Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Okore, Baker, Cissokho, Sanchez, Westwood, Delph, Cleverley, Agbonlahor, Benteke
Subs: Given, Bacuna, Weimann, Richardson, Gil, N’Zogbia, Lowton.
Disappointed he is too scared to throw Gil in
It's also a little annoying that Gil has replaced Grealish in the squad.
It's also a little annoying that Gil has replaced Grealish in the squad.
You're a fucking dick Lambert. And as for you Tom Cleverley,you're absolute shite,and I despise seeing you ruining our wonderful kit.
You're a fucking dick Lambert. And as for you Tom Cleverley,you're absolute shite,and I despise seeing you ruining our wonderful kit.
The kit's shit too.
Haha. I should have said colours.
I wonder if Villa and Homeserve (whatever they are) realise that the free foam hands can be folded to give the Middle figure
No Grealish again either.
No Grealish again either.
He doesn't deserve to be picked after his dismal performance against Blackpool.
No Grealish again either.
He doesn't deserve to be picked after his dismal performance against Blackpool.
I'm not starting my 'coverage' until 8 minutes in ;)
No Grealish again either.
He doesn't deserve to be picked after his dismal performance against Blackpool.
So why do Cleverley, Gabby,Weimann and Nzogbia keep being picked?
Who manic road?
It must be written in the loan agreement that Cleverley has to play,although knowing how our manager thinks,he probably thinks he is doing a excellent job.
I take it the protest is a damp squib?
Baker looks fucking ridiculous.
I take it the protest is a damp squib?
Baker looks fucking ridiculous.
Agreed. Wonder if he lives in a JQ apartment.
Baker looks fucking ridiculous.
Agreed. Wonder if he lives in a JQ apartment.
He looks like a cross between a Shoreditch fair-trade, organic polenta pop-up food truck operative and a sister-fondling tobacco-spitter from the Appalachian Mountains.
Baker looks fucking ridiculous.
Agreed. Wonder if he lives in a JQ apartment.
He looks like a cross between a Shoreditch fair-trade, organic polenta pop-up food truck operative and a sister-fondling tobacco-spitter from the Appalachian Mountains.
it can only be a matter of time before we concede we're looking useless at getting out of our half and when we do the crosses are terrible.
We don't look any different from usual. Still an awful shape to the side that prevents us from stringing two passes together in the opposition half.
Why does Lambert persist with a set-up that so obviously isn't working?
When you have not scored a league goal all season what team do you want to come up against? Aston Villa of course !
Our only attacking intent seems to be getting it to Hutton out wide.
Our only attacking intent seems to be getting it to Hutton out wide.
It's been that way from day one, since Lambert arrived. One of the reasons we shipped so many goals was because Lowton and Luna or Bennett were constantly caught upfield and out of position. Now Hutton and Cissokho are more competent defenders and don't take as many risks, so we're tighter at the back, but we still have no other consistent attacking threat whatsoever.
It's fucking clueless.
We have the collective intelligence of a puddle.An insult to the puddle which requires molecular cohesion.
We have the collective intelligence of a puddle.An insult to the puddle which requires molecular cohesion.
Utter toss again from the boring one. Piss poor team selection. Loving the flat midfield 4 it's even better than our flat midfield 3, think it needs more centre mids though, maybe buy another one in the transfer window for the flat midfield 5 tactic, drop a forward.
You took the words out of my mouth Richard lol
TC23
Are they being booed offI think 4 people booed
How good is Carlos Sanchez though?
How good is Carlos Sanchez though?I thought he looked our best player. Always assured, always finds a pass, breaks down their moves. Seems to have a clue.
they're not playing badly, but they don't look like scoring.
How good is Carlos Sanchez though?
Take the shot away, pretty average.
Seriously though, BBC just said it's 2 wins in 17 league games. I didn't even realise that.
Benteke and Delph have been very disappointing
Seriously though, BBC just said it's 2 wins in 17 league games. I didn't even realise that.
Yeah if you believed Lambore we've just come off the back of a good run.
It's just really dull again with a slight shuffling of the chairs on the deck to make it look like he's trying something. Unless Gil is the next Messi he's going to look bollocks for us with the way we approach a game.
Seriously though, BBC just said it's 2 wins in 17 league games. I didn't even realise that.
How good is Carlos Sanchez though?I thought he looked our best player. Always assured, always finds a pass, breaks down their moves. Seems to have a clue.
We've scored more than 1 once in almost 5 months now. We've scored 2 goals in a game 5 times in a calendar year, utterly shit.
That registered a 7.4 on my shitometer. Not quite as bad as the 9.4 from last week's first half.
Baker's beard was our best performer.
