Aston Villa v Bradford City Post-Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

The thing is, we do have quality. Nzogbia, Benteke, weimann, gabby.  It's just not throughout the side and the confidence and aggression simply is desperately weak. Certainly the worst I've ever seen in that respect

The thing is, despite all of the desperate stuff after we scored, if we could defend corners we'd have gone through comfortably.

[hilts_coolerking]

Aside from the occasional shit tackles Delph is a good player, passionate because he gives a shit but surrounded by dross. Don't understand the crap he gets. The rest, particularly Ireland deserve it.

His tackle deep in stoppage time was the most brainless exhibition of "passion" ever.

[Toronto Villa]

If I ever see Barry Bannan kick a ball for us again I'll run on the pitch and throttle him.

he's fucking shit. Do they not tell him to whip the ball in? Or is that he's just toss and can't do it?

[enigma]

I've had more patience than most but enough is enough. I'm sick of feeling humiliated on a weekly basis. This obviously isn't working. Not sure who could replace PL or whether he could do any better given we have no money, but I'm now absolutely certain Lambert can't.

[black pearl of inchicore]

Bradford City...Fair play, best team won by a country mile.          Aston Villa , this team have not got a clue how to play football, 2 corner backs who are not even average, Centre halves who spend most of the game in dream land,midfield is a complete joke..the opposition must think they are in Toytown when they meet our engine room....close that fucking academy like i said at the start of the season....it is just producing pure SHITE. Lambert are you fucking blind or what.

[Boz]

Poyet is the answer and has been since before we appointed Houllier.

I agree, I voted for Poyet but can't see Lerner appointing someone he's never heard of

[Eurochamps82]

Leave now Sweaty and take mini Sweaty Bannan with you!

[Rigadon]

Can I be the first to say congratulations to Bradford, fair play to them.

And seconded. We were out-thought and outfought.

I hope they win it.

No we weren't.  They didn't have to think.  They just had to attack down our left and lump a ball in there.  That's it.

Parkinson saw what was going on in the first half, they were standing off us and letting us play the ball around, albeit at a pedestrian pace.

He clearly saw to that at half time. Our answer to being crowded out ... bring on some strikers.

I'd call that being out-thought.

We had absolutely no answer at all.

Steve, I hear what you're saying, but if all teams need to do to 'outthink' us is to crowd our strikers and punt long balls down the channels then we are managed by somebody who isn't good enough and royally fucked.  Every corner is like conceding a penalty.  There HAS TO BE something a manager can do to rectify this.

[picicata]

Candidates: Di Matteo, Adkins, Poyet, some foreigner nobody had heard of a la Southampton. If Lambo stays, the players will lose faith because he has led them into this humiliating mess.

No thanks to Di Matteo, Adkins maybe and I doubt Poyet would come here for this shit sandwich.

[eastie]

Poyet is the answer and has been since before we appointed Houllier.

Good shout sir!

[gervilla]

Well done Bradford.
Randy, I hope you are proud of the great job you have done with our club.
Take your "Proud History" shitetalk and do one.

[N'ZMAV]

I don't really want anyone currently at Aston Villa to stay. Fuck the lot of them.

[hilts_coolerking]

The thing is, we do have quality. Nzogbia, Benteke, weimann, gabby.  It's just not throughout the side and the confidence and aggression simply is desperately weak. Certainly the worst I've ever seen in that respect

Is Gabby quality though, really?  He poses almost zero goal threat these days.  N'Zogbia has produced 3 or 4 good games since we bought him.  I think we need to start being honest about our players.

[JUAN PABLO]

Poyet is the answer and has been since before we appointed Houllier.

Id even have Zola ;/

[AVFCRob]

What can you say? Lambert and Lerner have turned our club into a rabble. That last half an hour was unbearably wretched. Playground football. Empty the midfield and just lump it forward and hope the ball falls for one of our forwards, all of whom are going for the same ball anyway.

Lambert - our tactican maestro? he deserves to go for what he did in that last half an hour alone!

Bradford - good luck to you. Kept your nerve unlike our lot.