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

[john e]

Totally agree we need to give the right manager plenty of time to turn things around.
Totally disagree that lambert is the right manager - get rid!

you were very keen on him being appointed though, whatever the reasons were that made him your first chioce they still remain,
maybe sticking by your man and seing if he can turn things round is a more difficult option, the easy option is just to say 'get rid' all the time,
 whoever it is that you now prefer, in 6 months time the same post will be trotted out 'get rid'

he was never in my top 6,
 but i still think we should stick it out, its not Randy or Lambert that is our greatest threat, its the high turnover of different managers with different plans

[paul_e]

I'm sticking by my out vote.

I like him, I like what he wants to do with the squad and I totally understand the need for it.  I also think he's bought well, has been unlucky with injuries and has had to deal with some senior players who just aren't delivering anything like their best.

All that said his ability to influence a game with substitutions and tactical changes is nowhere near the standard it needs to be in this league.  We can't defend a narrow lead and we can't claw a team back who've taken the lead.  Tuesday was the most extreme example of it, where he completely removed the midfield and with it any chance of us retaining possession, we needed to keep hold of the ball and force lower league players into chasing shadows and tiring.  They'd have made mistakes, in the end we got our 2nd because of a mistake but it was too late because we'd spend the previous 35 minutes hoofing aimless long balls at a congested box instead of building any pressure.

It's like having a goalkeeper who's brilliant and saves everything on his right hand side but who can't dive left, the flaw is just too big to ignore.

[Risso]

If we sack Lambert now I can guarantee that he'll be picked up very quickly and will do extremely well at a Premier League club with a chairman who backs him.
You can save this and quote it back at me if you like!

What, like Owen Coyle has?

[not3bad]

Totally agree we need to give the right manager plenty of time to turn things around.
Totally disagree that lambert is the right manager - get rid!

you were very keen on him being appointed though

Eastie was keen on Alex Mcleish getting appointed...

[not3bad]

BTW I've voted Lambert in.  I do think he'll get it right and have yet to hear a candidate I think will do any better.  But Lerner needs to back him or sack him.  As many people have said, do SOMETHING...

[ez]

I say stick with Lambert. We can't keep sacking managers,we are playing crap right now and will struggle to stay up this season but we need some stability,give Lambert more of a chance to build his own team. Even if we do go down he's about the best out there right now to get us back up. Lets just hope he gets a bit of money to spend in the next week.

We don't keep sacking managers. One in about 18 years i think.

?

McLeish
Houllier
MON (tribunal thought so)
O'Leary (Ellis always sacked by mutual consent!)
etc

McLeish was sacked before that you have to go back to Ron Atkinson in the mid 90s. Well that's what i thought anyway.

[pauliewalnuts]

I say stick with Lambert. We can't keep sacking managers,we are playing crap right now and will struggle to stay up this season but we need some stability,give Lambert more of a chance to build his own team. Even if we do go down he's about the best out there right now to get us back up. Lets just hope he gets a bit of money to spend in the next week.

We don't keep sacking managers. One in about 18 years i think.

?

McLeish
Houllier
MON (tribunal thought so)
O'Leary (Ellis always sacked by mutual consent!)
etc

McLeish was sacked before that you have to go back to Ron Atkinson in the mid 90s. Well that's what i thought anyway.

The tribunal also "didn't think so", either.

We have no idea what sum MON was claiming, and no idea of what was discussed, so to assume he was sacked is wide of the mark.

[PaulWinch again]

"We defended well for three clean sheets out of four just a couple of months ago and we must get back to that. The relegation issue doesn't frighten me, there'll be a lot of clubs worried about getting sucked into it. We won't shy away from the challenge."

We defended well a couple of months ago, fucking hell well that is good news. Unfortunately since then we've conceded 8, 4, 3 and been beaten across two legs against Bradford. Also there might be other clubs being sucked into relegation trouble, but we're the only club doing fuck all to address our issues.

[Walmley_Villa]

This is many of today's papers:

"ASTON VILLA were so confident of beating Bradford they rejected a deal to split any Wembley profits with the League Two side.

Bradford made an informal approach before Tuesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg, asking Villa if they wanted to go 50-50 on the money either side would make from the final.

Getting to Wembley is worth £1million in ticket sales, TV rights and prize money.

But even though Bradford were 3-1 up after the first leg, they recognised they could still go out.

So they suggested the two clubs should agree to £500,000 each irrespective of the outcome of the semi.

Some members of the Villa board were said to be up for the deal but boss Paul Lambert was not interested.

Had the agreement been made it would have been subject to approval by the Football League but it never got to that stage.

When Villa rejected the deal, Bradford then tried to insure against being knocked out. The premium was £250,000 but the League blocked it."

[john e]

Totally agree we need to give the right manager plenty of time to turn things around.
Totally disagree that lambert is the right manager - get rid!

you were very keen on him being appointed though

Eastie was keen on Alex Mcleish getting appointed...

cant remember anyone being keen on him to be honest

[Legion]

Lerner and Faulkner spring to mind.

[Legion]

I'll vote on the 1st February. Buy some players and I'll go for in. Maintain the status quo and I'll go for out. But what difference would it make then as we'll be down, down, deeper and down...

[paul_e]

I'll vote on the 1st February. Buy some players and I'll go for in. Maintain the status quo and I'll go for out. But what difference would it make then as we'll be down, down, deeper and down...

Indeed, one of the compelling factors in voting out is the idea that they might get someone in quick enough for us to make a signing or 2 before the window closes, if they're not going to back lambert then they'd have to back a new guy.

[Chris Smith]

I'll vote on the 1st February. Buy some players and I'll go for in. Maintain the status quo and I'll go for out. But what difference would it make then as we'll be down, down, deeper and down...

Indeed, one of the compelling factors in voting out is the idea that they might get someone in quick enough for us to make a signing or 2 before the window closes, if they're not going to back lambert then they'd have to back a new guy.

Do you really think it's feasible to sack a manger on 24th January and for a replacement to be recruited, appointed and him assess the squad and identify reinforcements in time to make signings by the 31st?

[stubbsyandy]

I'll vote on the 1st February. Buy some players and I'll go for in. Maintain the status quo and I'll go for out. But what difference would it make then as we'll be down, down, deeper and down...

Indeed, one of the compelling factors in voting out is the idea that they might get someone in quick enough for us to make a signing or 2 before the window closes, if they're not going to back lambert then they'd have to back a new guy.

Do you really think it's feasible to sack a manger on 24th January and for a replacement to be recruited, appointed and him assess the squad and identify reinforcements in time to make signings by the 31st?

Southampton could do it