Fulham v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Axl Rose]

Wank, as said in the match thread, would sell Benteke now if the money was reinvested in the midfield. Kozák, Gabby, Helenius & Weimann can all play centrally.

Sort this shit out Lambert. Cannot have a team who can't string five fucking passes together.

I'd be happy if we were playing a third as well as Norwich did under Lambert. We're not a great deal better than we were under Mcleish.

Booooooooo

[Tom_Mc9?]

Fulham looked pleased that Jol's gone, though. It does make a difference, but we played it very much into their hands.

[manic-road]

Well that was pretty bad.

Lets see what January brings

Probably a young and hungry inexperienced player bought for peanuts.

[olaftab]

I am miserable now. Time to hibernate for a week. See you all whenever.

[Irish villain]

It was sickening to be goaded on Wednesday for pointing out the possession and shot stats. There was a reason. To show that we were STILL, as we were against Cardiff and Sunderland, papering over the fact that we are one of the worst teams in the division.

[Steve R]

I could see no rationale that would justify the two penalty decisions. Time to check betting patterns, they were that bad.

The real annoying thing is that it made no difference. 2-0 was a fair result. We were listless and for the most part utterly disinterested. Whatever the issues are with Lowton and Benteke, Lambert needs to sort them out. Even he looked to have given up.

[supertom]

Wank, as said in the match thread, would sell Benteke now if the money was reinvested in the midfield. Kozák, Gabby, Helenius & Weimann can all play centrally.

Sort this shit out Lambert. Cannot have a team who can't string five fucking passes together.

I'd be happy if we were playing a third as well as Norwich did under Lambert. We're not a great deal better than we were under Mcleish.

If Benteke keeps this form up, we'll be lucky to get 10 million for him. He's been piss poor for months now. He wasnt even that great early season, but he scored goals to mask the fact he's clearly lost a bit of pace and drive.

[Smirker]

I'm sorry, this isn't knee jerk but I don't want him here. He is turning us into something that is going to be impossible to reverse. All we have is counter attack and I fear other managers will watch what Fulham have done today and see how easy it is to stop us....just like happened last year.

What?

Lambert is doing a good job. This does sound knee jerk. He's been here 18th months, we're doing better than we were last year. Been unlucky with injuries, lucky in some games yes.

I trust he will sort our passing out and get us settled. To say you don't want him here is way over the top, imho.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Awful referee, but that's no excuse, we were second best by a long, long way.

Been a fan of Lambert for a long whle, but I am getting sick to the tits of our inability to get even the basics right - can't pass, can't keep the ball, don't move off it, don't use space.

Too many of these players are simply not good enough.

I am not making excuses for Lambert, but have a feeling that, given the new wage structure we are having to work within, that is going to create the same problem for whoever is our manager.

Swansea, West Brasil, Cardiff etc.. all have lower spend and wage structure but at least they can pass the bloody ball.

No doubt Lambert will find something to blame. The real blame is staring at him in the mirror. Tactically clueless.

[curiousorange]

For me, Lambert's going to have to pull off a bloody spectacular signing in January just to give the side some confidence. They look as if going through the motions is too much effort.

[ez]

My stream is showing Keys and Gray now. What official channel do they work for?

[mr woo]

Picking things apart, there isn't really much you can add that hasn't already been said.

But what it really comes down to, our players are not good enough at this present moment in time.

They have potential to improve of course, but I fear many will get found out and fall away too. And its inevitable our better performers will get better offers, then leave. Its all a commendable idea, this build on a budget, I just think its almost an impossible task in the unfair capitalist football world.

[Irish villain]

Should have sold Benteke once he handed in a request. No comeback from that.

[VillaAlways]

What a load of utter bollocks and my record still stands of not seeing us win away this millennium

[supertom]

It was sickening to be goaded on Wednesday for pointing out the possession and shot stats. There was a reason. To show that we were STILL, as we were against Cardiff and Sunderland, papering over the fact that we are one of the worst teams in the division.

It's been coming. The sad part is that Lambert seemed fine with how it was going and hasn't addressed any of those issues, or even tried. We could have taken that bit of luck and those results, despite playing wretchedly and built upon it.

Today showed a shit team overperforming up against an average side underperforming, and there was a switcharound.