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

[pauliewalnuts]

Hull's next game is at Man City so can see our game with them the following Tuesday being loser gets sacked. Unless one or both of them have already got the bullet.

My Hull fan relative has been telling me for a while that he reckons we'll beat them and that that will be the results that effectively, if not mathematically, condemns them.

[pbavfckuwait]

Lambert is in dire need of an operation, it may help him locate where his arse and his elbow is.

[mr underhill]

Apart from the 14 who are currently voting for him to stay, does anyone have a theory on what it will actually take for the wishes of the rest of us to see Lambert depart? Genuinely curious because I can see him remaining in charge even if we go down. In those circumstances, I think he'd be given one season to get us back up.

[German James]

Apart from the 14 who are currently voting for him to stay, does anyone have a theory on what it will actually take for the wishes of the rest of us to see Lambert depart? Genuinely curious because I can see him remaining in charge even if we go down. In those circumstances, I think he'd be given one season to get us back up.

I'd like to think it would be after we lose to Hull or, failing that, when Leicester knock us out of the cup or at the latest when we first drop into the bottom three, but I can't see it being before the end of the season. I find it remarkable that he's not gone of his own volition. I know the pay-off's not to be sneezed at, but I had liked to think he had more integrity than that.

[cdward]

If we find ourselves in the bottom 3?
As bad as we have been, the saving grace for Lambert seems to be that there have always been 3 or 4 teams worse than us. If we spend 3 or 4 weeks stuck in the relegation zone, and started to become cast adrift points wise, that would force the issue. Having said that, i am not fully convinced it would either.

[cdward]

double post -oops

[Gareth]

Can't help but think that the best form of expressing dissatisfaction on Saturday as Chelsea toy with us is mocking rather than anger....a few choruses of 'lets pretend we scored a goal' & 'shit & we know we are' will get the column inches.

[Rioch is King]

Can't help but think that the best form of expressing dissatisfaction on Saturday as Chelsea toy with us is mocking rather than anger....a few choruses of 'lets pretend we scored a goal' & 'shit & we know we are' will get the column inches.

humiliate our own players and publicly make Aston Villa look stupid you mean?

[Gareth]

Can't help but think that the best form of expressing dissatisfaction on Saturday as Chelsea toy with us is mocking rather than anger....a few choruses of 'lets pretend we scored a goal' & 'shit & we know we are' will get the column inches.

humiliate our own players and publicly make Aston Villa look stupid you mean?

Do you not think they do a good enough job of that themselves?

We have a squad of wimps managed by a coward - supporting them hasn't helped so why not

[cdward]

Can't help but think that the best form of expressing dissatisfaction on Saturday as Chelsea toy with us is mocking rather than anger....a few choruses of 'lets pretend we scored a goal' & 'shit & we know we are' will get the column inches.

humiliate our own players and publicly make Aston Villa look stupid you mean?

The manager and the opposition will be doing that for us.

[curiousorange]

There are honestly no scenarios in which I can see Lambert getting the boot. There have been so many 'point of no return' incidents that there's no logic to the club's thinking.

I've worked in places where you can spot barely competent people a mile off. I've even been one of those people when the task is beyond me. In those situations you either delude yourself into thinking you're doing fine, or you try not to screw up. But ultimately, it becomes obvious when the job isn't being done right and something gets done.

Except at Aston Villa. The self delusion in a heirarchy that are supposed to be business minded is staggering.

[not3bad]

There are honestly no scenarios in which I can see Lambert getting the boot. There have been so many 'point of no return' incidents that there's no logic to the club's thinking.

I've worked in places where you can spot barely competent people a mile off. I've even been one of those people when the task is beyond me. In those situations you either delude yourself into thinking you're doing fine, or you try not to screw up. But ultimately, it becomes obvious when the job isn't being done right and something gets done.

Except at Aston Villa. The self delusion in a heirarchy that are supposed to be business minded is staggering.

False narrative!!!!

[Phil from the upper holte]

Can't help but think that the best form of expressing dissatisfaction on Saturday as Chelsea toy with us is mocking rather than anger....a few choruses of 'lets pretend we scored a goal' & 'shit & we know we are' will get the column inches.

humiliate our own players and publicly make Aston Villa look stupid you mean?

They've done that all on their own

[TheTimVilla]

Very rarely do I go back and re-read a page. It had nothing to do with the pizza/grammar discussion.

Same here. If PWS's toilet is nine and a half minutes away, then he would be back in 19 and a half minutes, not ten. Assuming 30 secs for shakey shakey time.

[Damo70]

Hull's next game is at Man City so can see our game with them the following Tuesday being loser gets sacked. Unless one or both of them have already got the bullet.

My Hull fan relative has been telling me for a while that he reckons we'll beat them and that that will be the results that effectively, if not mathematically, condemns them.

Hull have had a very poor twelve months disguised by a cup final, staying up and the media not making too much fuss as they are expected to be relegation battlers. With two bang out of form sides who don't exactly score goals for fun 0-0 would be a good bet.