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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on November 08, 2014, 02:06:08 PM
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Predictable line up - no Okore
GUZAN, LOWTON, VLAAR, BAKER, CISSOKHO, SANCHEZ, WESTWOOD, CLEVERLEY, WEIMANN, N'ZOGBIA, AGBONLAHOR
SUBS: GIVEN, CLARK, BACUNA, COLE, SENDEROS, RICHARDSON, BENT
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I disagree with this team.
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Villa make me disagreeable. Especially on match days.
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Okore must be utter pants.
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Given, Richardson, Cole, Senderos, Bent.
That bench is quality, back in 2008.
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same old same old...
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Do we have proof that Okore actually exists ?
The rugby I was meant to be attending this afternoon has just been called off due to flooding.
Therefore, its either Eng v NZ on TV or try to find West Ham v Villa somewhere
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Predictable.
Where is the inventiveness, the ability to surprise the opposition ?
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Why not jack on bench at least but bloody past it cole
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Uninspired and unsurprising line up. Try and win please Villa.
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No Okore or Grealish in the squad.
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No Grealish on the bench, manager clearly prefers the look of a 47 year old Joe Cole who seems to have all the physical stamina of an overweight bus driver.
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As there has been no mention of injury, not impressed that there is no Grealish again.
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If it ain't broke don't fix it guys. *facepalm*
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West ham improved loads since they got rid of Cole.
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You go 6 straight defeats with essentially the same system/line up week in week out. At what point do you start to think maybe I need to change things a bit? Isn't that why we have a squad? This reminds me so much of the dog days of MON where despite having options he would keep faith with all of the same players every week despite the blindingly obvious staring him in the face. Then when the wheels fell off he walked because he couldn't get enough support to buy even more subs that would never play.
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How depressingly predictable
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Crap team, crap squad. Please prove me wrong, Villa. Why on earth Grealish isn't even in the squad I'll never know. All the fuss to tie him down and since then, he's disappeared.
Fuck off Lambert.
Let's hope Villa subdue my negativity.
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How depressingly predictable
And this. I completely agree with you CJ.
But, I'm sat here in Tokyo, my girlfriend has just sat down next to me in her Villa shirt(bless her), I've a whiskey soda in hand, and I will at least cheer the Villa on from the safety of my own living room. I can't face going to the pubs now. I have nothing to discuss with fellow football fans. I feel I have nothing positive to say. haha.
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What's going to be more painful - this or the rugby?
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This is gonna be utter muck to watch with that line up. It's the very line up most would have predicted Lambert would pick. It's so uninspired. Westwood and Cleverley will continue battling for the title of sideways pass master. Gabby will undoubtedly do the square root of cock all and our midfield and attack will look like they've never met. They'll look like they're playing in different time zones.
You can almost see the MOTD post match analysis about the mystical rise of West Ham thanks to future England manager Sam Allardyce, with nary a mention for the dross shower of shite the hammers probably dispatched with ease earlier in the day.
Hopefully I'll be proved wrong, but with that lineup, I doubt it. Gabby will probably take the central role, forcing Andi out wide.
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I'm convinced that Jack Grealish is a figment of our combined imaginations.
Please let this be Lambert's last game in charge.
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I'm going to gloss a picture rail, skirting board and radiator listening to this on the radio. Keep the razor blades away from me.
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ok ive now got my Aston Villa claret and blue eyes on, come on Villa, I Believe, please get us the points, no idea who will score but 90 minutes full at it, I love Aston Villa.
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This to me smacks of a lineup of a dead man walking. It's not quite McLeish vs Norwich horrendous, but it's just as uninspired and unimaginative.
So many players playing shit. We desperately need to freshen this mess up.
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Don't see the point playing both cleverly and Westwood. Lambert needed to try some thing different , like posters are saying, predictable.
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I feel we are not being told the truth about Okore and him continually failing to even make the bench.The situation reminds me of when Bent was made team captain and then within a week or so was banished to the wilderness with no explanation
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The fucking idiot strikes again. Lerner and this twat will take us down, I am convinced of it. Perhaps that actually will be for the best if it gets rid of these two tossers. At least Johnny May has scored in the rugby
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I honestly think Lambert has given up. Why not try something different?
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You go 6 straight defeats with essentially the same system/line up week in week out. At what point do you start to think maybe I need to change things a bit? Isn't that why we have a squad? This reminds me so much of the dog days of MON where despite having options he would keep faith with all of the same players every week despite the blindingly obvious staring him in the face. Then when the wheels fell off he walked because he couldn't get enough support to buy even more subs that would never play.
Well there's two points of view there.
