Aston Villa v Bradford City Post-Match Thread

[bertlambshank]

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

A fucking armchair where do I buy one of those? I could do away with the wife.

[itbrvilla]

Any team in the football league would of fancied their chances against us over two legs. We are horrible to watch and just get worse. Fuck the board, the manager and players. Outplayed at home for fuck sake and unable to string a pass together, or walk the ball to an opposition player. I really give up as the players obviously didn't give a shit.

[Oscar Arce]

Goodbye Mr Lambert

[Oscar Arce]

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

A fucking armchair where do I buy one of those? I could do away with the wife.

Thanks Bert for giving me my first laugh of the night

[Fin Feds Dad]

Embarrassing . How embarrassing .

[caster troy]

Lambert's defence has been injuries and/or a lack of transfer funds. Well, despite having Vlaar etc back fit, and having a squad worth thousands of times more than Bradford we somehow contrived to lose to them over two legs. Not a one off cup tie, 180 minutes of football. It wasn't even lucky, they deserved it.

If that doesn't suggest he should be sacked I don't know what does. Our 3-1-6 formation was the final staw for me, totally amateurish.

[JUAN PABLO]

Vlaar was NOT ball watching - he was to busy looking at his man to know where the fuckin ball was!!

spot on

[devilla]

There was a moment in the first half just after we scored that summed up that match for me. We had just scored and had possession down our left near their goal line. I can't remember who had the ball (I've had a few) but there was no support at all and the move fizzled out. If we had created another chance then and possibly scored, the result could have been very different.

I've asked before who coaches our defenders at corners? I think it was their second corner that they scored from. Vlaar losing his man was dreadful.

In the second half what happened to our width? Zog was all over them down the right in the first half but in the second, where was he? I have to question Lambert's substitutions tonight and his half time team talk.

Fair play to Bradford, they deserved the result over two legs but I'm so depressed about the alarming descent of our side into the laughing stock of English football.

[john2710]

I've questioned Lamberts tactics / team selection for some time now but tonight the 2nd half was basic common sense. Trying to squeeze 5 forwards into a formation without any width was staggering.

A cup final would only have papered over the cracks.

We are now the laughing stock of the country & I thought after TSM things could not possibly get worse. Anyway fcuk the lot of them.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Benteke was in no mans land for their goal too.

His heading is woeful anyway though.

[nick harper]

I think they thought it would just happen for them in the second half. We were lethargic before they scored but it was almost the nature of the goal as much as the goal itself that did for them. Quite unbelievable that they allowed it to happen again.

No doubt Lambert panicked then. I had no problem putting Bent on but why didn't he put Gabby and NZog wide and stretch them. We played ridiculously narrow.

One other thing - our strikers must be told not to run the channels. I lost count of the number of times Lowton and Bennett had to go inside as they had no other option.

Lower league teams will always struggle against pace and width, particularly as they tire. We made it so easy for them in that last half hour.

[SoccerHQ]

Their goal tonight was an exact replica of the 3rd one they scored at Valley Parade.

Jones hits the corner right into the 6 yard box and one of their plays runs in to power it into the net.

If a league two club had score a corner like that and make it simple, then why the hell do we go two years without scoring from a corner with this float it to the back post nonsense time and again.

Ridiculous.

[itbrvilla]

Fuck Gabby off. Dreadful talentless, lazy chanced. Offers nothing.

[Dan England]

Losing to a 4th Division Club over 2 legs. STILL not being able to defend a fucking corner. Embarrasing hammerings by Chelsea and Spurs. Home defeats to Wigan and Saints. 22nd January and no new signings. God knows how many points chucked away in the last few minutes. I've never been at so a low ebb as a Villa fan even when we flirted with relegation under TSM.

I was a staunch supporter of Lambert but somethings got to give. If he's not backed by Lerner then it seems he is unable to get results out of what we have...for whatever reason.

Millwall and Newcastle wins or he's gone...if not before.

Absolute nail on the head. The tactical naivety is unbelievable. Given is quite simply a poor Goalkeeper but great shot stopper. No striker should be  able to head a ball in the 6 yard box as the keeper should be claiming it. Given was rooted.
Gabby contributed nothing, second half last week contributed nothing and hasn't contributed much since MON told him to bulk up.
We have an appalling mid-field that has no industry, no creativity and no endeavor. Added to a shocking inability to protect the defence (two banks of four really isn't rocket science) we are so narrow you might as well move the sidelines in 15 yards either side of the pitch.
Bennett was atrocious, Clark clueless, Bannan Useless and Delph headless.

[jembob]

I don't think that I'm being too dramatic by suggesting that this club is spiralling out of control. On the way home tonight we traced the start of the rot back to the day when we signed Heskey!

That must have been one of the most clueless halves of football in the long history of this fine club.