Aston Villa News 24/7Writer: J P Fear 
Date:Friday November 23 2012
Time: 2:14PM
UK time is: 06:03:10
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Lambert Asks Brilliant Fans For Time
Villa boss Paul Lambert has said that Villa fans have been 'brilliant` with him since joining the Lions but also asks for patience as Villa sit in the bottom three.
He said on Sky Sports that the bottom three is not where, he, the club or the fans want to be, adding:
'I understand it's not where you want to be and the fans have every right to voice their opinion. But they have been brilliant with me and all I can ask for is to stick with us.
'I also know the bigger picture and it's not just a quick fix."
He also points out that some of the performances this season have been 'very good` and that we`ve just lacked that little bit of luck or a break.
Hmmm, not sure I like it when managers start to point to bad luck, but hey ho, certainly think he has the time and patience of most of the fans, certainly how it seems on the message boards and at the games right now anyway. Strange in some ways as this is the worst start in over four decades, but I think most fans know this isn`t an over night job now and that we can`t keep changing managers... we aren`t Chelsea!
'Some of the performances have been very good. We've just not had that break, that little bit of luck to go your way. There have not been too many times when I've walked away and been disappointed with the way we've played.'
Interesting to note that Mark Hughes has been sacked by QPR. Lets hope they don`t get someone in who can shoot them out of the relegation zone, or at least not before we climb out. (Thread: QPR sack Mark Hughes.. GULP!
Lamberts quotes follow on from Ron Vlaar earlier saying that Villa fans have been fantastic. See: The Villa Team Appreciate The Fantastic Fans
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
To quote Sir Chewalot .. "football is 80% talent and 20% luck" and on the youngsters “Go and make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.” ...... we aren't playing badly, it is improving and we are not far away from being competitive, the young lads and Vlaar, El Ahmadi have to learn from mistakes and adapt .... they will, Lambert is meticulous in training and is hands on in the group, even playing with the lads. Few more faces January and we will improve a tad more. Anyone who thought this was going to happen in 15 or 20 games with new players are deluded. Back the lads tomorrow to the hilt, the fans are in this as much as the lads on the field. UTV
astonmilan
He has my full support for however long it takes to stabilize and turn this around. Keep the faith, in Lambert we trust.
sherlockgt
Me too. I back PL and what he is trying to do. Despite very poor results it has still been more enjoyable than last season. at least I feel now that we have hope. I will be annoyed though if we don't bring some much needed experience in during January. Even a couple of loans to the end of the season.
krfeskivilla
Slack 'Arry in pole position for Loftus Rd - have to say if anyone can get that lot out of trouble (by fair means or foul) its got to be him.
malacaxeta
Im with you Sherlock and co above Lambert has my full backing as the two main concerns of mine in recent weeks was the league position yes it hurts but i do not blame Lambert we will improve, and also i was worried about there being any money from Randy for some quality players in January there is so im just concentrating on supporting and hoping we win again im confident we will get back up the league oh and we have a league cup to win aswell;)
CLIVETHEVILLAN
Lambert asks Brilliant Fans for time - and Brilliant Fans ask Lambert, please no more lower diision players in in January!!!!!We need some seasoned experience to help us out of this and pass on their experience to all our lesser experienced players, otherwise we really will start to tread water. Lambert still has my backing and still will from February 1st onwards too if heresists recruiting from the Championship and lower.
