Aston Villa v Norwich City Pre-Match Thread

[1874]

A must win game just hope it turns out better than the must win game last season against QPR!!

Or the Bolton game. Lest we never forget.

[silhillvilla]

If we don't win what are the odds we'll be bottom 3 come Sunday night ?

[eastie]

Clark and baker both struggling to be fit according to lambert this morning.

[placeforparks]

If we don't win what are the odds we'll be bottom 3 come Sunday night ?

if we don't beat our relegation rivals at home, we'll be odds-on bottom 3 at the end of the season.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Clark and baker both struggling to be fit according to lambert this morning.

Can we bring back Emile?

[Newquay_AVFC]

3-1, them to take the lead and Weimann, Bent and Ireland for us all in the second half.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I'm praying for a result. I took my son to his first game against Swansea he loved it and he thinks all Villa games are like that

[Monty]

A few choice nuggets from Lawro's extraordinary take on Villa this week:

"I am a little surprised that they are not playing more like Norwich did under Lambert last season, when the Canaries had a go at teams - they attacked using width, played two strikers up front and did not have any problems scoring goals."

"I can see what Lambert is trying to do, by making them difficult to break down, but that is no good if you never look like scoring at the other end either. If you always play for a point, that is not enough anyway."

"Lambert is a good manager, as he proved when he was at Norwich, but Villa are losing games playing cautiously so surely he has to go for it soon."

Where do you start? Lambert hardly played with wingers last season, and he's played with two up front in almost every game this season with us. His tactics are to go for it all the time, just the players are finding it hard to adjust, which can happen. He's not cautious, he's not trying to make us 'hard to beat' with everything that euphemism implies. Lawro should be sacked for this sheer lack of knowledge, this ridiculous lack of factual awareness, speaking with all the clarity and knowledge of a demented old racist getting confused between Dr. King and Malcolm X.

[placeforparks]

the problem is the centre of midfield. KEA and delph are like a pair of blind crabs, side-to-side, they hardly pass the ball forward.

 we had possession at fulham, did nothing with it, and ending up getting done.

[eastie]

the problem is the centre of midfield. KEA and delph are like a pair of blind crabs, side-to-side, they hardly pass the ball forward.

 we had possession at fulham, did nothing with it, and ending up getting done.

I agree , no point having possession if you are not creating with it- far too many 5 yard passes backwards and sidewards going nowhere .

[Steve kirk]

I agree as well, Midfield is a major problem and has to be fixed in January or I fear we may be sunk come next May.   

the problem is the centre of midfield. KEA and delph are like a pair of blind crabs, side-to-side, they hardly pass the ball forward.

 we had possession at fulham, did nothing with it, and ending up getting done.

I agree , no point having possession if you are not creating with it- far too many 5 yard passes backwards and sidewards going nowhere .

[sid1964]

Massive game for us! I honestly think we will win 2-0, but it will be tough.!!

[Monty]

Anyone see this website? It's brilliant:

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/614988/Show/England-Premier-League-2012-2013-Aston-Villa-Norwich

Who's going to score the long shot for us? Place yer bets.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

the problem is the centre of midfield. KEA and delph are like a pair of blind crabs, side-to-side, they hardly pass the ball forward.

Delph is a waste of space, but in all honesty, most of the team are pretty wanky.

Been some time since we've had such a sub-standard squad.

[DB]

the problem is the centre of midfield. KEA and delph are like a pair of blind crabs, side-to-side, they hardly pass the ball forward.

Delph is a waste of space, but in all honesty, most of the team are pretty wanky.

Been some time since we've had such a sub-standard squad.

I agree, with the Delph description. We give the ball away too much in midfield as it is without him in it. If we can stop doing that we'll be OK.