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I would not give him a new deal until we were mathematically safe. If we lose to West Ham we are right in the thick of it again. I think we will be safe.. but last year i thought we were gone and we made it.. hopefully its not the other way around this season. I am concerned that every other team strengthened a lot more than we have. Hopefully we stay fit and have enough as it is.

The rumours could all be true. If Randy DOESN'T want to sell the club and he is looking for renaming the stadium to bring in more money. Maybe this is why the red bull rumours are flying around? Yes they have denied BUYING the club but it is possible they are buying the rights for the stadium. Randy sells the stadium name to Red Bull for a certain amount of cash and Villa Park is called Red Bull Arena/Park? If it brings the club alot of money why not? I am sure we will all be calling it Villa Park anyway. Or if they agree RB Villa Park? Who knows. Just a theory.

Were they exclusives though or just jumped on the bandwagon? If he broke the stories then hes obviously ITK Wyett did pop up with the Lambert exclusives, remember it at the time as they had him TalkSport the same night when VillaTalk was in a meltdown. He is on as a guest quite regularly. Started following him on Twitter then. You could get on The Sun website for free then. He must have good sources. Well.. we ought to be careful. Cleveland Browns fans hate their new owners.. just as clueless apparently so Lerner didn't exactly hire carefully.. just took the highest offer... I just hope the rumours of Red Bull aren't true.. (I know it was knocked back by Houllier but what was he supposed to say.. )

Were they exclusives though or just jumped on the bandwagon? If he broke the stories then hes obviously ITK

if our manager has injuries or requires a certain player like this January he wanted an AM. Hr hasn't been backed.

Need a quality DM next to Delphi to protect our back four

I'm happy with randy if he gives Paul 20-25m plus sales in the summer. When we get rid of bent given Hutton etc we may see a few better calibre players come in as well. He must support Lambert with at least 10m next January. New TV deals would have well and trully taken affect by then. If he cant then he has to go

So why not back your manager. Just go Randy. Time is up.

Inflation New TV deal.. Renovations he did to VP and the training ground.. Cover his debts etc

Its good exposure. Putting a for sale sign up will bring in the prospective purchasers

I think were too overpriced for these billionaires especially as were not in london

Because if you close down too much you leave gaps for them to exploit. He didn't play that formation against Liverpool, should hav played same team swapped in albrighton for gabby Because Liverpool have more ability to unlock a stubborn defence than Everton, if we'd played like that against Plop, Suarez would've torn us to shreds. Plus Liverpool don't keep the ball in the same way Everton do. Everton are more slow build up types and try exploit players switching off and use the wings. Liverpool play a more fast and free flowing game and get behind the defence with Suarez and Sturridge, the best way to negate that is to stop them putting those balls through. If it wasn't for one mistake by Vlaar after 75 minutes, and a world class free kick, our tactics today would have completely stopped Everton today. AH! The voice of reason. Totally agree. Anyone expecting us to go up there and play an open game against them at their place with their home record is deluded. No you wouldn't play an open expansive game. You play smart and quickly. Benteke and Holt was never going to work. 5 at the back was never going to work. You press and harass in midfield... when they lose the ball or make an error you pounce. That's how we get results..normally with a 433 formation.

Because if you close down too much you leave gaps for them to exploit. He didn't play that formation against Liverpool, should hav played same team swapped in albrighton for gabby Because Liverpool have more ability to unlock a stubborn defence than Everton, if we'd played like that against Plop, Suarez would've torn us to shreds. Plus Liverpool don't keep the ball in the same way Everton do. Everton are more slow build up types and try exploit players switching off and use the wings. Liverpool play a more fast and free flowing game and get behind the defence with Suarez and Sturridge, the best way to negate that is to stop them putting those balls through. If it wasn't for one mistake by Vlaar after 75 minutes, and a world class free kick, our tactics today would have completely stopped Everton today. but thats the problem.. we dont have a great defence.. theres always a mistake or two in there... we rarely win 1-0. We should always attack teams as our strengths are Benteke.. Gabby and Wiemann (when hes on form).

I still can't see the tactics were spot on for the first half. We got lucky with a goal. Everton were always going to score. The team we sent out was with 5 at the back. The players mindset was to sit back.. so once we conceded we were never going to come back from that. Against a side who like to play possession football.. you have to pack the midfield and press them. Not sit back and let them play. What is disappointing is that against Arsenal this lesson should have been learnt. First half.. we had 5 at the back again.. and we were dominated.. down 2-0.. second half with a more attacking set up/formation we played alot better. Against Liverpool and WBA the same positive mindset/formation and we got results. 5-3-2 or the optimists who may believe its a 3-5-2 (it really isn't.. not with the players we have) does not work and we should never use it again. Our strengths are going forward and the formation used today prevented Benteke and Wiemann from getting involved in this match.

Awful performance. 29% of possession against a side that has enough quality.. they were always going to break us down. Holt did nothing. Dont see what he did that say Helenius could have done. 5 at the back against no recognised strikers.... sat back all game.. boring and we lose. We may as well go guns blazing and lose 4-3 and enjoy ourselves. Rubbish negative football and tactics. Should have been unchanged from WBA.

We should have stuck with the formation and players that worked against WBA. Did not need to approach this game with such a negative approach. We got a lucky goal and the 'plan' was working. You could see this happening the moment the team was announced.

Oh **** off Oh **** off Whats with the abuse? I said it at the start.. rubbish tactics. You cant defend for 90 minutes with shit defenders.

Serves us right.. Lambert dishing up this shit. Rubbish.

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Vlaar was over worked in this game.

we will lose shape now with no Vlaar.

poor performance. shit tactics. will be lucky to get a point really. We cant defend.. why sit back the whole game.

they will go on and win it now

typical