Fulham v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[barrysleftfoot]

  For me, Gabby flatters to deceive, doesn't hold the ball up, more importantly doesn't look like scoring.You can't play Gabby and Bent together, Benteke, for all his rawness , offers our best opportunities, N'Zog should start.Not sure there is enough creativity in the team when you play KEA,Delph and Holman in midfield.

 Baker looked good.

[paulcomben]

Yes. Selecting KEA with Delph is stupid. They are doing the same things. KEA and Bannan or Holman or Ireland in centre mid. Drop this poxy useless diamond thing, which will only work if, like vs Swansea, the tempo is superfast.

[Stu]

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.

Yes, because if it was he'd tell us.

Good point.

I'm more than happy for him to start spunking money at the Villa. Christ knows, we need it.

[PeterWithesShin]

after a defeat we dont half have some donuts on here who we never hear of from one week to the next!

Wind it in a bit please

He has no need to, using a term like donuts isn't exactly an insult. Insulting a poster directly by saying he has shit in his eyes is. That's why I specifically asked you to wind it in a bit.

[eastie]

Midfield is the problem as previous posters have already said we really miss Stan's presence in there.

Not so much stan in my view  but someone with the drive and creativity of Milner- he has never been replaced and how we need that sort of player .
Everything seems to go sideways or backwards and there is little width either, bent will not score without wingers setting him up, it's fine keeping the ball but not if you're not creating anything with it.

[PeterWithesShin]

I think some of it is down to confidence. Too often when attacking we slow our own attacks down by either, the player receiving the ball has his back to goal, or when he receives the ball he stops and turns away meaning it has to go sideways at best or more often, backwards. Hopefully confidence would stop that, but until we win confidence remains low.

[john e]

i like donuts,
 but not them Krispy Kreme things, they are to sickly

[Tuscans]

HE ONLY WENT AND BLOODY SAID IT....

Paul Lambert admitted frustration at the result but he was far from despondent at the performance as Villa went down 1-0 at Fulham.

Lambert was annoyed at the manner of the winning goal but pleased with the efforts of his team overall during the ninety minutes.

Villa boss Lambert is confident that things will turn in his team's favour soon, if they continue in the same manner.

He said: "It was hard to take because I don't think we deserved to lose the game.

"It's a tough place to come. I know that from last season.

"But I thought we gave as good as we got. To lose from a goal at a set-piece was really disappointing.

"I didn't think there was a lot in it. I thought it was a really close game.

"I thought we did really fine. I thought some of our play was really good. I didn't think there was much in it at all.

"I can take positives out of it. I'm not going to be too downbeat. I am disappointed to lose but, as I said to the lads, you just keep going!

"They are playing really fine at the moment. You just don't give up now. We keep going. We will be fine. We give it everything we've got to try and win a game.

"The lads are down but they know they gave Fulham a good game. If we keep going the way we have been, we will be alright.

"We are creating things and we look a threat which is important. It's important how you bounce back. We will bounce back from this one."

Lambert revealed Christian Benteke missed out on the starting line-up as a result of two gruelling games for Belgium on international duty.

He continued: "Christian has had two really hard games for Belgium during the week.

"I played Gabby with Darren because I thought it was the right thing to do and I thought they did really, really fine.

"I thought Darren deserved to come back in with Gabby. We have strikers vying to get in, younger ones too. They are pushing to get in. There are options there."

Lambert admitted he thought Benteke had equalised soon after Chris Baird's opener, only to see the well-struck effort fly wide.

Despite the miss, Lambert insists Benteke will be a "major player" for Villa in the coming weeks, months and years ahead.

He added: "From where I was standing I thought it was in. He had just come on. But he will be a major player for this club, that's for sure."

[tarzansbrother]

after a defeat we dont half have some donuts on here who we never hear of from one uweek to the next!

Wind it in a bit please

He has no need to, using a term like donuts isn't exactly an iulting a poster directly by saying he has shit in his eyes is. That's why I specifically asked you to wind it in a bit.

Whatever same old on this site. Our fans are blind to how we have declined, our current owner isn't a villa fan and never will be the plastic fool.

[Tuscans]

My problem with that is that we didnt create or look a threat!

[john e]

after a defeat we dont half have some donuts on here who we never hear of from one uweek to the next!

Wind it in a bit please

He has no need to, using a term like donuts isn't exactly an iulting a poster directly by saying he has shit in his eyes is. That's why I specifically asked you to wind it in a bit.

Whatever same old on this site. Our fans are blind to how we have declined, our current owner isn't a villa fan and never will be the plastic fool.

yeah, bring back Doug he was a Villa fan

[PaulWinch again]

after a defeat we dont half have some donuts on here who we never hear of from one uweek to the next!

Wind it in a bit please

He has no need to, using a term like donuts isn't exactly an iulting a poster directly by saying he has shit in his eyes is. That's why I specifically asked you to wind it in a bit.

Whatever same old on this site. Our fans are blind to how we have declined, our current owner isn't a villa fan and never will be the plastic fool.

I don't think anyone is blind to how we've declined, it's patently obvious. However Ireland is an easy target because he had a shocking couple of seasons, but he's played perfectly well this year and has been virtually our only creative spark and has worked very hard.

[PeterWithesShin]

after a defeat we dont half have some donuts on here who we never hear of from one uweek to the next!

Wind it in a bit please

He has no need to, using a term like donuts isn't exactly an iulting a poster directly by saying he has shit in his eyes is. That's why I specifically asked you to wind it in a bit.

Whatever same old on this site. Our fans are blind to how we have declined, our current owner isn't a villa fan and never will be the plastic fool.

No one holds a gun to your head to visit us.

I doubt anyone here is blind to anything. Some just prefer to show some patience as it's actually a lot less stressful than thinking the end of the world is nigh. And how many owners are fans of the clubs they own? The days of the local businessman owning his local club are long gone at the top end of the game.

[myf]

can't see anything other than a relegation fight now. even if we beat norwich and get a draw from makems that will be 9 from 10. we'll struggle to take 35 points this year

[itbrvilla]

after a defeat we dont half have some donuts on here who we never hear of from one uweek to the next!

Wind it in a bit please

He has no need to, using a term like donuts isn't exactly an iulting a poster directly by saying he has shit in his eyes is. That's why I specifically asked you to wind it in a bit.

Whatever same old on this site. Our fans are blind to how we have declined, our current owner isn't a villa fan and never will be the plastic fool.

yeah, bring back Doug he was a Villa fan

would he of run up huge debts just to stay still?