I have to come clean straight from the off and say something that involves the “F” word.
I’m Fickle.
There. I’ve said it.
Here’s the dictionary meaning of the word;
adjective
1.
likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable:
fickle weather.
2.
not constant or loyal in affections:
a fickle lover.
It’s a good description of me actually.
Well, at least the first part is.
The club are the best thing since sliced bread if we win and absolute proverbial if we lose, simple.
Particularly so when we lose as often as we have been lately.
The second part is total rubbish though and doesn’t apply at all.
I’ll never love another Football club and my ultimate loyalty overall will never change.
“Yeah, yeah, what the hell has this got to do with the Villa?”, I hear you ask.
The answer is that I, amongst many other Villa fans wanted Lambert after the disaster that we had previously as manager (that Spurs away game, shudder).
He seemed a reasonable choice at the time, with the way he had progressed through the leagues, having played some decent footy.
But now I’ve 100% changed my mind.
He’s proven to be a total failure in my opinion, even if you weigh up the constraints he’s been under.
Have we ever had a bit of luck under Lambert? I struggle to remember, but if you consider we haven’t, that tells you something in itself. “You make you own luck”, is an old saying and we’ve had next to none for ages.
He should quite simply be sacked, regardless of what you think of him, purely because of his actual record.
It’s not as though you can say “things are moving forward” either, can you?
Ok, you can cite the fact that we’ve played the top 6 teams from last season and it was always going to be difficult. But have we ever had to witness such dire footy to boot?
You have to go back to the 80’s for that.
We play rubbish, no plan B footy, which is boring to watch and is something the manager doesn’t know how to change. This isn’t going to alter, as Lambert’s attitude is seemingly not to lose the game and actually going out to win it is simply not in the mindset at all. This surely has to be an attitude that gets passed onto the players, to my mind.
I could possibly live with a period of austerity if we played proper footy.
The fact that we’ve had the austerity with utterly poor footy and only have the same to look forward to under the current manager tells anyone with half a brain that something needs to change.
We’re again under a serious threat of going down and crowds are only going to shrink, the way we’re going.
You only have to read the recent comments by the likes of JayDee, who has consistently been one of the most staunch supporters on here, to see where we’re headed.
As for the point that is often raised of which manager we should bring in; that’s not our job to choose, is it?
All I know is Doug Ellis would never have allowed Lambert to be here as long as he has been.
Which quite nicely leads back to me being fickle.
I never liked Ellis.
But I’d take him over what we have now.
Comments
91 responses to “Why Lambert has to go”
This article has been well overdue.
Lambert has had more than enough time and chances to turn things around.
Just because he isn’t Alex McLeish doesn’t mean he should be given as much time as he has been.
Still, we can all spout off on various sites saying how crap he is. As long as people keep clapping this inept manager off the field then the longer we will be stuck with him.
I said it on Saturday, there was actually a part of me that wanted a stuffing from West Ham because I think it would have been a defeat too far.
Sadly, we got a “huge and excellent” point.
I can’t see him going anywhere soon now.
Lambert OUT.
Your right Lamberk, but just shows how far our once great club has, when a goalless draw is seen as a decent result, and saves the managers skin once again !!
“has fallen”
For the very first time I really hoped Villa would lose against West Ham. I reckoned two or three losses and we would be rid of PL. But we didn’t lose…or win. I feel like Villa is in some sort of football limbo at the moment and I just want something, anything, to happen. The mediocrity is the thing that’s killing me. It almost feels like there no hope at the moment and I can’t even watch MOTD when we draw, if I hear PL say once more how ‘excellent’ Villa are I’ll throw up.
Don’t even mind so much if we get relegated anymore if it gets rid of PL and brings back some genuine excitement, after all some of the best games I ever saw were at home to Bournemouth, away to Mansfield…happy days!
