Was absolutely gutted when we threw away two goals but it is a sign of a lack of belief throughout the team that we have to try and get all the boys behind the ball if we are up at half time.
Clark switched his team at half time and sent them out believing they could win and he was right, Lambert told his boys to hang on and they didn't. Villa cannot hang on to a lead this season unless we keep passing in midfield and creating chances, as soon as we decide to defend the opposition are just invited to have a free run at us with a goal an eventual inevitability.
We can stay up but only if the boys have some belief instilled in them which results in attacking football putting the opposition under pressure, every time they run at us we are weaker than a vegitarian weak thing that has had a 3 year course in how to be weak courtesy of messrs Houlier and McLiesh. Lambert is trying hard but his resources are so, so limited.
We either buy some steel in the next week or just stick our fastest forwards on (all of them) and try and go in 6 nil up at half time so we can start to win some games 6-5 with the odd draw. Some of the team are decent players going forward. Bannan is too flaky though I have seen a couple of decent performances from him this season.
I am really looking forward to Bradford tomorrow, we should try my tactic, first half attacking team and second period defensive team once we've scored our sixth. Randy might understand the tactics if we start this system, two squads who change over when the ball crosses the half way line, it might catch on along with Beyonce at half time, popcorn and silly hats, maybe those big hand things with slogans such as Go Villa!
We just need to be confident going forward and never go back, this long ball tactic when we start to panic to Benteke is getting too predicatble, again confidence!!!
I hear the future King is a Villa lad, perhaps we should give him a run on the wing on one of his horses, we can't cross a ball to save our skins or get to the byline at the moment so one out of two would be an improvement.
Ah well, we will beat Bradford 8-4 tomorrow, Newcastle 8-7 and West Ham as a 10-10 draw written all over it. Do you know what, we'd all settle for that right now. Bring it on - Up the Villa!
Two wins and a Draw and then we will all start to believe again.
