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

[Dave Cooper please]

Today wasn't shambolic.

Yes it was.  The first half was like watching a group of five year olds chase a beach ball around the playground.

It was a sign of a young team utterly devoid of self-belief after a series of crushing defeats, that's all.
You could see by the way we fought in the second-half what Weimann's goal did for their mind-set.
hopefully they'll take the positives from that, and forget the last minute goal, into the cup games. Win both of those and you know, we might just see a different Villa.

[Somniloquism]

We could have 5-0 down after 10 minutes.That was worse than anything against Chelsea.

Exactly. Our defence is comical. Lambert has to take his share of the blame. I don't get why some fans are so shocked that other have called for the manager's head. This season so far has been humiliating. If McLeish was still in charge with these performances they'd be a riot.

Unlike against Chelsea, we now have one fit centre half.   Yes, he isn't off scott free but with the current resources what hope do we have off holding off a team with the top scorer before the match and one that has been 6 years playing this style of possession football. This a culmination of 3 years of stagnation and not replacing like for like. We had one player on the pitch over 23 today and that was the keeper. We need at least 4 in this month now, just to match injuries in the last few weeks, let alone improve the team massively.

[dave.woodhall]

We could have 5-0 down after 10 minutes.That was worse than anything against Chelsea.

Exactly. Our defence is comical. Lambert has to take his share of the blame. I don't get why some fans are so shocked that other have called for the manager's head. This season so far has been humiliating. If McLeish was still in charge with these performances they'd be a riot.

It's amazing how this team of ours can be so bad, yet they can play a team who are much better, not lose, and still be bad.

Stop burying your head in the sand, Dave. We were appalling first half and we got lucky. We can't rely on luck to keep us in the PL this season.

I'm not burying anything, anywhere. It's getting a bit tedious to read that whenever we lose we're bad yet when we don't lose we're 'lucky'.

[Fergal]

I am still waiting to find out who is a viable replacement for our current manager.

[saunders_heroes]

We could have 5-0 down after 10 minutes.That was worse than anything against Chelsea.

Exactly. Our defence is comical. Lambert has to take his share of the blame. I don't get why some fans are so shocked that other have called for the manager's head. This season so far has been humiliating. If McLeish was still in charge with these performances they'd be a riot.

It's amazing how this team of ours can be so bad, yet they can play a team who are much better, not lose, and still be bad.

Stop burying your head in the sand, Dave. We were appalling first half and we got lucky. We can't rely on luck to keep us in the PL this season.

I'm not burying anything, anywhere. It's getting a bit tedious to read that whenever we lose we're bad yet when we don't lose we're 'lucky'.

So what's the reason we've been so appalling this season, Dave, bad luck?

[PeterWithesShin]

Stop burying your head in the sand, Dave. We were appalling first half and we got lucky. We can't rely on luck to keep us in the PL this season.

Despite being the worst side in the division, the worst Villa side ever, and a national laughing stock we're still not in the bottom 3 and are 1 tie away from a cup final.

[silhillvilla]

Were we really that bad again today ?

[wozwebs]

AVFCMysteryman is a bluenose. Used to wind everyone up when Moyes was linked before McLeish came in. He then changed his logo to a blues badge and tool the piss. Went quiet and is now back.

[saunders_heroes]

Stop burying your head in the sand, Dave. We were appalling first half and we got lucky. We can't rely on luck to keep us in the PL this season.

Despite being the worst side in the division, the worst Villa side ever, and a national laughing stock we're still not in the bottom 3 and are 1 tie away from a cup final.

Great. Can't wait for the semi final, but I'd swap it now for PL safety. It's our bread and butter.

[rutski]

Were we really that bad again today ?

anyone watch european champions league candidates olbeyun today? how good were they. we needed to stop the rot, steady the ship show some bollox and we did it!

[dave.woodhall]

We could have 5-0 down after 10 minutes.That was worse than anything against Chelsea.

Exactly. Our defence is comical. Lambert has to take his share of the blame. I don't get why some fans are so shocked that other have called for the manager's head. This season so far has been humiliating. If McLeish was still in charge with these performances they'd be a riot.

It's amazing how this team of ours can be so bad, yet they can play a team who are much better, not lose, and still be bad.

Stop burying your head in the sand, Dave. We were appalling first half and we got lucky. We can't rely on luck to keep us in the PL this season.

I'm not burying anything, anywhere. It's getting a bit tedious to read that whenever we lose we're bad yet when we don't lose we're 'lucky'.

So what's the reason we've been so appalling this season, Dave, bad luck?

We've not been good enough - nobody's said any different and that's not what I was talking about so why change the subject?

[Fergal]

We could have 5-0 down after 10 minutes.That was worse than anything against Chelsea.

Exactly. Our defence is comical. Lambert has to take his share of the blame. I don't get why some fans are so shocked that other have called for the manager's head. This season so far has been humiliating. If McLeish was still in charge with these performances they'd be a riot.

It's amazing how this team of ours can be so bad, yet they can play a team who are much better, not lose, and still be bad.

Stop burying your head in the sand, Dave. We were appalling first half and we got lucky. We can't rely on luck to keep us in the PL this season.

I'm not burying anything, anywhere. It's getting a bit tedious to read that whenever we lose we're bad yet when we don't lose we're 'lucky'.

So what's the reason we've been so appalling this season, Dave, bad luck?

How about a few years of piss poor management by the owner and his staff?

[hilts_coolerking]

It's amazing how this team of ours can be so bad, yet they can play a team who are much better, not lose, and still be bad.

What is amazing is how we can spend so much money over five or six years and still end up worse off than Swansea.

[Dave Clark Five]

Were we really that bad again today ?

For a large part of the first half.
We rode our luck massively but got stuck in later on.

We have finally reached January. Do we want to waste at least a week of the transfer window by sacking the manager? Bringing in the best manager in the world will make no difference to a wafer thin,  inexperienced, injury riddled squad.

[dave.woodhall]

It's amazing how this team of ours can be so bad, yet they can play a team who are much better, not lose, and still be bad.

What is amazing is how we can spend so much money over five or six years and still end up worse off than Swansea.

Your point being?