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Your comments are nonsense.

Firstly he hasnt got the best out of the players, especially the other 12 he brought in that you forgot to mention.

Secondly, 2 years experience means zero if there is no progression. Its shows a lack of teaching, understanding and learning. In other words whatever is in place isnt working.

Thirdly the fans havent lost it, the club, manager and players have been losing it- literally for the past 2 years and beyond.

Forthly, lambert has had more support than any manager i can remember for the crap dished up, so your scapegoat comment is crap also. The fans in the main have been superb to lambert. To the point that most have allowed this crap to go on far too long without really voicing their anger and frustration.

Fifthly, lamberts not been upbeat?! Have you witnessed his interviews recently, body language, lack of ideas and lack of conviction in his own so called project- especially his comments about needing more quality, and although true are very ill timed with saturday looming. Actions as they say speak louder than words and i havent seen any positive action from lambert for a long time so you putting down the fans for not backing him further isnt really justified in itself really, is it?! What has he done so well that deserves further support?

I would opt for a 442 system early to push them back on the flanks and stop the flow to the front 2. My starting line up would be;

Guzan

Bacuna vlaar clark luna

Albrighton westwood delp bert

Wiemann Gabby

Going or not. Knows it or don't. He's being honest.

He's also being a cock. The only thing he should be concerned with this week is making the players feel like they can get out this mess. That the current position we are in is false, and that he above all others has faith in them to beat hull saturday. This statement does none of those things.

He's lucky to have not been personally lynched.

That is absolutely disgusting. I am done with this rubbish.

I have a funny feeling the players said the same to lambert months ago!!

Its amazing how much optimism there was at the beginning of this thread. Faith that we would kick on this year. Its now been replaced by pure hope that we dont fall out the division. I think we will just be safe at 17th, but that just aint good enough.

Vlaar is definitely one of the players we should be holding on to. The only thing that concerns me with him is the fact he's a little injury prone. As for him being shit is a little nonsense personally. I think his passing out from the back isnt the greatest at times but in general the only time he gets really exposed is through the weaknesses of those around him.

Will we bollocks win on Saturday.

FFS! I think someone should petition Mr Lerner to order some white flags for our supporters on Saturday, most of them want to roll over and accept relegation without a fight.

I dont think its a case of the fans waving white flags. What is happening now is most fans have just lost faith in the sorry bunch of shitfaces pretending to be premiership footballers,wearing our colours and a manager who appears to have surrendered already. I will support the team as im sure everyone else will come saturday however if we lose which is a possibility then they will deserve to be slaughtered after 90min. Including lambert.

Leave the guy alone? Arrhh Poor old lambert!! Nothing is his fault!! Dont make me laugh. He a shit manager without a clue of how to sort his mess. The sooner he goes the better for villa.

Blame Paul Lambert. Blah! Blah! Blah!

It's all his fault. Blah! Blah! Blah!

You don't know what your doing. Blah! Blah! Blah!

He hasn't got a clue. Blah! Blah! Blah!

I never wanted him in the first place. Blah! Blah! Blah!

We go again. Blah! Blah! Blah!

Well actually No. I don't blame Paul Lambert. It's definitely not his fault. He does know what he is doing. He has very much more than a clue. I wanted him in 100% in the first place & still do & like he says guys, "We go again."

Think you need to assess who it it you support, lambert or villa. What you should do is contact lambert and see if he'll take you on as his number 2(in his next job) because you both talk nonsense!!

My hate for ellis was born through the fact that he never give a shit about the fans not that he didnt give a shit about villa. Having said that i think him controlling villa was just to massage his own ego. As for lerner, villa has no real pull for him its a relationship he could walk away from without shedding tears. But yes i believe ellis cared more about villa.

I wouldn't be surprised if Lambert has got something in his contract that says if he doesn't reach a certain amount of points then he'll get less compensation if Randy choses to sack him. And that might be another reason he won't go before the seasons ended.

He's only got 1 year left and he cant be getting paid a silly amount anyway, wouldnt be massively costly for Lerner to sack him now. Especially since his staff are probably going to be sacked after the "investigation" anyway.

Totally agree. I just dont think lerner is interested in putting another penny in though even to pay off lambert. He may be forced to though if we go down and any potential sale goes down the toilet. God forbid. I just want lambert, lerner and faulkner gone now to be honest. As much as i hated ellis this is getting just as bad now.

Our best player recently!!

Does anyone think the atmosphere will be worse than the mcleish Bolton game , if we lose to hull ?

I was there that day and it was not nice.

I think if we go behind it could get just as bad if not worse. Especially if results are against us. Last home game for people to vent and all that.

Someone needs to do a gif of lerner as stan laurel and lambert as oliver hardy because this is another fine mess!!