Pride of Lions
................. like all the seasoned experience QPR bought Pride ?? no thanks, build for the future, where do you think experienced players come from ? from other or lower leagues and adapt to become Premier League experienced. UTV
astonmilan
its all about staying in the prem. if this guy carn,t do it then get rid. lets face it , its been along time since villa have been anythink more than a middle of the road club. so thats all he has to do and he will be a god at villa park. win a coker cola cup and he will be a deme godthats all they wan,t at villa now
one match ban
There is no argument exclusively for just young or experienced players. There needs to be a blend. We don't have that and that's why we are struggling. I'm all for giving lesser players a chance to prove themselves but it is suicidal to try to blood more than half a team at the same time. If anything, throwing a load of inexperienced players in at the same time actually damages their development and can prevent them reaching their full potential. Players like Bannan, Westwood, Bennett (red card) and Lowton may end up being top quality players but they stand more chance of achieving that if they have some old heads to lean on rather than each other. Scholes, Beckham, Butt etc had Keane, Ince, Cantona, Giggs etc. Would that group of players have developed at that rate if they were playing with a load of other premier league newbies? When under pressure and struggling for confidence, where are the seasoned experienced players they can look to for encouragement and support? Gabby? Don't make me laugh. Lambert may have done something similar at Norwich and built a team together from the lower leagues. But they did their on the job learning playing the likes of Colchester and Charlton - Not Man Utd and Man City. Learning from your mistakes is one thing, but doing it under spotlight in the Premiership when relegation WOULD cripple the club financially is another.
heavy d
I'm with Lambert all the way, even if we finish 17th and avoid relegation on the last day. I like what he's doing and can't ask for much more, things have been improving I think we can all see that, despite last weekends game against the linesman. As Fear said, we aren't Chelsea, we can't keep sacking managers (except for McLeish), a club like Villa right now has to start from scratch, and there's no point doing it over and over again. I'd rather have 3 or 4 years under Lambert like this and at least building towards something rather changing manager every 2 years and forever being in a period of transition.
Stephen Jay Hawkings
I'm with Lambert all the way too. Completely believe in what he is doing and how he's trying to take us forward. Come on you Lions.
Villa_Grizzly
In Lambert we trust... UTV!!!
AdzVilla11
Nice to see the positivity from the fans. The majority were right about Eck and im sure the majority will be right about PL too. A couple of Experienced winners are needed to balance the team but so hard to find!!!
Villan444
No Bencht even when fit. Good call. Great minds think alike PL!!!
Villan444
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Broadcasting Revenue For AVFC For 2012/13 Season (Wednesday May 22 2013)
N'Zogbia Exit And £5m Given To Keeper? (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Villa's Pre Season Schedule (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Vlaar Pleased With First Good Touch Of The Game (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Villa Season Ticket Help Sessions (Tuesday May 21 2013)
They Think It's All Over - Not Yet - Soccer Sevens (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Vital Villa Man Of The Match v Wigan (Tuesday May 21 2013)
The Aston Villa Summer Transfer Thread Pt 1 (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Brentford Midfielder Linked (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Pride of Lions | 980 |
| 2. | The Fear | 758 |
| 3. | BodyButter | 500 |
| 4. | kefkat | 403 |
| 5. | CDX_EIRE | 328 |
| 6. | ClivetheVillan | 289 |
| 7. | Villan57 | 244 |
| 8. | thefacehead | 241 |
| 9. | DeanoVilla | 217 |
| 10. | mike_field | 194 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Wigan | 2 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 2 | Chelsea |
| Norwich | 1 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 6 | - | 1 | Sunderland |
| Man Utd | 3 | - | 0 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 1 | Fulham |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 12. Fulham | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 43 |
| 13. Stoke | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | -11 | 42 |
| 14. Southampton | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 41 |
| 15. Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | -22 | 41 |
| 16. Newcastle | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 41 |
| 17. Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 39 |
| 18. Wigan | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -26 | 36 |
Breaking League News
| Liverpool: Begovic To Replace Reina?
» Liverpool : 22/05/2013 20:54:00
|
| Coates thanks friend Pulis
» Stoke : 22/05/2013 18:30:00
|
| Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role
» Aston Villa : 22/05/2013 16:52:00
|
| Boateng Signs Two Year Deal
» Fulham : 22/05/2013 16:50:00
|
| Sullivan Warns Of Complacency!
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:49:00
|
| Lukaku Desire
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:48:00
|
| Carroll Withdrawal
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:47:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
1 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.