Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Billy Walker]

I'll tell you what, watching today's match makes me think we have the makings of a very decent, exciting, young side.  We need to get a top class defensive coach in the summer but we are not far away.  The move for the second goal was superb. 

Stick with these young lads and they'll do us proud in seasons to come.  My main annoyance from today was seeing Gary Cahill come back to haunt us - it had to happen at some point!

[Steve R]

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Yep, on reflection I'm with Jimbo.
Geoff Capes alongside Clark at centre-half (okay, so we could never play the offside trap), and he pins Young to the floor whenever we get a free-kick in a promising area.
ARE YOU LISTENING HOTLIPS?

The problem is, we don't have a decent set piece merchant at the club. Downing was taking the kicks early season with pretty much the same result.

Capes would be better deployed at the end of the defensive wall, with instructions to give it a gentle nudge as we are about to take the kick.

Then I would have Walker step up and bladder the ball through acres of the empty space this creates.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I actually think Nigel Clough could do a better job.

I don't, he's a whinging cunt.

A dreadful appointment at Derby.

Burton manager for years and fuck all else, employed purely on the basis that his Dad was revered there.

[tarzansbrother]

I actually think Nigel Clough could do a better job.

I don't, he's a whinging cunt.

Yeah and Houllier is just a c**t

[koreanmeatballs]

Haven't seen it posted so

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/9415840.stm

First time we have seen him like that by my reckoning. Looks a bit bothered.

[Toronto Villa]

I imagine this might be the mother of all transfer windows for us. A combination of shipping out every piece of deadwood now at the club, and replacing them with younger options from all over the place, and the promotion of more of our kids. We likely won't win anything next year, but we'll be leaner and hungrier. I can honestly see the following all gone to make way for the future:

BRAD FRIEDEL
BRAD GUZAN
LUKE YOUNG
JAMES COLLINS
RICHARD DUNNE
ASHLEY YOUNG
STILYAN PETROV
JOHN CAREW
ISIAH OSBOURNE
STEPHEN IRELAND
HABIB BEYE
MOUSTAFA SALIFOU
STEPHEN WARNOCK

[Nev]

I must say I am bricking it for us right now. We're in freefall again it seems. We just can't shake that stench of crisis can we?

Freefall = lost one league game in a row.

Dead right.

God knows what has put people into this frame of mind.

[sfx412]

The way its looking I would rather have someone who hadnt invested £250m and hadnt employed  this French idiot.

Doug still in charge and Nigel Clough leading us to Championship mid-table perhaps?

Dream team.
Sky reckon Houllier was under pressure before the game, wonder what they say now

[TheSandman]

I can't bring myself to be too bothered about today's result.

Bolton are a good side who on paper (being away, relative league positions) we cannot expect to beat. We played well but didn't win which would be nothing to be worried about if it wasn't a recurring theme. Players let us down more than the manager I have to admit.

It just makes Wednesday's call so unbelievably frustrating. It was unnecessary and no guarantee of a result but in doing it he made it appear as if it was so heaping a load of unneeded pressure upon himself and the team.

Hopefully, we can pick up some points against Wolves in two weeks or that is when my pants will be getting brown.

[Karlos96]

People blaming Houllier for the result today are fecking clueless or just too wrapped in their emotion to know better. We had the chances, when leading, to put the game firmly to bed. We didn't which then invites pressure on a very young and shaky defence, which to top it culminates in us missing a penalty. Stomping feet at the manager is simply futile, and the players need to take a bit of flak, Friedel as the experienced man does nothing to inspire in goal, while Young insisted on taking the pen when Bent and Reo Coker tried to dissuade him.

Might take a week or so away from the site, as the hysterics will start now about GH and be so boring.

We've not been able to defend ALL season.  Who's fault is that? 

Are we trying to zonal fucking mark or some shit, but we never get close to players?  If it is zonal fucking marking Houllier can piss right off.  Space never scored a goal.

We've gone from having a tight defence to shipping two goals a game.  With the same players

I'm convinced that zonal marking bollocks comes from McAllister he introduced that at Leeds.  My mate told me that virtually everytime the opposition had a corner or a set piece they looked like scoring.  Sounds familiar doesn't it?

[Fin Feds Dad]

As well as he played in general play, I think its about time that Ash was told that every dead ball is not his sole territory.

His delivery from corners and free kicks is , at best, inconsistent. Usually fucking shite.

Other teams delivery is usually spot on, bolton today, blackpool away, even bloody blose.

Time to let Marc have a go I think.

[The Walshmeister]

I'll tell you what, watching today's match makes me think we have the makings of a very decent, exciting, young side.  We need to get a top class defensive coach in the summer but we are not far away.  The move for the second goal was superb. 

Stick with these young lads and they'll do us proud in seasons to come.  My main annoyance from today was seeing Gary Cahill come back to haunt us - it had to happen at some point!

This

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I can't bring myself to be too bothered about today's result.

The day i'm not bothered about us losing will be the day when I turn my back on supporting the club.

It's not going to happen, we're stuck together in this unhappy marriage.

[pauliewalnuts]

I can't bring myself to be too bothered about today's result.

The day i'm not bothered about us losing will be the day when I turn my back on supporting the club.

It's not going to happen, we're stuck together in this unhappy marriage.

Like Ken and Deirdre.

[sfx412]

Haven't seen it posted so

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/9415840.stm

First time we have seen him like that by my reckoning. Looks a bit bothered.

Sounded more angry than I've heard him before.
Hes not wrong but its not helping he has to play 3 players in defence 21 or less.