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

[David_Nab]

They werent listen to other Mcliesh the most glaring public case of ignorance.

Its behind scenes the questions on how we were spending, what was clubs long term plan.All brushed under the carpet

[eastie]

“Is the financial reality we just can’t compete with the Stokes and Newcastles? Yeah, that’s too high for us.

GTFO

Stoke and newcastle have both been big spenders in the last few months though - we are not saying we can spend £20m plus - but spending £2m means we are not competing with the likes of reading or southampton!

He did spend over £20m in the summer and  look where thats got us.
At villa hes spend far more than he ever did at norwich already so cut the whinging and take responsibility  for the  shit job that you are doing mr lambert!

The poor tactics, formations and selections and the fact that players are playing so poorly is lamberts fault and his alone!

I have contacted nursey and kendrick to implore them to ask him one question -
Why did you not spend the whole transfer budget available to you when its so obvious the club needs a defender ?

[N'ZMAV]

When Mellberg dropped in that header at the Emirates six and a half years ago, I would never in a million years thought we would be where we are now.

It's a harsh reality. It's all been downhill since we only bought in Heskey during that transfer window a few years ago. That was the time when we should have pushed on.

[supertom]

When Mellberg dropped in that header at the Emirates six and a half years ago, I would never in a million years thought we would be where we are now.

It's a harsh reality. It's all been downhill since we only bought in Heskey during that transfer window a few years ago. That was the time when we should have pushed on.

Even a couple of years before Heskey we had a good opportunity to push on in Jan but then just bizarrely signed Routledge on the last day and barely ever played him.
O Neill and/or Randy basically screwed up every january they had after their first together and we tailed off and ran our first 13-14 players into the ground. A late push, some inspiration and added impetus in any of our 6th place finishes and we may have finished higher. Really is a shame how the club's money was mismanaged. If we'd blown our budgets in those summer windows, then again, it goes back to O Neill's dire transfer policy.

[Dave Clark Five]

The decline of the club is so bad it almost looks like it has been done on purpose.

[Malandro]

“Is the financial reality we just can’t compete with the Stokes and Newcastles? Yeah, that’s too high for us.

GTFO

I think I'm going to go on the Villa Park tour and let off stink bombs in all the corporate areas - because thats all they talk about on the tour. If its so good why can't we compete with Stoke?!

- I'm not blaming Mumbles - I think this is his way of telling the fans the situation.

[PaulWinch again]

I don't care if we can't compete financially with Stoke or Newcastle(which is a disgrace by the way) I don't want to fucking hear it.

[andyh]

Sounds to me like he is undermining his boss.
I think there are some dangerous games going on a Villa Park, at all levels.

[eastie]

Sounds to me like he is undermining his boss.
I think there are some dangerous games going on a Villa Park, at all levels.

He spend more last summer than in 3 years at norwich .
More to this than meets the eye , i agree.
Hows your lad doing now andy?

[andyh]

Sounds to me like he is undermining his boss.
I think there are some dangerous games going on a Villa Park, at all levels.

He spend more last summer than in 3 years at norwich .
More to this than meets the eye , i agree.
Hows your lad doing now andy?

He's fine now mate, thanks for asking.

[eastie]

Aston Villa’s efforts in the transfer window were so far under the radar they barely registered a blip.
QPR’s Harry Redknapp was able to spend £12million on defender Chris Samba and also brought in Jermaine Jenas and Andros Townsend.
Meanwhile, Lambo was trawling the depths of the French Second Division for unknown 22-year-old Clermont midfielder Yacouba Sylla.
And he also borrowed 25-year-old winger Simon Dawkins, who has not even made a Premier League appearance for Spurs.
That led to criticism from former players, including former winger Steve Froggatt who went on Twitter to rap: Villa transfer window beyond a p***-take.
But Lambo hit back: “It doesn’t bother me what ex-players think. They should know better. If they have a problem they should come and see me.
“The fans have been great and I do understand their frustrations. Ask me if I’d like to sign a Messi or a Xavi then, Jesus, yes I would. But you can only work with what you’ve got.”
 
The Villa boss admitted he had spent nowhere near the £1.7m quoted for Sylla’s transfer and confessed Stoke and Newcastle could outspend Villa.
He added: “I saw a figure of what Sylla was meant to have cost and it was wrong. The fee of £1.7m is wrong and Dawkins came in on loan. Randy Lerner has been great and I knew the remit. But we couldn’t afford anyone massive.
“Can we compete with Stoke and Newcastle? That’s too high for us.”
Lambo stressed he is not jealous of Redknapp’s multi-million spree in West London.
The Villa boss said: “I don’t get embroiled in what someone else can do.
“If Harry wants to do that and thinks it’s right for QPR he’s got to do what he thinks is best.
“We tried to do a few deals for a defender but the salaries were way too high.
“There has got to be some realism at the minute and the fans have it. I think they are with us because they can see what’s going on.” The Villa boss says he will have no hesitation hurling his new boys in at Everton today.
He said: “The two of them are ready to go now and I wouldn’t have any fear about throwing them in.
“Sylla is a strong lad who will add a bit of steel and some bite in the middle of the pitch. He’ll get stuck right in. You need players to do the dirty work.
“Dawkins will surprise people in the way he creates and makes things happen. He was incredible during his spell in America and has been in great form.”
Lambert knows few will give 19th-placed Villa a chance against in-form Everton, where David Moyes has been working miracles on a limited budget for a decade.
He said: “Davie has done a fabulous job there for the last 10 or 11 years. There are not many managers doing that.


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4774776/Paul-Lambert-Was-I-meant-to-sign-Messi-and-Xavi.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

So Lambert says

“There has got to be some realism at the minute and the fans have it. I think they are with us because they can see what’s going on.”

Do you all believe this to be true?

[PaulWinch again]

Yes 'Davie' has done a great job, how about you do a good one.

[Chris Smith]

I don't care if we can't compete financially with Stoke or Newcastle(which is a disgrace by the way) I don't want to fucking hear it.

I don't get that, Paul. Why would you not want to know the truth?

[Greg N'Ash]

Sounds to me like he is undermining his boss.
I think there are some dangerous games going on a Villa Park, at all levels.

aye, especially if the rumours are true that the club were as flabbergasted by his signings as we were.