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

[leylandalbion]

I am all for stability and have been behind him despite the shockers.....but he has lost it.  Today was awful, to make changes with 10 mins to go against that crap.  No where good enough.  Go please.  My 10 year old has 5x more tactical nous.  And to say it was an even game?  Really....they hit the bar, had spells of danger and penetration...we were useless....Go Paul. 

[KevinGage]

I wouldn't wish the high pressure scenario that we could well face this run-on on a gent like Sid. 

Lambert got us into the mess, he can get us out of it.   This season.  Then he can multiply off in the summer.

[supertom]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

[Malandro]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

[supertom]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

Unfortunately you're probably right there.

[john2710]

Talk of Sid stepping up is ridiculous. But I don't see where the 3 points or goals we need are coming from?

Can anyone point out a time when someone from our U21 side has every had as much as 5 mins in a Premier League game under Lambert?

[supertom]

Talk of Sid stepping up is ridiculous. But I don't see where the 3 points or goals we need are coming from?

Can anyone point out a time when someone from our U21 side has every had as much as 5 mins in a Premier League game under Lambert?

It's frustrating. I look at players like Lowton, Bennett, Bowery, Sylla, Westwood, Bacuna, Tonev, Luna, Dawkins, Helenius. All young players from lower leagues and abroad.
Now in all seriousness, can Lambert genuinely say that our academy can't produce better than that lot? Certainly if you look at the poorer selections from above, like Sylla, surely we can. But I'm sure we could produce players better than any of that lot.

I think that Albrighton looked all but gone as a Villa player earlier in the season, but has come back and been one of our better players, says a lot.
Our academy produces Prem/Championship quality. It's very questionable whether many of Lambos signings are even that. Some will argue he's had no money to spend, but add up all the poor signings he's made and that's not exactly loose change, when we have players like Robinson, Johnson, Carruthers, Gardner, Donacien and more coming through right now. Then we've got Grealish too.

How can we pay out money for Jordan Bowery when we produce a lot of forward players who like to play with the ball and seem to have a lot of potential? We even let Delfouneso go, who for all his faults, is a better player than Bowery.

If our new remit under Lambert was to be a young side, he has failed. He's ignored our academy which is one of the best in the top flight. It's also an U21 side that is set up to play in the right way, and that gets a fair deal of success too. Our second string sides and youth sides have done pretty well for years now.

[not3bad]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

Unfortunately you're probably right there.

If we're on 38 points or less after the Spurs game he will go.

[achilles]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

That scenario is all too real!

[Richard E]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

Unfortunately you're probably right there.

If we're on 38 points or less after the Spurs game he will go.

He's going then.

[saunders_heroes]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

Like it was last season.

[Monty]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

Like it was last season.

At least last season it was done with some panache and flourish. This season, if we do stay up, it looks like it'll be more a case of relegation avoiding us than us avoiding relegation.

[BegbieAV]

He has got to go, worst Villa team I have seen by far, and I have seen some shockers in the past. Been going to VP since 1968, won't be going back until that Scottish clown has gone!!

[supertom]

When the chips are down the old champions get pushed to the fore. Would Sid want to do it? Would he make a difference? Is there any evidence to support the "yes" opinion to these questions?

It smells a bit like the Shearer appointment at Newcastle to me.

To be honest I'd sooner have Sid in our dugout losing the next 5, than to have Lambert's clueless mug in there doing it. Of course whether he wants it is another matter.
I'd fancy him to pull off at least one win and perhaps fancy him to put 2-3 of the lads in like Robinson, Johnson etc.

It won't happen of course. Lamberts gonna have to have us crawl over the line again. But he should have his marching orders waiting for him on his desk as soon as the Spurs game finishes.

Avoiding relegation will be spun into an achievement and we will 'go again'

Like it was last season.

At least last season it was done with some panache and flourish. This season, if we do stay up, it looks like it'll be more a case of relegation avoiding us than us avoiding relegation.

There's more than a whiff of the McLeish season about this year.

[supertom]

When Lambert is gone will he be known as TSM2?