Lamberts apparently stems from what he learned in Dortmund, where you don't look back, but believe in what you're doing.
Fine when you're surrounded by world class players, playing in a system that works and coach doing the "dwelling on defeats" for you. Fine when there's plenty of evidence to justify that belief in what you're doing.
The alternative is Einstein's view that to repeatedly do the same thing and expect a sudden change in outcome is a definition pod madness.
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Lets hope for another Charlie free kick.
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I honestly think Lambert has given up. Why not try something different?
That's a good idea, maybe a new manager.
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What an uninspiring line up that is.We lose six in a row and our best player is suspended,so keep the same lineup with that lazy sod Gabby in and no place for Grealish on the bench.Can we sue him under the trade descriptions act pretending to be a football manager?
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Dear Santa,
Please make this Lamberks last game in charge.
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Your so right Richard, you have to wonder just how bad we have to be before our clueless owner wakes up to the fact we are getting worse by the week and needs to take some action
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Your so right Richard, you have to wonder just how bad we have to be before our clueless owner wakes up to the fact we are getting worse by the week and needs to take some action
They are both as thick as pig shit, Lerner is lucky he inherited money or else he'd probably be homeless. He looks as gormless as he is while Lambert looks like a pissed up hobo. I'm fucking sick of the sight of both of these twats
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Lambert on Final score...... We're playing decent football but we just aren't getting the breaks.
He just don't get it does he.
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Says grealish on bench on BT sports
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commentary here.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29939538
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Lambert on Final score...... We're playing decent football but we just aren't getting the breaks.
He just don't get it does he.
I thought we was excellent, the three goals were against the run of play and we were unlucky.
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Just a long, endless string of excuses and alibis.
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Your so right Richard, you have to wonder just how bad we have to be before our clueless owner wakes up to the fact we are getting worse by the week and needs to take some action
They are both as thick as pig shit, Lerner is lucky he inherited money or else he'd probably be homeless. He looks as gormless as he is while Lambert looks like a pissed up hobo. I'm fucking sick of the sight of both of these twats
Get it off your chest, Richard.
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I am very relaxed about this. I want him gone, and a much as I want Villa to win and turn this all around, I know that a defeat edges Lambert closer to the edge. At some point new contract or not, the situation becomes untenable.
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Lambert on Final score...... We're playing decent football but we just aren't getting the breaks.
He just don't get it does he.
Horribly close to the real thing.
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When a poorly dog stops wagging it's tail it's time to put it out of its misery...that's Lambert as Villa mgr #givenup
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Lambert on Final score...... We're playing decent football but we just aren't getting the breaks.
He just don't get it does he.
Oh dear.
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Not sure what he can do differently, really, given the players available to him. Although the fact he has nobody with any technique or creativity in the final third is his own fault.
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Your so right Richard, you have to wonder just how bad we have to be before our clueless owner wakes up to the fact we are getting worse by the week and needs to take some action
They are both as thick as pig shit, Lerner is lucky he inherited money or else he'd probably be homeless. He looks as gormless as he is while Lambert looks like a pissed up hobo. I'm fucking sick of the sight of both of these twats
Get it off your chest, Richard.
I will because these two are taking us down. They are ruining our club between them to the point where I no longer recognise the team I supported for 40 years. I fucking resent that so so much. Lerner is fast becoming the worst thing that ever happened to this club. If going down means these two piss off, then bring it on. Following us at the moment is utterly pointless as far as I can see.
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Afternoon everyone. Looks Like Lambert's trying to scrape a point, packing the midfield.
Another depressing afternoon in store.
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The next manager has got to change the formation. That 4-3-3 will end up looking like a 4-6-0 today.
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I'm not going to watch for a while.
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Lambert on Final score...... We're playing decent football but we just aren't getting the breaks.
He just don't get it does he.
I thought he was excellent, the three goals were against the run of play and we were unlucky.
"We need to go again we have another game next week...what? no I mean the Saturday after ...what? not the saturday after ok Sunday...not Sunday? Yes I forgot Monday so we will be well prepared for that."
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Here we go, let's fuck these kit stealing wankers off.
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we look very white and clean
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3 year deal?
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Your so right Richard, you have to wonder just how bad we have to be before our clueless owner wakes up to the fact we are getting worse by the week and needs to take some action
They are both as thick as pig shit, Lerner is lucky he inherited money or else he'd probably be homeless. He looks as gormless as he is while Lambert looks like a pissed up hobo. I'm fucking sick of the sight of both of these twats
Get it off your chest, Richard.
I will because these two are taking us down. They are ruining our club between them to the point where I no longer recognise the team I supported for 40 years. I fucking resent that so so much. Lerner is fast becoming the worst thing that ever happened to this club. If going down means these two piss off, then bring it on. Following us at the moment is utterly pointless as far as I can see.
