Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers Post-Match Thread

[tremzvillain]

Another defeat and I think we're down. Everton away...oh dear.

[PaulTheVillan]

Another defeat and I think we're down. Everton away...oh dear.

I think it'll go down to the last game.

[alanclare]

Been back and had my tea and calmed down - a little. (1) Worst display by Villa for at least a season and a half, (2) Ashley Young is still crap, (3) Villa managed to make a poor team, Wolves, actually look quite good.

P.S. What was that sub of Albrighton all about?

[eastie]

There's an old saying - don't cut off your nose to spite your face -we had 2 fit international defenders on huge wages frozen out today and we we played 2 young lads out of position rather than use beye and warnock, yes they must go but while paid by Aston villa and with us in a crisis maybe should have been used.

Pride often comes before a fall mr houllier-!

[phantom limb]

Just got back. Boooooooo.

The fact that Wolves are fucking abysmal makes it even worse. Houllier's definitely shit the bed with all of the fans now. He's the only guy I know whose substitutions make us worse. That's quite a feat of baffling ineptitude.

[PaulTheVillan]

I thought the Baker/Delph sub was correct at the time.

[caster troy]

Terrible. Can't pass to each other and just no fight.
Not sure if it's been mentioned on here but comes to something when young has to tell gabby that they are swapping and he's going on the wing. (which is how it should be). I certainly didn't see the bench telling them to do it, so looks like players even think he's clueless.

I saw McAllister give the signal from the touchline.

Too late by then of course.

[spangley1812]

There's an old saying - don't cut off your nose to spite your face -we had 2 fit international defenders on huge wages frozen out today and we we played 2 young lads out of position rather than use beye and warnock, yes they must go but while paid by Aston villa and with us in a crisis maybe should have been used.

Pride often comes before a fall mr houllier-!

I agree about Warnock, its ludicrus that one of the best young midfielders in England is playing there while Warnock is
at home walking the dog 

[Bad English]

If that bloke were not in the way I could read the bottom. Does it say "Ils ont échoué"?

[Concrete John]

But that's what happens when you have one up front, but four or five trying to set him up. Their central defenders hardly had to break sweat!

Yeah. You're right. Every manager at the top of the game is wrong, and you are right. Congratulations!

The problem isn't playing the system, it's the refusal to change it when it's not working.  We needed to get a 2nd striker up there today and we didn't get that because he wouldn't change the formation.

[andyh]

I thought the Baker/Delph sub was correct at the time.

Yes it was correct at the time.
BUT, the fact that he had to make the sub so early into the game, shows how poor his initial selection was and effectively wasted a substitution.

[PaulTheVillan]

I thought the Baker/Delph sub was correct at the time.

Yes it was correct at the time.
BUT, the fact that he had to make the sub so early into the game, shows how poor his initial selection was and effectively wasted a substitution.

He got it wrong & changed it. O'Neill never ever would have done that.

[spangley1812]

But that's what happens when you have one up front, but four or five trying to set him up. Their central defenders hardly had to break sweat!

Yeah. You're right. Every manager at the top of the game is wrong, and you are right. Congratulations!

The problem isn't playing the system, it's the refusal to change it when it's not working.  We needed to get a 2nd striker up there today and we didn't get that because he wouldn't change the formation.

I think it is the system he does not have the players to play in that formation and just to make things worse he plays downing on the right and marc on the left when its obvious they should be the other way round

[TonyD]

It is very quiet on here tonight.

[CJ]

It is very quiet on here tonight.

Lots of people on suicide watch.  Including me