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

[ozzjim]

If he were to go I would give it Curbishley for 6 months personally. For one he knows how to get Bent to score goals, which might well keep us up.

[Legion]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

I think the fans support and goodwill might be edge that keeps us up. 

A few goals and wins might prove a little better in order to achieve that.

[Ian.]

If he were to go I would give it Curbishley for 6 months personally. For one he knows how to get Bent to score goals, which might well keep us up.

I never would have thought I would here someone on here saying that! I can see it happening though. If it's said enough they might read the forums and make a decision based on this!

[Irish villain]

I'm glad to see we are sticking with Lambert. We can't keep blaming the managers for smashing so many records over the past couple of years.

Eventually we have to face up the fact that something has been festering under the carpet and is beginning to stink the place out.

[eastie]

We all want to succeed and if lambert stays then I'm sure we will all be behind him, I think if randy was going to make the change it may have been today so possibly he will stick with lambert, either way this squad is not mentally tough enough for the battle ahead - we need two or three players in , even if we have to go through the loan market .

We really need to turn things around fast , maybe if we can get past bradford it will provide the lift needed to galvanise things, if we go out though it could be a fatal blow to our chances of survival and confidence could be destroyed.

I personally would have made the change in the hope it could provide the impetus to turn it around but if the decision is to stick with him fair enough- it's randys call and he stands to gain or lose the most .

[onje_villa]

Weirdly, I'd rather have Lambert as our manager in the Championship than in the PL.

So I'd be very tempted to try and halt this slide by bringing someone in who can do the basics well, a real coach (Hughton as an example).

Yet if we drop, I'd probably stick with him and try and let him build us back up over 1-2 seasons.

[Fergal]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

That might be because we know he is a good manager doing his best with a squad that is shit.

[eastie]

Weirdly, I'd rather have Lambert as our manager in the Championship than in the PL.

So I'd be very tempted to try and halt this slide by bringing someone in who can do the basics well, a real coach (Hughton as an example).

Yet if we drop, I'd probably stick with him and try and let him build us back up over 1-2 seasons.

Interestingly I browsed the Norwich local pink un website last night and their fans were discussing lambert , many of them posted that even now they would take him back like a shot over hughton - they were particularly critical of the negative football under hughton, which surprised me.

[LeeB]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

That might be because we know he is a good manager doing his best with a squad that is shit.

That's it for me.

[garyellis]

i have been giving this a lot of thought even though I am trying to push the current state of affairs to the back of my mind. if someone has made this point earlier I apologise.                     Given there appeared to be a clause in TSMs contract that reduced compensation payable for poor performance I think it is reasonable to assume that PL has a similar clause. If we are relegated he will go they will not sack him before the end of the season. I also think PFs position would be untenable the book for 3 unsuccessful appointments stops with the CEO no matter how close he is to RL. Therefore there must be some interesting discussions going on right now about exactly what to do to avoid this situation.

[Fergal]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

That might be because we know he is a good manager doing his best with a squad that is shit.

That's it for me.

I don't care who is in charge of this squad, without adding to it we are down.

[eastie]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

That might be because we know he is a good manager doing his best with a squad that is shit.

That's it for me.

I don't care who is in charge of this squad, without adding to it we are down.

True.

[LeeB]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

That might be because we know he is a good manager doing his best with a squad that is shit.

That's it for me.

I don't care who is in charge of this squad, without adding to it we are down.

Couldn't agree more, and if money is so tight then sacking Lambert and paying up his contract would probably cost as much as two new signings.

I know which we need right now.

[eastie]

Two years ago Lerner splashed out and got bent for a huge fee, surely he can give at least £10m for players now?
If we went down he has plenty players he could  sell to recoup that £10m.

I don't see the business sense in risking losing so much more money by being relegated when £10m could help stay up ?

[Eigentor]

One thing I will say, the support for him shown by this poll is remarkable. He has more goodwill than any other under performing Villa manager for a long time.

I think a lot have the view that even if Lambert is not doing a good job, it's not in our interest to get rid. Lambert is in the best position to turn this around; he knows what he has and what he needs. A new manager would need time to find his feet, something we don't have. If we are to benefit from a change of manager, we need to find someone that is significantly better than Lambert. I don't think that's realistic.