And breathe.. ;)
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Noble free header near post from corner. That does not augur well.
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Stupid foul by Westwood.
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Can we claim that as a shot on target from Ron?
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we look very white and clean
We look like Real Madrid. Sadly we play like Real Headless Chickens.
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we look very white and clean
We look like Real Madrid. Sadly we play like Real Headless Chickens.
i was thinking that
Real shite
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wow, Gabby that was so shit
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Oh Gabby!
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sitter
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at least we know Collins is still gash
edit: fuck me that nearly bit me in the arse didn't it?
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that is useless
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Why is he laughing
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Oooh not bad. Awful
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Gabby everything great then truly awful finish
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Gabby you are truly shit. There's no excuse for that. FFS.
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Who was on Collins then?
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collins nearly scores from downing corner
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Collins nearly scores from a Downing corner.
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great interception by Vlaar otherwise a goal for them
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Who was on Collins then?
Bacuna.
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Great by Vlaar but careless by Sanchez again
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vlaar good interception
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Got away with it there!
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we are a fucking mess at the back. Lowton is going to be murdered by Valencia today
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fuck
were hanging on
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We are hanging on here
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this dont look good
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What minute will they get their first?
24th I reckon.
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collins nearly scores from downing corner
Collins nearly scores from a Downing corner.
That's the quickest correction post ever!
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Gabby's shooting is shit, but at least he's running at them.
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Losing Benteke again is such a killer
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Surely that came off the defender then?
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Another awful attempt by Gabby.
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If luck is on your side that goes in for a comedy OG.
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We just don't look like we have it in us to get the ball and start to play, we are so feeble.
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
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this dont look good
No, no, no. Haven't you heard? We play decent stuff, we're just unlucky.
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How was it not a corner from the clearly deflected Gabby shot
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
Knowing Lambert he'll strengthen it by signing Cleverley on a permanent deal
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
Knowing Lambert he'll strengthen it by signing Cleverley on a permanent deal
Probs
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we are entirely on the back foot. It's appears only a matter of time before they score. We look so devoid of any real belief and confidence and looking simply to play on the counter hoping for something to break for us.
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That was scary from Brad!
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Plucky Villa showing a bit of heart to keep it goalless against the mighty West Ham.
W.
T.
F.
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
Knowing Lambert he'll strengthen it by signing Cleverley on a permanent deal
I'd put money on Cleverley looking really good playing for a team that wants to retain possession.
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we are entirely on the back foot. It's appears only a matter of time before they score. We look so devoid of any real belief and confidence and looking simply to play on the counter hoping for something to break for us.
Isnt it like this every week?
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close again guzan in no mans land
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Matter of time this
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How many corners is that for Wham?
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a few corners already for spammers
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Yet another corner for them. I make that 6.
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Brad redeems himself by saving from rat face.
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
Knowing Lambert he'll strengthen it by signing Cleverley on a permanent deal
I'd put money on Cleverley looking really good playing for a team that wants to retain possession.
But he was shit at Man.Utd and even you have to agree with that.
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shot on taget woo hoooo
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Great save Brad
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
Knowing Lambert he'll strengthen it by signing Cleverley on a permanent deal
I'd put money on Cleverley looking really good playing for a team that wants to retain possession.
My thoughts exactly - he's a good player.
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guzan saves from downing
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We are just watching the game go on around us.
No passing or shape, nothing
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Great save Brad
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ffs baker
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We are just watching the game go on around us.
No passing or shape, nothing
Groundhog day
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:-*Our two best players are out so how are we supposed to do anything against teams like West Ham W. E. S. T. H. A. M
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Unsurprising line up, unsurprising pattern of play so far.
I wonder what result we should expect?
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I can't watch any more. :-(
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it's abysmal, Villa. Devoid of any creativity.
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Entertaining game unless you are a Villa fan in which case it is ghastly torture as usual.
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Well we've had our 1 shot on target for the game
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Westwood and Cleverley are rubbish. They offer nothing defensively and zero going forward, thus why we are being screwed in every game they play. That would be the area I strengthen in January.
Knowing Lambert he'll strengthen it by signing Cleverley on a permanent deal
I'd put money on Cleverley looking really good playing for a team that wants to retain possession.
My thoughts exactly - he's a good player.
Ha
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I get excited when we string a pass together!
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Fucking comedy defending again
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great ball from rat face
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8 pens already to them still 0 0
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This really is fucking atrocious
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Lowton shepherds the ball past the post.
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This is a bad performance.