The difference is that Bournemouth might get promoted and show more ambition than us anyway. The fans will never call for lamberks head and unless that changes he will always be here
I can see a good drubbing coming up next game sounds sick but part of me wants it if it opens the eyes of many fans plus our head honcho.
Bournemouth at home. Such unlikely opponents to figure in the memory but every one of the 40K+ in attendance remembers the extraordinary atmosphere that top of the table battle in the 3rd Division had. One of the best goals I ever saw scored against Villa at VP was Ted MacDougall flying head first to meet Phil Boyer’s cross. But Villa won 2-1.
I was there OLL.
I was there think it was 48,000. Here’s the link for our younger fans to see http://youtu.be/DUBREZlitK0
Its is a sad state. the worst I remember.
I was going to go to the Spurs game. My wife said why waist your money… I had nothing to say to that.
Join the very unhappy Villa fans Pat C, sad that most fans know we are stuck with a manager that cannot manage, Oops sorry he can manage, he will manage to give us heartache at the very least, plus take us down. I can only hope that someone will take up the gauntlet with banners and mass protest about his lack of knowledge of football.I’ve had a peep at loads of Villa blog and all are angered at our state of affairs. Bring back glory days heaven knows we miss them.
I have shown total support to Lambert since day one. The day I gave up on him was our 4-1 home loss to Stoke late last season. I’m sick and tired with the lack of diversity and ambition Paul Lambert and his crew show. Time is long up! I think we are just a little to big for Paul and his ideas now.
What ideas mate?????he’s fucking clueless.
Not spent a penny this year on Villa and not going to unless things get better quicker, I’m not going to line anyones pockets to watch this shit!!!!
I don’t want it to come relegation . We are better than that and should aspire to more. If we lose to the baggies he will be gone. I for one are fed up of them taking the piss out of us. We need to regain some dignity .We are the pride of the Midlands . Its about time we showed it.
Amen to that
Lambert out please. I look at the team sheet every game and say to myself “What is he waiting for?” Nobody could storm into his office to ask why he had been dropped in favour of a youngster, because nobody has got a match-winning last outing in his pocket.
If he thinks the current crew are going to snap into a hot goal-scoring streak he should remember the 20 minutes following Weimann’s goal against a nervous Spurs, when Villa sat back and invited Spurs to recover. That is down to Lambert alone, continue attacking or park the bus – we know what Lambert chose then and will continue to choose. We do not accept it.
I’ve held off until now but Lambert has had his chance and frankly if he’s aloud to carry on he will have us relegated.We can and will IMPO be in the bottom 3 by the 22nd of this month & have to play Southampton on the 24th.Lambert has to go before we are relegated.Lambert is not the manager to take us forward ive given him enough faith but have no more faith to give him.P45 for Paul Lambert Loser begone UTV VTID
Depressing for us all JD, just have to ride the storm.
Mate I’ve already been swept away. 🙁
The storm will hit when we drop a league lose our players and struggle to compete in a lower league
DITTO!!!!
Maybe Deadly Doug will realise the shit he put us in, his words was, i had a number of prospective buyers but I wanted someone that was financially sound, he should have thought Villa needs someone that understands the English fans and game, me don’t blame the Yank its money, Ellis sold us out.
Surely he has to go soon. Am I naive in thinking placing in the premier league would far out weigh paying him off?
I’m not one for the hire them, fire them attitude that is rife throughout the leagues. But at least the chairman who do look to change things show ambition and a willingness to improve the situation.
Agree with the statement about mediocrity. Feels like Villa have been living in groundhog day for the last 4/5 years. Only really asserting themselves in the last few months to trickle over the safety line.
I also believe more can be done with the squad. By no means are they brilliant footballers, but surely a half decent coach could irk more out of the players than the current setup. An injection of something different is what we need to give us optimism for the new year (not the Keane variety).
It depends what his contract says.
It is fairly standard that relegation means the manager can be sacked with only one month’s notice. However some contracts refer to being in the relegation positions (say by mid season) as the reason for a termination being possible without more than compensation for the remaining months of the current season.
