QPR v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[VILLA MOLE]

It's Benteke's 22nd birthday on Monday. Good. Tired of Lambert saying 'he's been fantastic, 21 years of age' in every.bloody.interview.

and everyone is fine just fine really fine doing fine .......

[Monty]

PL on Sky right now. Says the players are buoyant. Praised Bentecke, no mention of Bent.

His management of Bent has been pathetic and could well be part of the reason we go down.

Pathetic would be playing him just because he's famous. Think for a second, what could he have actually done today? The Ireland debates I get, but Bent? We were giving the ball away enough as it was.

[OCD]

Draws do us no good.

It doesn't exactly help QPR either.

All that matters was stopping QPR from getting a win which apart from pulling us into even more trouble, makes it harder for QPR to survive. If they don't pick up a win soon they will lose the momentum they've got from Redknapp's appointment.

If we can beat Stoke we'll go onto 17 points. Considering our start and I think we were always going to have a stronger second half of the season, that could be a significant milestone in terms of survival.

Lambert's substitutions were clever and probably stopped us losing the game. Herd's probably not ready for a full game and Lichaj was getting killed by Diakete. Putting Baker at left back quelled that line of attack and the defence looked stable with Lowton-Clark-Williams (another young 'un given some experience).

It was the third game within a week and there's always a drop off in the third game so it was important to take players off who were either tiring or would soon tire. We can argue about who would have been better; Ireland or KEA but KEA did a good job when he was on. With the amount of games we have coming this month its a good idea to use the likes of Delph and KEA to give them the impetus for when we do need them.

Westwood looked excellent again. He looks really comfortable on the ball and you can feel confident that he (probably) won't give the ball away. Unfortunately we can't say the same about Holman or Lichaj.

[russon]

Can't say I share the triumphancy over a solitary point gained against a virtually already relegated side who have yet to notch a win with the season into it's 5th month.

We were absolute garbage and camped in our half for the entire second half. Thankfully QPR couldn't penetrate so hats off to the defence and keeper but hells bells, it's December and we're counting down the matches until we avoid relegation already.

[eamonn]

Oh and Lichaj is the worst left back I've ever seen.

Wrong.

1. He's a right back who's filling in at left back
2. Stephen Warnock
3. Jlloyd Samuel

Bernie Gallagher
Alan Wright (after 1996)

No way. Wrighty was more than decent until he left. His venturing over the halfway-line diminished  a bit but he was always solid.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

If we can beat Stoke we'll go onto 17 points.

That's a big ask I reckon.
They should have no trouble bullying our kids.

[ozzjim]

PL on Sky right now. Says the players are buoyant. Praised Bentecke, no mention of Bent.

His management of Bent has been pathetic and could well be part of the reason we go down.

Pathetic would be playing him just because he's famous. Think for a second, what could he have actually done today? The Ireland debates I get, but Bent? We were giving the ball away enough as it was.

Totally agree Montbert.


I think it came between Williams in at the back and Ireland, and as others have said, Lichaj was really struggling at left back, while Williams gave us much more balance. We needed to get our foot in in midfield though, and Delph and KEA gave us that with Bannan and Holman tiring.

[ozzjim]

If we can beat Stoke we'll go onto 17 points.

That's a big ask I reckon.
They should have no trouble bullying our kids.

I think we will be ok against Stoke.

[pbavfckuwait]

No RipVan but lets wake up to 21st century football, unless you want to start a campaign to find a multi billionaire who like Roman wants to spunk his money down the drain, maybe we are not what we like to sing  "Were by far the greatest team the world has ever seen", only once in 46 years of watching the Villa has that been the case, now we are were we are and supporting the manager just maybe the way of getting us out of this mess, remember those manure fans who were telling the red nose wanker he was an arse hole after 25 minutes at Forest that cup game, patience might just pay off.   If not and he keeps us up sack him if we are in the same place next year

[Monty]

If we can beat Stoke we'll go onto 17 points.

That's a big ask I reckon.
They should have no trouble bullying our kids.

I think we will be ok against Stoke.

I have a feeling a lot may depend on whether or not we have Vlaar back.

[Karl Bridges]

I would agree with all the QPR are shit stuff if Hughes was still in charge. They've got some reasonable talent there that has been badly managed. Harry will have lifted them no doubt, the fact we've kept them winless under him is a positive as has already been mentioned.

[eamonn]

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert: "I think it was a doubly hard game because of where QPR are in the league and Harry coming in. To come here and get a point is massive for us. I'm delighted to get a point. We are on a little run at the moment. You can stretch it back to Sunderland in terms of how we've been playing."

[Mazrim]

The pragmatist inside me says it we could easily have obliged the script the media all wanted and Arrys first win. So we've kept them in the deep deep shit and move up a place with a weakened squad. Which is all good.

The other side of the coin is that I'm disappointed we werent more adventurous against what is a desperately poor team.

Then I go back to looking at the teamsheet and scratching my beard thinking its not such a bad result... then I think that we need significantly to strengthen in January so we can put teams like QPR down at will, regardless of injuries.

[brontebilly]

PL on Sky right now. Says the players are buoyant. Praised Bentecke, no mention of Bent.

His management of Bent has been pathetic and could well be part of the reason we go down.

Pathetic would be playing him just because he's famous. Think for a second, what could he have actually done today? The Ireland debates I get, but Bent? We were giving the ball away enough as it was.

started him ahead of 1 goal in is it 30 league games agbonlahor

brought him on at half time instead of the aforementioned agbonlahor

pathetic - making him captain, taking the captaincy off him in the dressing room before a game, not even having him on the bench ahead of jordan bowery etc etc

good man management it aint, the more he showers benteke with MON esque OTT praise, its a bit of a dig at Bent I feel.

it would be something if this gamble to antagonise bent into forcing a transfer was being done from relative safety of midtable but we are in deep sh*t and need him on the pitch when fit

[pbavfckuwait]

Get a point play shit lets moan, get nothing against manure but play well hav'nt we done well, not sure what we do want this season, all I want is enough points to still be in the prem next season and then lets see if PL's plan has got any substance, we gave the puby head one how many years, lets not blame PL for that or GH and the one that can not be named.