Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers Post-Match Thread

[Karlos96]

That was one of the worst games I have seen, absolutely dreadful.  The sad thing is I was expecting us to lose before the game had even started.  The football was dreadful we have no midfield at all it is shockingly bad, most of the game it was bypassed with long balls hoofed up front.  Along with that not having a shot on target until the 87th minute at home against a Bolton team that rested God know's how many is pathetic. 

I just don't know where we are going anymore, it is lowest I have felt following Villa for a long time. 

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

This performance has been coming for a while. Only against Everton have i seen anything like a fight with some spirit. Mcleish has got to change this formation. We have one of the most prolific scorers in the prem and this season he has hardly had  shot on goal. I am seriously worried and it will take the team talk of a true leader to get this team in the right frame of mind for QPR ........

[eamonn]

Interesting to see Bannan mention on avtv during his interview afterwards that a few of the players are low in confidence at the moment. The whole lot will be after tonight.

[KRS]

When I heard the team selection I thought that it was a pretty good side and should get the win inside 90mins if we could create chances, however from the first to the last minute we failed in every department on the pitch. Gabby seemed to be the only one trying but was left chasing hopeless long balls with no support from midfield.

Looking down at the players on the pitch tonight, can you tell me one player in that side that excites you and would pay good money to watch? I realised tonight that I couldnt even be arsed to sing to support these overpaid millionaires wearing our claret and blue...I felt no connection with them whatsoever, and it looked like they had no connection with each other judging by the performance. When the best player in the team is the goalkeeper then you know something has gone badly wrong.

Something that compares to the current situation was a radio news report on the way home between the disgruntled Villa fans calling in...the way the government are handling the recession with too many cuts too fast will cause more job losses and result in further recession; this is exactly how Randy is handling the club and the results are all there for us to see. My fear is that its going to get a lot worse before it gets better...just like the recession.

I've said before that we are due a loss as much as we are due a win, so anyone calling for AM to go already needs a reality check...this is football where you win some and you lose some. AM should not be judged until after the next 2 league games and if he doesnt bring any decent results or at least a sign of improved performances then the questions can genuinely start to be asked. The undefeated league run serves little purpose other than a cliche for the media to use especially when performances have been so bad, but we'd do well to take 3pts from the next 2 games based on how things are going...and I dread to think what the score against Citeh will be as it could quite easily be double figures if they perform anything like they did tonight.

[pooligan]

Is it any surprise that we never had a shot on target until the 87th minute and find it hard to score goals? Our manager at his previous club played a lone striker game after game.When you consider that so called striker was Jerome who i think i am right in saying never scored after November,failing to score in something like 24 games ,it should tell you everything about McLeish and the way he approaches the game.Like many other Villa fans i did not want him as our manager because of his reputation for playing boring ,defensive football but was prepared to give him a chance. That chance has gone as far as i am concerned,if he is still our manager come April i feel there is every chance he will have a record of being the manager of 3 relegated sides in 5 seasons.

Sorry for the rant,but when you get up at 3 am and have to listen to a performance like that against Bolton RESERVES it makes you angry.Was listening to Tom Toss and Pat Heard and i can't remember them having a good thing to say about us in the whole 90 minutes.Very depressing!

[adrenachrome]

AM quoted in the Torygraph:

"We know we're not Manchester United but we're blooding young players and     trying to fast-track them to do well in the league and cups.”   

Fast-tracking da yoots!

[KRS]

What a load of bolx from AM...anyone would think we played a weakened team tonight. Its a bit late to be using terms like "blooding" when Albrighton, Bannan and Fonz are firmly part of a very average squad.

[Scott Nielsen]

It worries me more that the message is Lerner wants to stay and is in no way thinking of selling.

Other than Faulkner - and he won't tell us - I doubt anyone truly knows what Lerner's intentions are going forward.

[wombat]

Well.... i was working until 2200... this is how apathetic I currently am.... I forgot to even check what the score was until I just got up! Now that IS bad! Last time I cared as less as this was under DOL and then go back to probably 1986/7.

[Chris Smith]

Bolton did a job on us, pressed us high up the pitch to stop us building from the back and then picking us off, as their players were all at least 6 inches taller than ours, when we were forced to launch it forward. They were the better side and deserved to win.

That said, we got ourselves into good positions on numerous occasions but then wasted the finsl ball. Marc Albrighton was by far the worst culprit, he had a stinker and to compound it he made the mistake for their first goal. The people claiming it was rubbish from start to finish weren't watching properly. We did put together sone decent passing but too often it broke down when we got near their penalty area. Contrary to what others have said Ireksnd was ok, he was at least trying to make things happen. We also did a lot of crap things but I still say there's a team in there somewhere when we get the balance right.

[Lowendbehold]

What a load of tripe is being said.  The owner invested and supported the then manager in the hope of breaking into the top 4.  It didn't work and it wSnt the owners fault.

As a consequence the club lost £35m so the the owner has decided to sort the balance sheet out.  Thank god for that.  If he hadn't and he didn't carry on throwing money in we would go bust.

As for last night, was it the owners fault? No. Was it the managers fault? No.

I think a few on this thread should start using theirs heads to think with and their feet to dance with.

[Clampy]

The people claiming it was rubbish from start to finish weren't watching properly.   We also did a lot of crap things but I still say there's a team in there somewhere when we get the balance right.

It was'nt rubbish from start to finish, but it was'nt far off.

As for us needing to get the balance right, i agree entirely, but that dose'nt excuse us hardly testing the away keeper at home.

[Dr Butler]

Bolton did a job on us, pressed us high up the pitch to stop us building from the back and then picking us off, as their players were all at least 6 inches taller than ours, when we were forced to launch it forward. They were the better side and deserved to win.

That said, we got ourselves into good positions on numerous occasions but then wasted the finsl ball. Marc Albrighton was by far the worst culprit, he had a stinker and to compound it he made the mistake for their first goal. The people claiming it was rubbish from start to finish weren't watching properly. We did put together sone decent passing but too often it broke down when we got near their penalty area. Contrary to what others have said Ireksnd was ok, he was at least trying to make things happen. We also did a lot of crap things but I still say there's a team in there somewhere when we get the balance right.

I sadly could not make it last night but this was my mates opinion of the game.

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[Jimbo]

It worries me more that the message is Lerner wants to stay and is in no way thinking of selling.

Other than Faulkner - and he won't tell us - I doubt anyone truly knows what Lerner's intentions are going forward.

I think his intentions are more about going backward.

[TimTheVillain]

It worries me more that the message is Lerner wants to stay and is in no way thinking of selling.

Other than Faulkner - and he won't tell us - I doubt anyone truly knows what Lerner's intentions are going forward.

I think his intentions are more about going backward.

I don't for one minute think those are his intentions, but it's happening, of that there is no doubt.