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Well we've had our 1 shot on target for the game
matches last week - progress
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E look like a team devoid of everything.
Confidence, tactics, ideas, just about everything.
We look like team going through the motions, and heading nowhere but down.
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31% possession
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We are a fucking shambles
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We need to get at least a point today to put our run to an end.
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31% possession
I'm surprised it's that high.
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Cissokho and N'Zogbia giving the ball away with every touch.
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same old Villa
we look like mccleish team
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What a fucking awful cross
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same old Villa
we look like mccleish team
Much much worse I think.
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What a fucking awful cross
No right foot...
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This is a bad performance.
I hope this is our bad half.
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I genuinely can't tell what it is we're actually trying to do! Is there anything even resembling a tactic, an approach?
We are just a complete shambles.
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Absolute crap.
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This is a bad performance.
I hope this is our bad half.
Of the season?
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Finally something to smile about from the match
West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa
Posted at 15:30
The 'new-look' West Ham continue to threaten. The Hammers could go above West Ham with a win this afternoon and are looking good so far.
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I genuinely can't tell what it is we're actually trying to do! Is there anything even resembling a tactic, an approach?
We are just a complete shambles.
Park the bus, it seems to me.
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hes fucking scribbling
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same old Villa
we look like mccleish team
This is the sort of performance that makes me pine for the Mcleish glory days.
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This is a bad performance.
I hope this is our bad half.
Of the season?
Of the decade.
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CJ beats me to the joke.
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I could cry
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wwre been that shit
we will score
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At least Lamberts found time to do his lottery numbers.
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"We score once a month, we score once a month, we're Aston Villa, we score once a month."
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Has there been a more consistently disorganised, god awful looking, shower of shite side at being in possession of a football than us in the last couple of years? I honestly don't think there has and you'd struggle to find sides looking as clueless in the bottom of the football league, maybe even non-league too.
Absolutely horrendous. How the fuck do we put up with this?
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hes fucking scribbling
Let's hope it's his resignation letter.
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hes fucking scribbling
I like to think he's working on a collection of haiku.
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Scary thought. Nzogbia may be our most technical player, and he can't control a ball.
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hes fucking scribbling
Let's hope it's his resignation letter.
"All work and no play makes Paul a dull boy"
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Ooooh - unlucky
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hes fucking scribbling
I like to think he's working on a collection of haiku.
We will never score.
I get paid for doing this.
Can we go again?
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Yet again we are mainly crap, and yet again now and again you see we can pass and move a bit as shown by Andi and Cleverely. Why the fuck don't we do it more!
And a bit of pressure!
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shot on target again ;) ;)
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Good move and chance there.
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Good run Charlie, we need to see a lot more of that.
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straight down the goalies throat thouu but better
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Blimey. Villa force save from keeper. Wonders will never cease.
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Free kick in promising area......
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A rare glimpse of just what Zogbia can do. I wish he'd do it more. That said I'd fancy a better manager, in a more organised side to provide a better platform for our more talented players to be more consistent.
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Have we comatosed the crowd ? It's very subdued
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Feeble attempt
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Have we comatosed the crowd ? It's very subdued
That is his mater plan! Bore the life out of everyone.
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Worst. Pass. Ever!
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At least Gabby looks interested today. I want to see him running at them more, winning some freekicks.
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stop doing dot to fucking dot
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Sanchez looking the best of our midfielders.
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Fuck me Sanchez, what was that?
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My fault.
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This, to me, looks like a team trying to get their manager sacked.
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At least Gabby looks interested today. I want to see him running at them more, winning some freekicks.
I think he knows he can get something today. He just needs the service.
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We do seemed to have played our way into the game, last 5 mins.
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keane aint happy
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Keane looks well happy
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Keano getting a tad annoyed.
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Thank fuck Downing is still a wanker and bollocks
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At least Gabby looks interested today. I want to see him running at them more, winning some freekicks.
I think he knows he can get something today. He just needs the service.
Paul Merson on SSN said that last week Gabby was playing like he was thinking, 'Why am I subbing today?' .
He seemed fed up like most of us.
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Rat boy fluffs it. Haha wanker!
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Hahahahahaha Downing
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Hahaha, nice work Stuart.
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downing misses easy chance ;)
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Downing you cheap piece of a fucking wanker
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We do seemed to have played our way into the game, last 5 mins.
That usually means we will go behind any minute now - probably 2nd minute of injury time.
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woo hoo 0-0 ;)
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Well at least it's still 0-0 and we have looked like we could score. Gabby having his monthly half decent game helps.
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Downing, you are a twat.
Come on Villa. We improved in the last 10 minutes.
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Sanchez looking the best of our midfielders.
