Aston Villa v West Brom Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

The fans are going to play a big part in this. We need to stay with and get behind the team and manager all season.

Absolutely. I think they will.

[not3bad]

54% posession today and some good attacking play from Holman.  Like it or not you've got to give credit to Smethwick.  Well organised and a good footballing team.  I heard it said that they haven't changed from the Mobray days but their results so far this season make a mockery of that view.

[dave.woodhall]

Like it or not you've got to give credit to Smethwick. 

You haven't.

[peter w]

Which is why some posts on here have me scratching my head. We've kind of agreed that we'll be up and down against everyone this season. today we were for the most part good. Compare today to West Ham and Everton to see how far we've come already. Get through this season and we'll build to be bigger and bigger.

[Ad@m]

I'm starting to see what Norwich fans used to say about not getting Lambert's tactics.

Against Everton he went a standard 442 first half and we were absolutely overwhelmed in midfield.  Today he used a diamond-based 442 and left our fullbacks quite horribly exposed at times.

All-in-all we might just have done enough to win today but his tactics don't half confuse me during the course of the game.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm starting to see what Norwich fans used to say about not getting Lambert's tactics.

Against Everton he went a standard 442 first half and we were absolutely overwhelmed in midfield.  Today he used a diamond-based 442 and left our fullbacks quite horribly exposed at times.

All-in-all we might just have done enough to win today but his tactics don't half confuse me during the course of the game.

I know what you mean, but I'd say at least we've got tactics these days, whatever they are, and however much they vary. Under McLeish they seemed to be based upon losing by as small a margin as possible, under Houllier it was hard to discern what they were, and under MON, even in the halcyon days, they were exactly the same, week in, week out.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Match of the Day - 40mins long with only one game.

They spend 2-3 mins fucking about in the Black Country Museuem and show about 12 minutes of the game. What a load of bollocks

[Lizz]

Plus far too many visuals [or whatever the word is] of Colin Murray sitting in the dugouts.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I'm starting to see what Norwich fans used to say about not getting Lambert's tactics.

Against Everton he went a standard 442 first half and we were absolutely overwhelmed in midfield.  Today he used a diamond-based 442 and left our fullbacks quite horribly exposed at times.

All-in-all we might just have done enough to win today but his tactics don't half confuse me during the course of the game.

I know what you mean, but I'd say at least we've got tactics these days, whatever they are, and however much they vary. Under McLeish they seemed to be based upon losing by as small a margin as possible, under Houllier it was hard to discern what they were, and under MON, even in the halcyon days, they were exactly the same, week in, week out.

Or maybe he's just trying to work out what his best team is. There's more than a few places in the team that's not cemented and he's trying out a few things to see what works/doesn't work.

[Ad@m]

I'm starting to see what Norwich fans used to say about not getting Lambert's tactics.

Against Everton he went a standard 442 first half and we were absolutely overwhelmed in midfield.  Today he used a diamond-based 442 and left our fullbacks quite horribly exposed at times.

All-in-all we might just have done enough to win today but his tactics don't half confuse me during the course of the game.

I know what you mean, but I'd say at least we've got tactics these days, whatever they are, and however much they vary. Under McLeish they seemed to be based upon losing by as small a margin as possible, under Houllier it was hard to discern what they were, and under MON, even in the halcyon days, they were exactly the same, week in, week out.

Or maybe he's just trying to work out what his best team is. There's more than a few places in the team that's not cemented and he's trying out a few things to see what works/doesn't work.

I trust him (I imagine he's forgotten more about football than I'll ever know) but it isn't half confusing to watch at times.

[CJ]

Classic call on WM after the game.  Caller came on bemoaning (amongst other things) the fact that there were only 34,400 for a local derby game.
Mark Regan (?) " Were you at the game today?"
Caller: " I went to the Tranmere and Swansea games but I listened to this one on the radio"

*sigh*

[Louzie0]

Like it or not you've got to give credit to Smethwick. 

You haven't.

Agree.
boing, splat.

[London Villan]

What got me more about that was that it was another caller that had to point the irony out, not "Rego".

[brian green]

Just got home after the game.   Typical local derby.   A game to be endured rather than enjoyed.   We are very raw and rough hewn at the moment but there is clearly so much potential there that we simply have to hold tight and enjoy the ride.   Highlight for the day for me was to walk across the park to the game with a woman a third my age and to be impressed by the clarity and grasp she had of Villa fundamentals as they are at the present time and how they came to be so.  Very refreshing.

[Clark W Griswold]

Match of the Day - 40mins long with only one game.

They spend 2-3 mins fucking about in the Black Country Museuem and show about 12 minutes of the game. What a load of bollocks

Did they get some of them nice chips i've heard about?