Aston Villa v Newcastle United Post-Match Thread

[Fergal]

Anyone who makes a virtue of applause for a losing performance is well into Lenny Lawrence territory.

He has two days to pull his charmless, inflexible Scottish thumb out of his arse and sign the two competent players we need.

Sign some players or fuck off.

[Chris Smith]

I don't disagree that we played well. I don't even disagree that we ought to take some heart from the fact that our players finally realise they're in the shit.

I just refuse to let Lambert interpret that applause as a justification for anything he has done.

Just as they can have no complaints about the half time reaction I don't see anything wrong with a bit of encouragement for their second half efforts. There'll be time enough at the end of the season for finger pointing and recriminations.

It is massively frustrating though. One week we start well only to go to pot in the second half, another week it's a terrible first half followed by a good performance after the break. One of these days we're going to put it all together and be shit for the whole 90 minutes.

[mr-villa]

Just got back home from the match, apologies but have not read through the thread but have just switched on Sky and they are reviewing the goals from the game.  Newcastle's first goal is marginally offside, the freeze frame at the time Sissoko makes the pass shows that Cisse's right leg is offside.  The assistant ref has missed it because he is not in line with the last defender but is a yard in front, shitty officials cost us again on that goal.

Bpllocks - lambert cost us the game not the officials!

Sorry Eastie just calling the game as I saw it on the replay, it is an offside goal.  I was at the match so I know only too well that Lambert got the system wrong at kick off, I presume you needed the radio commentators to tell you that.  We all know you do not need five at the back to mark one striker.

Frozen the frame this morning having recorded it late last night and at the moment the ball is passed cisse is onside just , played on by vlaar - and i thought so at the time when i saw it live - as for your radio snide remark, ive listened to one game on the radio in 3 years and that was at millwall.

I dont comment on things unless ive seen them .

Sorry mate we will have to agree to disagree the replay I saw on Sky shows the lino in the wrong position and Cisse (R leg) in an offside position albeit very marginal but technically offside.  Mate the Lino didn't give it because he though it was onside because he was too far advanced up the pitch and not looking directly along the line of our last defender.  I apologise if my "radio" remark upset you its just that your comment came across as from somebody who was not at the game.

[Greg N'Ash]

I don't disagree that we played well. I don't even disagree that we ought to take some heart from the fact that our players finally realise they're in the shit.

I just refuse to let Lambert interpret that applause as a justification for anything he has done.

Just as they can have no complaints about the half time reaction I don't see anything wrong with a bit of encouragement for their second half efforts. There'll be time enough at the end of the season for finger pointing and recriminations.

It is massively frustrating though. One week we start well only to go to pot in the second half, another week it's a terrible first half followed by a good performance after the break. One of these days we're going to put it all together and be shit for the whole 90 minutes.

heheheh

[cdbearsfan]

I hope the bloke Sky assign to covering transfer deadline has got a stash of games to play, books to read or DVDs to watch to keep him busy.

[mr-villa]

Can hardly blame the officials for missing something if you had to freeze frame it to see his leg was offside. I'm all for giving them stick when they feck up but that seems a tad harsh.

No sorry not harsh at all if the lino had been positioned correctly he would have seen it.

He did see it - he was not offside , may i suggest a visit to specsavers or dixons to buy a new tv?
Maybe rather than bleating about the officials you might try blaming your manager and players for losing the game!

Touche mate, his right leg is offside, the lino is three feet in advance of the last defender so can't see it properly because of the distorted angle.  I don't need an eye test, I have one of the best TV's thanks (Panasonic Plasma) and if you buy your TV's from Dixons then I suggest it's you who needs the eye test as Dixons wouldn't know how to display a TV correctly if they tried.  May I suggest you get off the Manager's and Players backs, stop bleating on these boards and lets see some posts from you in support of the team going forward.  e all want the team to survive in the Prem together we are stronger.

