The Throstles v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Just read a few comments from Baggies fans. They could not believe the decision to replace NRC with Pires. 'It won them the game.'

"Nice of Villa to even up the numbers after Scharner's sending off."

[Ad@m]

Fingers crossed that the day the season ends, this clown of a caretaker is hauled in and sacked!

And why do we need to wait til the season ends?

McAllister will not get us another point this season so either we hope we have enough already or we kick his sorry ass and that of Houllier's out now and hope that KMac can get us the victory against Wigan that settles things.  That way we can start looking for a proper replacement straight away.

[TonyD]

I wish GH all the best and a swift return to full health.

But please RL get rid of him and GM at the end of the season on the dot..

Time to plan for the future. Our club has has its up and downs. But it's time we look to for a new management team.

Hope the guardians of OUR club take note.  It is very easy to slip down the leagues.

UTV

[KevinGage]

Fingers crossed that the day the season ends, this clown of a caretaker is hauled in and sacked!

And why do we need to wait til the season ends?

McAllister will not get us another point this season so either we hope we have enough already or we kick his sorry ass and that of Houllier's out now and hope that KMac can get us the victory against Wigan that settles things.  That way we can start looking for a proper replacement straight away.

Won't happen.

If there's one thing we've learned it's that they don't do snap decisions, for good or for ill.

*optimistic hat on*  We were the better side today. We're above Sunderland and B-lose (even if they win tomorrow) and only two points off the Olbiyun with three games to make it up. It wouldn't be entirely out of the question for us to beat Wigan and Liverpool at home.

FWIW, I think we'll draw with Wigan next week and lose to the Gooners and Redscouse though. 42 points should see us safe  -say in 15h-16th place. Whisper it quietly, but that might even be best for us in the long run too. A positive end to the campaign might paper over a few of the cracks and tempt the powers that be (plus  some Villa fans) to continue with the present set up, the knock on effect being that we die a slow death under an uninspired and uninspiring management team.

[OzVilla]

Todays performancs and result should be the final nail that I'm hoping helps some on here get their heads out of the sand.

The Houllier experience has proved to be a shocking Management appointment. I said after the Spam game, if we end the season well and play some good football, pick up a few wins he can then potentially build a platform for next season with players and supporters.

Well already it's gone the other way hasnt it.  So get well soon Gerrard but please, please, please Randy, it must be Au Revoir. 

[Legion]

We were doing fine just recently until G-Crap was responsible for things.

[WikiVilla]

the only positive about today is it should really make Lerner & Faulkner wake up and shit themselves

Albion were abysmal, and they beat us

With 10 men

[fredm]

People are slating Pires, NRC and some others on here for the result, but surely the majority of the blame must rest with Collins?  Who missed the free kick allowing the Baggy to head it back into our box?  A half decent centre back would have got something on that ball to knock it away from the attacker and thus kill off the danger. To miss it completely having seen the distance it travelled is inexusable.

And who got done out on the sideline in the build up for their second goal?  If he had made the tackle that would have nullified the situation.

[rob_bridge]

Todays performancs and result should be the final nail that I'm hoping helps some on here get their heads out of the sand.

The Houllier experience has proved to be a shocking Management appointment. I said after the Spam game, if we end the season well and play some good football, pick up a few wins he can then potentially build a platform for next season with players and supporters.

Well already it's gone the other way hasnt it.  So get well soon Gerrard but please, please, please Randy, it must be Au Revoir.

Agreed 3.5 years away from any day to day management and the hiring of an ineffective crony who seems to turned to dust everything he has touched. That is why Falconer needs to be binned too - he is hired to run the club and recommend the best candidate for the most important position. An absolute disaster. The reason I have so much ire is that this season was a wasted opportunity and the way Spurs have folded 5th place should not have been out of the question. I met an Everton fan at the 1st Ashes Test in Brisbane who was bemoaning Moyes - I said I would love him at the Villa - also said they would finish above us with ease this year and he was unconvinced. I can see his point this is there worse season for 5 years but it has been better than ours.

[The Left Side]

People are slating Pires, NRC and some others on here for the result, but surely the majority of the blame must rest with Collins?  Who missed the free kick allowing the Baggy to head it back into our box?  A half decent centre back would have got something on that ball to knock it away from the attacker and thus kill off the danger. To miss it completely having seen the distance it travelled is inexusable.

And who got done out on the sideline in the build up for their second goal?  If he had made the tackle that would have nullified the situation.

Exactly, headless chicken comes to mind...even at the end of the game when he was playing up front

[mozza]

Half the team appear to have a foot on the beach -  looking at the reamaining matches
we might finish with 42pts that will keep us up for now but a massive question mark over
our fortunes for next season -

I fear Mssrs Houllier & McAllister might still be around but significant changes in the squad-

The club will be expecting us to renew our season tickets in the next few weeks, I don't reckon
on being alone in having to think long and hard about that one based on what I seen home and
away this past 11 months-
   

[Legion]

I'll renew. I love our club and everything about it. No matter what.

[WikiVilla]

I'll renew. I love our club and everything about it. No matter what.

80% of us will, but we can demand change also

[SteveD]

If Houllier/McAllister had run Nasa's Apollo missions, man would never have landed on the Moon, he would have just stayed in orbit, slowly made his way around the orb and meekly made his way back again with barely a splash down. We try to play possession football but tinker around the edges, crab-like, refusing to use what pace exists in the team; there is barely a forward gear, we hardly create a chance, and when we do get behind the defence (Shorey was struggling for them today) the delivery was poor; on top of that today our set-pieces were shocking - in a season when they have been mostly just abysmal; we barely gave our record striker a sniff. And the management took off our two most effective players. And yes, Petrov had lots of energy and was trying to knit things together, before ludicrously being paired with Pires after NRC's nonsensical substitution.  There's little bottle in the team, not enough adventure in how we're set out and a complete rabbit-in-headlamps vision from the bench.

[sfx412]

So you get shot of half the squad, and who do you trust to get replacements in?

sod that where does the money come from.
Ok we were beaten today but the problem is holding onto players not selling them.