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

[David_Nab]

I would imagine he has lost the crowd now.You can say what you want about players but the tatics are shit time and time again.Listening to Saunders on Sky now and he is pointing out our flaws and its so simple.

The mdfield tonight was a shambles again just like Wigan.

[levico]

Sacking him now would be nuts, but you have to say, if we go down badly against Southampton (and think what our morale must be like right now) on Saturday, then you start to think there's a build up of momentum that says he can't not be sacked.

It's getting to point where we almost have to take the desperate measure of sacking him in the hope that the new manager can get enough points to keep us up. How on earth did we get here?

[Ross]

If we don't win Southampton on sunday he has to go.

I agree and I think that's fair. He's had long enough.

Yeah he's had al lof 20 odd games the useless sod. .

And he is doing much much worse than TSM who didn't get much longer!

[levico]

If we don't win Southampton on sunday he has to go.

I agree and I think that's fair. He's had long enough.

Yeah he's had al lof 20 odd games the useless sod. .

Ok you've convinced me. Lets keep him and watch the slide to oblivion continue.

[jembob]

I don't think that Lerners got it in him to sack a manager mid season but a loss at the weekend may just turn the fans.
Lambert has failed to rally the team after Chelsea and that worries me. We seem as clueless on the pitch now as at any time in recent seasons but I do feel that we have played well enough at times this season to turn it around. That all depends on the team's mental approach - that's my main concern at the moment and leads back to the manager.

[Jarpie]

If Lambert doesn't buy at least one proper midfielder by the game against WBA I'm gonna be convinced that he's fucking clueless. How in the hell he could keep Bannan and Delph on after yet another shambolic performance by those "players" is beyond my comprehension.

[Somniloquism]

Sacking him now would be nuts, but you have to say, if we go down badly against Southampton (and think what our morale must be like right now) on Saturday, then you start to think there's a build up of momentum that says he can't not be sacked.

We need 5 wins to stay up. Lose to Southampton and I'd have no confidence Lambert would be capable of achieving that.

Changing manager time after time is not idea of course but we'll find the right one one day.

It needs to be the correct 5 wins though. I would have happily suffered an 8-0 to Liverpool before Xmas if it meant we beat Wigan. We could beat Manure, Chelski, Citeh and Liverpool again, but if we lose to QPR, Southampton, Reading, and Wigan we won't actually make any ground up against them.

[SoccerHQ]

The thing in his favour is the crowd by and large is still supportive at the games.

I believe that will change if we go limply out in the second leg, I believe that will be a tipping point.

Did you not hear the boos at the end of tonight's match?  Not much support there I'm afraid, and the away boys and girls are usually the last to turn.

I heard a couple of PL'S C&B  chants during the game. There were boos at the end of the Wigan game aswell.

[maidstonevillain]

I was a believer in the Lambert Plan. But if we don't beat S'ton (a draw is not good enough), he has got to go. Least embarrassing of the options.

I have lived thru the second division relegation days, the Turner days, the McNeill days, but never before was Aston Villa a National Joke.

[Macho Man Randy Savage]

O'Leary got turned on for performances that weren't as consistently poor as this. Admittedly he had better players than we have now, though this in itself shows just how badly wrong things have gone wrong under Lerner.

[Chris Jameson]

This isn't with the benefit of hindsight but I was never sure why people were so desperate for him to become the manager of Aston Villa, was it simply a case of anybody will do as long as it's not Mcleish?

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Why does he sit there like he's bored shitless?

I thought he'd be someone who had a bit of fight in them. It's like he's given up on them and can't be bothered to carry on and he'd happily take the sack.

I didn't think this was the manager we were getting. I thought it'd be a young, invigorating manager who had new ways that we could all enjoy and share in.

The way it's going, we will not be in a cup final and will get relegated.

I do not know what he can do to change it. Seems to me the players have the same amount of respect for him as Houllier and TSM.

I'd give him until after the next leg and then take it from there.

[Apyadg]

I wonder who'd be stupid enough to take the job if Lambert got sacked at this point.

We've got a squad full of Championship players and players who have underperformed for 2-3 years now, mostly on reasonably long contracts. A manager isn't going to be able to move these on any time soon, certainly not in January, and how many players would a new manager be able to sign without getting rid of the players currently on the payroll?

At this point I think a new manager would just be coming in to complete Lambert's job of relegating us. Seems like a pretty thankless task.

[Risso]

This isn't with the benefit of hindsight but I was never sure why people were so desperate for him to become the manager of Aston Villa, was it simply a case of anybody will do as long as it's not Mcleish?

Yep, and that's the only reason he hasn't got dog's abuse this season.  People keep harping on about how they can see Lambert has a plan, but I think tonight has shown on top of other recent performances that he hasn't got a clue.

[Ozzjim]

There are bound to be boos after tonight, but I think he will still have the support of the crowd going into the weekend. Play badly and lose though, and I reckon its going to get very difficult for him. Trouble is, sack him, with 2 weeks of the window left, you have to appoint very quickly, and then give them some money very quickly. For me it is better to sit him down and say how much do we need and which players. over the age of 25 will lead us out of this.