Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Post-Match Thread

[dave.woodhall]

So, we're now the English equivalent of the Cleveland Browns.

Because we lost a League Cup third round tie?

In isolation you would have a point, but we've had too many of these type of performances since Lambert took over.

We also had a lot of them under every other manager, including worse cup results than tonight which have been forgotten.

[olaftab]

Let's not make excuses about injuries.
Let's not make excuses about squad strength.
Let's not make excuses about  how much spurs have spent.
Let's look at what our manager did tonight. He elected to not compete in a cup tie by selecting an under strength team. He surrendered the match on behalf of Aston Villa football club. Maybe tonight is not as bad as Moscow but it is a damn sight worse than what Houllier did at manciti. Before tonight Paul Lambert had my unconditional support but no more. He has not only let down the hard working paying supporters but also rubbished the name of Aston Villa. Mr Lambert I no longer trust you however I have full belief in Aston Villa Football Club.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

I almost went to that and spent more than our transfer budget in, projecting Lerner's budget spiral, 2015. Yes, about 50 quid. Close escape.

That made me laugh!

Very annoyed. We were awful. Something needs to change when we play at home or we'll keep getting beat easily like that.

[dave.woodhall]

So, we're now the English equivalent of the Cleveland Browns.

Because we lost a League Cup third round tie?

You misunderstand. I think I should have put a question mark at the end of my post instead of the full stop.

You've broken it haven 't you?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Should it also have been a red card?

Penalty.
Red Card.
And the guy who lashed out at Lowton because he was tackled fairly and lost the ball wasn't even spoken to.
Inconsistency in refereeing?
This was the blooper video all in one game!
I'm embarrassed that the ref's name is Moss!

[dave.woodhall]

Let's not make excuses about injuries.
Let's not make excuses about squad strength.
Let's not make excuses about  how much spurs have spent.
Let's look at what our manager did tonight. He elected to not compete in a cup tie by selecting an under strength team. He surrendered the match on behalf of Aston Villa football club. Maybe tonight is not as bad as Moscow but it is a damn sight worse than what Houllier did at manciti. Before tonight Paul Lambert had my unconditional support but no more. He has not only let down the hard working paying supporters but also rubbished the name of Aston Villa. Mr Lambert I no longer trust you however I have full belief in Aston Villa Football Club.

Did you still support O'Neill when he put out a second-string team and they lost to Leicester and QPR?

[saunders_heroes]

So, we're now the English equivalent of the Cleveland Browns.

Because we lost a League Cup third round tie?

In isolation you would have a point, but we've had too many of these type of performances since Lambert took over.

We also had a lot of them under every other manager, including worse cup results than tonight which have been forgotten.

You're right we have, but Lambert has provided us with some quite humiliating results in his short time at Villa.

[Ads]

I knew there would be this kind of mellowdrama.

Shock horror Spurs stiffs are comfortably better than ours.

[dave.woodhall]

So, we're now the English equivalent of the Cleveland Browns.

Because we lost a League Cup third round tie?

In isolation you would have a point, but we've had too many of these type of performances since Lambert took over.

We also had a lot of them under every other manager, including worse cup results than tonight which have been forgotten.

You're right we have, but Lambert has provided us with some quite humiliating results in his short time at Villa.

Would you get rid of him now then?

[Louzie0]

Let's not make excuses about injuries.
Let's not make excuses about squad strength.
Let's not make excuses about  how much spurs have spent.
Let's look at what our manager did tonight. He elected to not compete in a cup tie by selecting an under strength team. He surrendered the match on behalf of Aston Villa football club. Maybe tonight is not as bad as Moscow but it is a damn sight worse than what Houllier did at manciti. Before tonight Paul Lambert had my unconditional support but no more. He has not only let down the hard working paying supporters but also rubbished the name of Aston Villa. Mr Lambert I no longer trust you however I have full belief in Aston Villa Football Club.

See reply 179

[olaftab]

Did you still support O'Neill when he put out a second-string team and they lost to Leicester and QPR?

I hate it when our managers do not take the cups seriously. So no I did not support O'Neill.

[olaftab]

I knew there would be this kind of mellowdrama.

Shock horror Spurs stiffs are comfortably better than ours.

There was no need to play our stiffs tonight .

[Tuscans]

Christ, if its like this tonight I can't wait for Saturday :S

[olaftab]

See reply 179

Yes I saw that and believe me it was bad at VP tonight. I don't care if we get beat 5/6 to nil as long as we set out to compete. Tonight Lambert opted out.

[dave.woodhall]

Did you still support O'Neill when he put out a second-string team and they lost to Leicester and QPR?

I hate it when our managers do not take the cups seriously. So no I did not support O'Neill.

To the same extent as you've just said?