Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[danlanza]

He has to go 442 from now on. It can't bring results any worse than the 532/352 we are currently using.

Proved it after the subs. Went 442 and we should have won the game imo.

[leylandalbion]

At least the half time talk did some good!  We are deep in brown stuff, but bring a bit of that fight and desire....we may get a result one day?

[PaulWinch again]

No 3 or 5 at the fucking back. 4-4-2 and then build from there, our players aren't good enough to do anything else. Also Weimann must start.

[Apyadg]

QPR play Norwich at home this weekend, we're away to  Everton, I can see us being 1 point above bottom by 17:00 Saturday.

[James]

We're gone!

[Nev]

We can still stay up but only if the manager learns from his mistakes.

Anyway, we go ag.....oh fuck it.

[Monty]

When they only played 1 centre forward first half we should have changed shape early,

Exactly. Three at the back was invented to man-mark two strikers and have a sweeper spare to mop up. Newcastle played one up front and crammed the midfield and we were clearly being held back by our nonsense of a formation. It should have been changed immediately.

[hilts_coolerking]

It's ironic that having sacked McLeish who was as conventional and conservative as it's possible to be, and having appointed a manager who can mix it up tactically, we only ever look good when we go back to meat-and-potatoes 442.

[neo_Villan]

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.

Which fans? Fans that don't watch any games? Fans who listen to clueless pundits who go on reputation instead of form? If you read the beginning of the match thread you will see I was against Bent starting anyway. He was awful at Millwall, why did he deserve a start here? We have lost to three relegation rivals in three consecutive home games (not to mention Bradford) and people think the manager should keep his job? Standards of acceptability have really dropped among some Villans.

[VillaAlways]

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.

We won't stay up.The second half was just usthrowing the kitchen sink at them because we had to.Newcastle had not won away this season FFS

[Hampshire Villa]

has he resigned yet??

[forzavilla]

So whats it going to be Lambert ?

4-4-2
3-5-2
5-3-2

Just make a decision and stick with it you fucking tit,were going down,so settle a system and use it

All this fucking arsing around changing the system every game just makes you look even more inept than you are.

Or failing that,just admit your a fucking joke and fuck off

[Boz]

"The second 45 minutes, if Villa play like that, they will remain in the Premier League, because their endeavour and vigour was fantastic." But we won't unfortunately.

Even if we do, what do you think the other teams will be doing 

[PaulWinch again]

The problem is we're now so buried that we need amazing form to save us and I don't know where that comes from.

[lovejoy]

There's positives to take from that second half. We're only in relegation zone on goal difference, it could be worse.