Big_John_10 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Not true. How so? Books are balanced. TV money has increased and some big wages should go this summer. We can afford to improve the wages we offer but we choose not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just like mcleish, Lambert can pick the correct starting eleven but once they start playing its the same drivel. I like Lambert coz he isnt afraid to mix it up. But his home form is killing me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Not true. How so? Books are balanced. TV money has increased and some big wages should go this summer. We can afford to improve the wages we offer but we choose not to. Well then that's Lerner not Lambert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Think he put out what he could. Tactics were about right. Just don't have the players and the proper defense. Vlaar is a big miss and Baker again shows what a liability he is. I still back him. About what I expected today with the squad he could field. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So people really think sacking Lambert is the solution? Just like it was with Houllier and McLeish? The manager is not the **** problem here. This is his choice of player, his team and his tactics 42m later and all he has done is emulate McLeish. The one thing (if the 42m is true - and yes I have seen those figures) is that he is also working under a very restrictive wage budget. Plus, for that money he has had to replace high earners who Lerner wanted rid of; Dunne, Cuellar, Collins, Warnock, Hutton, Bent, Ireland, Holman, Heskey (plus get rid of Makoun, Given and others) and has had to replace 10/12 players for a very small budget and tiny wage budget. It's almost impossible to have a hit rate of 100% perfection when you have to buy bargain basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Think he put out what he could. Tactics were about right. Just don't have the players and the proper defense. Vlaar is a big miss and Baker again shows what a liability he is. I still back him. About what I expected today with the squad he could field. Did you expect the dross served up last week at Fulham with the same ease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Just like mcleish, Lambert can pick the correct starting eleven but once they start playing its the same drivel. I like Lambert coz he isnt afraid to mix it up. But his home form is killing me The last 2 away games have been awful as well though. Yes we beat Southampton but we had 3 shots on goal and 23% possession. 9 times out of 10 we would/should have lost that one. The way are playing at the moment I can't see us outplaying anyone. I wouldn't be confident with Lambert having any more money to spend in January if we are just going to play the same way. There are teams in League 1 that would beat us when we play this dire football. Edited December 15, 2013 by jacketspuds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Well then that's Lerner not Lambert. No doubt about that. Edited December 15, 2013 by Big_John_10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Has he gone yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeVilla0012 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 My main criticism of Lambert is he just fails recognise what is happening on the pitch, time after time united exploited our left hand side and he didn't change a thing. He didn't change the shape or tell anyone to drop back and help, united saw that and tore Luna apart. When Delph plays he drifts over to that side naturally when he plays but Sylla doesn't really do that. Time is running out for him now, a lot of opinions are changing quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 My main criticism of Lambert is he just fails recognise what is happening on the pitch, time after time united exploited our left hand side and he didn't change a thing. He didn't change the shape or tell anyone to drop back and help, united saw that and tore Luna apart. When Delph plays he drifts over to that side naturally when he plays but Sylla doesn't really do that. Time is running out for him now, a lot of opinions are changing quickly Yep that puzzled me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So frustrating as I am desperate for Lambert to do well and to have a manager at our club for 5 years+. With McLeish I couldn't care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 need more money for transfers and wages. We haven't got that so what can we do? Not true. How so? Books are balanced. TV money has increased and some big wages should go this summer. We can afford to improve the wages we offer but we choose not to. But if we increased the wages the books would not be balanced anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I would bet we have some of the 'poorest' paid players as regulars in our first team compared to a majority of the league. That's what the manager has had to work with, so it's no wonder they are poor and inconsistent. Our issues are with the owner far more than the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 need more money for transfers and wages. We haven't got that so what can we do? Not true. How so? Books are balanced. TV money has increased and some big wages should go this summer. We can afford to improve the wages we offer but we choose not to. But if we increased the wages the books would not be balanced anymore? PF said With the increased income from Premier League TV rights, and the decrease in total player remuneration being addressed, the books are now balanced and in surplus subject to league position. We're FFP compliant We will also lose some more big wages this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I would bet we have some of the 'poorest' paid players as regulars in our first team compared to a majority of the league. That's what the manager has had to work with, so it's no wonder they are poor and inconsistent. Our issues are with the owner far more than the manager. If villa give them all a pay rise will they get better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 My main criticism of Lambert is he just fails recognise what is happening on the pitch, time after time united exploited our left hand side and he didn't change a thing. He didn't change the shape or tell anyone to drop back and help, united saw that and tore Luna apart. When Delph plays he drifts over to that side naturally when he plays but Sylla doesn't really do that. Time is running out for him now, a lot of opinions are changing quickly By doing that you'll only leave another avenue exposed for United to take advantage of though. Sylla is nowhere near the quality of Delph and was probably running at max capacity to go what he was doing anyway. Recognising what's happening on the pitch is one thing. Having the tools to fix it is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 need more money for transfers and wages. We haven't got that so what can we do? Not true. How so? Books are balanced. TV money has increased and some big wages should go this summer. We can afford to improve the wages we offer but we choose not to. But if we increased the wages the books would not be balanced anymore? PF said With the increased income from Premier League TV rights, and the decrease in total player remuneration being addressed, the books are now balanced and in surplus subject to league position. We're FFP compliant We will also lose some more big wages this summer. Yep, so when we lose those big wages in the summer we will see those players replaced with Lambert signings but it seems we can't add more players before then without overspending again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I would bet we have some of the 'poorest' paid players as regulars in our first team compared to a majority of the league. That's what the manager has had to work with, so it's no wonder they are poor and inconsistent. Our issues are with the owner far more than the manager. If villa give them all a pay rise will they get better? Worked wonders with Weimann, i'd say most of them are overpaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I would bet we have some of the 'poorest' paid players as regulars in our first team compared to a majority of the league. That's what the manager has had to work with, so it's no wonder they are poor and inconsistent. Our issues are with the owner far more than the manager. If villa give them all a pay rise will they get better? Of course not. That's not my point at all. If we were able to pay more, I suspect there would be a different bunch of players on the pitch in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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