Wouldn’t surprise me there wasn’t somewhere in his clause he has to have Villa at least like, top 12 by Christmas, or something, which is why he currently doesn’t fear getting sacked.
Well Moyes is now at Real Sociadad. That’s one decent manager out of the running. Not that he’d of been stupid enough to work under Lerners pathetic constraints.
I cant see any reason for him to stay!
Maybe Spurs will panic and sack Pochetino…and we can snap him up!
Well well well, don’t times change on this site. Remember being called all the names under the sun for saying Lamberk was a useless dour oaf from day one and being told by the so called experts (Lamberks sheep) about how great their mumbling leader was.
Fickle, indeed you are. Anyway I’m glad to say my interest in AVFC has dropped to such a level that I dont even watch the games (or should I say losses) any more and I say that as an ex season ticket holder who regularly went to away games.
The club is now dead in the water. RIP AVFC
Another strange indicatorbis the lack of contributors to Villa blogs too. Seen how sparce VV is, never mind the same old few faves on this site.
Belcs I can go back to saying I’ll give him 6-8 games the year he came, people had a go back saying it takes time, I went along with the idea of chopping wages, but I could see he didn’t know what he was doing, I can name the poster on here that also seen mistakes ,they was slated. At long last the truth can be seen,not a clue Belcs full stop, them immortal words, I thought they was magnificent, thought they was brilliant, he cannot think ,he’s thick.
What amazes me is other blogs tow the villa line and wouldn’t directly call for lamberks head or even criticise the club imo
I said the same as you and was mocked why don’t posters on here listen to uncle oohagh!! Lol
Bill “I told you so, I’m never wrong” speaks again. Zzzzzzzzzzzz
Shouldn’t you have a p front of Brick.?
Pbrick? How does that work Bill? 😉
pbrick ha ha ha ha ha ha. What a plonker your are Bill “I told you so I’m never wrong Pearson”. Ha ha
Don’t be mean, Brick. Bill rocks!
PRICK you got the jist of it.
Love you both, 🙂 lads, you both could be the next comedy act. See it now, bum bum brick.?
Bill you’ll have to simplify your words as he’s still learning to read.
Giddy he suffers with Alzheimer’s, forgive him.
I forgot that 😉
So true Brick
How would you know? Your an idiot Helenius. Go back to the other site little child.
If we get out of this one and stay in the prem Lerner will keep Lambert on.Im wondering how long Lerner is going to withstand the shit that’s happening now on the pitch at VP?
Lerner dose not care about this club or the fans….. Piss off lerner
Fairplay to callum Robinson on his hat trick for Preston I’m amazed no one has mentioned it so far today.oh well back to whinging.
It was followed on the last post wasn’t it???
Fair point
Carnt remember reading it but then again I could of been pissed.
So who’s everyone’s top choice for manager if Lambert does get the elbow?
I’m prepared to be shot down, but how about McLaren ? Seems to have rebuilt his reputation since the “wally with the brolly” incident. Good tactician, doing well with Derby on a modest budget.
Even though I admire what Pulis did at Stoke/Palace, the football wouldn’t be too different to what we see now, just more organised.
Haven’t got the foggiest. Who would really want to come and play in Lerner’s sandpit playing along with his rules? Nobody, that’s who. Any half/quarter decent manager will have his reputation destroyed by the constraints placed. Who the fuck does Lerner think he is that he can change the entire ethos of the footballing world with his plain stoopid “Let’s pay shit wages and everything will be fine” idea?
If you were playing well at Villa, offered a pay rise to £30k a week, and someone offers you £55k, what the hell do you think you’d do?????? Lerner just wants his ‘investment’ to exist. It’s impossible for the club to achieve anything with lower league hopefuls and aging cripples. Especially with a completey tactically unaware Manager. Relegation, and the massive financial damage is exactly what Lerner deserves for his arrogance. And this time it’s looking more than ever likely. Incompetant. Deluded. Negligent. Arrogant. Destructive. Blinkered. Ignorant. Suicidal. Selfish. Mean. Insular. Weak. Spiteful.
