Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers Post-Match Thread

[Rico]

I can't see Randy firing Ged before the end of the season, and judging by recent events I can't see how things are going to improve before the end of the season. I think we're in a car crash situation now, where the guy at the wheel has completely lost control and is just sitting back waiting for the inevitable to happen. Whether we survive this season or not, is no longer down to the manager or the players. I believe the former hasn't got the ability to manage the current crop of players, and the latter clearly don't give a monkeys. I believe survival this year is down to us, the fans. We need to make Villa Park a deafening couldren for all of our remaining games. What we need is a battle hymn. Something awesome, something inspiring. Anything that gets all of us singing together.(and not some ditty about the blose). Any ideas?  Something like Jerusalem?

[Bosco81]

NRC is playing like someone who knows he won't be here next season, he is just going through the motions. Makoun was superb against Fulham but awful yesterday. Petrov and Pires get a lot of stick on here but at least they always want the ball.

[barrysleftfoot]

    I was disappointed with Makoun yday, but he still has a good pass on him, NRC unfortunately does'nt.

   There seemed to be a lack of energy yday, no closing down, no energy, it was off the ball we were poor yday.

   We did have enough decent chances yday to win the game.Having said that i would'nt disagree with GH getting rid of Dunne, Warnock, Collins etc, i still think we will need to review the situation in the summer tbh.

[WikiVilla]

NRC is playing like someone who knows he won't be here next season, he is just going through the motions. Makoun was superb against Fulham but awful yesterday. Petrov and Pires get a lot of stick on here but at least they always want the ball.

Far from it, he allowed Sidwell to run the game for long periods

[Rip Van We Go Again]

    I was disappointed with Makoun yday, but he still has a good pass on him

Superb through ball to Young, which he should have buried.

[Bosco81]

I don't think Sidwell has run a game since he was in the under 12s.

[fredm]

    I was disappointed with Makoun yday, but he still has a good pass on him

Superb through ball to Young, which he should have buried.

Makoun is always available for the one-two passes but unfortunately no one wanted to give it to him and move for the return.  We had no drive, no passion, no guts about us yesterday.  I could not believe what I was seeing.

Two things about Ashley - yet again yesterday he showed that he is not the man to play in central midfield/second striker - his ability on the ball in small spaces lets him down, and also he cannot measure a pass ( the early one through for Bent overhit again - if Makoun had played that in I bet it would have been spot on as was the one he put though for Ashley when he hit the bar), and also he is not captain material.  Because he is so wrapped up with his own antics on the field he does not inspire the others.  (wonder what he was doing when Dunne/Collins were having their spat?)

In fact, I think a signing who will be an on field leader will be very importatnt this summer as we don't have anyone capable of showing leadership on the field.

[JUAN PABLO]

One thing , If Houlier doesnt grow some bollocks and tell Young to get back on the wing or on the subs bench If he don't like it , we are in serious trouble of going down.  Young will get Houlier the sack and take us down.  Young getting to play where he wants , is not working , he is fooking off anyway , Houlier needs to sort this NOW!!!!   

[WikiVilla]

Why the fuck is Ashley Young taking free kicks on the edge of our own 18 yard box
Madness and shows fully the lack of leadership at B6

[Jimbo]

Hang on a minute, it's just struck me again, the sheer fucking lunacy of putting Ashley Young, a tricky winger, in the hole, and dragging Gabby, a quick striker, out on the wing. A masterstroke of ineptitude that effectively negates the strengths and effectiveness of both players. What sheer, outrageous fucking idiocy. How unutterably stupid. For that reason alone Le Gaffeur should have been sent back to France, apart from all the other innumerable cock-ups. Staggering. 

[Villa'Zawg]

The situation we are in now hasn't suddenly transpired, we've been awful all season. As I posted the other day, the CEO should have an actonable succession plan already prepared.

We're one of the top 20 clubs in Europe in terms of annual revenue (the money we supporters put into the club), why shouldn't we be able to appoint one of the top 20 managers in Europe?

[Risso]

Yesterday just showed the idiocy of Houllier, and the fans were quite right in chanting "you don't know what you're doing" because he clearly doesn't.  Gabby on the wing hasn't worked all season despite Houllier persisting with playing him there, so to chuck him on there and then pretend it was a progressive move in his post-match interview was self delusion of the highest order.

[Greg N'Ash]

bottom line is MON doesn't matter anymore in the big scheme of things Percy. I just hope you and some of the senior players realise that because if we don't pull together as a team, then whether its GH or some other mug we'll go down

He didn't matter to me the day after he left, you're the one still obsessing about him. I just thought he was doing a good job while he was here. You wanted him gone from his first day in the job to the last, and yet advocate keeping Houllier. I think that proves which one of us is bothered about results, and which one cares about personalities.

If he didn't matter to you then why on earth are you still making this crap up? I didn't want him gone from day 1. For the record i NEVER demanded MON be sacked, even when there was the polls i voted no -check yourself but you've got such a skewered view on things i'm sure you'll accuse H & V of deleting posts

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Yesterday just showed the idiocy of Houllier, and the fans were quite right in chanting "you don't know what you're doing" because he clearly doesn't.  Gabby on the wing hasn't worked all season despite Houllier persisting with playing him there, so to chuck him on there and then pretend it was a progressive move in his post-match interview was self delusion of the highest order.

His post match verdict on bringing Gabby on verged on delirium.
'We bought him on as he's a goalscorer.'

Not right out on the fucking touchline he isn't.

[PaulWinch again]

Makoun looks a very good player to me, but noone appeared to be trying to get him involved in the game.