Fulham v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[saunders_heroes]

Dreadful result and performance, but the worst thing about it is that I fully expected it. What more do you expect when the chairman sells practically every top class player at the club and replaces them with chumps from the lower leagues?
If we don't invest in genuine Premier League quality we'll be plying our trade in the Championship. The sooner Lerner realises this the better. We're in serious trouble.

[Goldie.7]

I'm not in the Bent camp either. The guy offers nothing has 0 skill (filed next to agbonlahor) let's get rid i'd much prefer someone like Long with Benteke for next season if we stay up.

[tarzansbrother]

Just type shyte brontebilly. Oh and Paul winch you have shit in your eyes.

[Stu]

The game against Norwich is a must win. There can be no other outcome from that game.

It is a big game for us. Can't believe im saying that at this stage of the season.

Norwich haven't won so far this season, and they're playing Arsenal in 5 mins. If that record is still in place by the time they turn up to play us, I think we all know what will happen.

[arnie66]

Randy's got a $billion dollars coming from the sale of the Cleveland Browns.................We need a big chunk of that spent on Villa please Mr Lerner

Not happening, Faulkner said as much a couple of months back or whenever it was.

A couple of months ago there was some optimism about the youngsters and the season ahead....what we know know is that we need (as a minimum) a proper nasty giant ball winning midfielder and a some quality through the spine of the team.  The season will only get harder and i just can't see how we can load that sort of pressure on our current young squad.  If we can get through this season I am sure we will see the rewards.....but right now I'm thinking its going to be a long hard season.

[nick harper]

We are in desperate trouble. 5 goals in our last 13 away games is another awful statistic to add to the many over the last 12 months.

He needs to build the side around N'Zogbia and Ireland- they are our most creative players and Lambert has to unlock the key in terms of giving them licence to play. We will go down simply because we don't score goals.

[caster troy]

Midfield is the problem. El Ahmadi, Delph, Bannan, Ireland, Albrighton, Holman, they're all so... average. No pace, no goal threat, no physical presence, no-one who can commit defenders. I'd actually play N'Zogbia now because at least he offers something different even if you are sacrificing hard work.

[PaulWinch again]

Just type shyte brontebilly. Oh and Paul winch you have shit in your eyes.

Bit much.

[Irish villain]

Anybody else get the impression lambert didn't realise how bad we were and thought he could come in and get the best out of what we had and simply had to add a few bright sparks for the future.

[PeterWithesShin]

Despite what looked an easy set of fixtures, they've been a fair bit tougher than we'd have thought. Only 3 of our 8 games so far have been at home. 5 of the 8 have come against sides currently in the top 8, 6 against the top 10. And only 1 game has been against a side in the bottom 8.

MMmmmm, more straws.

[PeterWithesShin]

Just type shyte brontebilly. Oh and Paul winch you have shit in your eyes.

Wind it in a bit please.

[Apyadg]

Anybody else get the impression lambert didn't realise how bad we were and thought he could come in and get the best out of what we had and simply had to add a few bright sparks for the future.

Seems plausible. I think most people thought we had a half-decent team hidden under McLeish's cloud of despair.

I'm actually feeling a bit more sympathetic towards McLeish after seeing the same players still look really shit when they're not shackled by his defensive tactics.

[hawkeye]

Agree the real problem is the midfield, you might get away with playing any 2 of the current crop but we cant get away with playing any 4 of them. They dont defend and they dont attack.

[Irish villain]

Anybody else get the impression lambert didn't realise how bad we were and thought he could come in and get the best out of what we had and simply had to add a few bright sparks for the future.

Seems plausible. I think most people thought we had a half-decent team hidden under McLeish's cloud of despair.

Count me among those. I thought we underachieved by about four to five places last season. Not so sure now.

[ktvillan]

We are in desperate trouble. 5 goals in our last 13 away games is another awful statistic to add to the many over the last 12 months.

He needs to build the side around N'Zogbia and Ireland- they are our most creative players and Lambert has to unlock the key in terms of giving them licence to play. We will go down simply because we don't score goals.

It's a fair point, apart from the first half against Everton and the second against Southampton, we haven't been that bad defensively,  despite some dodgy moments in each game.   The real problem is we look about as incisive as a blancmange when attacking, and many a team have got relegated for precisely that reason.  I've likened us to Tony Mowbray's relegated West Brazil before, they played some lovely stuff up to the final third, then nothing.  And the cap still fits at the moment.   

Yet we have four strikers who could probably all stick the ball in the net regularly if they get the service.  The real problem is a woeful lack of creativity from midfield.