Aston Villa v Southampton Post-Match Thread

[picicata]

Well I said to myself if we lose this one and end up in the bottom three then I think that would be it. I honestly think this season we are goners. Players just aren't good enough.

At least next season might be something different to our now annual relegation fight.

[Rigadon]

Lambert isn't the problem. That much is clear.

Mourinho would find it hard pressed to get these group of players out of the shit.

Nope, sorry.  I don't mean to pick an argument but that's not entirely true.  Lerner's budgets cuts would make it tough for any manager to get into the top half but we;ve been utterly inept on too many occasions and that's Lambert and his coaches fault.

Have Norwich got a massive budget>?  The fucking albion (can't wait to go to that one next week). 

[TheSandman]

Sorry lads we're fucked, and I say that as somebody has been trying to stay positive. If I was Lambert I'd resign.

[pauliewalnuts]

Totally unacceptable.

Fifteen decent minutes at the start, then a full half hour of Southampton totally, totally running things.

Moan all you like about the penalty, but at no point in this match did we look like we might be capable of winning it.

Ten improved minutes at the start of the second half, then nothing, and then a frenzied 5-10 minutes at the end, which will probably add an element of acceptability to this that just is not there.

I am a Lambert supporter, but honestly, if he or the chairman think this squad doesn't need adding to, they're both living in cloud cuckoo land.

Get the right players in, and it could improve markedly. A left back (again, the first half, Soton did what Bradford did, and mullered our left hand side), a centre back, and a gnarled fucker in the middle, and things could improve significantly.

If they do not do that, though, then unfortunately, we are going to get relegated, it's as clear as day. There's not a side in the league with less spirit than us at the moment. A bit of confidence would make a big difference, but at the moment, all we are watching is a bunch of kids getting beaten week after week, and their confidence is dying right in front of us.

We've been beaten at home 3-0 and 1-0 by two of the teams in the scrap with us. Those are the results that get you relegated.

Our sequence of most recent league results are L- D - L -L - L - and given the fact Swansea hit the post about 15 times, that was a lucky point.

The momentum is carrying us straight down now, and there is not a hope in hell of stopping that without additions to the squad, and very quickly, too.

[eamonn]

Someone shake Lambert by the lapels and Lerner by the goolies and get them to sort this shit out. Jesus, I wish we had Gus Fring in charge. He'd know exactly what to do.

[Apyadg]

Lambert isn't the problem. That much is clear.

How is it ?

You can't polish a turd. And Randy Lerner has turned this club in to a turd. You can't keep a club in the top flight when you have to shop in the bargain bin.

Maybe another manager will keep us up this season, but with the Yankee bastard owning this club, it's only postponing the inevitable.

[Mister E]

I'd much rather Lerner fucked off and we got a clued up owner who was prepared to back Lambert with reasonable money.  And that's all we need, not gazillions but £10M - £20M.

I don't see much point in sacking Lambert because a) it would cost, b) who would the fuckwits choose next, and c) whoever it was they'd still get no money to fix the team.

But you can never underestimate just how big a pair of imbeciles Lerner & Faulkner are, so if they did sack him it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

That (in bold) is the point - give Lambert money to buy a CB, a LB and a DMF and we might - just might - turn it round.

[Macho Man Randy Savage]

We're going down.

[achilles]

Lambert isn't the problem. That much is clear.

Mourinho would find it hard pressed to get these group of players out of the shit.

What a stupid comment, he bloody well picks the team and decides on the tactics (are there any)!

[eastie]

Possibly time for randy to pull the trigger , get di matteo in and give him some money , he may bring back into the team warnock, bent , makoun, Hutton etc and get something from them.

[Dio1874]

Poor,poor,poor. Other results went against us. Crap week all round!!!!!!!

[TEEJAY]

I went to my first Villa game the season we were on our way down to the 3rd. The organisation and motivation of the team seem non existant. What the hell is going on The very worst team I have seen in 44 years. Journey don't stop believing but I have today.

[hilts_coolerking]

How do you turn £200M into a pile of shit in three years?  Unbelievable.

[Ross]

Lambert isn't the problem. That much is clear.

Mourinho would find it hard pressed to get these group of players out of the shit.

Lambert isn't the problem? You are joking right? He is utterly incompetent. There might be other problems but his stewardship so far is the worst in our history.

[David_Nab]

Better second half but even then our chances came from long balls to flick on.