I think personally if we do get a result next week or in our last 2 games to keep us up it will be through passion and grit from players and fans, not lambert. That is in itself reason enough to sack him now. As someone else mentioned, if he did get sacked i think we would definitely see the passion and grit we need. Lambert inspires no one.

I'll re-post on her Saturday after the game when we are safe then the fact will be then someone else could have done worse!!

You can re-post whenever you like. The fact remains most(nearly all) fans believe that many managers could have done better! My opinion will not be swayed with a result against hull at home, i know that much.

In 2 years lambert has brought in 19 players(including guzan). Of that 19 only 6 started yesterday. Fair enough we have 3 long term injuries to contend with but you argue half what he has brought in have been shit. And to bring in players who arent ready or good enough especially with a tight budget, is a real fuk up on his part. As others have stated he should have promoted the likes of grealish, robinson etc and used what funds he had to better effect., ie; less players more quality. Or less players more wages. Poor management imo and deserved the sack months ago, especially with the standard of football being produced.

It's all very easy to say with hindsight though.

When you dont have much money you need to be better at making the most of it. Lambert hasn't done that. As i mentioned earlier in the thread. He has brought in 5 fullbacks for 2 positions and 5 forwards for 1 position. And thats why i say poor management. There is nothing hindsight about it. There is still a lot of waste in the squad especially when we are lacking down the middle and out wide.

So am i and always have been dubious. I think the majority although understanding of the lack of funds issue still believe the squad are more capable than performances suggest. I speak to a couple of ex villa players regularly who privately cant believe he still has a job.

In 2 years lambert has brought in 19 players(including guzan). Of that 19 only 6 started yesterday. Fair enough we have 3 long term injuries to contend with but you argue half what he has brought in have been shit. And to bring in players who arent ready or good enough especially with a tight budget, is a real fuk up on his part. As others have stated he should have promoted the likes of grealish, robinson etc and used what funds he had to better effect., ie; less players more quality. Or less players more wages. Poor management imo and deserved the sack months ago, especially with the standard of football being produced.

No manager would deliberately try to relegate a club. It will damage his cv. He has though i feel run out of ideas and his confidence is shot. I think we will be extremely fortunate to escape relegation and its a shocking state of affairs to be relying on others to fail in order to save ourselves. A bloody disgrace if im honest.

Which silly tactics?

Narrow diamond with no width, 3 at the back and long ball football are a few.

Do you really think he's doing nothing wrong?

No, I'm just not qualified to say what's good or bad tactics. Doesn't a narrow diamond allow you to win the midfield, the most important area? Allowing players like Westwood and Delph to control the midfield against better players?

3/5 at the back has worked before and it's what I'd play on Saturday. We look decidedly more solid defensively like that.

Finally, isn't everyone saying we should play long ball football as it's the most effective with limited players? Like Pulis is doing with Palace?

When fans can't agree what's good or bad tactics, who's qualified to say if they're right or wrong?

Problem is playing the diamond hasn't worked has it? Westwood, delp and kea still get bullied week after week. Also i think games are won and lost through performances all over the pitch not just midfield. Ask the defence after yesterday.

Playing 3 centre backs against hull at home will just invite pressure at the back especially when we need to win or have the mentallity of winning. A defensive set up will imo send the wrong signal to the players and fans.

Pulis isn't playing long ball football with palace currently. If you watch them you will see they are getting men behind the ball and break quickly from wide with puncheon and ballassi as their main outlet. What pulis is doing is playing to the players strengths something we just dont do.

Sunderland are 2 up on Cardiff, makes things even worse for us as it pulls them closer to us, Randy Lerner should hang his head in shame at what he's done here, LERNER OUT....

what about lambert? Does he get a free pass then, because when i last checked he was the manager. Sure lerner is a knob for cutting back, however lambert has had enough quality to at least keep us out this situation.

No Lambert doesn't get a free pass but he is working with a budget that is awful, with an awful budget comes awful players, the owner is trying to survive in a champagne league with lemonade players and in my eyes that for me makes him public enemy number one.

i can appreciate that lambert hasn't had massive funds however he did get an additional 20mil in the summer to improve on last year- we've gone backwards instead. The manager is more responsible for our current league standing than the owner, imo.

Sunderland are 2 up on Cardiff, makes things even worse for us as it pulls them closer to us, Randy Lerner should hang his head in shame at what he's done here, LERNER OUT....

what about lambert? Does he get a free pass then, because when i last checked he was the manager. Sure lerner is a knob for cutting back, however lambert has had enough quality to at least keep us out this situation.

He'll be sacked when the fans decide to say enough is enough. If we lose to hull next week and the fans stay behind and shout for him to be gone action will be taken. Its an if though, but the fans can make the difference.

Taxi for lamberk!!!