Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[not3bad]

Delfouneso looked good, Downing was hardworking and didn't do a lot wrong, probably Irelands best performance for us and looked a lot better when we went to 442. Luke Young didn't disgrace himself and Brad snr wasvirtually redundant(bar picking the ball out of the net). The rest were woeful. Seems like the usual suspects of Dunne, Collins and Warnock were abysmal.

Ireland, Young, and Delfouneso were shit...no disrespect meant mind!

I thought Delfounso joined Downing in looking marginally less shit than the others.  But that is not saying a lot.

[richard moore]

A truly pathetic performance from the team tonight. The kind of performance a group of players gives when they want the manager out, everyone pointing at one another, petulant fouling, no support play, no passion, the body language on some players was just shocking. I'm afraid we need someone with energy in charge someone to give the place a lift. Gerard Houllier is not that man and if possible a change should be made as we are heading for the Championship. No ifs buts etc. Tonight showed us up against a poor liverpool side.

Friedel 5 - didnt have much to do. One decent save
Young 6 - not too bad defensively
Dunne 4 - not great at all. cumbersome
Collins 3 - see above but worse
Warnock - just fuck off you gutless c***.
Albrighton 2 -hopeless
Hogg 4 - lost rodrigues for third goal, was lost generally but at least gave his best
Clark 2 - at fault for two goals in a nightmare half
Downing 5 - tried to be fair in the second half
Gabby 2 - diabolical. disgraceful attitude and non existent workrate
Ireland 4 - woeful in first half but improved a bit after the break

Fonz 6 - has a great touch was our only player that turned on the ball all night and again gave it a lash anyway
Carew & Pires - finished

I wish you had marked my work at school with scores as generous as that!!!!

[kippaxvilla2]

A team reflects its manager.  These are the same players that played to consistent 6th place finishes under MO'N.  At the risk of having a fatwah launched against me, he had passion.  This guy doesn't.  He has no association or passion with my club.  He completely lacks any sort of interest and this is reflected in the team's sudden propensity to be totally flaky and lightweight.  It's all very well being tippy tappy but were not even that good at that, without having any end product and an all of a sudden shocking defence.  I actually worry about January and letting him have access to the cheque book.  God knows who he will bring in.

[richard moore]

Did my eyes decieve me did Houllier wave to the cop and ignore the Villa fans

Say he didn't ignore the Villa fans.  Can anyone confirm this?

If he did , for that alone he should be sacked.

I agree....

[SteveN]

FFS - for the first time I think we could be in a bit of trouble this season.

[KevinGage]

Really unhappy with our manager's behaviour. If I was a rival manager visiting the Villa I wouldn't behave like that. Total fucking shite. I'm still backing him but it is really poor form.

BFR when he came back -first with Cov and then with Forest- always got a good reception. But there was no playing to the gallery and blowing kisses to the Holte. And it would have been seen as odd if he did do that, despite how popular he was.

GH crossed a line tonight, I think. And I'm not sure he'll be able to ever fully live it down.

[TopDeck113]

Defence is shit.

Midfield lightweight.

Wingers who can't send in crosses that beat the first man. (Plus wingers whose petulance get them suspended when we desperately need the experience).

Strikers who can't score.

Managers/coaching staff who are watching the same mistakes played out week after week.

The club is in a mess. 

Oh, and I always said during the Randy Lerner love-in years, the time to judge him was when he had to make a managerial appointment/deal with the first real crisis of confidence on the pitch.  So based on that, how many still reckon we've got the best Chairman going?

[kippaxvilla2]

Did my eyes decieve me did Houllier wave to the cop and ignore the Villa fans

Say he didn't ignore the Villa fans.  Can anyone confirm this?

If he did , for that alone he should be sacked.

He definitely waved at their fans at the end - then the camera went off him so whether he acknowledged ours I couldn't say.  Thought our fans were tremendous in the self piss taking sense.  Singing 'Champions League My Lord' was funny.

[Darth Villa]

That was a right royal shank of shit. Our players heads are down, there's no movement, no passion, no fucking clue. We'll struggle to get two points out of our next run of games. René better pull his finger out

[Des Little]

Put simply, we were an embarrassment tonight.  I only hope the manager admits as much and tenders his resignation in the morning, before Martin Jol signs on the dotted lione at Newcastle.

[Karlos96]

I'm beginning to think McAllister has a lot to do with how shit we have become at the back.  I was talking to my mate who supports Leeds he said when he took over at Leeds their defence turned to shit letting lots of stupid goals in from set pieces.

[Fin Feds Dad]

I have an irrational dislike of DOL.  

There is nothing irrational about disliking that fucker - you are completely sane.

[garyfouroaks]

Not good was it?

We are in freefall, key players have lost form, the side had lost confidence, and we are in trouble - with no easy or quick fixes.

[KevinGage]

A team reflects its manager.  These are the same players that played to consistent 6th place finishes under MO'N.  At the risk of having a fatwah launched against me, he had passion.  This guy doesn't.  He has no association or passion with my club.  He completely lacks any sort of interest and this is reflected in the team's sudden propensity to be totally flaky and lightweight.  It's all very well being tippy tappy but were not even that good at that, without having any end product and an all of a sudden shocking defence.  I actually worry about January and letting him have access to the cheque book.  God knows who he will bring in.

A lot of the players apparently didn't like MON, but they feared/respected him. Which can often be more effective.

The performances of some of the senior players indicate a lack of respect, Dunne's physical condition is a particularly bad indication in that regard. It doesn't look like he's been forced to slim down and get into shape at all.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Houllier talking out of his arse in the post match interview.