Aston Villa chief executive Tom Fox says manager Paul Lambert still has the full support of the club and remains as important as ever to owner Randy Lerner. That statement comes after a poor run of result in the Premier League, with just 12 points in their last 18 matches. Tom Fox dismisses the sacking option though, he told BBC Sport (link: http://www.bbc.com/sport) that firing the manager in the middle of the season would be like "flipping a coin".
"When things aren't going well, fans bay for that type of blood," Fox said. "That's not the way that I or the owner are going to make a decision. It's a false narrative." Aston Villa have struggled to score under Paul Lambert, with just 97 goals in 98 games since the former Norwich boss took charge. They are currently 15th in the Premier League table, just three points above the relegation area.
"I think football's a funny business and I think to put it all on the manager, again, that's a bit of a false narrative," Tom Fox added. "There's a lot of things happening at this football club, and clearly what happens on the pitch is a focal point. Clearly the manager is the one person who can really influence that, so everyone focuses on it. Our focus for the last couple of months has been on making sure we support Paul to make us as successful as possible, and I think we're heading in the right direction."
Aston Villa are 3/10 at Bet365 to avoid relegation this season.
kkole 9 years ago
In my opinion they should release Paul Lambert a long time ago. I think that he isn't good manager. He know how to defend but his team don't have any clue what to do in offense. Aston Villa will avoid relegation that is for sure but that is only because in premier league we have teams like Liecester and Burnley who are...
In my opinion they should release Paul Lambert a long time ago. I think that he isn't good manager. He know how to defend but his team don't have any clue what to do in offense. Aston Villa will avoid relegation that is for sure but that is only because in premier league we have teams like Liecester and Burnley who are so bad, they have low budget and I think that they just can't survive in premier league. but we will see, if Aston Villa don't do something they are in dangerous too.
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galata86 9 years ago
Aston Villa doesn't have good season so far but it is not finish yet and I think that this team have good players and a lot of potential and they will be better and i am sure that they will stay clear of relegation. I think that they have problems in attack, they don't score a lot of goals and that is reason why Aston Villa...
Aston Villa doesn't have good season so far but it is not finish yet and I think that this team have good players and a lot of potential and they will be better and i am sure that they will stay clear of relegation. I think that they have problems in attack, they don't score a lot of goals and that is reason why Aston Villa is in bad situation now, but they have good defense and that is very important because defense wins points :)
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sharpe
9 years ago
I don't think that we can blame only manager for the current situation in Aston Villa. For some years now they don't spend much at the transfer market and rely mostly on their young players from the academy, and with that politic is pretty normal that main priority for Villa is just to stay at premier league.
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seculla
9 years ago
I totally agree with Mr. Tom Fox. Despite not really good season so far for Aston Villa I don't think that their manager Paul Lambert is quilt for that. Yes, manager is always part of club's form but also there are so many things that have influence. If you ask me I think that their biggest problem is their middle, they...
I totally agree with Mr. Tom Fox. Despite not really good season so far for Aston Villa I don't think that their manager Paul Lambert is quilt for that. Yes, manager is always part of club's form but also there are so many things that have influence. If you ask me I think that their biggest problem is their middle, they just don't have player in midfield that can keep the ball and make chances for their best striker Benteke.
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