We go again

[aj2k77]

Made me laugh on an otherwise depressing morning. Lambert's post match pearls of wisdom from yesterday - sorry if someone has already posted this:

"I don't think we got going if the truth be known. I can't fault the lads, their effort was there, we had a really tough game on Wednesday and you pick yourself up and go again. ..."

What a load of rubbish yesterday was. 1 step forward, 2 steps back. That's how our season seems to be panning out.

The 'we go again ' line he trotted out all last season made me laugh in the early days but it now has me pulling my hair out in frustration

What would you rather him say?

''I've been sacked because my team plays the most atrocious football since Wimbledon of the late 80's''

Good grief, do you really think this? I know most of us have wiped the McLeish era from our memories as much as we can, but can you actually physically recall it? Or how about the end of last season, where everything clicked and we were one of the best sides to watch in the division?

Yes, I really don't rate Lambert. Mcleish was a disaster but the football this season is no better and in many cases worse. It's ok pick pocketing a few results but that never continues. Eventually this season we will have to play better to continue picking up results and as great as 10th supposedly is we are 6 points and 1 small bad run off relegation positions. You can conversely say we are 1 good run off being in the top 8 but us going on a good run picking up consecutive wins looks more less likely because of our performances, and I seriously doubt if this man if capable of

A. Picking the right team
B. Picking the right formation
C. Drilling the team well on the basics
D. Picking up more players that will improve us on our budget

I'm not a believer in Lambert, In Lambert I don't trust.

Which is exactly what lots of people were saying two thirds of the way into last season and guess what haoppened?  And this season we at least have a solid defence as a better starting point.

So for 13 games in over 50 he's had a clue, whoopy doo.

[Toronto Villa]

So yet again it was lamberts fault, yea we looked tired and lethargic and never got going but was it lamberts fault that we had a terrible penalty decision against us and it was lamberts fault that guzan never stayed on his line for sidwells goal.

he has some responsibility though to how we play and whether we learn from our mistakes though. Yes, the players are the ones who are passing the ball and creating chances but the manager is paid to ensure that we improve in all aspects of the game. When it goes well he should be commended and when it doesn't he has to be accountable. I don't think that is too much to ask.

Agreed , he's also responsible for team selection and I'm not sure bacuna should have been at right back or Weimann in the starting line up either.

I would imagine that lambert like many of us was very optimistic at the start of the season although he never says much. He had got Weimann and Benteke to re-sign and had found what we thought were very promising youngsters in Lowton and Westwood. All four aren't doing it (Lowton hardly had a chance yet). Weimann worries me the most, his form has left him. I just hope that Lambert is proactive and gets a couple in next month and doesn't just chance it that the four mentioned regain form.

not being a fan takes away much of the emotion we have in watching us play. I imagine he's quite pragmatic in how he sees us and is still very optimistic that we will come together.

[PeterWithesShin]

Can we stop the quotathons please.

Next time I have to come in here I'm crackin' skulls!*

*Gold star for whoever gets the reference.

[Toronto Villa]

thank you Principal Vernon

[PeterWithesShin]

thank you Principal Vernon

Gold star TV. Wear it with pride and make all your friends jealous.

[Dante Lavelli]

I don't go to too many matches, maybe ten a season.  However I did go to both sunderland and fulham and was surprised by how good and supportive the crowd were on both occasions.  I'd have expected a lot more moaning but didm;t really hear any, well not aimed at Lambert anyway.

[Dave Clark Five]

There were a few behind us who slagged him off throughout most of the game. Left hand side, half way down.

[Lsvilla]

There were a few behind us who slagged him off throughout most of the game. Left hand side, half way down.

Well I'm sure that was hugely helpful

[Toronto Villa]

There were a few behind us who slagged him off throughout most of the game. Left hand side, half way down.

Well I'm sure that was hugely helpful

not that I agree with it either but you can imagine those who paid a decent sum to travel down there might have been a bit frustrated by what they saw. The fact that they were there in the first place shows that their dedication. I'm sure they didn't travel down with that intention.

[Damo70]

I certainly wouldn't even be close to slagging him off at this point but there will inevitably be frustration with three years of poor performances and results in general, particularly at home. One of those under him. After the patience and understanding he was generally given at the lowest points of last season I am not sure how much patience and goodwill towards him a lot of other people have unfortunately.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm so fed up with Lambert and his team selection, tactics and performance against Manure i've already started booing.

As for Benteke, i've got a bed sheet out and am going to write "BOOOOOOOO Christian Benteke" on it.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm so fed up with Lambert and his team selection, tactics and performance against Manure i've already started booing.

As for Benteke, i've got a bed sheet out and am going to write "BOOOOOOOO Christian Benteke" on it.

One thing I've noticed is that, in this extended period of mediocrity and poor results, I find myself determined not to watch the Football First repeat of the game, or MOTD, or MOTD2 at all when we've had a bad result.

Over the course of the last few years, the reduction in quality of life caused by Villa being largely - if not exclusively - shit has been counterbalanced by not watching that cliched horseshit for hours every weekend.

[eamonn]

What odds would you get on Paul Lambert's eventual departure from the Villa being on a par in the acrimonious stakes with that of his mentor O'Neill?
Surely with the myriad of football betting markets around these days, and lower league footballers trying to make a few bob on them, it's only a matter of time before managers' psychological and personality traits are gambled on.

[Deano's Mullet]

I'm so fed up with Lambert and his team selection, tactics and performance against Manure i've already started booing.

As for Benteke, i've got a bed sheet out and am going to write "BOOOOOOOO Christian Benteke" on it.

One thing I've noticed is that, in this extended period of mediocrity and poor results, I find myself determined not to watch the Football First repeat of the game, or MOTD, or MOTD2 at all when we've had a bad result.

Over the course of the last few years, the reduction in quality of life caused by Villa being largely - if not exclusively - shit has been counterbalanced by not watching that cliched horseshit for hours every weekend.

me too. if we've lost i'll dig out the brief goals snippets on youtube but that's it.

[Hookeysmith]

The things we lacked last season were defensive solidity and a bit of character when things weren't going well.  We've got them now.

What we now seem to lack is any form of free flowing attack.  However, we know from last season that this team is capable of that, so I have confidence we'll get back to it.  Injuries and lack of form have hurt our main attacking trio this season.

Agree with this

We all said we needed him to tighten the back 5 up - he has done. The issue is we have lost some of the forward and midfield play to compensate for it.

I feel dirty saying this but

Remember Steve Bruce's dog shit from 2003 - for 2 years there was very little flair and nothing but hardwork. The cnuts that follow them got wrapped up in the whole "prem bullshit" and demanded that they played with more flair and better players - they changed their style that had been working for them and they got relegated

We cannot buy world class players so we will have periods where all the elements dont perform at the same time, conversely as we go through this process we will also "click" on some days and give teams a good seeing to