Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers Post-Match Thread

[bob]

Le Gaffeur doesn't appear to think anything is wrong.

He always been one to make excuses.

[TonyD]

Only saw the second half but that was shite.

How bad does it have to get before GH is sacked??  What more damage can he do to our club before the penny drops for RL.

The man is a complete joke and he is slowly destroying the club.

[Monty]

I've seen some rubbish tonight, but to suggest putting KM back in charge tops them all.

The players like him, he knows MON's methods and can revert to type. It might not be pretty, but he'd get us the three wins that'd keep us up, probably. 

revert to Mons methods says it all

Yeah - winning football matches is the last thing we need right now!

It's not his methods which were better, as they demonstrably held us back. What it is is that he has, or had, the madness every coach needs, the madness that drives you on, that almost insane confidence in your own ability that has the players hanging on your every word and believing in themselves so much more. GH has all the right ideas, and if we stay up I think they will benefit us hugely long-term - but he seems to have lost that madness that you need if you want to win games.

[KevinGage]

I've seen some rubbish tonight, but to suggest putting KM back in charge tops them all.

The players like him, he knows MON's methods and can revert to type. It might not be pretty, but he'd get us the three wins that'd keep us up, probably.

Even 2 wins and a draw would probably be sufficient.

When you look at it like that, with the games we have left (even if they are running out) it's do-able.
Just not necessarily with GH. 

[eastie]

What was said in the downing interview to make it sound like we had no manager? Where was the interview - I haven't seen or heard it?

[andyh]

Just got back, and am just as totally pissed off as everyone else.
A couple of things stood out for me today.
1. A total lack of leadership on the pitch. I never saw a single player gee'ing up the team, trying to get them going. There was a point, about 15 mins from the end when the lino got injured and the game stopped for a few mins. The team just stood around, looking at the floor. No one of them tried to fire their teammates up for a final push. Their body language suggests that they have given in.
2. I have no idea what Bent's strengths are.........still. Not having a pop at him particularly, but because of the total lack of chances we create, I have no idea what kind of service he thrives on. Does he like it over the top to run onto ? Crossed from the wings ? Threaded through to him ? I honestly don't know.

If anyone says we are too good to go down, they are mental.
And the statement that our saving grace is that there are worse teams than us.....I don't think so....I'm stuggling to think of one. 

[The Moose]

How the f*** can anybody back Houllier after that?

[darren woolley]

I didn't see the game but i am still gutted something has got to happen soon.

[The Moose]

Come on Randy, do the right thing - sack him.

[levico]

The reality is that RAL (nice guy as he is) will stick with GH and as a consequence in all probability we will go down.

What are these transient incompetents doing to our club?  It may take 10 years to recover from this.

[Apyadg]

The shitfest we've had to put up with over the last few days kind of make me look fondly on Doug.

For all of the good things Randy has done, Doug would never have put up with this useless cock-sucker for so long.

[Concrete John]

So far Houllier is Randy's only mistake since coming in.  I hope not getting rid, be it now or in the summer, does not prove to be his second!

[richard moore]

Lot of games I can get too next season....Brighton away if they come up, Palace away if they stay up, Watford and Reading if they don't go up....

[caster troy]

What was said in the downing interview to make it sound like we had no manager? Where was the interview - I haven't seen or heard it?

Maybe it was just me over-analysing it but he kept talking about the players needing to fight and 'ignore the negativity' when I would have expected at least a token reference to getting behind the manager, especially when he was specifically asked about the dressing room unrest.

(It was on BRMB by the way)

[andyh]

Re: Emergency Houllier replacement. How about Martin Laursen? I bet we'd see a lot more fight if he was on the touchline. Plus it would galvanise the crowd, most of whom are just waiting for Houllier to fail.

Anyone hear the Downing interview? Not one 'back the manager' type comment. The way he spoke it was like we don't even have a manager.

I heard it, it was very poor.
It seemed to me that he didn't understand the deep,deep shit we are in, until Tom Ross pointed it out.
He thought we played well and were unlucky.
Eventually, he accepted we are in a battle to survive.

He did not sound like the sharpest tool in the box.