The Paul Lambert thread - poll reset after our capitulation to Hull

[levico]

What's also annoying me at the moment is the local press, especially the Mail who put no pressure whatsoever on Villa even though we're going through the worst period in 25 or so years. Back in the day we had journalists who had the balls to stand up to the club and print what they wanted. Now we have sycophants like Kendrick and co who are frightened to upset anyone just in case the club takes away there ability to print Ashley Westwood's favourite colour or Benteke's favourite brand of sunglasses.
The local press are now nothing more than mouth pieces for the club.

In fairness, this isn't even the worst period in 2 years, we are 13th. Last year we finished 15th.

4th consecutive relegation battle. When was the last time that happened to Villa?

If my memory serves me well:

1965/66   Survived
1966/67   Relegated to Div 2
1967/68   Survived
1968/69   Relegated to Div 3

Followed by the best times we have ever had!

Well yes, but back then you wouldn't have know what was to come.

It was just an age thing. Being not quite old enough to drink, but still managing to, visiting loads of new grounds, just the atmosphere about the whole place. I always think that we were all privileged to be in the right place at the right time.

I remember it well. Just going to matches with a well founded expectation that we were going to win was something that the younger generation of Villa fans have never experienced, nor are ever likely to under the current regime.

[Mister E]

What's also annoying me at the moment is the local press, especially the Mail who put no pressure whatsoever on Villa even though we're going through the worst period in 25 or so years. Back in the day we had journalists who had the balls to stand up to the club and print what they wanted. Now we have sycophants like Kendrick and co who are frightened to upset anyone just in case the club takes away there ability to print Ashley Westwood's favourite colour or Benteke's favourite brand of sunglasses.
The local press are now nothing more than mouth pieces for the club.

In fairness, this isn't even the worst period in 2 years, we are 13th. Last year we finished 15th.

4th consecutive relegation battle. When was the last time that happened to Villa?

If my memory serves me well:

1965/66   Survived
1966/67   Relegated to Div 2
1967/68   Survived
1968/69   Relegated to Div 3

Followed by the best times we have ever had!

Well yes, but back then you wouldn't have know what was to come.

It was just an age thing. Being not quite old enough to drink, but still managing to, visiting loads of new grounds, just the atmosphere about the whole place. I always think that we were all privileged to be in the right place at the right time.

totally agree, DC5.

[Legion]

[supertom]

I've watched that video 5 times and I've only just realised that it's not really Paul Lambert, and it's actually taking the piss.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Surely you'd have remembered a 9-0 defeat!

Great spoof though!

[andyh]

That is absolutely fucking scary!

[Chris Smith]

The thing about those third division days and even the eighties second division days although it might have been fun I bet there isn't one person who at the time welcomed the relegations that preceded them.

Edit: I realise that reads like stating the bleedin' obvious. What I mean is that although it was a laugh and turned out OK in the end relegation was crap.

[Mister E]

The thing about those third division days and even the eighties second division days although it might have been fun I bet there isn't one person who at the time welcomed the relegations that preceded them.

of course not, but at the time not only did the managers rise to the occasion the fans also had a very optimistic attitude to the seasons in the lower reaches.
The first season's failure in the 3rd was tough, though.

[brian green]

Financial considerations apart, simply looking at the effect on the fans, not he effect of the club's profits,  I think relegations were taken more seriously in past times, especially in the days of two up two down.   Certainly in the sixties I was roundly condemned by my mother and my older brothers for even suggesting that I would go to second division games.   The family legend is that my grandfather started drinking when we went down for the first time and did not stop until it killed him in 1944.

[olaftab]

That spoof is scary as well as brilliant.

[eric woolban woolban]

Lambert to a tee, except the mickey taker probably has 'better' tactical awareness.

[JUAN PABLO]

the best laugh Ive had all season

When Benteke passed to the other player , that was world class .

[Des Little]

That is brilliant.

[Dave Clark Five]

It is a great impersonation of MOL.

[danlanza]

Very funny. To realistic though.