Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread

[littlevillain]

I think that if you told everyone we would be 10th in the table by december then most would be happy with that. But its worrying that we were lucky to get a point against the bottom club at home. awful football today, my biggest concern was we had no clue how to deal with or break down what was a mediocre team at best.

[Dave Clark Five]

It was not good. I like Lambert and what he is doing, trying to get a team together from mediocre money in a league ruled by the obscenely weathly. We will be OK this season and for me that's progress.

Progress from what?

Progress from very nearly not being OK last season, I would imagine.  Which it is.

Thought so. No progress at all.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

It was not good. I like Lambert and what he is doing, trying to get a team together from mediocre money in a league ruled by the obscenely weathly. We will be OK this season and for me that's progress.

Progress from what?

Progress from very nearly not being OK last season, I would imagine.  Which it is.

Thought so. No progress at all.

Erm.  No.  That is some progress.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Blues yet again.

I honestly don't believe, ANYBODY that watches us week in week out really thinks we've progressed as a football side under Lambert.

In fact i refuse to believe it

[villan from luton]

There are highs and lows of being a Villa fan, I joined when we were on a massive low, but we got to everest and thing have gone down massively and up and down and likewise since. Suffice to say I love my club and always will do. I like the way the club is going in no spongers as it has gone on for so long

[Toronto Villa]

Benteke is a worry, without him on anything approaching form we are very ugly to watch. He played like  his head was elsewhere, we really can't afford that.

No. He is not leaving in the January window. That has already been discounted.

He does not look like someone who s pleased to stay though.

He looks like a forward that is disappointed in his own form and feels he is letting down his team. That's what I saw. Someone who for the first time since arriving at the club finds things aren't going all his way. He needs to find the solution. It's the mark of every great player.

[UK Redsox]

I'm coming to believe that Tekkers has been "found out". O'Shea completely dominated him today.

[saunders_heroes]

I'm coming to believe that Tekkers has been "found out". O'Shea completely dominated him today.

I'd like to think he's unfit because I can't ever remember him giving a poorer performance than he did today. He was dismal and at times he just looked like he wasn't bothered. To be fair to him the service to him was practically non existent but it still doesn't excuse his shift today.
As I said, I just hope that he's not match fit and he'll come good again.

[pauliewalnuts]

He looks like a forward that is disappointed in his own form and feels he is letting down his team. That's what I saw. Someone who for the first time since arriving at the club finds things aren't going all his way. He needs to find the solution. It's the mark of every great player.

He just looked like a poor player today. I can't really ascribe anything more than that to it, he just looked off his game.

If the rest of the team were playing well, it'd be more worrying, though. We're not though, we're creating next to nothing. I can imagine how that'd dishearten pretty much any player.

[Des Little]

I'm sorry, but Benteke isn't the slightest bit interested. Wrap it up how you like, but todaywas as clear an indication as anything that hs hearts not in it. It's bloody obvious. He barely jumped for a ball all afternoon.

[Toronto Villa]

He looks like a forward that is disappointed in his own form and feels he is letting down his team. That's what I saw. Someone who for the first time since arriving at the club finds things aren't going all his way. He needs to find the solution. It's the mark of every great player.

He just looked like a poor player today. I can't really ascribe anything more than that to it, he just looked off his game.

If the rest of the team were playing well, it'd be more worrying, though. We're not though, we're creating next to nothing. I can imagine how that'd dishearten pretty much any player.

The answer is somewhere in the middle. He's not playing well, the players around him aren't creating, he's not fully fit and the frustration keeps growing for everyone. It doesn't last forever even though it feels like it might right now.

[atomicjam]

It was not good. I like Lambert and what he is doing, trying to get a team together from mediocre money in a league ruled by the obscenely weathly. We will be OK this season and for me that's progress.

Progress from what?

From last season, we are so far, this season better than then.

Progress from very nearly not being OK last season, I would imagine.  Which it is.

Thought so. No progress at all.

[Axl Rose]

I miss Lowton and Bennett and their ability to link play on the wings, to get forward and to actually cross a ball. Yes, they (mainly Bennett) make mistakes and yes, Bennett doesn't seem to be that popular...BUT he was in our team for most games at the end of last year and looked like he was improving. Get him fit and get him back in. Lowton too. I don't like Luna much, if he was actually any good, he would be playing for Sevilla. We all know that, surely.

Out with KEA and lets inject some pace into the team, some trickery, a few new (and good) players in January please. None of this 'we can't compete with (insert tin pot clubs name here)' and bring some atmosphere back to Villa Park. Our last home game of the season we played Chelsea in May. I thought we played excellent football.

More of that please, Lambert.

[danlanza]

I miss Lowton and Bennett and their ability to link play on the wings, to get forward and to actually cross a ball. Yes, they (mainly Bennett) make mistakes and yes, Bennett doesn't seem to be that popular...BUT he was in our team for most games at the end of last year and looked like he was improving. Get him fit and get him back in. Lowton too. I don't like Luna much, if he was actually any good, he would be playing for Sevilla. We all know that, surely.

Out with KEA and lets inject some pace into the team, some trickery, a few new (and good) players in January please. None of this 'we can't compete with (insert tin pot clubs name here)' and bring some atmosphere back to Villa Park. Our last home game of the season we played Chelsea in May. I thought we played excellent football.

More of that please, Lambert.

I did not watch the game yesterday so cannot really comment on the performance. I will let those who were there do that. But to be truthfull Axl, i really do not see that much being done in January, if anything at all. I hope i am wrong by the way.

[brontebilly]

Concentrated on defending their short corners and realising how crap Craig Gardner actually is but not much else!

Craig Gardner is not crap, unless he must be because he is a nose. I was surprised that they took him off as he was one of two who looked like scoring.

yeah thought he had a good game for Sunderland.