LERNER OUT!
i agree with that, mclaron was my original choice before apparently he was rejected by most the fans, when news broke about villas interests, but apart from england job hes got a good record for playing decent football, hes a top coach also so makes big sense, he would improve the club from the youth to the 1st team. but would he want to come to a club in disarray, while his derby team could be premiership nxt year.
I think Lambert should be sacked and we should let Bill “I’m never wrong” Pearson to choose the next manager.
Welcome back Helenius, let you out the nursery early then. Good girl.
billy you should concentrate on picking holes on what people post, instead of verbally abusing people for having anything but your views.
before i head off, i saw some posts damning our midfield last week and i like 2 add its by far the best midfield and defense we have had under lambert, i think were villa fall short is crossing the ball, hammers had a bad game. but they crossed dangerous balls into our box where we never crossed one decent ball, its the responsibility on whom is in that area of the pitch, hammers had their fulback crossing most of theirs and chelsea also adopt same. i would like 2 know how many goals or created chances are done by the chelsea fullbacks, everytime i seen chelsea they are the most creative always overlapping or offering
cleverly westwood and sanchez are looking better each game granted not the creative but they are solid and when the back line return its a solid spine, benteke and weiman will score goals if the team can learn 2 cross the ball
Hi Nath, I know people take me the wrong way Nath, I do always look at two sides to any discussion, even what you’ve just intimated about our midfield, some would jump in and argue that assumption, but you well might be right, Lambert has put pressures on other players by his method, had he played wingers things might be different, as it is Nath we are now at a loss in what to do, players have now lost the will thinking what happens just happens, I don’t like people to think what I say goes, it does, 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Joke Nath..:-) 🙂
i don’t mind different views my take on midfield isn’t correct in everyone’s opinion, maybe nobodies opinion but mine. but i see villa struggling at minute they are scared stiff is of making errors, against spurs they showed some good stuff in patches, but again end product was poor crossing right and left, but they were in positions of creation but over hit or just miss placed. at minute villa need a fluky win, a bit of luck or god forbid referee decision that goes our way FOR once.
if villa can return to the back line of the first odd games and in-front cleverley westwood and sanchez keeps improving as he has game by game, but most of all benteke returns we will be fine. CROSSING thats wot i would get them doing in training, u don’t need accurate pin point crosses, any decent balls which gives benteke a chance of closing in on is a decent ball, the one that rebounded of the post in the spurs game was a ok ball, but benteke made it into a brilliant one almost, that was too far out but he made something from it
You need width to put crosses in,Lambert seems to be playing straight down the middle.many commentators & pundits have pointed this out on many occasions & I suppose there the experts.so whilst under FUCK face forget the word WINGERS
pick another team with wingers out and out wingers as u suggested the solution iam sure u can come up with a answer
i aven’t seen a team play 442with two wingers this season, cardiff were trying last season, but most av 3 in midfield so playing 442 means getting out muscled in the middle. wingers like downing sterling are out and out winger correct but they also aren’t playing as wingers they are playing with a free role behind striker which usually a lone striker. the full backs are for some reason being the winger or width in most of the teams in premiership
It’s seems like every team we play has width.
Sorry been on the school run, that’s what I’m saying, this side to side ,back to defense gives team to rec cooperate, wouldn’t you say, wingers attack by beating the opposition either dribbling, or speed, they also draw players out from defence, now saying that ten to one two nice guys will make comment Bill knows best, I’d just like Lambert to change that team tactics, let’s find out, we are too obvious to other teams.
