villalad21

Isn't Cardiff doom and gloomed by everyone now? Thats like a prime excample of a side we allways lose to..

I think this will be the game which decides wheter we go down or survive. Massive game.

Grant Holt is a Villa legend. Looking forward to his testimonial.

Yes, but i do think teams have figured us out now, besides a handful of players are not performing at the same level as last year, so your prediction is highly unrealistic.

You really think we'll go unbeat in 5 games. Can't see that happening tbh. Everytime we play a good match, we seem to go on a bad run afterwards

Wins are wins. Wish people would stop trying to take those away from us just to fit an agenda. He is just saying that we are lucky not to be in the relegation zone. Thats very true and it's frightening really. Lambert told Benteke that this season would be nothing like last season. Well, it will. Might be even worse too.

Cardiff - loss 0 pts Newcastle - Draw 1 pt Norwich - Draw 1 pt Man City - loss 0 pts Stoke - win 3 pts Man Utd - loss 0 pts Fulham - win 3 pts Palace - draw 1 pt Soton - loss 0 pts Swansea - loss 0 pts Hull - draw 1 pt Spurs - loss 0 pts Which leaves us with 37 Pts.

We have been flirting with the relegation ghost so many times now. This might be the year that send us down, i think our next game, Cardiff (a) will be a season key game.

Don't have a clue. Probably around 16th - 17th

Well. He has done well with promoting Norwich. But he only had one season in the top division when we hired him. He hasen't really proved that he have the potential to be a manager in the top level.

If we lose to Cardiff, that will be extremely damaging, not only based on the table, but also based on confidence. If we get 2 loses away from home in a row, that will also ruin our away form confidence. The warning signs has been there all season, based on our performances and general play. Lambert have basically 2 tactics, which is: 1. Set us up in a 5-3-2 formation, in the mindset "afraid of losing" sit deep, defend the whole game and hope for a counter attacking goal. 2. Set us up in a 4-3-3 formation. There is basically no plan with this either, but it's more offensive set up. But with no wingers and with the midfield and strikers not working along, we rarely creates chances from open play. Whenever the midfielders get the ball they either have to pass it back to our defenders or just hoof it up front, because all our strikers places them self up top in the middle and "hides" there's no movement or flow with our strikers and midtfield. So again, the only way we can win playing this tactic is the counter attack which really sum us up, we are counter attack.

Indeed. But a loss against Cardiff surely must place him on a thin ice?

Dont worry. We have Holt to threaten them with his pace and creativity

Albrighton would give our side much more balance

To all you Lambert defenders: What the **** is this? We've seen it all season, can't create anything against an organized team. Another tactical masterpiece? Lambert doesn't have a clue. If it weren't for the lucky wins against Soton and Man City we would be in the relegation zone

Why are Weimann, Gabby and Benteke hiding when we have the ball?

thats a pathetic side

I am the new HH Dont think we will see that formation, probably more like this. -------------Guzan---------------- Lowton----Baker---Clark--Bertrand --------------Westwood--------------- ---------Bacuna---Delph--------------- Weimann-----Benteke-------Gabby

Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Bertrand, Bacuna, Westwood, Delph, Weimann, Benteke, Agbonlahor ©. This is how we should have played against Everton...

Go on Lambo and follow the success from the last game ---------------Goose----------------- ----------Baker---Vlaar---Clark----- Bacuna----------------------Bertrand --------Westwood--Delph-------------- --------------Weimann-------------------- -----------Benteke---Holt----------------- ..........You useless piece of S*** manager

Yet another boring press conferance. Just compare his enthusiasm in press conferances with the likes of Martinez, Solskjaer etc.

And also just to add. Our home form is truely shocking. What if our away form suddenly starts to fall over its head, then what? We would be in massive trouble then.

Benteke is overrated because of Hazard. Overall they're League 2 quality, they'll finish 10th in the Premier League at best. Why did you steal, exactly what i were about to say? But seriously, well. isn't it quite obvious, i don't think i can say anything other than what we already know. We are currently 3 good players away from having an top 8 lineup, 2 central midtfielders and a right back, also a left back if we dont sign Bertrand permanent. But that in itself isn't enough for being a top 8 side, we need more depth in our squad, so yes we are FAR away from having a top 8 squad, period.

This is the kind of obviously self contradicting post that I would make as a joke. Are you serious? Yes I'm serious. Just stating that with Lambert we're not gonna do better than mid table at best. Look at his tactical abilities, its laughable. Thats what makes the difference between good managers and average managers. So if we're having ambitions for being a top 8 side in the future. We aren't going to be anywhere near it with Lambert in charge.

Because of Alex Ferguson, scottish managers have been strongly overhyped. Paul Lambert is no exeption. Most Scottish managers are shit to be fair. Lambert haven't shown anything other than that he is a lower league manager, and can achieve mid table at best.