DCJonah Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 What's shocking is that, at this stage in the season, through those 5 seasons, we did the best under McLeish! I knew I was right to stick by him ... Amazing how 3 years later its worse. How can we continue with this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Just one thing on the line of thought that signings means he's staying... We recently appointed a director of acquisition Really? When did that happen? Recently. Fox mentioned it in an interview. Can't remember who it was, but we brought them back from Liverpool for the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Just one thing on the line of thought that signings means he's staying... We recently appointed a director of acquisitionReally? When did that happen? Recently. Fox mentioned it in an interview. Can't remember who it was, but we brought them back from Liverpool for the job Positive news IMO. Means the same kind of players can be targeted when we get rid of Lambert. The right move for long term progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Recently. Fox mentioned it in an interview. Can't remember who it was, but we brought them back from Liverpool for the job Paddy Riley. Director of acquisition being a posh term for head scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Recently. Fox mentioned it in an interview. Can't remember who it was, but we brought them back from Liverpool for the job Paddy Riley. Director of acquisition being a posh term for head scout. I dunno, sounds a bit above head scout in my mind... But you could well be right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Recently. Fox mentioned it in an interview. Can't remember who it was, but we brought them back from Liverpool for the job Paddy Riley. Director of acquisition being a posh term for head scout. I dunno, sounds a bit above head scout in my mind... But you could well be right Head Scout/Director of Football type role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 We aren't that far off being a good team, a couple of quality attackers could transform us. We need to replace Gabby and Weimann asap, it's crazy the amount of times everything breaks down as soon as the ball goes near them and stops us getting anywhere in attack. We have the defence sorted which is the base for any good team, get it right in attack and it could be like watching a different team. Our defence was awful yersterday. We only have Guzan to thank and Nugent for his Stevie Wonder impression for keeping the score down to one. Yeah I agree but I'm not basing it on one game. How would you rate our defence so far this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Recently. Fox mentioned it in an interview. Can't remember who it was, but we brought them back from Liverpool for the jobPaddy Riley. Director of acquisition being a posh term for head scout. I dunno, sounds a bit above head scout in my mind... But you could well be right Yeah just read the interview. Seems more than just a scout. Makes me more confident we may get rid of the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamsonwoodVillan Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I still think he will be safe if we go down to Liverpool but the Bournemouth game, as funny as that is, could be the one that seals Lambert's fate if he is indeed to be sacked. Like mentioned above we could very easily lose all of the next four games and I think that would spell the end for Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubby Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Based on the last 5 seasons we are not doing that badly, no idea how Houllier did that abd with the players he had but again he was changing the style and it did work eventually that with a £"4 million striker Points at home is so shit. We'd be far more respectable if we could win on our own turf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Something has just twigged, when did we adopt a "new style" and when did tom fox give that interview? The timings were pretty similar if I'm not mistaken. So if the new style is something coming from the top as a way to market the club and not just Lambert's idea then if Lambert can't make it work tom fox may be forced to get someone that will. I.e. this idea that Lambert will not be sacked no matter how bad we are would be wrong. Edited January 11, 2015 by jjaacckk91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I don't see any way lambert survives the summer. Season tickets will decrease once again and tom fox will have his work cut out increasing our revenue streams. Ideally he'd be sacked tomorrow but I don't see us having to suffer his football much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamsonwoodVillan Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yeah no one is above the sack at the end of the day. I don't think it will be just yet but defeat to both Liverpool and Bournemouth would leave him on the brink... with Arsenal and Chelsea next up. It's inevitable unless we have a major upturn in performances and results in those 4 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Something has just twigged, when did we adopt a "new style" and when did tom fox give that interview? The timings were pretty similar if I'm not mistaken. So if the new style is something coming from the top as a way to market the club and not just Lambert's idea then if Lambert can't make it work tom fox may be forced to get someone that will. I.e. this idea that Lambert will not be sacked no matter how bad we are would be wrong. That's what I'm hoping, that there's now "the Aston Villa philosophy" and that'll be the goal whoever the manager is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Something has just twigged, when did we adopt a "new style" and when did tom fox give that interview? The timings were pretty similar if I'm not mistaken. So if the new style is something coming from the top as a way to market the club and not just Lambert's idea then if Lambert can't make it work tom fox may be forced to get someone that will. I.e. this idea that Lambert will not be sacked no matter how bad we are would be wrong. That's what I'm hoping, that there's now "the Aston Villa philosophy" and that'll be the goal whoever the manager is. The only issue is if a new owner agrees this is the way forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 There surely can't be anyone still backing him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Something has just twigged, when did we adopt a "new style" and when did tom fox give that interview? The timings were pretty similar if I'm not mistaken. So if the new style is something coming from the top as a way to market the club and not just Lambert's idea then if Lambert can't make it work tom fox may be forced to get someone that will. I.e. this idea that Lambert will not be sacked no matter how bad we are would be wrong.That's what I'm hoping, that there's now "the Aston Villa philosophy" and that'll be the goal whoever the manager is. The only issue is if a new owner agrees this is the way forward. I'd imagine theyd be easy enough to convince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 There surely can't be anyone still backing him? Hang around on here long enough and you may find some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think that would spell the end for Lambert. Finally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I think that would spell the end for Lambert. Finally I just want to come back from my appointment tomorrow to find a text message from my son saying Lambert has been sacked. It would make my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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