Aston Villa chief executive Tom Fox is supremely confident that the club can pull themselves out of their current slump.
The Birmingham outfit have not won a Premier League fixture since December 7, having lost four of their past seven outings, which has seen them fall to 15th on the table and only three points clear of the drop zone.
Those shortcomings have heaped pressure on manager Paul Lambert who has been the subject of negativity from the Villa fans but Fox says he and owner Randy Lerner have faith in the Scotsman.
"When things aren't going well, fans bay for that type of blood. That's not the way that I or the owner are going to make a decision," Fox told the BBC.
"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.
"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."
Villa will get the chance to build on the weekend's 2-1 FA Cup fourth round win over AF Bournemouth when they meet in-form Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
