Have the club accepted relegation?

[eastie]

Surely the best thing to do isn't to start refusing to buy anything in the ground, refusing to go to games, waving banners etc etc - all things suggested in previous pages - but to get behind the team, to show the board that whilst they may be thinking of going down without a fight, we aren't.

I doubt lerner would even bat an eyelid.

[dave.woodhall]

What's Mr Woodhall's take on this? He's a Lerner fan...

Really? In what way?

In an inexplicable way.

Oh do please explain what you mean by this hilarious phrase.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think it's dangerous to assume that, were we to go down, we'd do a Newcastle and come back up. Newcastle used their relegation to shed a load of crud, and held on to their best players.

Our crud seems to be totally unshiftable, and the rest of the squad looks like it belongs in the championship, with a few exceptions - and they're all players who'd be off the minute we went down. The likes of Benteke, for example.

This year there's also the added incentive of missing out on the gigantic money pot which will only ecacerbate the gulf between the PL teams and the rest.

It's really not a good time to be drifting away and out of the top flight.

[hilts_coolerking]

Oh do please explain what you mean by this hilarious phrase.

You're an intelligent man Dave, it's self-explanatory.

[stubbsyandy]

Surely the best thing to do isn't to start refusing to buy anything in the ground, refusing to go to games, waving banners etc etc - all things suggested in previous pages - but to get behind the team, to show the board that whilst they may be thinking of going down without a fight, we aren't.

EXACTLY!

[MonsXI]

I feel sorry for Lambert in that the other two wankers are nowhere to be seen, Lerner and Faulkner are spineless ***** their policy is not to spend but Lambert is the one who has to face the press.

[Meanwood Villa]

A very depressing article. I try to be optimistic but it really doesn't seem like Lerner cares. Or he's completely misguided. Due to financial constraints I don't go to many games, perhaps around 10 a season. I love going though and if I could I'd go to more. That's slowly changing however, after Tuesday I was actually glad I haven't got another game lined up for the next month. These comments just confirm that feeling. If the owner doesn't give a s*** how can he expect us to?

[eastie]

Surely the best thing to do isn't to start refusing to buy anything in the ground, refusing to go to games, waving banners etc etc - all things suggested in previous pages - but to get behind the team, to show the board that whilst they may be thinking of going down without a fight, we aren't.

EXACTLY!

People paying their hard earned money have a right to express their feelings however they wish as long as not offensive .

A supposed itk reckoned on here a few weeks back that lerner was battling severe depression and had lost interest in many things including villa- could this be a possible explanation for this odd situation ?

[glasses]

If (A really big one, as all the signs seem to point one direction), we don't buy anyone, Lambert stays in the job, and we don't get relegated, we could be in a really good position to buy players in the summer. For me, this is the 'all eggs in one basket' approach that the board are hoping for/clinging to.

It looks very unlikely though.

[mrfuse]

Surely the best thing to do isn't to start refusing to buy anything in the ground, refusing to go to games, waving banners etc etc - all things suggested in previous pages - but to get behind the team, to show the board that whilst they may be thinking of going down without a fight, we aren't.

I agree in a way but that also looks like we are accepting what is being thrown at us!

I don't like certain ideas such as walking out of the ground and not turning up because at this point it will have a negative effect on the players (if that's possible currently) but some kind of planned reaction done in the correct way will at least get through.

It's common knowledge of our Petrov applause so in the same way we can make ourselves heard that we will not accept  what Learner is letting happen.

[MonsXI]

Surely the best thing to do isn't to start refusing to buy anything in the ground, refusing to go to games, waving banners etc etc - all things suggested in previous pages - but to get behind the team, to show the board that whilst they may be thinking of going down without a fight, we aren't.

Then Lerner has downgraded us and we've just sat back and taken it?

[stubbsyandy]

Surely the best thing to do isn't to start refusing to buy anything in the ground, refusing to go to games, waving banners etc etc - all things suggested in previous pages - but to get behind the team, to show the board that whilst they may be thinking of going down without a fight, we aren't.

EXACTLY!

People paying their hard earned money have a right to express their feelings however they wish as long as not offensive .

I dont disagree with that, all i am saying is that to protest now will not change a thing off the pitch but has got every chance of making things worse on the pitch.
We have the right to express our feelings, but also the choice as to whther or not it is the right time to.

[danlanza]

Right. Who has been sending hate mail to Lambert ? Daily Express says he has had hate mail sent to him. Get a life please whoever it is. No need.

[Greg N'Ash]

People are kidding themselves if we think Villa are gonna take the championship by storm once the youngsters develop under Lambchop. The likes of Westwood and Benteke won't be here - they'll be cherry picked in the summer and replaced by journeymen championship players in the hope we can get up on the cheap. We couldn't keep our best players when we were finishing 6th so there's no chance in the championship.

[N'ZMAV]

I drafted a letter...

Dear Mr Lambert,

WTF are you doing?

Yours sincerely

Mr NZMAV