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

[Greg N'Ash]

4 wins and 4 draws might just about be enough. That may be achievable whereas 5/6 wins is a big, big ask.

yep, that's my thinking. Any sort of half decent form could get us that i reckon. Certainly before the last month or so i would have said that was gettable.

[Ads]

We should have won every game so far this year.

[pauliewalnuts]

We should have won every game so far this year.

But didn't.

And that's our problem.

[Ads]

We're stringing out the hope.

[Jockey Randall]

I see Harry Redknapp just came out with "the only way out of it is just to keep going". He's clearly been watching Lambert's press conferences too much.

[ez]

We should have won every game so far this year.

But didn't.

And that's our problem.

Sitting back and defending the penalty area is the mistake Lambert makes time after time.

[Chris Smith]

We should have won every game so far this year.

But didn't.

And that's our problem.

Sitting back and defending the penalty area is the mistake Lambert makes time after time.

I reckon it's the mistake the players make, you can see him urging them forward but their nervousness makes them hesitant. You see it with most teams when they're under pressure, the less confident they are the more pronounced it is.

[Jockey Randall]

We should have won every game so far this year.

But didn't.

And that's our problem.

Sitting back and defending the penalty area is the mistake Lambert makes time after time.

I reckon it's the mistake the players make, you can see him urging them forward but their nervousness makes them hesitant. You see it with most teams when they're under pressure, the less confident they are the more pronounced it is.

Exactly. I doubt he would deliberately go out of his way to tell them to drop deep as we can't defend for ass. It makes no sense. It's just a natural reaction from the players to hold onto what we've got.

[ronshirt]

I think one win will be all it takes to get some confidence back into the side. And I think tomorrow could see that victory. Relegation? Leave that talk to the Chicken Lickens.

[rob_bridge]

We should have won every game so far this year.

But didn't.

And that's our problem.

Sitting back and defending the penalty area is the mistake Lambert makes time after time.

I reckon it's the mistake the players make, you can see him urging them forward but their nervousness makes them hesitant. You see it with most teams when they're under pressure, the less confident they are the more pronounced it is.

Exactly. I doubt he would deliberately go out of his way to tell them to drop deep as we can't defend for ass. It makes no sense. It's just a natural reaction from the players to hold onto what we've got.

It seems we have been doing this for how long - 10 years? That's a lot of different managers.

[Jockey Randall]

It seems we have been doing this for how long - 10 years? That's a lot of different managers.

I don't think we're the only side in 10 years that have sat back and defended a lead when playing against teams of similar or superior ability. It's just the way the game works and the way humans work.

[danlanza]

I think one win will be all it takes to get some confidence back into the side. And I think tomorrow could see that victory. Relegation? Leave that talk to the Chicken Lickens.

Spot on. Relegation talk is for tossers.

[Eigentor]

It seems we have been doing this for how long - 10 years? That's a lot of different managers.

I don't think we're the only side in 10 years that have sat back and defended a lead when playing against teams of similar or superior ability. It's just the way the game works and the way humans work.

This. To carry on attacking when leading is nice in theory, but very often your ability to keep a lead depends on your ability to defend. I realise that a lot of this is about psychology and confidence, but I cannot help but think that the players would have been more confident in their defending in games if they received better coaching and clear instructions when training.

[adrenachrome]

It seems we have been doing this for how long - 10 years? That's a lot of different managers.

I don't think we're the only side in 10 years that have sat back and defended a lead when playing against teams of similar or superior ability. It's just the way the game works and the way humans work.

This. To carry on attacking when leading is nice in theory, but very often your ability to keep a lead depends on your ability to defend. I realise that a lot of this is about psychology and confidence, but I cannot help but think that the players would have been more confident in their defending in games if they received better coaching and clear instructions when training.

So much is abundantly clear.

[Pete3206]

I think one win will be all it takes to get some confidence back into the side. And I think tomorrow could see that victory. Relegation? Leave that talk to the Chicken Lickens.

Spot on. Relegation talk is for tossers.

Villa are 19th in the table. When would it be an appropriate time to discuss relegation?