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

[saunders_heroes]

He's a very lucky man at the moment. There's no other club in the country producing such appalling results that haven't pulled the trigger.

Well the likes of Norwich and Newcastle are below us in the form table. And both of them have been knocked out of cups by pretty rubbish teams.

So there's a couple.

Have they suffered club record defeats, record goals conceded, fewest scored knocked out of cup by 4th div club etc etc?

[saunders_heroes]

We've only sacked one manager. The other two were out of our control

That's just nit picking, we have changed manager and it hasn't improved us.

That's also not picking. Sometimes changing a manager improves the team. Look at QPR for instance. Who's to say it wouldn't work with us?

[aj2k77]

He's a very lucky man at the moment. There's no other club in the country producing such appalling results that haven't pulled the trigger.

Well the likes of Norwich and Newcastle are below us in the form table. And both of them have been knocked out of cups by pretty rubbish teams.

So there's a couple.

They're both above us in the league table and neither have a -25 goal difference or have conceded the most goals in the division or have scored the second fewest or have become the laughing stock of English football.

[Dave]

Norwich were knocked out of the cup by far worse than a fourth division team.

[paul_e]

Playing almost the entire second half with no midfield just summed up Lambert, clueless. Haven't seen that kind of football since school days, defence blasting the ball up to a gaggle of forwards hoping for a bounce of deflection to go your way.

That's exactly what I thought. It was like a football match played by school kids in a playground.
Embarrassing, humiliating stuff. I'd sack him for that reason alone.

That's what tipped me over the edge, that he was willing to abandon playing decent football so quickly just upset me far too much.

If he wanted to go all out gung-ho then move nzog and bannan/gabby out wide, push bennett and lowton into wing back positions and ask delph and ireland to sit a little deeper and work the ball wide, then get behind them and throw crosses in for Benteke and Bent/Weimann to get on the end of.  That worked in both legs, we didn't take the chances but we were threatening.

[Apyadg]

There's an article that's gone up on the Beeb site this afternoon saying his job is safe even if (when) we get relegated. Fucking hell.

It's only going by the words of Pat Murphy, but I can feel the heart palpitations going already.

[VillaAlways]

We've only sacked one manager. The other two were out of our control

That's just nit picking, we have changed manager and it hasn't improved us.

So we should just stick with a manager who is utterly useless just because the previous ones didnt work out either, even though it was out of our control bar McLeish

[eastie]

He's a very lucky man at the moment. There's no other club in the country producing such appalling results that haven't pulled the trigger.

Well the likes of Norwich and Newcastle are below us in the form table. And both of them have been knocked out of cups by pretty rubbish teams.

So there's a couple.

Are you backing lambert then dave ?

[Dave]

He's a very lucky man at the moment. There's no other club in the country producing such appalling results that haven't pulled the trigger.

Well the likes of Norwich and Newcastle are below us in the form table. And both of them have been knocked out of cups by pretty rubbish teams.

So there's a couple.

They're both above us in the league table and neither have a -25 goal difference or have conceded the most goals in the division or have scored the second fewest or have become the laughing stock of English football.

*sigh*

It was more a wry attempt to highlight that Norwich had a really shit result, i.e losing to us. Rather than an impassioned defence of Lambert.

[myf]

We've only sacked one manager. The other two were out of our control

That's not true - we had to pay Houllier off.  He wanted to stay on.

[eastie]

Paul Lambert's miserable season at the helm of Aston Villa can't ever get bad enough to earn him the sack, according to a report.

The Villa boss finds his side mired in a relegation scrap, and suffered the uncomfortable experience of being dumped out of the League Cup by minnows Bradford.

But the Press Association claim that Villa owner Randy Lerner is backing Lambert, even if he takes the club down into the Championship.

The PA report states: Paul Lambert's long-term future as Aston Villa manager is assured despite their shock Capital One Cup semi-final exit against Bradford last night, Press Association Sport understands.

Lambert retains the faith of Villa owner Randy Lerner even though the midlands club are also involved in a Barclays Premier League relegation battle.

It is believed Lambert would still stay in charge even if Villa drop down to the Championship with Lerner believing he would be the right man to take them back up after his double promotion exploits at Norwich.

Villa suffered a shock 4-3 aggregate reversal against npower League Two outfit Bradford, who became the first fourth-tier club to reach the final of the competition for 51 years.

 

Villa now face another tricky tie at Millwall in the FA Cup on Friday before next Tuesday's crucial home Premier League encounter with fellow strugglers Newcastle.

But Lerner remains convinced Lambert is the man to take Villa forward and is aware of the need to keep calm and not overreact.

The American knew it would be a rollercoaster season in what is seen as a long rebuilding job for Lambert after the difficult times under Gerard Houllier and Alex McLeish.

Lerner was happy for Lambert to put faith in young players and the Bradford setback will also not alter Villa's attitude towards the current transfer window.

Lambert has only limited resources available and has said he will not sign players for the sake of it.

[john e]

He's a very lucky man at the moment. There's no other club in the country producing such appalling results that haven't pulled the trigger.

Well the likes of Norwich and Newcastle are below us in the form table. And both of them have been knocked out of cups by pretty rubbish teams.

So there's a couple.

Are you backing lambert then dave ?

i'd still rather Lambert than RDM or Hughes

[saunders_heroes]

Norwich were knocked out of the cup by far worse than a fourth division team.

They beat us over two legs. That's unforgivable and much worse than Norwich's one off loss.

[VillaAlways]

There's an article that's gone up on the Beeb site this afternoon saying his job is safe even if (when) we get relegated. Fucking hell.

It's only going by the words of Pat Murphy, but I can feel the heart palpitations going already.

Weren't they coming out with the same rubbish when McLeish was here. I just don't know how they would be privy to that information

[hilts_coolerking]

It's a total red herring that sticking with the manager works.  Sticking with the right manager works.  Sticking with the wrong manager is asking for trouble.