Aston Villa v Reading Match Thread

[paulcomben]

Gabby should passed left.

[hilts_coolerking]

At the moment surely a £16M striker is more use to us than 3 or 4 more youngsters from lower leagues?

[paulcomben]

Centre back shoulda got close to that corner ball.

[Flamingo Lane]

I'm not a huge fan of Bent but I can't see the thinking behind leaving him out of this one altogether, when  surely we'd expect to be creating some chances and suiting Bent's strengths.  And if Lambert leaves him out of this one, and carries on leaving him out, if and when he may be forced to bring him back into the fold (especially if on the back of a bad run of results) then it will seem like an act of desperation or an admission of a mistake on Lambert's part in having left Bent out for so long (and a serious error of judgment if Bent scores a goal or two when he's brought back in).

At the very least, we ain't going to get much for Bent in the January window if our manager doesn't consider him good enough to be playing in games like this one.

[Warren Aspinall]

So, what's anyone eating during HT. Any Reggae Reggae sauce recipes?

I am thinking of eating my testicles, more fun than watching that.  Mind you it is an improvement on last year...

I am now devouring the Guide To Championship Grounds. Cracking little pub and easy parking near The Gal Pharm Stadium, pleasingly.

I heard there is a family friendly club in the championship, apparently they all have an extra toe on each foot.

[paulcomben]

Benteke shoulda headed that down the line.

[Matt Collins]

It can't help that the crowd is so flat.

[paulcomben]

Benteke shoulda passed to a team mate.

[Apyadg]

It can't help that the crowd is so flat.

Bit of a chicken-egg situation, that.

[Axl Rose]

boring football, boring players, dour manager. Getting up at 4am in to watch this is a sobering experience. Come on Villa, for fucks sake

Respect. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have bothered.

haha..I was hoping to see a bit more from Villa, to be fair. The thing that strikes me most regarding the Bent situation, is that he's gone from  starting the season as captain, to not playing at all. I think being stripped of the captaincy and then not starting(though I may well be wrong) in the next game after scoring against the Baggies pissed him off and he voiced his displeasure. Lambert, being a mini MON took it personally and it's snowballed from there..

[Irish villain]

It can't help that the crowd is so flat.

Can you blame them? Look at what they have endured for the past two years.

[PaulWinch again]

Lichaj is not a good player.

[Fergal]

We will win this, have faith and belief

[paulcomben]

Roberts should be booked for cheating.

[ozzjim]

For all the Bent talk though, our general play has been more on an issue than the lack of Bent.