"You don't want to be getting out lbw all the time and you want to make more runs. Shane would be disappointed, so are we," head coach Lehmann said.
"We'll certainly look at the wicket and work out the best XI to win in those conditions and if it means making changes, we'll make changes.
"That won't be an issue for the selection panel. It's going to be a tight call heading into the second Test."
All-rounder Watson, 34, has played 59 Tests in which he has scored 3,731 runs and taken 75 wickets.
However, he has passed 50 only once this calendar year and he is coming under increasing pressure from 23-year-old Mitchell Marsh who hit centuries in both of Australia's tour warm-up games.
Should Watson be dropped?
Australia will be loathe to make changes and show "any hint of panic", according to Australian broadcaster Jim Maxwell, but there is increasing clamour for Watson, who made his international debut in 2002, to be dropped.
He has become the target of ridicule from England's supporters, with ex-England spinner Graeme Swann noting: "The Barmy Army have a new song for Watson to the tune of the Andy Williams classic 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You', you know that bit where it builds to the chorus? It goes 'lb, lb, lbw'" they were singing it and sure enough Shane got out lbw!"
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