Fulham v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[AvFc4eVeR]

Anyone dreading hearing "we pick ourselves up, and go again" again?

Yes, but go where ?

Back to the drawing board I think.

[dutchvilla]

The defence is all at sea, the midfield is unbalanced and the strikers seem to change every week.

Lambert really needs to work out what his preferred formation is. The players don't seem to know what their role is.

But - if we beat Norwich and Swindon, confidence should return and things may begin to click.

[Simba]

Very worried - we have had a pretty 'easy' start to the  season. The big boys to come. We were big boys not long ago. Now it's boys against men.

[Stu]

Total shit. Very poor and getting worse each week.

[Apyadg]

Anyone dreading hearing "we pick ourselves up, and go again" again?

It is worrying that he already has a catchphrase when we lose, after only 8 league games.

At least he's not called them an honest bunch of lads yet.

[Tuscans]

One of the weakest teams in the league. A goalkeeper and back four who have hardly played games together, let alone Premier League games. A midfield that on paper you think theres some creativity there...but it just doesnt come, pass back, pass left, pass right, pass back....

...and 3 forwards who all look void of confidence and lack any magic to create something themselves.

...im dreading November, will we be bottom by December...!!!!?

[adamski villa]

Who would take settle for finishing  guaranteed 17th this season ?

me! absolutely 100&

[Jimbo]

Customary garbage. But did anyone really expect anything from this match? I'm just glad I didn't waste any money going to the game. We're very, very poor, and I don't see where our next win is coming from, but as Lambert will say after this latest debacle, "we go again."

[Karlos96]

I can't wait for this season to end.

[onje_villa]

Dire performance for the most part, if I had to pick some positives, I think Charlie was top drawer when he came on and I'm sorry but I'd much rather have Benteke in the team getting chances than Bent doing precious FA. He's a young lad, it WILL come, it annoys me people getting on his back so soon.

Also think Lowton is maturing nicely.

Think come January we'll have to sell Bent and spend the money on some quality in midfield and at the back too.

[picicata]

Quite possibly going to take the plunge this season... sadly I'm finding it difficult to care either way.

[Monty]

Too many fucking long balls. Stupid, strange, non-tactic even at the best of times, but considering Benteke was on the bench for most of the game it was fucking inexplicable. Lambert wants us to play possession football? Stop smacking the ball from keeper to keeper for a start.

[andyh]

I still think it will improve, but we might again be thanking our lucky stars for the likes of Swansea, Reading, QPR, Norwich and Southampton being in the same division this year.

After less than a dozen games, I really don't thin we should be hanging our hats on other crap teams saving our bacon.
I've fucking had enough of doing that.

[Yossarian]

I still think it will improve, but we might again be thanking our lucky stars for the likes of Swansea, Reading, QPR, Norwich and Southampton being in the same division this year.

I agree. I think its not a case of we are shit so we will go down, more a case of we are shit but there are shitter teams out there and they will go down.

[Apyadg]

Customary garbage. But did anyone really expect anything from this match? I'm just glad I didn't waste any money going to the game. We're very, very poor, and I don't see where our next win is coming from, but as Lambert will say after this latest debacle, "we go again."

Oh come on. I can sometimes accept that we shouldn't expect a result against a top team (though we should never just roll over and accept it) but we were playing bloody Fulham, not FC Barcelona.