Plenty of time yet for his regulatory major fuck up . That aside he was the best v spurs too.
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I haven't got the game on, but i have some jack Daniels. I'll knock back a shot for every shot we had on target. What's it to be?
For the 2nd half I'll just go with any old shot, just so i can enjoy myself.
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We drew the first half, now we go again.
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hes fucking scribbling
I like to think he's working on a collection of haiku.
We will never score.
I get paid for doing this.
Can we go again?
Lowton in full flight.
Flailing feather feet aflame.
God I want to die.
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Monumentally depressing.
If it isn't a chance on the counter attack, there is absolutely nothing to us. We spent most of that half just ambling around in our own half, not having any shape or recognisable intent, nothing.
How much more of this manager are we going to have to endure?
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As entertaining as George Osborne, when will this duffer fuck off. Nice to see Keane move off his arse at last.
We've made it to half time. Part one of 30% possession, park the bus draw complete.
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Well some how we've not conceded yet but its only only to worse as the time ticks on.
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Monumentally depressing.
If it isn't a chance on the counter attack, there is absolutely nothing to us. We spent most of that half just ambling around in our own half, not having any shape or recognisable intent, nothing.
How much more of this manager are we going to have to endure?
Yep very very disappointing.
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A little better in the last 5-10 minutes but still not good enough. At least West Ham seemed to take their foot off the gas a little.
Sanchez looks a class apart from Westwood and Cleverley. He's settled into the game after struggling in the opening 10 minutes with their high tempo.
Zogbia has shown flashes of good play and moments of fist biting frustration. Gabby's looked interested.
Cissokho has turn into Bambi on ice after the first 4 games.
Up until 30 minutes the game looked a home banker. Now it kind of looks like a 0-0 banker, which I'd take.
Fully expect the half time team talks to play a part and thus be in the favour of West Ham though.
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poor for 35 mins
had a bit more play for ten mins
gabby has to be scoring that
dont really look like scoring to be fair
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I thought first half the lads were terrific, I couldnae ask any more of them and with a wee bit of luck we should have been coming in 2-0 up.
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The worst of it is, I'm feeling like the last 5-10 mins is us near our best.
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Why is it that whenever we manage to get a string of passes together....the man getting the service looks surprised , afraid or both?
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Hopefully that was our poor 45 mins, god help us if it wasn't.
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We are just shocking. No shape or attacking intent, absolutely nothing.
Yet if we manage to keep a clean sheet, or even nick a goal, the manager will no doubt be delighted with it, and the owner - if he's even paying attention to the match - will be similarly elated.
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Can't wait for the DVD of this season
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Gary Gardner has scored again for Brighton. Bring him back?
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Monumentally depressing.
If it isn't a chance on the counter attack, there is absolutely nothing to us. We spent most of that half just ambling around in our own half, not having any shape or recognisable intent, nothing.
How much more of this manager are we going to have to endure?
Oh plenty Paulie because we have an owner who doesn't give a shit and who has a history as long as your arm of fucking up sports teams
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Now, fat Sam will change things and shake them up.
What are we going to do to change things, or is Lambert more than happy to hang on to a point?
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I thought first half the lads were terrific, I couldnae ask any more of them and with a wee bit of luck we should have been coming in 2-0 up.
When Gabby blazed that chance high over the bar and laughed, I thought that was fantastic. Couldn't ask for more. He's come off the back of playing 10 Premier League sides in a row, bang bang bang, it's mentally and physically draining, with a bit of luck it could have been a shot on target.
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We are just shocking. No shape or attacking intent, absolutely nothing.
Yet if we manage to keep a clean sheet, or even nick a goal, the manager will no doubt be delighted with it, and the owner - if he's even paying attention to the match - will be similarly elated.
If Lerner kept updated by watching the games he'd be a bit more clued up, as it is getting a weekly match report by ''absolutely fantastic'' Lambert over the phone probably keeps him in his little deluded seminite wonderland across the pond.
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We are just shocking. No shape or attacking intent, absolutely nothing.
Yet if we manage to keep a clean sheet, or even nick a goal, the manager will no doubt be delighted with it, and the owner - if he's even paying attention to the match - will be similarly elated.
I'll be delighted with that as well.
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Can't wait for the DVD of this season
No need to fill up an entire DVD, it can be summed up in a 4-frame gif here...
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=51120.0 (http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=51120.0)
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We are just shocking. No shape or attacking intent, absolutely nothing.
Yet if we manage to keep a clean sheet, or even nick a goal, the manager will no doubt be delighted with it, and the owner - if he's even paying attention to the match - will be similarly elated.
I'll be delighted with that as well.
With the performance, I mean.
