Aston Villa v Norwich City Post-Match Thread

[barrysleftfoot]

  Have to say after watching Bennetts 2nd yellow, that he was conned into that challenge a bit, and it was probably a bit of 6 of one and half a dozen of another.

  One thing i would say in support of Delph, is he has got it in him to be a really good player.He produced 2 great passes in the 1st half, one to Gabby on the edge of the area, when his touch was too heavy and the chance went, one to Benteke when he shot over , but should have laid it back.Granted he doesn't do it enough, but hes not as shit as say Albrighton, who was trully awful today.

 I am prepared to give Lambert the benefit of the doubt atm, but if he keeps picking Albrighton and Gabby then i might change my mind.

[silhillvilla]

My concern is the midfield. It's not improving, I don't think the players can.

[Risso]

Why have the last 3 Villa managers been full of shit when it comes to the post match interview?
Is there a spin doctor at the club?
Paul you would get a lot more respect if you came out and said"we were shit and the changes I made were wrong".

I'm quite alarmed by his constant mantra of "we'll be fine".  It's almost like he's just expecting thing to just work out, when the evidence suggests that there's been no improvement at all since last season, despite him splurging £20m.

[django]

I have kind of being hanging my hat on the hope that most of our problems were down to confidence and we would turn a corner at some point but it is looking increasingly like it isn't confidence, it's quality. And that's a much bigger worry.

I think it's a combination of lacking confidence and quality. We need to fluke a result or two from somewhere soon to try and get the confidence part remedied and try and address the lack of quality in January.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Easily the worst midfield i've seen down Villa Park for years. Holman is a headless chicken, Delph is utterly shit, El Ahmadi is inept and Albrighton is an absolute steaming pile of shit.

This team is racing towards relegation, no doubt.

More sort of sleepwalking thsn racing, really. But fully agreed on the midfield, which is woefully poor.

It really is a midfield with no redeeming features whatsoever.
The El Ahmadi and Holman signings are  looking embarrasing, Delph and Albrighton we already knew were shite.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Just for once Mark, I wish you'd say what you really think.

Believe me, i'm holding back.

[eastie]

Not only nzogbia outa few weeks but dunne out till Xmas now!

[Hoppo]

I would hardly say splurging 20 mill.. He tried to re-invent the squad certain players Lowton Vlaar and Benteke look like working out others maybe not.

[Steve kirk]

With pick ups and drop offs that was an 8 hour shift and what a waste of time, I agree with Saunders Heroes it does feel different this time and if we dont sort out the midfield we are done for, worst start since the Div 2 relegation season of 1968/9 and I am shitting myself, too many championship players in that team which should serve us well for next season, I pray that Lambert will make me eat these words.   

[Rip Van We Go Again]

As Risso has pointed out, there is too much of this 'we'll be fine' shit, which is either extreme self confidence, self delusion or denial.

[gervilla]

I think it's safe to say that the optimism that I had when PL was appointed has completely evaporated by now.
We look like relegation fodder and make no mistake about it.
I'm starting to get very worried.

[Jimbo]

As Risso has pointed out, there is too much of this 'we'll be fine' shit, which is either extreme self confidence, self delusion or denial.

I'm afraid I have to agree. This is the Villa team most likely to go down since the last one that went down. The alarm bells are ringing, for the claret and blue.

[PeterWithesShin]

As Risso has pointed out, there is too much of this 'we'll be fine' shit, which is either extreme self confidence, self delusion or denial.

Or maybe some folks just believe it.

[David_Nab]

I didn't think Delph did too bad ..he  is lacking confidence once ..one occasion he had the ball and Culverhouse was screaming go forward and he passed it wide instead.The centre is a concern but I really feel that in a 4-4-2 the wide players need to be able to run and fullbacks but Holman and Albrighton just were not able to do that succesfully.The later really had dipped in form..his touch was bad ,as was he passing but mostly he looks slower than before..he just has no pace to run past a fullback.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

As Risso has pointed out, there is too much of this 'we'll be fine' shit, which is either extreme self confidence, self delusion or denial.

Or maybe some folks just believe it.

Well if all else fails, mindless optimism will see us through.