Nath I’ll repeat myself we have no fucking width but other teams manage to find it I suggest you take it up with the experts cus I ain’t one & dam fucking sure you ain’t or have I missed something????
last game was hammers, they didn’t play wingers. they had jenkinson and cresswell the width, but villa coped with that and they made alterations moving downing out wide late on second half . but drowning lol was playing a free role in behind the striker a position hes played all season. as for us we aren’t creating cos our fullbacks are poor at crossing.
somebody can show the stats from that game they crossed at guess 40 pluss crosses 2 ours about 10 and all our was rubbish, even corners ours are none dangerous hammers had 10 corners in first half alone but they were poor hammers ltr in second half they improved the crosses but i think this is were we need vast improvements cos when benteke returns he needs sumat 2 feed on
Who’s he going to feed off the mighty gabby if he decides to turn up or weimann Mr hit & miss???
look i aint arguing with you, thou i love a verbal or fisticuffs, i agree the width is poor at villa iam not blind but the reason is not cos we aren’t playing wingers its cos we aren’t crossing decent balls or working decent positions, our systems are not too different to many or all its just we are messing up in the final third and we have width but its poor
Albrighton poor business imo unfortunately he got greedy.we’ll never argue mate your my mucker. 😀
wieman gabby and nozog are the free man if u like the chelsea equivalent’s is william hazzard and oscar villa players are not playing the system at all well watch the chelsea ones they track all the way back 2 fullback they press they create and the score
u can do same with hammers and pool everton and list goes on
So what your saying is there not doing the job expected of them???sounds plausible ain’t that down to the manager????
i don’t know how 2 fix it playing two wingers like u say might but then u look at cardiff they were trying 2 play that system they were poor reason for this was you lose out in the middle of midfield in face spurs were playing that system last season also they also were caught out in the big games in the middle
i hate assigning blame but reasons we aren’t scoring is really poor crossing thats the fullbacks midfielders and the 3 freefloaters behind the striker and also coaching and managment
I still believe we’re lacking in the middle Sanchez is a DM I gather ,I’m hoping he’ll flourish signs are looking good not a big fan of Westwood as for Delph I’d say he’s gone in January.cleverly has his moments certainly I feel a good transfer window would do us good with the midfield being paramount,could be totally wrong though.
yeah we are lacking from middle but not more than lacking creating the 3 midfielders sanchez cleverley and westwood i think can do the job delph is a big dissapointment but i don’t care go for me, we get him recognized and he shows his loyalties.
sanchez is a holding midfielder in south america but hes got more skill than cleverley and westwood and in fact could be better than delph who always has a scholes tackle in him
Same here concerning delph thanks for the chat mate back to the grind for me.UTV
me2 i only popped on = 1 comment lol ltrs
Interesting debate this. I watched the Liverpool Chelsea game the other day, and the ex-players on the TV were pointing out that Liverpool have started to play sideways and backwards, rather than looking forward every time they get the ball. They are afraid to make mistakes and low on confidence, so take the safe route. Sound familiar? At Villa, the lack of footballing ability in Agbonlahor and Weimann just makes it even worse. There were signs against Spurs that Benteke was returning to decent form, and at times we looked much more positive and dangerous. Maybe things will gradually change once his suspension is over.
The trouble is that we need to shake out of this now, not in a month. I just don’t have any faith that Lambert can help us do this. I think he has lost his nerve, and not playing Grealish is just a symptom of that.
Grealish yes we can all see this but that 4 eyed prick carnt.
Helenius VILLA flop very apt username keep up the good work.
Giddy that thought had crossed my mind, have you noted he or she pops in insults and disappear, just like his name sake.
Never saw him mate & what I’ve heard I missed FUCK all.
Now you two are just being mean. Helenius has a different point of view to most on here, and I think that’s a good thing. If we all agree with each other it’s all a bit pointless. Feel free to disagree!!!
I disagree 😀
Does anyone actually want Lambert to stay at the moment? Can we have a poll?
Bencey I wish he’d FUCK OFF or get fucked off that’s my vote.
Bencey, I’m on it.