Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[myf]

Sat in hotel indigo sipping champers and looking forward to a good feed. good point from where Im sat! 9 points off the drop with 11 games to go. think well win the next two and finish well.

Pleased to see heskey didn't start

[kippaxvilla2]

He really isn't going to get the sack unless we get relegated, we have to get used to this fact.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

He's just been on WM and said we were totally dominant and need to start being ruthless in front of goal.  Pointed to Robinson being man of the match as testament to our performance.  And so another week of excuses goes under the radar.

Where was he for the second half, then, because he can't have seen much on the field if that was "dominant".

He really is a deluded fuckwit.

Lerner still desrves the most criticism for allowing all this to happen, at best Randolph is a fucking imbecile and at worst a clueless c.unt.

[Legion]

He won't get the sack even if we did get relegated, which I don't think we will. Not this season, anyway.

[PaulWinch again]

Our inspirational leader has spoken:
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish after the 1-1 draw at Blackburn:
"It is not the end of the world but we are disappointed. It was a long second half but this is where some of my players have to get a little bit tougher.

"We played some really good football in the first half but we have lacked ruthlessness at times this season and it was the same again here."

The same again and again and again, you can't change it Alex please leave. I don't have a problem with you as a man, but you should not be and should never have been Aston Villa manager. As Paulie said anyone who thinks we are not in a relegation dog fight after our last two results, it's completely deluded. We have played the two worst sides in the league and two points is not good enough.

[pauliewalnuts]

We had 1 chance 2nd half that Gabby should have put away. Apart from that we just stood off them, when we had the ball just gave it way. It really is awful.

That's the thing. In the second half, we needed to keep the ball a bit, take the sting out of Blackburn, make it harder for them.

All we did was sit back, invite them on to us, and give them the ball straight back whenever they lost it.

It really is bollocks. Two points from games against Wigan and Blackburn just says it all.

[ozzjim]

I'm not totally certain that McCleish can take the blame for that today, last week yes but not today. Poor finishing meant we didn't take advantage of Rover's inept 1st half display. They were never going to be as bad 2nd half and not getting the second goal cost us. We simply couldn't get hold of the ball second half, nothing to do with tactics, just that Blackburn upped the ante and we gave them the ball back everytime we won it. Gabby was not good enough at giving us an out ball by running the channels and allowing us to push up the pitch. Thought the defence played well but with 45 mins of constant pressure it's hardly surprising they cracked in the end.

Wash your mouth out NastyLee, Gabby is the saviour and should be forever adored as a Messi esque forward who is going to carry us to the promised land.

[kippaxvilla2]

"Unquestionably, Alex meets the criteria we set out at the beginning of our search which was based on proven Premier League experience, leadership, a hard-working ethic and, most importantly, a shared vision for Aston Villa.

"Alex is someone with whom we will work closely and work well together.

"With our strong squad combining the necessary virtues of experience and the exciting potential of our young players, our objective is to compete as strongly as we possibly can.

"Alex's vast experience and proven abilities demonstrate clearly that he is a strong leader and an ambitious man and we are looking forward very much to the exciting new season about to start," Faulkner added.

[hawkeye]

I am totaly baffled and for once not putting all the blame on the manager, we should have had the game won at half time but for some poor decision making by Zog Gabby Albrighton Ireland. They stopped running in the second half, and gave any posession away. It looked like a fitness problem too me.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

"Unquestionably, Alex meets the criteria we set out at the beginning of our search which was based on proven Premier League experience, leadership, a hard-working ethic and, most importantly, a shared vision for Aston Villa.

"Alex is someone with whom we will work closely and work well together.

"With our strong squad combining the necessary virtues of experience and the exciting potential of our young players, our objective is to compete as strongly as we possibly can.

"Alex's vast experience and proven abilities demonstrate clearly that he is a strong leader and an ambitious man and we are looking forward very much to the exciting new season about to start," Faulkner added.

That was Fuckner who came out with that statement, I wouldn't trust that fucking idiot to sit the right way on the toilet, so we can safely file any drivel he comes out with in the bin.

[ChrissyPrice]

We'll get 'em in singles.

[ozzjim]

"Unquestionably, Alex meets the criteria we set out at the beginning of our search which was based on proven Premier League experience, leadership, a hard-working ethic and, most importantly, a shared vision for Aston Villa.

"Alex is someone with whom we will work closely and work well together.

"With our strong squad combining the necessary virtues of experience and the exciting potential of our young players, our objective is to compete as strongly as we possibly can.

"Alex's vast experience and proven abilities demonstrate clearly that he is a strong leader and an ambitious man and we are looking forward very much to the exciting new season about to start," Faulkner added.

The same Faulkner who claimed we should be pushing for a European place - lets be ruthless, on that ideal alone we should be firing him now.

[David_Nab]

I am totaly baffled and for once not putting all the blame on the manager, we should have had the game won at half time but for some poor decision making by Zog Gabby Albrighton Ireland. They stopped running in the second half, and gave any posession away. It looked like a fitness problem too me.

Inclined to agree though I think Ireland was less culpable.Albrighton was ineffective all match.

[Kevin_Brum12]

It was awful.  McLeish is clueless.

It is utterly depressing that the Baggies can dispatch a Chelsea side 1-0, but we cannot beat the worst team in the league, a Blackburn that will be surely playing Championship football come August.

If we aren't to join them then both McLeish and Paul Faulkner need to be summonsed to a meeting with Lerner on Monday morning and be given two options - resign with immediate effect or be dismissed for poor performance.

Lerner needs to show some cojones and do something, especially given the appalling state of the clubs finances.  Doing nothing will damage the club both in the eyes of fans and financially.

[PaulWinch again]

I imagine the words from the 'manager' at half time were some variation of 'try and make sure we keep it to 1-1 boys'. Following that someone probably corrected Mcleish with the correct scoreline and so he then said 'Oh ok, well like I said try and keep it to 1-1 boys'.