Aston Villa v Bradford City Post-Match Thread

[eastie]

Bradford were awful and offered next to nothing.

We looked like a PL side and they looked like a league two one. Going into half time I was convinced we would go through.

Then they scored, and frankly, we fell to pieces and started hoofing it long and didn't look like we had a prayer.

Utterly pathetic. The manager needs to teach this side to do two things. Defend, and play for more than 45 minutes.

Tonight was humiliating, and a perfect example of the feeble weaknesses which are going to get us relegated.

I dont think lamberts teams have ever known how to defend , time for him to depart if we are to have a hope of survival.

[PeterWithesShin]

We played reasonably well first half. Created a number of chances and dangerous crosses and got in dangerous positions. It was around a dozen or more by the time we scored. Second half we were wank. And we created virtually nothing after they scored. Dire.

[richardhubbard]

Words fail me, sacking lambert not going to resolve it , it's deeper issue in club.


We are going down no doubt.

[villadelph]

Crewe beat 'em 4-1 at home.

Just accept it guys, we're already down. Too fragile, too incapable, too vanilla. No one is intimidated or wary of a bunch of crap kids. Opposition confidence is up before the match even kicks off, we're easy to push around and if we let one in heads go down. I'm sick of all the excuses, I want to see some players sold off. I can't believe so many of them have kept their spot in the first team for so long.

Make them feel expendable! Make them feel like they're playing for their jobs and livelihood. There must be consequences, someone must be held responsible! Heads must roll or else there is no obviously plan, as deviation from the plan has been apparent since day one with Lambert.

Get some in, and get most out. Randy Lerner you are a stubborn impossible bastard.

[Louzie0]

Shows how much we miss Westwood when he can't play. Which is good news of a sort. Clutching at straws here.

[OzVilla]

We've just got to take this on the chin.  Well done to Bradford.

On a wider note, as others have said, we need serious set piece coaching to take place at the club.  We are so wasteful when we have them and we are awful when we have to defend them.  It's almost got to the stage where you know exactly what's going to happen - we give away a needless corner or throw, they cross it in and get a big fella on the the end of it to score the inevitable goal.  This has been happening for the past couple of years and Lambert has to make it a priority to sort out.

Frustrating, disappointing, you name it.  Hopefully we will grow stronger from this season's events.  I still back the manager - he's only been in the job for five minutes - but Lerner has to support him or get out of the club. 

good post I agree

100% this.

[Nii Lamptey]

Here's the Lambert interview if you can face it. When asked about transfers at the end, I read it as 'maybe... If I still have a job in the morning'.

Hopefully I'm right!

http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,18305_8426125,00.html

[phantom limb]

Well that was a bag of shit.

[Mortimer's Bear]

When people take the piss at work or down the local I do everything I can to be positive and defend our club but it's just impossible lately.

We are woeful and there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

[Des Little]

What an utter shambles. How any team worth their salt can be so utterly hopeless at defending corners is beyond me. Fair play to Bradford, they deserve their success and I wish them well in the final.  Whe this leaves us is anyone's guess.

[Legion]

Bradford were awful and offered next to nothing.

We looked like a PL side and they looked like a league two one. Going into half time I was convinced we would go through.

Then they scored, and frankly, we fell to pieces and started hoofing it long and didn't look like we had a prayer.

Utterly pathetic. The manager needs to teach this side to do two things. Defend, and play for more than 45 minutes.

Tonight was humiliating, and a perfect example of the feeble weaknesses which are going to get us relegated.

You can't even say Bradford were any good, they were barely out of their own half for 45 minutes, then scored, and we put them under next to no pressure.

Very, very angry this evening.

This. With lots of added extra swear words.

[pestria]

I live in a terraced house on the edge of our fair city, the c*** in the house next door has Sky - I wont have that shite in my house, He's also a bluenose wanker who hates the Villa...I've had to put up with him shouting at his TV and cheering along all night, cunty cunty c*** c***...I dont blame him, he's a neanderthal, brain dead twat...I blame a very bright American, and a likeable but stupid, tactically useless, scot....fuck you my neighbour, but double fuck you RL and PL....VTID but THIS is an awful night.   Time for a change...If you think this is a bit OTT...well, pah.  (sad  )

well you should have been at the game instead of sitting in your fucking armchair

[Clampy]

Their goal killed the game. It should'nt have done but it did. We had no answer to it, they sat back and soaked it up (even finding time to hit the bar) until Weimann scored. And you know what, if we was to play them again over 2 legs, they'd still probably beat us.

[Legion]

Why? Perhaps there were genuine reasons why he could not attend?

[Holtemeister]

Here's the Lambert interview if you can face it. When asked about transfers at the end, I read it as 'maybe... If I still have a job in the morning'.

Hopefully I'm right!

http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,18305_8426125,00.html

I heard it as Lambert already knowing his fate ... talk about the players best chance of a cup final gone correcting himself when going to say "our"

Maybe mystery man from twitter is correct ... bad results against west brom and going out of the cup sees Lambertb given the boot

If that was the ultimatium given by the owner then he can only expect the obvious in the morning