How would you feel....

[Toronto Villa]

Lambert said about stats that they can 'fry your brain'. He sounds like Harry Redknapp. I am starting to worry that our progressive young manager is turning into a boggy Britisher manager.

He did, but like so many other things I don't everything he has said to the fans/media. Since then he has spoken of possession after the Fulham or Man U defeats so I'm pretty sure it's bothering him. That original stats comment came after the Southampton win so he was really wanting to concentrate on the win than anything else.

[Monty]

Lambert said about stats that they can 'fry your brain'. He sounds like Harry Redknapp. I am starting to worry that our progressive young manager is turning into a boggy Britisher manager.

He did, but like so many other things I don't everything he has said to the fans/media. Since then he has spoken of possession after the Fulham or Man U defeats so I'm pretty sure it's bothering him. That original stats comment came after the Southampton win so he was really wanting to concentrate on the win than anything else.

Like I say, I think he does want to change things but I'm just unconvinced that he knows how. I'd still love him to succeed, I really would like nothing better than for him to turn it around, but the signs are growing that he doesn't know how.

[curiousorange]

There are two ways of looking at this situation. Either Lambert's wasted money on players that can't play at this level, in which case he's incompetent. Or he's bought decent players that he can't make do what he wants them to, in which case he's not a manager. When he goes, I'll be sorry the theory didn't work out, but it's not working now and that's what I care about, ultimately.

[Toronto Villa]

Lambert said about stats that they can 'fry your brain'. He sounds like Harry Redknapp. I am starting to worry that our progressive young manager is turning into a boggy Britisher manager.

He did, but like so many other things I don't everything he has said to the fans/media. Since then he has spoken of possession after the Fulham or Man U defeats so I'm pretty sure it's bothering him. That original stats comment came after the Southampton win so he was really wanting to concentrate on the win than anything else.

Like I say, I think he does want to change things but I'm just unconvinced that he knows how. I'd still love him to succeed, I really would like nothing better than for him to turn it around, but the signs are growing that he doesn't know how.

You have to think that every week in training he sets out to fix some of the ills of the week gone by. Yet, week after week now pretty much nothing has changed and the players haven't improved. That's a real problem.

[Monty]

Lambert said about stats that they can 'fry your brain'. He sounds like Harry Redknapp. I am starting to worry that our progressive young manager is turning into a boggy Britisher manager.

He did, but like so many other things I don't everything he has said to the fans/media. Since then he has spoken of possession after the Fulham or Man U defeats so I'm pretty sure it's bothering him. That original stats comment came after the Southampton win so he was really wanting to concentrate on the win than anything else.

Like I say, I think he does want to change things but I'm just unconvinced that he knows how. I'd still love him to succeed, I really would like nothing better than for him to turn it around, but the signs are growing that he doesn't know how.

You have to think that every week in training he sets out to fix some of the ills of the week gone by. Yet, week after week now pretty much nothing has changed and the players haven't improved. That's a real problem.

I'd like to think that, but I just can't see the evidence. If he really had the right ideas about how to keep the ball properly, then how come every free kick, no matter whereabouts on the pitch, gets lumped into the opposition penalty area to no effect? I think he wants to get it right, I'm just unconvinced that he knows how.

[SoccerHQ]

I'd love to hide in a tree at Bodymoor heath all week to see the training we actually do.

Imo it can't be anything more than just basic fitness work to make sure the players can stay competitive for 90 minutes?

If we are doing passing drills, then where on earth is the evidence on the pitch? Surely it would start showing given we're now halfway through the season. Our corners are still pathetic aswell so we certainly don't do any work on those.

[curiousorange]

We had a free kick second half, and first Delph lined up to take it, then Clark, then Albrighton. The free kick then sailed over everyone and out for a goal kick. If that routine has been practiced, I want the person responsible for its inception shot.

[Legion]

We had a free kick second half, and first Delph lined up to take it, then Clark, then Albrighton. The free kick then sailed over everyone and out for a goal kick. If that routine has been practiced, I want the person responsible for its inception shot.

They'd only miss the target.

[onje_villa]

Time to reset the poll?

[Legion]

You can modify your vote. No need for a reset.

[barrysleftfoot]

 Like curious i supported PLs philosophy, get young hungry, quick , aggressive players in, play a high pressing game, win the ball high up the pitch, and let CB and others score.It started off well at Arse, and Chelsk, but the system failed miserably at home.This is where my doubts set in, PL seemed incabable, or unable to find a solutionHis failure to purchase a creative player, at least one, possibly 2, has been his achilles heel, and his failure to rectify this is why we are in such danger.Sland and Palace at home should have been 6 points, we got 1.If we don't win on saturday i think he needs to go.

[levico]

You can modify your vote. No need for a reset.

In which case only 23.8% of posters want him out, as it stands. Can't be right surely?

[PeterWithesShin]

It's how the poll is right now. so it is right. Anyone can change their vote if they want to.

[brian green]

Just like the free kick when nobody assumed responsibility to take it, we had a corner and our defenders had to have a conversation about who would go forward and who would stay back.   By the time they decided the corner had been taken and cleared.   In training it should be drummed into them what the routine is and they should know it not need to hang about on the half way line deciding what to do

[Isa]

We had many poor performances under Houllier although I accept that was a proper transition season. But just look back at December 2010....lost 3 nil at Liverpool (infamous Houllier love in with them), lost 1-2 at home to Spurs who played about 70 minutes with ten men, lost 4-0 at Man. City, lost 1 nil at home to Sunderland in which 90% of the ground was calling him to be sacked the next morning.

I still can't get my head round how we actually finished 9th that season considering we were in the bottom mix for so long. Those final two wins at Arsenal and at home to Liverpool were just flukes really considering what had gone on for the previous 8 months.

Poor performances yes but Houllier had a philosophy and was slowly but surely implementing it. From signing Bent onwards, we were 6th/7th in the form table. It should be noted that he suffered the worst injury crisis that I have ever seen at Villa in the first half of the season, inherited a bunch of retrograde MON-picked cloggers who weren't even conductive to his style of play, had to put down at least two player revolts from the same over-pampered cloggers and had no pre-season or chance to really shape the team.

In contrast, Lambert has been here 18 months, had two pre-seasons, three transfer windows and is still no closer to implementing his brand of football whatever that is supposed to be. He has also had the chance to reshape the squad as he wills.

I can't believe there are people who did and maybe still do believe Lambert was a better manager then Houllier. He isn't even fit to be Houllier's assistant.