Roy Keane has left

[manic-road]

It just shows how bad things are at Villa when people are calling for us to get in Pulis who's brand of football is simply awful to watch.

[walsall villain]

It just shows how bad things are at Villa when people are calling for us to get in Pulis who's brand of football is simply awful to watch.

I cannot see us dramaticall improving until we are under new ownership and even that brings great risks. Until that time all I want is for villa to retain their place in this league as relegation would be disastrous. If Pulis was the man to guarantee that then it's ok with me.
Nothing we please me more than for Villa under Lambert to go on a winning run and show me that I am wrong to write him/them off. It just seems to me that relegation is coming this year and we are stumbling blindly towards it.

[Matt C]

Steve Clarke would be a decent appointment - mentioned fleetingly here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11262182/Roy-Keane-plunges-Aston-Villa-into-turmoil-and-Fabian-Delph-could-also-exit-in-January-transfer-window.html

[Mister E]

Steve Clarke would be a decent appointment - mentioned fleetingly here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11262182/Roy-Keane-plunges-Aston-Villa-into-turmoil-and-Fabian-Delph-could-also-exit-in-January-transfer-window.html

Also mentioned In the Grauniad.
Steve Clarke might well work but I'm now at the point where any action is simply putting lipstick on a pig.
Lambert has to go. Period.

[brian green]

If we lose to Burnley he will be sacked.

[ozzjim]

He has to be. It would be 9 games without a win, 2 goals, 2 points from 27. It could not actually be any worse than that.



Steve Clarke would be an excellent appointment as his assistant.

[Yossarian]

Steve Clarke would be a decent appointment - mentioned fleetingly here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11262182/Roy-Keane-plunges-Aston-Villa-into-turmoil-and-Fabian-Delph-could-also-exit-in-January-transfer-window.html

Also mentioned In the Grauniad.
Steve Clarke might well work but I'm now at the point where any action is simply putting lipstick on a pig.
Lambert has to go. Period.

Whose or what period?

[DrGonzo]

He has to be. It would be 9 games without a win, 2 goals, 2 points from 27. It could not actually be any worse than that.



Steve Clarke would be an excellent appointment as his assassin.

Fixed

[KevinGage]

Royston is a prat.

But he is  a competitor and it must have killed him to sit on his hands and watch our flakey set of chancers go through the motions.

I don't think it would have escaped his attention that we lack direction from the top either.  Rather than giving out to the players, it's quite likely that he couldn't bite his tongue any longer and gave Lambert both barrels.

[Risso]

It just shows how bad things are at Villa when people are calling for us to get in Pulis who's brand of football is simply awful to watch.

Pulis plays better football than Lambert. And at least his teams know what they're doing and win the odd game.

[JUAN PABLO]

Steve Clarke would be a decent appointment - mentioned fleetingly here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11262182/Roy-Keane-plunges-Aston-Villa-into-turmoil-and-Fabian-Delph-could-also-exit-in-January-transfer-window.html

Also mentioned In the Grauniad.
Steve Clarke might well work but I'm now at the point where any action is simply putting lipstick on a pig.
Lambert has to go. Period.

Exactly

[mr woo]

Ideally you'd want Lambert to be following Keane out of the door asap. The changes in the backroom staff (and new players) haven't improved our playing style or results one little bit, and therefore the manager must be the common denominator behind it. But IF he must stay, I'd be looking for an assistant with a history of coaching a decent team, preferably with a Villa connection/ affinity, and above all -  I think we desperately need someone with charisma and sense of humour who will walk in with a smile on their face and lift the gloom from around the place.

The man who fits that criteria?

John Gregory.

[David_Nab]

Better if he had gone earlier Mike Phelan would have been a good Assistant but has gone to Norwich now.

[Chris Smith]

It just shows how bad things are at Villa when people are calling for us to get in Pulis who's brand of football is simply awful to watch.

Pulis plays better football than Lambert. And at least his teams know what they're doing and win the odd game.

All of that might be true but it's not enough for me to want him anywhere near the Villa. I find it odd that after the way we felt about MON flouncing out right before the start of the season people are considering a man who did the same to Palace.

I think it is academic as I don't think Lerner has the appetite to go through the process again but for the sake of argument if we do make a change we should set our sights a little higher.

[Goldie.7]

Ideally you'd want Lambert to be following Keane out of the door asap. The changes in the backroom staff (and new players) haven't improved our playing style or results one little bit, and therefore the manager must be the common denominator behind it. But IF he must stay, I'd be looking for an assistant with a history of coaching a decent team, preferably with a Villa connection/ affinity, and above all -  I think we desperately need someone with charisma and sense of humour who will walk in with a smile on their face and lift the gloom from around the place.

The man who fits that criteria?

John Gregory.

He's lost nearly half his games at Crawley, lost more than he's won with every club and has generally been poor since his time with us.

No thanks.