Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic Match Thread

[onje_villa]

Lambert HAS to stay. 4 at the back and we're suddenly miles better. Bowery looks a good player too

[adamski villa]

15 minutes to score 3 goals, paper over the cracks and possibly save our season

[Villafirst]

C'mon Stoke

Yep, it's that desperate - whats happened to Stoke's rock solid defence today?

[Risso]

Good fucking lord.  Lambert has to resign as soon as this finishes.  Has literally has no idea how to stop the rot.

[achilles]

Wigan should have had 2 penalties in the first 5 minutes as well... so we have got off lightly!

[ciggiesnbeer]

I am genuinely confused at how utterly dreadful we have been the past week. What the hell happened?

[Olof's Beard]

Lambert has to take a fair share of the blame today. This pissing formation has not just seen us beaten in the last two games, it has seen us ripped to shreds yet he sticks with it and compounds the problem by selecting the most ridiculously unbalanced midfield known to man and let's Wigan have a free run at our shellshocked defence.  We may well all be sticking with him but he is contributing heavily towards this utter devastation at the moment.

[mattjpa]

Randy fucking Lerner is to blame. we are an absolute laughing stock and have been for 3years

[PaulWinch again]

LOL back in the bottom 3.

I'm so pleased that you find it so amusing.

I don't think I have ever abused another forum member but if you think it's funny fuck off...

Indeed it's fucking horrendous. Lerner and Lambert wake up, this isn't working. I don't care about the injuries, because you need a squad capable of competing. Our squad is fucking atrocious.

[Boz]

Wow a shot on goal

[eastie]

jeezuz Lambert is not the problem

Doesn't he manage and pick this team?

He does but look at what he has to pick from.

But he has bought a lot of those players!

The problem was the wage bill.

He's bought players, every single one of them either lower leagues youngsters or from cheap foreign leagues.

The thing I worry about most is that he still thinks this is the way forward, and January will see more of the same coming in.

He said yesterday experience guarantees nothing and he believes in going with young players so I wouldn't hold my breath on him changing his philosophy.

[Oscar Arce]

I've said all season it's like watching a kick about in the playground, the way Villa play is so niave

[Diablo]

LOL back in the bottom 3.

I'm so pleased that you find it so amusing.

I don't think I have ever abused another forum member but if you think it's funny fuck off...

I think it's probably a nervous laugh - like when some people laugh when they see a hearse pass them in the street

[adamski villa]

I am genuinely confused at how utterly dreadful we have been the past week. What the hell happened?

I dont know either, from a goal of the month contender against Liverpool, to this! WTF happened

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It isn't a new manager we need, it is a realisation that kids and lower league players alone are nothing like enough.

So tell that to Lambert, he's the man that buys the players.

He also has to work with the wage bill, hence all his signings being either lower league or selling European league, which means low (comparatively) wages.

There's no real proof of that though is there. Just putting two and two together and choosing a number that suits the argument. Obviously the wage bill had to be brought under control but it's still down to Lambert who he buys and I don't believe we now have a wage ceiling on players. There's plenty of clubs with far smaller wage budgets than us so I don't see it as a principle reason for Lambert buying kids.