Godawful junk again.
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We'll score again, don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll score again some sunny day.........
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I expect the obvious will happen in the second half. We are simply not capable of sustaining this level of pressure for a full 90 minutes. Chasing the ball is exhausting and we will make mental errors. Downing should have done a lot better with his chance but the defending that led to it was criminal. It is only a matter of time until the door cracks and falls in.
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Monumentally depressing.
If it isn't a chance on the counter attack, there is absolutely nothing to us. We spent most of that half just ambling around in our own half, not having any shape or recognisable intent, nothing.
How much more of this manager are we going to have to endure?
And as we've seen, when we go behind in games it's effectively game over as the counter attack no longer works and we don't have another tactic.
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Gary Gardner has scored again for Brighton. Bring him back?
No. Keep him where he's playing well and scoring goals, then review it in January or at the end of the season.
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So close Andi
Or even Cleverley
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I haven't got the game on, but i have some jack Daniels. I'll knock back a shot for every shot we had on target. What's it to be?
For the 2nd half I'll just go with any old shot, just so i can enjoy myself.
If I was you I'd put the kettle on.
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There's something about Downing's face that guarantees I'd never tire of stamping on it.
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Oh dear
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Unlucky TC23.
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We need to be scoring our halfly shot.
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9 corners to 0. Fuck me. It's really hard to be this bad but we are managing it comfortably.
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lowton fell over
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On the bright side, the kit looks nice with the white shorts.
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There's something about Downing's face that guarantees I'd never tire of stamping on it.
Alan Pardew, Stuart Downing and one bullet. What a dilemma! I mean which one do you want to have the quick death and which one do you to want repeatedly beat with the butt of the gun?
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Are West Ham wearing longer studs?
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I haven't got the game on, but i have some jack Daniels. I'll knock back a shot for every shot we had on target. What's it to be?
For the 2nd half I'll just go with any old shot, just so i can enjoy myself.
The world's safest drinking game.
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There's something about Downing's face that guarantees I'd never tire of stamping on it.
Alan Pardew, Stuart Downing and one bullet. What a dilemma! I mean which one do you want to have the quick death and which one do you to want repeatedly beat with the butt of the gun?
You bring in Angeina Jolie and fire one of those bending bullets through the head of both. In fact there would be room to add in Savage and Terry at the same time.
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We look better in monsoon conditions.
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Our possession is up to 42%.
Must be a record for us.
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Can't see WHU scoring. Unless Carroll gets on and repeats his hat-trick.
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carlton cole will come on later
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Good work from Gabby.
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And then at the other end by Baker.
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Excellent challenge from Baker
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spammers defending awful
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To be fair we've been ok so far this half. We've matched them.
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lowton fell over
Sounds like an accountancy practice .
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West Ham have a shaky defence, all you need to do is actually put them under a bit of pressure every now and then.
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Say it quietly we are playing better. And it is all a result of playing with the ball a bit more. It's not rocket science.
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More good work from Baker.
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There are few players in the league that do last ditch tackles and clearances better than Baker
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CB have been ok
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I read words like monumentally depressing, fuc*ing shocking, and similar.
That means that at least this season - unlike the previous - we are all convinced that Lambert is a tragedy which we should get rid of asap.
Given that we do not (and probably will not in the future) do this, I begin to think that for some reason the club has decided to be relegated.
I do not see any other reason for leaving our best players like Vlaar and Delph, and for making a new contract to the man that less deserves it, the man who has succedeed only in one thing, in breaking all the negative records of our beloved club.
Depressing.
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I want that Villa Chucky!
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this is when you bring grealish on to nick the win
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I know that Baker probably cause a goal or two before we final whistle but I dont care...
...without him be be down by 3 or something and I am thankful he is playing instead of Clark!
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Say it quietly we are playing better. And it is all a result of playing with the ball a bit more. It's not rocket science.
Still heading for a Wet Spam winner in 3rd minute of injury time - we will get better and better - miss several good chances then one of our rejects will get one.
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this is when you bring grealish on to nick the win
Not even on bench, Joe Cole in the way
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Looking a bit better this half I think.
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The best league in the world has produced one goal so far this afternoon.
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Birthday boy Joe Cole to come on and be involved with our winner! #wishfulthinking
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another shot on target
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Guzan lumping balls doesn't work without Benteke. Their centre backs have won every one so far. Problem is what is the alternative without any ability in midfield? That's where we miss Delph badly.
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From da beeb
West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa
Posted at 16:10
Gabby Agbonlahor continues to unsettle the West Ham defence but again there is no real end product. This is beginning to hurt my eyes.
