Aston Villa v Southampton Post-Match Thread

[CBAV06]

Once the club started living within it's means it all began to go down hill. Too many people that don't spend money on the club complaining that the owner isn't. Villa makes less money, they have less to spend. Not rocket science, really. Was tragic looking at the number of people posting during the game complaining that the team doesn't spend money it doesn't have.

[garyellis]

We are as good as down and deservedly so, we are the worst team in the division. We weren't far off the worst last season either but got lucky. An utterly disgusting mess

Unfortunately that is the truth of the matter we have been in decline since 2010 and 2013 will see our premiership status disappear for the first time since football began. If you continue to run a business bad enough it will go under and our leaders have been doing one hell of a job over the last few seasons. There is no way we can come back from this with the mentality that pervades Villa Park. Last season following the Bolton match Faulkner made a statement the least he can do is clarify the position to be fair to the fans.

[Mortimer's Bear]

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 is not blameless in all this, far from it!!

[IFWaters]

August 2010 after beating West Ham 3-0 :

The last time I was happy about AVFC.

Now that, THAT, was how to play football.
No plodders, no-one out of position, everyone motivated, everyone confident, everyone very very happy.

Thank you, Albrighton.
Thank you, Ashley.
Thank you, Milner.
And a BIG Thank You, Kevin Mac!

[Apyadg]

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.

What, a few quid he finds down the back of the couch? If we invested money we wouldn't be in this position to start with. He's not backed Lambert, you can't expect a new manager to be given millions.

[Reuben]

It seems really premature to write a season off in January but at the moment relegation seems inevitable.  Luck and confidence can change on a ref decision or an own goal or whatever but that just won't happen.

Not sure if Lambert should go - the realistic alternatives are championship material.   

Don't know the official stat but is it 3 home league wins in 20 odd games?  Disgraceful slide.

[pauliewalnuts]

first half was awful , 2nd half was better but Southampton looked more like a team. I cant see what we can do to get out of this  ffs 

That's the thing.

There's nothing there to suggest we're going to pick up points. If we add players, maybe, but it's currently the same thing, the same weaknesses, week after week, and if something doesn't change, it'll quite easily go on like that till the end of the season.

[enigma]

Even Southampton have done the double over us. If they can figure out how to play in the Premier League after the terrible start to the season they had then there could still be hope  for us, but then maybe I'm clutching at straws because we're really not good enough as it stands right now.

Randy has to open the chequebook. He might not give a shit about being successful any more but surely he cares about protecting his investment? This transfer window is absolutely crucial. Get it wrong and we're going down as this team doesn't have it in them to get 40 points.

[hawkeye]

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.

Agree Hilts, the destruction job started when they failed to control MON and then have pretty much fucked up every football decision thereafter.

[Rancid custard]

Rab C Mumble.

I like that.

[TheTimVilla]

There's no evidence that we can stay up now. If we let a bad team like Southampton do the double over us then we're screwed.

[DC Fontana]

We are where we patently deserve to be....right in the brown stuff!

Successive years of appalling decisions made at boardroom level, at managerial level and on the pitch by under-achieving or sub-standard players, has cost the club big time. It's been a shambolic three or so years.

We've become the laughing stock of the league and will shortly lose our place in it.

If the recent reports are accurate about little or no spending in this transfer window then you don't have to be Einstein to see the writing is clearly on the wall and painted in huge luminous letters!!

As for the game today, we were inadequate all over the pitch and although the penalty decision was wrong I felt Saints deserved to be winning by that stage. Second half showed an improvement but there is little or no quality in the time and a mental fragility  that leads the players to making wrong decisions at crucial times or just fluffing it.

I've seen some great Villa teams and my fair share of embarassing ones but this current crop are certainly as bad as ANYTHING I have evr seen.

I am gutted for my son who bought a half season ticket and yet I applaud all those amazing fans who go week in, wqeek out (I would too if I wasn't staring fiancnail disaster in the face).

I can't see anything but relegation now.

[IFWaters]

Bring back Big Ron

[Tuscans]

August 2010 after beating West Ham 3-0 :

The last time I was happy about AVFC.

Now that, THAT, was how to play football.
No plodders, no-one out of position, everyone motivated, everyone confident, everyone very very happy.

Thank you, Albrighton.
Thank you, Ashley.
Thank you, Milner.
And a BIG Thank You, Kevin Mac!

Didnt we lose 5-0 to Newcastle after that?

[Cuz]

We are fucked unless we get some players in and now!!! And they have to be quality to put a run together.
Worse Villa side in a long time