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

[VinnieChase84]

I would still go for Curbishley on a 6 month, keep us up you get the job contract. He had Bent scoring at Charlton, can organise a side and would have a calm head on him.

Ditto

I don't have a problem with Curbishley, its always confused me as to why he was lumped in with the McCarthys and Coyles of this world as he actually has a pretty decent record in the Prem considering who he has managed. If (When) we do go down I think he would be an ideal choice for manager.

I'd take Curbishley over this clown.

[Monty]

You know, he's lost the plot. He just threw on vaguely attacking players and hoped it would work. That's not tactics - that's Alan Shearer. In fact, it's a 10 year old losing to his dad on FIFA - and that sets the tone for the whole side. It's inexperienced players being led by an inexperienced manager. A Norwich fan told me that, for all his good times there, he never sorted out the defence, and it looks like Vlaar is not just having to sort out his teammates but the manager as well.

Lambert said 'we don't have the players to play long-balls'. Well, neither do Swansea or Wigan, but they don't because their managers have bred it into their teams not to. Lambert seems unable to control anything that goes on on the pitch. I think he's going to be a good manager one day, no question, but his time with us is a horrible failure. However, it's not his fault entirely, or even mostly: Lerner is absolutely the source of all - yes, all - of our problems, and he must cough up or sell up. His choice.

[London Villan]

It's not a case of either or though. TSM was a terrible appointment, Lambert is turning out to be even worse.

The reasons run deeper than the manager, but Lambert's management of the team has to be judged against performances and results versus resources, as most people are at work, They just aren't acceptable.

[PeterWithesShin]

I was firmly in the "delighted to get Lambert" camp, so it's impossible for me to knock Lerner for getting him. I also like what Lambert wants to do, but in hindsight it seems he's tried to do it too fast. Echoes of Houllier maybe?

[ozzjim]

The only thing in his favour is that if you were to list our 5 best players, they would be Guzan (would he have cleared out the corner?), Lowton, Benteke, Westwood and erm.... struggling....

See the thing is, the money he had last summer had to stretch a long way, which it did, and his signings are all our better players. The issue is, he needs another 15 million or so to build the core of the side. In a week.

Lerner has got to back him, big time.

[cdbearsfan]

If Lambert stays we go down.

If he goes we might stay up. Like how QPR have got a new lease of life since appointing that arsehole.

I'd take a chance on "might". Let's get rid.

By the way mods: as I have lost faith in Mr Tickle, can I go back to cdvillafan please?

[PeterWithesShin]

If Lambert stays we go down.

If he goes we might stay up. Like how QPR have got a new lease of life since appointing that arsehole.

I'd take a chance on "might". Let's get rid.

By the way mods: as I have lost faith in Mr Tickle, can I go back to cdvillafan please?

£100 in non sequential £5 notes at the Newcastle game and i'll think about it.

[cdbearsfan]

If Lambert stays we go down.

If he goes we might stay up. Like how QPR have got a new lease of life since appointing that arsehole.

I'd take a chance on "might". Let's get rid.

By the way mods: as I have lost faith in Mr Tickle, can I go back to cdvillafan please?

£100 in non sequential £5 notes at the Newcastle game and i'll think about it.

Newcastle? You mean we've got another home game this month? Oh for fuck's sake. That's it. Goodbye cruel world.

[Dave Clark Five]

If Lambert stays we go down.

If he goes we might stay up. Like how QPR have got a new lease of life since appointing that arsehole.

I'd take a chance on "might". Let's get rid.

By the way mods: as I have lost faith in Mr Tickle, can I go back to cdvillafan please?

£100 in non sequential £5 notes at the Newcastle game and i'll think about it.

Newcastle? You mean we've got another home game this month? Oh for fuck's sake. That's it. Goodbye cruel world.

We've got to survive our bed-wetting trip to Millwall first.

[PeterWithesShin]

If Lambert stays we go down.

If he goes we might stay up. Like how QPR have got a new lease of life since appointing that arsehole.

I'd take a chance on "might". Let's get rid.

By the way mods: as I have lost faith in Mr Tickle, can I go back to cdvillafan please?

£100 in non sequential £5 notes at the Newcastle game and i'll think about it.

Newcastle? You mean we've got another home game this month? Oh for fuck's sake. That's it. Goodbye cruel world.

We could just pray for lots more snow?

[MonsXI]

I honestly dont know if Lambert going or Lerner going or both are the answer. All i do know is that something drastic needs to happen.

I can honestly say I've had my head in the sand for too long.

[saunders_heroes]

I'm still waiting for him to do the decent thing and resign. I don't know how he has the nerve to turn up for work tomorrow.

[Ad@m]

The only thing in his favour is that if you were to list our 5 best players, they would be Guzan (would he have cleared out the corner?), Lowton, Benteke, Westwood and erm.... struggling....

They're not though.  Our best five players are Bent, Gabby, NZogbia, Ireland, and Benteke.  It's just Lambert doesn't really know how to get the best out of most of them.

I've finally lost patience with Lambert.  Tonight's tactics were a joke.  We absolutely dominated the first half and his reaction to going a goal down was to royally screw up the formation and tactics to bring Bent on.  By the end of the game we had four strikers in a 334 formation with the three at the back covering 3 of the 4 places you'd have in a back 4.  It was shambolic.  When Bent came on you could see all the players on the pitch looking at one another to try to work out where they were meant to be playing.

Sadly I think it's too late to save us now.  Changing the manager now wouldn't give the new gaffer enough time to bring new players in and the ones we have just aren't good enough.

I'm absolutely gutted at how quickly we've fallen from Champions League contenders to whipping boys for allcomers.

[pauliewalnuts]

You know, he's lost the plot. He just threw on vaguely attacking players and hoped it would work. That's not tactics - that's Alan Shearer. In fact, it's a 10 year old losing to his dad on FIFA - and that sets the tone for the whole side. It's inexperienced players being led by an inexperienced manager. A Norwich fan told me that, for all his good times there, he never sorted out the defence, and it looks like Vlaar is not just having to sort out his teammates but the manager as well.

Lambert said 'we don't have the players to play long-balls'. Well, neither do Swansea or Wigan, but they don't because their managers have bred it into their teams not to. Lambert seems unable to control anything that goes on on the pitch. I think he's going to be a good manager one day, no question, but his time with us is a horrible failure. However, it's not his fault entirely, or even mostly: Lerner is absolutely the source of all - yes, all - of our problems, and he must cough up or sell up. His choice.

Have to agree.

I have supported Lambert staunchly and still believe he needs to be backed this window, but like yoi said, with half an hour to go, still, he had to make the right decision re substitutions, and that was not what he did - just throwing more strikers on without thinking about how we'd get them the ball.

We made it easy tonight for Bradford, but really, I found myself sat with the dawning realisation that, actually, not only are too many of the players out of their depth, maybe the manager is too.

[PeterWithesShin]

What has Ireland ever done to justify being thought of as one of our best players? His whole reputation is based on two thirds of a good season at City years ago.