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this is when you bring grealish on to nick the win
Not even on bench, Joe Cole in the way
Yes with Joe and Darren sitting there there is no room for Jack.
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I hate Kevin Nolan and his stupid chicken goal celebration
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Kevin Nolan. He loves scoring agianst us
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Nice work from Sanchez.
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We have no diagonal movement up front at all.
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Nolan on for Koyate. No doubt Carroll will follow. Guess what's coming...
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I can't stand Kevin Nolan. Which makes him scoring all the more likely. Chicken dancing twat.
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Fucking Nolan, I can't stand him. He's bound to score.
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Nolan has scored more against us than anyone else. Lovely.
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Yesssssssssss
Our first corner
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Nolan has scored more against us than anyone else. Lovely.
It seems everybody has that stat.
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Sanchez, who we are told is a defensive midfielder, is the most potent attacking threat in our midfield.
Westwood off for Grealish? Or do you think Lambert's going to settle for a point to stop the rot.
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We are building pressure!!
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We've managed to drag West Ham down to our level
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I can't stand Kevin Nolan. Which makes him scoring all the more likely. Chicken dancing twat.
Yeah agreed and he's scored more goals against us than any other club.
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Sanchez, who we are told is a defensive midfielder, is the most potent attacking threat in our midfield.
Westwood off for Grealish? Or do you think Lambert's going to settle for a point to stop the rot.
It would be nothing short of a miracle if Grealish played today.
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As a spectacle, this is no spectacle.
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Complete panic from West Ham.
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Andi booked for dissent. Again.
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I am sick of hearing commentators week after week saying people have their best scoring records against villa
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Sanchez, who we are told is a defensive midfielder, is the most potent attacking threat in our midfield.
Westwood off for Grealish? Or do you think Lambert's going to settle for a point to stop the rot.
It would be nothing short of a miracle if Grealish played today.
Maybe if one more person says it he'll magically appear. Like Beetlejuice
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Nolan has scored more against us than anyone else. Lovely.
It seems everybody has that stat.
And here comes Professor Stephen Hawking, who has scored more goals against Villa than any other club. He's some 'keeper.
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I am sick of hearing commentators week after week saying people have their best scoring records against villa
I'm pretty sure my best goal scoring record is against Villa
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Grealish on now please.
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On the bright side, 12 corners and not conceded to any of them.
Remember back when every corner against us was like a penalty?
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Nolan should have been at least booked then. No free kick of course.
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Grealish on now please.
He's not on the bench.
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The first half was entertaining for spammers and newts but ghastly for us. This half is grim for all spectators.
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Another corner
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Grealish on now please.
It didn't work did it?
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Uh oh, Can't Control coming on.
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JackGrealish JackGrealish JackGrealish.....
Nope, just have that irritating Michael Keaton and a cloud of smoke in my lounge now.
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Baker looks fucked again. Quelle surprise
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Grealish on now please.
Can you bring on a player not on the bench?
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I know he's not on the bench, but I hope he brings Grealish on anyway.
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Cole not Carroll on for Valencia. Senderos likely for Baker.
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WTF was that Zog?!
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Can't Control on for them
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Here we go. Cole to get a winner for them. I can feel it in my water.
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Here we go. Cole to get a winner for them. I can feel it in my water.
I reckon Nolan in injury time. I can't fucking stand him.
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Sanchez also limping now.
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Giving serious consideration to opening a bottle of wine.
On the one hand, it is too early, on the other, it is dark so that is practically night.
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Sakho should have scored. Gabby down
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See this out lads
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Giving serious consideration to opening a bottle of wine.
On the one hand, it is too early, on the other, it is dark so that is practically night.
Will it ease the pain?
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Giving serious consideration to opening a bottle of wine.
On the one hand, it is too early, on the other, it is dark so that is practically night.
Make sure it is white not claret.
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I've seen this one before. West Ham score > Lambert throws on Richardson and Bent > full time
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Nolan to obstruct Brad from the corner no doubt
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Would an away draw at West Ham (a top 5 club), force Randys hand to give Lambrt a contract extension?
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Fuck me will we get a decent ref decision again this year?
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Never to early just poured myself a Sauvignon blanc.
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Sakho coming out hypnosis and remembering he was a French second division player
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How did nzogbia foul the guy then?? Crock of shit this bloke
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Sanchez has played really well today
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Would an away draw at West Ham (a top 5 club), force Randys hand to give Lambrt a contract extension?
Lambert's contract is so long, it is now as long as it is legally permissible for a contract to be.
We'd have to give him one of the stands, or the whole ground, or something.
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Lowton is a terrific defender isn't he?
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Subs please Lambert?