[eastie]

Can hardly blame the officials for missing something if you had to freeze frame it to see his leg was offside. I'm all for giving them stick when they feck up but that seems a tad harsh.

No sorry not harsh at all if the lino had been positioned correctly he would have seen it.

He did see it - he was not offside , may i suggest a visit to specsavers or dixons to buy a new tv?
Maybe rather than bleating about the officials you might try blaming your manager and players for losing the game!

Touche mate, his right leg is offside, the lino is three feet in advance of the last defender so can't see it properly because of the distorted angle.  I don't need an eye test, I have one of the best TV's thanks (Panasonic Plasma) and if you buy your TV's from Dixons then I suggest it's you who needs the eye test as Dixons wouldn't know how to display a TV correctly if they tried.  May I suggest you get off the Manager's and Players backs, stop bleating on these boards and lets see some posts from you in support of the team going forward.  e all want the team to survive in the Prem together we are stronger.

The team have my full support - i have again frozen the screen and still say not offside -very marginal decision and i have no complaints about the goal regarding the officials.
I agree we all want survival and believe we are behind the players in their quest .
Regarding mr lambert - no !

[mr-villa]

I don't disagree that we played well. I don't even disagree that we ought to take some heart from the fact that our players finally realise they're in the shit.

I just refuse to let Lambert interpret that applause as a justification for anything he has done.

Just as they can have no complaints about the half time reaction I don't see anything wrong with a bit of encouragement for their second half efforts. There'll be time enough at the end of the season for finger pointing and recriminations.

It is massively frustrating though. One week we start well only to go to pot in the second half, another week it's a terrible first half followed by a good performance after the break. One of these days we're going to put it all together and be shit for the whole 90 minutes.

Err I think you will find that happened at Stamford Bridge a few weeks ago.

[Ads]

Anyone who makes a virtue of applause for a losing performance is well into Lenny Lawrence territory.

He has two days to pull his charmless, inflexible Scottish thumb out of his arse and sign the two competent players we need.

I wish you were richer Damon.

That way, you could get yourself a live interview and then go off your pickle ranting at the Villa.

[Chris Jameson]

As far as I can gather there is one person debating perhaps the most marginal offside decision, it's involved several freeze frames and no doubt lots of fancy graphics on Sky before the decision has been made that a bit of a players leg was offside. Even Lambert isn't blaming the loss on a supposed offside goal. Unless the linesmen or whatever they are called these days are superhuman with vision like no other man, woman or beast how the bloody hell are they supposed to spot part of a leg that is minimally 'offside'?

As far as I can gather Villa lost last night because in the first half they were utterly and completely shit.

[Boz]

As far as I can gather there is one person debating perhaps the most marginal offside decision, it's involved several freeze frames and no doubt lots of fancy graphics on Sky before the decision has been made that a bit of a players leg was offside. Even Lambert isn't blaming the loss on a supposed offside goal. Unless the linesmen or whatever they are called these days are superhuman with vision like no other man, woman or beast how the bloody hell are they supposed to spot part of a leg that is minimally 'offside'?

As far as I can gather Villa lost last night because in the first half they utterly and completely shit.

Spot on

[damon loves JT]

Anyone who makes a virtue of applause for a losing performance is well into Lenny Lawrence territory.

He has two days to pull his charmless, inflexible Scottish thumb out of his arse and sign the two competent players we need.

I wish you were richer Damon.

That way, you could get yourself a live interview and then go off your pickle ranting at the Villa.

I have had the cork in so tight so long.

When it finally all comes out I will wake up naked in a forest clearing with my face smeared in human blood

[JUAN PABLO]

Can some one tell the players and the manager , football is a 90 minute game.   

[MarkM]

Can some one tell the players and the manager , football is a 90 minute game.   

If you ask Ferguson its 90 + however long it takes for them to score the winner, we just play until the other team score and then generaly give it up

[mr underhill]

can someone tell our manager and payers what football is? fuck the 90 minutes