he should try him as a wing back. 

Any idea when this might be?

the same time as Dunne probably

[Dave Clark Five]

Rumours on Twitter concerning Owen Coyle coming as an Assistant Manager can be discounted. Very bad source. Don't fall for it.

[saunders_heroes]

Yes let's  get Lambert out and bring in Dave Bassett or Iain Dowie and turn us into a complete joke.

After conceding 15 goals in 3 games I'd suggest Lambert's already turned us into a joke.

[olaftab]

Well that would if we need assistance in getting relegated! Obviously a small Heath tweat.