Fulham v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Mister E]

Pissflaps. Weplayed very well considering the team we had out and losing the captain in the first half. Take it on the chin and move on. We have no choice. We played some bloody good football and I do feel sorry for Marc - from hero to Villain but he will learn. Wednesday is massive.

Nice to see a bit of balance in the response.

[BoredNow]

Yes, it's a sickener but we played very well and there were some good performances in there, especially Bannan and Albrighton. It wasn't a free-kick, Duff dived. Inexperience from Marc to get that close to him is all.

Our only problem was taking chances, but I don't see how that turns a decent team performance into one by a bunch of wankers.

[Rigadon]

Played well, passed the ball well,  Bazza was great.  Shame about the last minute goal.   I think the kids will do very well for us this season.  The Fonz will come good.

Fonz.  It's early and I don't want to be too harsh but he had a couple of chances today that a 'natural' goal scorer would've buried.  He doesn't appear to have any positional awareness or anything outstanding to his game.  Maybe that's why it takes every single other one of our players for him to get a game.

He's 19 though so what I said will come across as being a bit nasty.  I hope I'm wrong.

[PeterWithesShin]

Bottleless.

Albrighton is idiotic.

yeah right thats why he scored a brilliant goal FFS duff threw himself down with barely any contact we were just unlucky with the injuries we had i thught we played well apart from Ashley young and warnock

Much like Stoke. As professional footballers they should either learn from their mistakes, or ideally, already know not to put in a challenge that gives the ref the decision of a free kick. Very unprofessional.

[Richard C]

Time after time this happens. Season after season, different players, different managers, different fucking millenium, same fucking hurt and disappointment.

[PaulWinch again]

5th bottom now.

the tables means little when 3 points more puts you in 5th. The concern is not converting chances. Eventually the gap will widen if we don't.

The reality is though that we are currently in that position(or possibly not) and we won't be getting 3 points unless we become a lot more clinical and stop making stupid mistakes.

[Colhint]

whilst being enormously dissapointed I'm also very pleased with the performance considering we had 4 kids on the pitch. We created more chances than we have for ages. I know that you have to put them away, but hopefully Gabby back and a new striker will put that right. Bannan Clark and Albrighton had great games. The fonz did ok.
Overall the quality of the play was good

[sfx412]

Last bloody kick of the game again. We have become very mediocre.

What total rubbish.
We had no strikers, our best midfield player gets crocked early on, we lead at a team no one but Spurs have beaten on their own pitch, with the youngest side in history and we just lose a goal in the last second of play.

Yes players like Young and Albrighton failed to nail it when they should have, yes we should have scored more, yes we should not have lost, yes Houllier needs to keep on sorting their defeatist mentality out, but for such a young and experienced side a decent performance for me, just the wrong result.

Very, very disappointing, but a decent performance from most of the kids, I think the Fonz has shown he's not yet got what it takes, but the others did a job and well enough. The same certainly can't be said for some of the more experienced players who failed again to step up and be counted.

[Somniloquism]

Always said that Gérard Houllier was the wrong man for Villa he should resign 30% win percentage just isn't good enough! Should of had Kevin Mac!

That's just a pisstake surely.

[Shrek]

Stoke game freekick that weren't they scored

Burnley game freekick that weren't they scored

Fulham game freekick that weren't they scored

What the hell is going on?

I'm gutted, it's my bloody birthday and I don't wanna go out now!

[cdward]

It could be worse the beeb have us down as losing 2-1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9154634.stm

[usav]

Time after time this happens. Season after season, different players, different managers, different fucking millenium, same fucking hurt and disappointment.

Exactly....I'm not blaming individuals, rather the entity that is Aston Villa.

[Mister E]

I would have taken a nervy 3 points. The big thing is what GH already knows. Yes, we have a problem up front, but the midfield players, namely Ash today, are not smart. They don't take advantage of opportunities. He had numerous chances today to make something happen, and for our "best" player, it isn't good enough. Maybe he isn't cut out to be the focal point of this team, because you cannot rely on him to be somthing we build around.

My thoughts exactly Tonto, he was petulant and berating his team mates and when he had the chances to step up to the plate he failed miserably, he looks like he is playing for himself not the team

Given the chance I'd take the money on him in January - I think he's overrated and disengaged.

[Goldie.7]

Who cares if we played well i'd rather we played piss poor and got a lucky win.

[Monty]

Always said that Gérard Houllier was the wrong man for Villa he should resign 30% win percentage just isn't good enough! Should of had Kevin Mac!

That's the kind of logic that will make Sarah Palin president of America.