Big_John_10 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Ahead of the visit of Premier League leaders Chelsea tomorrow teatime, Villa have now gone an alarming 69 home league games without celebrating back-to-back home league wins in the same season. It is the longest barren run of its kind by any team in top-flight history – since records began in 1888 – with Blackpool the next worst offenders of all time with 64 games. Another one to add to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Cheryl Baker! That's who you are, I knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Ahead of the visit of Premier League leaders Chelsea tomorrow teatime, Villa have now gone an alarming 69 home league games without celebrating back-to-back home league wins in the same season. It is the longest barren run of its kind by any team in top-flight history – since records began in 1888 – with Blackpool the next worst offenders of all time with 64 games. Another one to add to the list.It's like you rubbed your hands with glee when you saw that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Ahead of the visit of Premier League leaders Chelsea tomorrow teatime, Villa have now gone an alarming 69 home league games without celebrating back-to-back home league wins in the same season. It is the longest barren run of its kind by any team in top-flight history – since records began in 1888 – with Blackpool the next worst offenders of all time with 64 games. Another one to add to the list. It's like you rubbed your hands with glee when you saw that! Stretches all the way back to Big macca - it's very weird that all these managers have had the same problem. Curse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Ahead of the visit of Premier League leaders Chelsea tomorrow teatime, Villa have now gone an alarming 69 home league games without celebrating back-to-back home league wins in the same season. It is the longest barren run of its kind by any team in top-flight history – since records began in 1888 – with Blackpool the next worst offenders of all time with 64 games.Another one to add to the list.It's like you rubbed your hands with glee when you saw that! Yes as a season ticket holder I'm over the moon with this sort of stat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Ahead of the visit of Premier League leaders Chelsea tomorrow teatime, Villa have now gone an alarming 69 home league games without celebrating back-to-back home league wins in the same season. It is the longest barren run of its kind by any team in top-flight history – since records began in 1888 – with Blackpool the next worst offenders of all time with 64 games.Another one to add to the list.It's like you rubbed your hands with glee when you saw that! Yes as a season ticket holder I'm over the moon with this sort of stat. Easy to make out you have the problem, rather than blame the real issue - Lerner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 For all the stats being trotted out, the problem is Lambert. He has had funding and used it unwisely, doubling up in some positions and leaving the midfield desperately week. There may, or may not, be a lot wrong with the overall management of the business, but our poor performances on the pitch and therefore points tally is down to the guy managing the football side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Lambert's been shit but out of the last 4 shocking seasons he's only been here for 2 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 It's just one big Factory of Sadness at the moment. Rubbish owner, rubbish manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) Lambert is NOT the problem. A bigger problem is the lack of patience and understanding from certain supporters who live in a fantasy world and expect everything to be perfect. Get real guys. Edited March 14, 2014 by GENTLEMAN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Lambert's been shit but out of the last 4 shocking seasons he's only been here for 2 of them. Funding has been used unwisely for the entire time that Randy Lerner has been at the club, which stretches to getting on for 8 years now. But you are trotting out stats that are related to what has been happening on the pitch. And what happens on the pitch is the responsibly of the manager, who is Paul Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Lambert is NOT the problem. A bigger problem is the lack of patience and understanding from certain supporters who live in a fantasy world and expect everything to be perfect. Get real guys. Comments like this sort of lose any credence with unnecessary embellishment like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Lambert is NOT the problem. A bigger problem is the lack of patience and understanding from certain supporters who live in a fantasy world and expect everything to be perfect. Get real guys. You are certainly in the right thread for people living in a fantasy world, but that isn't Lambert related. For the constant stats being droned out on here as some kind of stick to beat the owner with, the problem with the team performance is down to the manager. Nothing to do with patience, nothing to do with a lack of understanding, and nothing to do with expectation. The manager is shit. He has proven that with his transfer policy, and he has proven that with the absolute rubbish that has been served up to us at Villa Park this season. If he isn't the problem for poor use of funds in the transfer market and the diabolical performances on the pitch, I would be interested to know who is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) Lambert is NOT the problem. A bigger problem is the lack of patience and understanding from certain supporters who live in a fantasy world and expect everything to be perfect. Get real guys. Comments like this sort of lose any credence with unnecessary embellishment like this. Isa it is not unnecessary embellishment when you have "some" supporters admitting they will never lessen their high expectations (perfection), which causes all sorts of problems for a club looking to rebuild slowly. Lambert is being judged on the wrong criteria IMO. Edited March 14, 2014 by GENTLEMAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Guys, in our last game we scored four goals in the first half (which we have not achieved since the mid-90s). Be positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Lambert is NOT the problem. A bigger problem is the lack of patience and understanding from certain supporters who live in a fantasy world and expect everything to be perfect. Get real guys. Yes, that's clearly a much bigger problem. Obligatory fan-blaming nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Isa it is not unnecessary embellishment when you have "some" supporters admitting they will never lessen their high expectations (perfection), which causes all sorts of problems for a club looking to rebuild slowly. Lambert is being judged on the wrong criteria IMO. What exactly are the expectations from those you are referring to that are considered too high in your opinion? It's not like there is anybody calling for us to be challenging for Europe or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Lambert's been shit but out of the last 4 shocking seasons he's only been here for 2 of them. Funding has been used unwisely for the entire time that Randy Lerner has been at the club, which stretches to getting on for 8 years now. But you are trotting out stats that are related to what has been happening on the pitch. And what happens on the pitch is the responsibly of the manager, who is Paul Lambert You don't think what happens on the pitch is related to the owner? I fully agree about Lambert but the way this club has been run by Lerner has had a serious impact on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) Isa it is not unnecessary embellishment when you have "some" supporters admitting they will never lessen their high expectations (perfection), which causes all sorts of problems for a club looking to rebuild slowly. Lambert is being judged on the wrong criteria IMO. What exactly are the expectations from those you are referring to that are considered too high in your opinion? It's not like there is anybody calling for us to be challenging for Europe or anything like that. I think people forget the total mess Lambert inherited from McLeish. It was always going to take time to build a team that could compete consistently and be entertaining with limited funding and an abundance of young players. Make no mistake this is a tough job, nobody could have done much better than Lambert but many could have done a lot worse. Lambert has done a good job IMO. My great fear is IF we were to sack Lambert, we will end up with somebody like Stuart Pearce (probably recommended to Lerner by Terry Burton or some such person) . Imagine Stuart Pearce chewing gum and marching up and down the touchline, and then banging on about mental toughness and superstitions in the PCs. Yuck. It could be a lot worse chaps. Edited March 14, 2014 by GENTLEMAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Fear of the future isn't a very good defence for a poor manager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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