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

[bertlambshank]

Shouldn't that be 1. Moan 2 sulk 3 blame 4 walk 5 sue ?

You should never name a boy sue!

[bertlambshank]

Lerner is living in a timewarp.

Has this turned into a song thread?

[sidcowans10]

Lerner is living in a timewarp.

Has this turned into a song thread?

No, that's Just an illusion

[Rigadon]

Changed my vote to 'now'.  A stand in couldn't do any worse.

[brian green]

I have reached the point now where I do not care what happens.   Go, Stay, Sacked, Resigned, Relegated, Scaped Survival, Win, Lose, Draw, Three points, One point, No points, Boo, Cheer, Premiership, Championship - all irrelevant.   I simply want an end to the misery.   My children are all Villa fans, my grandchildren are all Villa fans, my siblings are all Villa fans, threequarters of my friends are Villa fans and we are all so bloody miserable and I want an end to it.

This horrible phase of our history began with the flouncing of O'Neill which should have been ridden out by the club and the shock waves buffered.   Instead we reacted to successive crises and the damage inflicted by O'Neill's tenure festers on.

We all have our own ideas on the point at which we actually placed the sole of our foot on the banana skin and for me it was when John Carew blasted the penalty over the bar at Newcastle and we went on to get hammered big time by Toon after beating West Ham impressively the week before.   That single humiliating defeat cost KMac his chance to steady the ship and bring  some sense of forward planning to the selection of a new manager.   Lambert is the biggest disappointment of the clutch of failed managers we have engaged.   Houllier was a no brainer and McLeish was a dead brainer but Lambert seemed on the face of it a better prospect so him screwing up big time is the biggest misery pill of all.
I just want it all to end and enjoy a day of my life not spoiled by being a Villa fan.

[Lee]

Amen Brian

[Richard E]

Hear hear Brian! Villa is supposed to be our escape from the pressures of the working week and everyday life, not to make us all even more bloody miserable.

[Steve67]

I read yesterday that Culverhouse and Cowans had a set to? I wonder if Lambert is caught up in the middle of it and the atmosphere is very poor. Lambert can't get rid of a club legend, he doesn't want to sack his mate. Perhaps wants to wait it out to the end of the season. Conspiracy theory for our poor form or not, I don't know. Either way, it's a royal mess and he has control of it.

[Matt Collins]

I think most of us agree that we still spend a reasonable amount on transfer fees but the evidence suggests who that money is spent on depends on the wages involved. But if we wanted Barry there should have been no excuse. We would have been taking him on for a year and I doubt City would have demanded 100% of his wages because I don't reckon Everton could or would have paid that.

Everton pay very well, it's why they've managed to hold onto their players pretty well. But they pay very well for good players, not Ireland / Bent / Beye / Hutton / Heskey / Warnock, etc

[dl9]

I read yesterday that Culverhouse and Cowans had a set to? I wonder if Lambert is caught up in the middle of it and the atmosphere is very poor. Lambert can't get rid of a club legend, he doesn't want to sack his mate. Perhaps wants to wait it out to the end of the season. Conspiracy theory for our poor form or not, I don't know. Either way, it's a royal mess and he has control of it.

Or no control of it as the case may be....

[Ads]

Would another manager get more out of the current group? I think the answer to that is sadly yes.

[itbrvilla]

Do anyone still think he's a progressive manager that goes out to win games as many have said on here over the last few months?

[Malandro]

This is perhaps a ridiculous thought because all teams get a little luck during the season - but I'm convinced a large number of our wins have been against the run of play too.

How many times have we played well?

[Stu]

Would another manager get more out of the current group? I think the answer to that is sadly yes.

Hm, maybe. He'd have to be someone who would command instant respect though. I also believe that most of the players are just not up to it. That's not their fault, it's that they shouldn't have been here in the first place.

[brian green]

I agree wholeheartedly Ads.  The big plus any other manager would have is that he is not Paul Lambert.   I do not mean that in a gratuitous way, I mean that the aura of failure around him is infectious.

Further to my earlier admission of abject misery I should add that the one thing which is different about this misery to the troughs which have preceded it is the wall of silence around the club.   The owner says nothing and the rest speak from anodyne cue cards.

A simple thing which would make me feel better is a communication from the owner, telling us in plain english why the club has gone down the route it has followed and what he sees as the route ahead.   No window dressing, no marketingspeak, just treat us like responsible adults and tell us the truth.