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

[eastie]

0-1 Swansea. Arsenal are falling apart at the death.

Wrong thread leeg

[Legion]

DOH! Too many tabs open.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

The floaty-corners were requested by the Beast.

Pity they are rarely accurate then

Didn't he score one against Norwich?

Thats why i said rarely and not never.

Are there any statistics to suggest other teams have greater success than us?

[paulcomben]

DOH! Too many tabs open.

Open or alight...?

[Legion]

Open. I don't smoke. I could drink for England, though.

[Clampy]

The floaty-corners were requested by the Beast.

They must be because Bannan's  corners were always floaty as well.

[paulcomben]

Open. I don't smoke. I could drink for England, though.

Me too, but tonight I am drinking for Manchester City to humilate United. Could do with Swansea losing, too.

[Concrete John]

Why do we insist and falling over ourselves to be the most pissed off at the home form, while ignoring the away form?  They all got into the same table at the end of the season, one which presently has us in mid table and most likely will after 38 games are played.

Why, because most fans watch us at home, and the home form is totally unacceptable.

So, if the home and away forms were reversed, we'd all be happy bunch of campers?

Well no, seeing how we've picked up the same amount of points away from home.

So, we've got an even amount of points home and away and sit mid table overall?

Sorry, but as we rebuild the playing side of things I find it hard to be angry with that.

We've lost 9 home games already this season and you're not even the slightest bit angry with that?

Just to point out, I refuse to isolate the home form and get my knickers in a twist over it.  Rather, I take more of an overall view, so include the away form, and think we're in an acceptable position at this stage of the rebuilding job.

[pauliewalnuts]

The away form is better than the home form, but I think we're labouring under the impression it is as impressive as it was a few months ago.

In the away game only table, we are 10th.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

What I find most annoying about Lambert is the constant resort to the long ball anytime things aren't going well. It was totally frustrating to see us hoof the ball up the pitch when every Stoke player seemed to be at least 6ft 5. It was food and drink for them, and quite pathetic from us.

I don't think that is by instruction though, at Least not by Lambert.  I feel the hoofball is more a symptom of having a young and mentally fragile team i.e. it's is the easier option than trying to pass the ball (to often hiding players). 

I think it is 100% instruction from Lambert. It happens far too frequently for it to be anything else. He may well tell the young and fragile to hoof it if there aren't any options, far better than being caught and dispossessed a la Clark on the half way line but the frequency of Guzan hoofing it is probably the most distinctive feature of Lambert's tactics this season.

The question I hope Lambert is asking himself is how he can reverse that.  The simplest solution is to buy experience however with limited funds the experience may not come with adequate footballing quality to improve the team.  Anotherr option, if you believe what Team SKY (and others) have said, is that this confidence and mental toughness can be acquired through the use of good sports psychologists.  I'd like to think that this can be explored as the team and individually the players have shown flashes of brilliance.

I heard at the weekend the players have been training on the Villa Park pitch before home games which I thought was a great idea, despite what the groundsman may think. The more comfortable they are at home the better. Every avenue should be explored to see if it helps the players but in the end only one man is responsible and can decide how we play. A bit of coaching might help too.

[Concrete John]

The away form is better than the home form, but I think we're labouring under the impression it is as impressive as it was a few months ago.

In the away game only table, we are 10th.

And mid table is what I class as acceptable for this season.

[pauliewalnuts]

The away form is better than the home form, but I think we're labouring under the impression it is as impressive as it was a few months ago.

In the away game only table, we are 10th.

And mid table is what I class as acceptable for this season.

I think most people would accept mid table, should we finish there, but at the same time, it's hardly surprising that people are unimpressed with our home form.

Nine home league defeats so far is truly abysmal. We don't get 35,000 following us at away matches, but we do at home ones, so it's not really surprising people complain about that louder. It's not even just a "this year" thing. Last year we finished W5 D5 L9 at home.

When you add in last year going out of a cup at home to a League Two side, and this year to a League One side, it's really pretty abysmal.

It's not the only thing that matters, no, but I don't think there is a football supporter in the country who would look at a team which loses at least half of all its home league games over two seasons and not be extremely disappointed.

[ez]

I could see us finishing mid table with about 46 points but that would be only 5 points more than we got last season. For me 5 points would not be enough improvement.

[mike]

The away form is better than the home form, but I think we're labouring under the impression it is as impressive as it was a few months ago.

In the away game only table, we are 10th.

And mid table is what I class as acceptable for this season.

If we were comfortably mid table I'd agree, but if Sunderland win one of their games in hand, we're only 6 points off the bottom three. Also, we're only one point ahead of Hull who have not had the money, resources etc of our so called project.

[PeterWithesShin]

The away form is better than the home form, but I think we're labouring under the impression it is as impressive as it was a few months ago.

In the away game only table, we are 10th.

And mid table is what I class as acceptable for this season.

If we were comfortably mid table I'd agree, but if Sunderland win one of their games in hand, we're only 6 points off the bottom three. Also, we're only one point ahead of Hull who have not had the money, resources etc of our so called project.

I think Sunderland's games in hand are Liverpool and Citeh, both away.