Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread

[TheEgo]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Houllier looked resigned to his fate to me..............Well at least I hope he is

[themossman]

Tonight I've changed my mind about the likelihood of relegation (high) and whether houllier should go (yes).

[PhilGibson]

We are in big trouble, whatever way we look at it, we are now in a very precarious position. Will we stay up with houiller? I am not convinced at all, we are basically newcastle from 2 seasons ago.

[TonyD]

You cannot blame injuries etc for that today.

This was down to poor tactics and EH being a clown.

We are going down boys.

[D.boy]

I have wanted to give Houllier a chance up til now.
Gabby played out wide is ineffective.
Ashley Young played in the middle off the striker. Why continue with it, it has been unproductive all season and Young is very good at running around with little end product and to be honest if he went I don't think it would be the end of the world. Don't get me started on his continual waste of free kicks.
If players have fallen out with Houllier they need to remember that it's Aston Villa that pay their wages, not Houllier.


 

[ExclDawg]

Ged out!

[Small Rodent]

I actually think all the farting around by the board "doing things right" is coming home to roost amongst other things. It's like a house of cards.

[nuninho]

Resign

[LeeB]

Why can't we be just 'indifferent' for while? Why does it have to turn to complete shit straight away?

Arseholes to it all.

[ez]

We are now in a relegation battle.

We have been for weeks.  Has it taken us being in the bottom three for you to realise?

I must admit I've been in denial but i'm not now.

[eastie]

We need new players and fast- these players will not keep us up!

Can we afford to sack a manager in the transfer window again? I do not know what to think but if houllier stays he needs lots of cash and signings now- and if he goes we need a new manager straight away and new players in- we cannot afford to dither as randy did in august!

Back him and give him a load of cash - or sack him and replace him very fast - it's your call randy !

[Countryside Villain]

I really wanted Houllier to succeed and wanted to avoid knee-jerk reactions.  This is not a knee-jerk reaction, he's had a go and injuries and players aside, shown he's not up to the job.  Doesn't know what his best side is, plays our best striker out wide, doesn't have the balls/nous to change things and fails to get the best out of anybody bar Heskey.

That was fucking abysmal against a poor Sunderland side.  The Club needs to take action now before its too late.

[puppyfeat]

I think we are going down, why start and play all the game with a system that was set up to counter Chelsea away, it wasnt working ever body could see that, he had a pretty decent squad to pick from, by the time he changed it was too late. He hasnt got a clue.

100%. Giving Albrighton - probably our most creative and effective player all season - just the last 2 mins + injury time was simply absurd. Fuck off Houllier - I'd rather have KMac back in charge than you!

[cdward]

We are getting the luck of a relegation team, i.e f**k all,  but Houllier has once again shown he does not possess the tactical nous, or capability of motivating a team to get a result

[midian]

Hopefully by the time MOTD comes on Houllier will have resigned....we can all hope!