lmarsha_926 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 7 managers have been sacked in the league this season, Spurs and the current bottom 6 It shows if we sacked Lambert back in Janurary what might of happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Owners react by sacking managers mid way through a season but tend to forget the new manager will have more or less the same squad to work with. Look what happened to Wolves! With Villa it simply comes down to the size of our squad. Lose a few key players and we go from being a mid table premier league team in to a championship team. If Lambert got sacked last or this January I still think the team would have stayed up. The new manager would get the credit but the main reason is the key players returned. So in a nutshell there is no real point sacking a manager that has proven he can keep teams up until the season is over. The worrying thing for me is no longer our manager, it is the fact our remit for the past 3 years is keep us in this league. That's a real shame for such a big club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 A lot of those teams sacked their manager and had no idea who to replace them with. Complete idiocy, especially West Brom and Fulham. I don't see who would have taken us over if we'd sacked Lambert. In fact I dread to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I think the target now for the total points has to be 45 points minimum. With home games against Stoke, Hull & Fulham, as well as games against Crystal Palace and Swansea, I think it is reasonable to be optimistic. The only one of our remaining fixtures that I'd write off is Citeh away, that game is pretty terrifying to be honest especially if Citeh need points for the title! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The only one of our remaining fixtures that I'd write off is Citeh away, that game is pretty terrifying to be honest especially if Citeh need points for the title! There's no shame in getting smashed there. Even something like 4 or 5 nil I wouldn't be too bothered about, and I don't think it'd knock the confidence of the players much either. I know that's quite a defeatist attitude but City really that good at home this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Owners react by sacking managers mid way through a season but tend to forget the new manager will have more or less the same squad to work with. Look what happened to Wolves! With Villa it simply comes down to the size of our squad. Lose a few key players and we go from being a mid table premier league team in to a championship team. If Lambert got sacked last or this January I still think the team would have stayed up. The new manager would get the credit but the main reason is the key players returned. So in a nutshell there is no real point sacking a manager that has proven he can keep teams up until the season is over. The worrying thing for me is no longer our manager, it is the fact our remit for the past 3 years is keep us in this league. That's a real shame for such a big club. That period you mention is a repair job....hopefully that's behind us now....we'll see if it's genuine or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I think the target now for the total points has to be 45 points minimum. With home games against Stoke, Hull & Fulham, as well as games against Crystal Palace and Swansea, I think it is reasonable to be optimistic. The only one of our remaining fixtures that I'd write off is Citeh away, that game is pretty terrifying to be honest especially if Citeh need points for the title! Sometimes they have been complacent at home and only just won. If we keep it tight, break quickly, expose Demechelis and somehow not let Toure control the game. Then you never know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Our boys play much better when they have nothing to lose, which is why we've played so well against the top sides this season. I think after we have 40 points in the bag, we'll start lighting up teams to finish the season out. Benteke knows he needs to start putting in some performances before the World Cup to beat out Lukaku for that starting spot on the Belgium team, so he'll be hungry. Delph will be looking for a plane ticket to Brazil, Okore will probably be back for a game or two, Weimann will want to find his scoring boots again, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendi Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 3-1 to stoke so its Lambert out than. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 As I've posted in the match thread, I'm by no means pro-lambert (or especially anti) but this has got to be chalked up to the players rather than him, as of half time. We controlled the game and looked threatening for the first 10/15 mins, deservedly taking the lead, then the players seemed to get too comfortable and sat back and some of the individual defending and positioning has been among the worst you will see. Lets hope he gives them an absolute rocket at half time and everyone wakes up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Edit: Wrong topic. Edited March 23, 2014 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I think this game is proving the point that we are 1 or 2 injuries away from being a championship team. KEA getting injured has always made it feel like 10 men such is the lack of replacement. Lambert has to address this in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 There's about 5 player's I'd be shot of - I don't think you can really blame Lambert for this result. Several players in our team are an absolute disgrace and shouldnt be anywhere near the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Lambert out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 There's about 5 player's I'd be shot of - I don't think you can really blame Lambert for this result. Several players in our team are an absolute disgrace and shouldnt be anywhere near the team. You can blame him for signing them. Oh well, let's move on to the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Somebody lock this thread now, have fun bickering guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyavfc Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I don't think it matters who manages us to be honest. We will not progress under Lerner, not enough investment and we will have another 30 years of mediocrity. Quite depressing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Here we go... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Let down by the players today. Too many of them didn't put in a shift and Baker and Bacuna basically got raped. Bad day at the office and our worst game of the season by a long way. Be interesting to see how we respond against Man Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Well that was absolutely crap, NOT ONE player played well and only a couple did ok. This was a completely inept performance by the players in the last thirty minutes of the first half the manager obviously gave them a rocket at half time they came out got frustrated within 5 or 10 min then the numbers of fouls we committed and cards we received was just stupid. Completely down to the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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