It's just really dull again with a slight shuffling of the chairs on the deck to make it look like he's trying something. Unless Gil is the next Messi he's going to look bollocks for us with the way we approach a game.
I'd agree with this. We probably shouldn't judge the players too harshly, because they're being asked to play in a system that's pathetically ineffectual. Cleverley, for example, would probably look perfectly decent if he had more passing options available.
Have any of the pundits been ridiculing Lambert for picking four central midfielders and no wide players?
39, 758
39, 758
39, 758
There's no way the team or the club deserve that level of support.
What's Lambert going to say now that we are losing the possession stats too?
39, 758
There's no way the team or the club deserve that level of support.
A genuine question, do you think the number may have swelled with a number of daytripping Liverpool fans?
Sweep stakes time.
Who will get sent off. I choose Okore.
When will Gil come on. I choose 80 mins.
I haven't seen anything that has happened thus far. Mostly because I told myself before the game I didn't need to watch it as I know what will happen.
Has it been like it always is?
Fair play to Alan Hutton, he's doing his very best for us.
Can't quite say the same for the rest.
Cleverley is truly atrocious. I think David Hunt was more effective in the middle of the park
I haven't seen anything that has happened thus far. Mostly because I told myself before the game I didn't need to watch it as I know what will happen.
Has it been like it always is?
Any game you've seen the last few months, change the opposition name and replace whoever is injured/banned with another name and you've seen today.
Unbelievable Westwood off for Gil. Cleverley must be Lambert's secret son
Hutton is our main attacking threat but his crossing is poor
What's Lambert going to say now that we are losing the possession stats too?
We look better because we have men forward. Weimann has added energy which he sometimes does when he comes on at home.
What's Lambert going to say now that we are losing the possession stats too?
he's going to say " I thought we were excellent - we go again"
Weimann, Gabby, Benteke and Gil.
What sorta formation does that become?
So much of our play falls apart with Benteke.
Delph makes such a difference too and already you could see him linking up with Gil. Anyone who thinks we should let him go now is mad.
He won't be sacked after this that's for sure
What did Gil do?
What did Gil do?
What did Gil do?
He beat a man with a stepover. I'm not even sure I've seen anyone do that in a Villa shirt before.
He's also been running around a lot into space. Complicated stuff, obviously.
What did Gil do?
He beat a man with a stepover. I'm not even sure I've seen anyone do that in a Villa shirt before.
He's also been running around a lot into space. Complicated stuff, obviously.
What did Gil do?
He beat a man with a stepover. I'm not even sure I've seen anyone do that in a Villa shirt before.
He's also been running around a lot into space. Complicated stuff, obviously.
Massively holding this group of players back. Imagine some of the football we could play if someone came in and gave them the confidence, freedom and formation to. Load of shit first half again which gave them the slow start and momentum to take the game. We should be going for c***s like Liverpool from the off, they are not any good.
I think Sanchez is brilliant.Fast becoming a cult hero, I love the little guy. Maybe we could just put Lambert in charge of finding mid range price players.
Delph!!!!!
Has Lambert scored a league goal for Liverpool? Surely we can help out!
Wow, please, please end this
You have to score when you are on top.
We gave ourselves the smallest chance of winning this game by playing an hour of it with the wrong players and formation. Liverpool can take 15 minutes under the cosh, let's not kid ourselves over a little spell of football.
A new manager could easy get this lot top 8.
A new manager could easy get this lot top 8.
No way. Top ten perhaps.
The problem with this defeat is that we will have the worst of all worlds as a result.
We lose another game.
We play sufficiently averagely to present absolutely no threat to the manager being sacked.
He will say we were excellent, the press won't challenge it and on we go again.
What can Lambert tell Hutton at a throw in with 5 minutes to go, honestly this bloke needs to goThrow it to a villa player? Oh and I thought you had an excellent game Alan.
It was a gutless team selection, and has been another poor defeat. Lambert has to go.
Spot on ArchieWow, please, please end this
This will never end as long as fans don't protest and accept all, mate!
We're going to start getting those stupid Torres-clock type things; how many days since Villa scored a goal.
The lack of quality movement around the opposition box is a real problem. Gabby and benteke are normally just standing in the same place
There's hope with Gil and a different balance to midfield if lambert is prepared to start games like that. But the lack of goals could definitely see us going down and I think we have to try for a proper wide player
It was a gutless team selection, and has been another poor defeat. Lambert has to go.
Said that at the start. He fucking shit himself again in picking the side. I am beginning to hate Lambert as our manager let alone dislike him.
The problem with this defeat is that we will have the worst of all worlds as a result.
We lose another game.
We play sufficiently averagely to present absolutely no threat to the manager being sacked.
He will say we were excellent, the press won't challenge it and on we go again.
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