Get Gabby off
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fuck getting nervy there
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Lowton is a terrific defender isn't he?
He's like the second Scottish Cafu that boy (the first being Big Al Bombsquad Hutton)
Except he's not Scottish.
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gabby just gave the ball away in a great position
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Think we need Bent on, get him to amble around like he's the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, chilling out, taking life easy.
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Would an away draw at West Ham (a top 5 club), force Randys hand to give Lambrt a contract extension?
Lambert's contract is so long, it is now as long as it is legally permissible for a contract to be.
We'd have to give him one of the stands, or the whole ground, or something.
PLs contract is as long as Ron Jeremy's schlong.
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Chose to watch the egg chasers instead if this, just turned over and this is fucking horrible
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Lol.... Loking like uncle phil
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It was a fucking dive
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villa wasting time for a draw ;)
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Would an away draw at West Ham (a top 5 club), force Randys hand to give Lambrt a contract extension?
Lambert's contract is so long, it is now as long as it is legally permissible for a contract to be.
We'd have to give him one of the stands, or the whole ground, or something.
Pretty sure Lamberts agent will be making noises.
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He needs to make a fucking sub.
What is wrong with this bloke? Sanchez and Baker are both fucked.
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What was that about shit refs? Free kick to us for foul on Baker - could easily have been a pen
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Think we need Bent on, get him to amble around like he's the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, chilling out, taking life easy.
Chilling out maxing, relaxing surely.
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We got a free kick there for who knows what and it could have worse had Baker actually followed through. Sure penalty
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ref helped us there
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That was lucky. Looked a pen to me.
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34,857 have paid to watch this
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Lovely time wasting from Villa here. Desperately clinging on to a glorious 0-0.
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Hammers fans booing Baker on a stretcher. Cockney cocks.
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Baker leaves on a stretcher - straight out the ground, down the road, tip him into the canal.
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Fucking hell, Baker off injured again :(
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Senderos on. Surely Sanchez for Richardson might be wise.
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Baker going off. I love watching re-runs of old movies
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Baker leaves on a stretcher - straight out the ground, down the road, tip him into the canal.
Lol
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Wish I was at Port Vale or Millwall. Toing & froing goal fests.
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got to be 7 mins added
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sitter from spammers
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There's a shock. Player back from injury so another player has to get injured. Baker has done well today.
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I am expecting a proper McLeish style fist pump from Lambert if we get a draw. Better still I want him running over to Fox and pounding his chest.
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If Randy was disappointed we didn't celebrate that excellent result last season - goalless draw at home to Southampton - he'll be very, very disappointed indeed if we don't indulge in the appropriate merry making after this gigantic achievement.
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got to be 7 mins added
So Wet Spam will score in the 98th then!
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Can't get hold of the ball for any meaningful amount of time.
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4 minutes. Not too bad.
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Can't get hold of the ball for any meaningful amount of time.
Not a bad suggestion, but I think they'll stick with "Prepared"
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All West Ham.
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1 goal in 7. Lambert promised entertainment when he arrived didn't he.
Ah Carroll on...
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here comes the donkey
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Someone just do fucking something.
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Strange move from Allardyce, they're all over us and there are 2 minutes left.
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Clark on to have and hold. At left back with Ally ahead.
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hold on villa I feel like ive won the european cup
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Clark for N'Zogbia?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
Fucking DESPERATE for the point isn't he?
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Is Weimann still on?
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I know we want to stop the rot, so to speak, and we're under a little pressure. BUT. FUCKING HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! Lambert, you rubbish, boring twat. Make a positive substitution, you prick.
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What a fucking save from Guzan
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Here comes Carol, who has scored more goals against Villa than any of the Vorderman family.
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Clark for charles lol. For a nil nil.
Carroll for the winner just to spite that change you watch
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Guzan, that was incredible!
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Baker leaves on a stretcher - straight out the ground, down the road, tip him into the canal.
I laughed.
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What a fucking save Brad
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world class save
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wonderful save
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Our players all look absolutely destroyed.
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What a fucking save!
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Fuck me what a save
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Was it a good save?
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Brilliant save by Brad.
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Unbelievable. How have we survived that?
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Well done lads
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ffs how we hanging on
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Stream went down with a minute left - sounded a pen for them on the radio?
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Guzan deserves a statue for that.
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Fucking hate Lambert.
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Get the champers out!!
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Was it a good save?
No. Decent
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Thank God that's over.
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well done
guzan got us a point
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Clean sheet. Easy...
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Woohoo, 1 point from 21. A glorious Dunkirk against West Ham.
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Shit. This can't go on.
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Are we celebrating like we have won the cup?
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Get in
Nil nil
You beauty