Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[sirlordbaltimore]

Second half was good ?

It was gung-ho 'we have nothing to lose' hoofball, apart from the first 10 minutes or so. That's not 'good', it's desperate. You can't play games like that unless you are down and out and have nothing to lose. It was just an adrenalin reaction to the dire situation we found ourselves in due to stupidity.

The first half was absolutely SHOCKING in every way possible. Dreadful tactics, dreadful formation, and dreadful execution

We are going down. After that you can draw no other logicla conclusion. Maybe sacking him in the morning and replacing him with ANYONE with even the vaguest bit of tactical nous might help. But he's dragged us down way too far to survive now in my humble opinion.

[barrysleftfoot]

  If we have no money, then sell Bent to anyone, and get 1, maybe 2 competative midfielders with the money.

  Weimann showed yet again he is a better player for us than Bent, and well played, Gabby, not a big fan of his, but his power and pace made a difference.

 Should'nt have lost today, but the 2nd half performance gives us hope.

[Mister E]

Thank you and good night.

[Risso]

I don't know how many times we need to get battered with 5 at the back before the penny drops, but it's getting really boring now.  The decent second half didn't make up for how woeful we were first half.  And now we go away to Everton, where we'll get fuck all.

[ez]

Damage done early on. Decent second half although it was only poxy Newcastle and we still lost.

[ROBBO]

Lambert playing Bent was a huge mistake, when Weiman and Gabby came on we looked a different side. Still no alternitive though to lobbing the ball to Benteke and hoping for the best. Still Newcastle are shit and havn't won away so it says a lot about us at the moment.

[PeterWithesShin]

No doubt some will say it was ok because we of the second half. Well it wasn't. We should never have gone 2-0 down in the first place! Lambert started Bent and proved to everyone it was the wrong decision by taking him off. He is clueless and should go now. Truly awful manager who makes McLeish look like Mourinho. Lambert out! Lerner Out!

Oh and we're going down 100% now.

Plenty of people have been slagging Lambert for not playing Bent. So he plays him and gets slated. There are times when, whatever he does, unless it works perfectly someone will give him stick.

[citizenDJ]

An exciting second half and you can't fault the effort in that 45 minutes, but really that is not the football to keep us up. It was like watching a game on the last day of the season where one team has to score to stay in the league.

I can't see any way we will improve enough to avoid relegation. I'm not at all sure we'll win another game this season, to be honest.

[VillaAlways]

Not good enough.You can't expect to turn up for one half  and expect to win games .I want Lambert out(Won't happen)He is completely inept
This team is going down

[Fergal]

I really don't know what to say that has not already been said a dozen times on a dozen threads.
We are a ship sinking in a sea of our own mismanagement.

[paulcomben]

I do like a 3.00 Saturday kick off. Plenty of those next season. Know any decent pubs near the Galpharm Stadium?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The big ingredient that's been missing for too long - hard work.

Repeat that second half performance with the same level of commitment and we should just about stay up.

[Boz]

Fair play .... they at least give it a good go

After they were two down

[PaulWinch again]

I don't know how many times we need to get battered with 5 at the back before the penny drops, but it's getting really boring now.  The decent second half didn't make up for how woeful we were first half.  And now we go away to Everton, where we'll get fuck all.

Yeah that's the point. Lambert will point to the second half, but the first half and his plan killed us in this game. 5 at the back does not fucking work as we get no support to the midfield. It was noticeable that Westwood was much better in the second half with some support.

[The Left Side]

The 352 formation has to go