Not in a month of Sundays. He has bought a lot of "his" players, he's in his first major permanent job and needs to solidify the supposition he is a good manager. Those are just the selfish reasons on his end.
As regards the club, I genuinely believe he's attached and want's to better us, push us forward, it of course puts him in a favourable light but I think he has taken a shine to Villa. To suggest he would be happy with 17th is to suggest he would be happy at Lambert's level, you can't honeslty believe that is the case surely?