Is Hughton inadvertently turning up the heat on Lambo?

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Paul Lambert was keen to accentuate the positives – and accused an inquisitor of “swallowing a negative book” – after Villa’s draw at Stoke.

Lambert was pleased with the resilience of the young claret and blues who extended their unbeaten run to four matches with six points from 12.

But the Villa boss took umbrage at questioning from a reporter who pointed out his team are the lowest scorers in the Premier League with just 12 goals from 16 games. After getting increasingly annoyed Lambert snapped when asked about Gabby Agbonlahor’s record of just one goal in the last 35 league matches.

“Have you swallowed a negative book?” he stormed. “Every question you ask is negative. Gabby is playing well...really, really well.

“The team is going really fine. I have no problem with Gabby. If that’s your take on it, that’s your take on it.”

Lambert also refused to discuss Darren Bent after giving the record signing his first run of action for five week as a 66th minute substitute.

“Listen I have to stop you,” he said. “I’m not answering any more questions on it. I answered about 305 the other night. I’m not answering any more.” On Villa’s lack of goals, Lambert commented: “I want to win the game. It’s not rocket science.

“It’s (the scoring record) not something I’m actually overly worried about, because I know it will come.”

Lambert preferred to focus on the plus points after Villa’s third clean sheet in four games.

“They have done really fine,” he added. “Really, really fine.”

 

This article was from today''s Birmingham Mail. Lambo getting stroppy again. It got me to thinking, when we were dropping like a stone early season that could only have been good for Lambo''s stock - look what a shambles we are without him etc. Now that we''re doing better than we did last season under his stewardship, maybe it gives a less positive impression of the importance of his contribution? Whatever the answer, let''s hope Hoots piles on the pressure Tuesday night! OTBC

 

 

 

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He has always been a stroppy so and so. It''s just that with us, if you think about it, he was NEVER under any pressure other than for a very brief period at the beginning of last season and even then it was nothing since we were already expected to be doing cr@p.

What he is experiencing now is new for him - premier league levels of media pressure and scrutiny while doing BADLY with a so called big club, with a player mutiny thrown in for good measure. He must be longing for January when he can get shot of Bent and get a bit of money in to strengthen. Although whether he will actually be able to do that in the January Junket is a moot point in itself.

All that said, i don''t think any of it has anything to do with us or CH. He has much much more to worry about. Until Tuesday of course...[:P]