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

[levico]

All we need are 3 more points to be safe barring a massive swing in GD.

We will be safe but will face another season of similar dross again next year if lambert is in charge.

Bang on.

[eastie]

The fact 73% on here say he shouldn't be sacked saddens me almost as much as today's result - what has happened to our great club

Sure but with the same results and performances, if you'd change Lambert's name to McCleish you'd be lucky to find anybody that wouldn't want him sacked.

Agreed.

[brian green]

I have always believed that Lambert is the luckiest manager in the Premiership because he followed McLeish.   If he had followed Houllier or MON he would have been gone months ago.

[PaulWinch again]

There's truth to that, I'm just so disappointed by how much our attacking play has regressed.

[Des Little]

We are the most tolerant club in the Prem. By a mile.

[pauliewalnuts]

The fact 73% on here say he shouldn't be sacked saddens me almost as much as today's result - what has happened to our great club

Oh, that's a bit melodramatic, eastie.

There's a difference between not wanting to sack the manager with, what, eight games left, and thinking he should stay in the job beyond the summer.

[Dave]

The fact 73% on here say he shouldn't be sacked saddens me almost as much as today's result - what has happened to our great club

Presumably you also thought that he should be sacked after the last couple of games as well? It's just that you didn't seem to be quite so vocal about it if you were.

Anyone would think that you're changing you opinion after every single result.

[Dave Clark Five]

The fact 73% on here say he shouldn't be sacked saddens me almost as much as today's result - what has happened to our great club

Presumably you also thought that he should be sacked after the last couple of games as well? It's just that you didn't seem to be quite so vocal about it if you were.

Anyone would think that you're changing you opinion after every single result.

What do you think then, apart from the opposite of people you think are a soft touch?

[ChicagoLion]

Here's what I don't get. We started fast and well, scored the goal, looked good for another 10 minutes or so and then fell to pieces. How do you explain that? I get why the manager is going to be criticized, but even he won't be able to explain what followed such a good start. In some ways no different to playing like shit for 20 minutes against Norwich, and playing like Barcelona for the next 25. It has to be hugely frustrating for Lambert, if I am to offer him any defence.

I think this is the thing that we can not understand, how can we be so good and so bad, sometimes from week to week and often in the same match.
I don't think any one can explain this including Lambert.

This level of inconsistency is not acceptable and I would want to believe that Lambert knows how to put it right before offering him a new contract.

My guess is that he doesn't. 

[caster troy]

We have now managed to lose at Villa Park to Palace (2 away wins), Sheffield United (4 away wins in League One), West Ham (3 away wins), and Stoke (2 away wins). We have also failed to beat Sunderland (18th) and Swansea (15th).

If the club think this is acceptable they are taking the piss out of every fan that pays money to get down to Villa Park. If they keep Lambert I'll keep my money and spend it on something more enjoyable, like paying a professional boxer to repeatedly punch me in the face for 90 mins.

[Colin B]

I think Paul Lambert deserves a medal the size of a dustbin lid for the job he has done at Aston Villa.

Having seen that the club in previous years was losing £50m a year when our turnover was only £90m made me worried about our future. Would we survive at all let alone in the Premier League

Our position looks safe in the PL for another year and it also appears our finances are being straightened.

I, personally hope Paul Lambert is given another 2-3 years to fully build his own squad to see how far he can take us

He has earned that right

[Irish villain]

I have always believed that Lambert is the luckiest manager in the Premiership because he followed McLeish.   If he had followed Houllier or MON he would have been gone months ago.

Expectations. They have changed. Considerably.

[adrenachrome]

I think Paul Lambert deserves a medal the size of a dustbin lid for the job he has done at Aston Villa.

Having seen that the club in previous years was losing £50m a year when our turnover was only £90m made me worried about our future. Would we survive at all let alone in the Premier League

Our position looks safe in the PL for another year and it also appears our finances are being straightened.

I, personally hope Paul Lambert is given another 2-3 years to fully build his own squad to see how far he can take us

He has earned that right

In one sense, you are right.

This is an experiment which has not been attempted by any other established Premiership team, and has come about by what I have described elsewhere as the symbiosis of Lerner and  Lambert. Lerner, having given it a go with MoN, has now "bent the stick the other way" and is more concerned with "doing the right thing" and not "behaving like an oligarch". Lambert is convinced (so far he is right) that we can survive  in the Prem without shelling out big bucks on fees or wages.

It might work, but not many people are betting on it.

[pauliewalnuts]

In one sense, you are right.

This is an experiment which has not been attempted by any other established Premiership team, and has come about by what I have described elsewhere as the symbiosis of Lerner and  Lambert. Lerner, having given it a go with MoN, has now "bent the stick the other way" and is more concerned with "doing the right thing" and not "behaving like an oligarch". Lambert is convinced (so far he is right) that we can survive  in the Prem without shelling out big bucks on fees or wages.

It might work, but not many people are betting on it.

Not sure I follow that.

If by this experiment you mean mixing youth products and cheap players in an attempt to cut costs, then how is it something which has never been tried by any other premiership team?

That strikes me as something plenty of teams have tried.

[olaftab]

I, personally hope Paul Lambert is given another 2-3 years to fully build his own squad to see how far he can take us
He has earned that right

You are Mrs Lambert senior?