Aston Villa v Manchester United Match Thread

[Jimbo]

...... But  to all the sack Lambert campaigners , who is going to come to us!, no money to spend, maybe Benteke will go for a fair price and we can get some quality instead of all youngsters!
Why oh Why didn't we take Gareth Barry, look how well he's doing at Everton

One word: wages.

[aj2k77]

...... But  to all the sack Lambert campaigners , who is going to come to us!, no money to spend, maybe Benteke will go for a fair price and we can get some quality instead of all youngsters!
Why oh Why didn't we take Gareth Barry, look how well he's doing at Everton

We've spent £43m mate.

[supertom]

It's almost depressingly inevitable what's going to happen now. I don't think Young will cheat, but he will suddenly re-discover he's a decent player and probably skin 3 players before rifling the ball in the top corner.

[JUAN PABLO]

heres the cnut coming on - playing shit , but you know he will score

[ez]

It's almost too late to sack Lambert now. Any replacement needs the January transfer window, so if he's going, he has to go after this result really. But it's academic, because he won't go, or be sacked.

Next season is big for him. These are his signings and he needs them to step and so far they aren't doing it.

[curiousorange]

...... But  to all the sack Lambert campaigners , who is going to come to us!, no money to spend, maybe Benteke will go for a fair price and we can get some quality instead of all youngsters!
Why oh Why didn't we take Gareth Barry, look how well he's doing at Everton

There are plenty of managers who would come to Villa, but the real question is whether they would make a positive difference.

[bertlambshank]

...... But  to all the sack Lambert campaigners , who is going to come to us!, no money to spend, maybe Benteke will go for a fair price and we can get some quality instead of all youngsters!
Why oh Why didn't we take Gareth Barry, look how well he's doing at Everton

We've spent £43m mate.

Thats nothing without the wages.

[paulcomben]

Fletcher and Young on, no doubt to score one each. Come to Villa one and all if you have a flagging career to save.

[eastie]

Benteke  played like drogba in his prime last season , this season he reminds me of heskey

[JUAN PABLO]

No matter how bad Utd are these days, we're still playing them....it's not as if we're losing to Aldershot

I feel so much better , thanks

[aj2k77]

You know it's a training game when Young and Fletcher comes on for his first game in a year. Hope Young gets two bookings for dives the fairy.

[devilla]

you know what happens now don't you? Mr Young trips over a blade of grass that was too long resulting in....well, you know the rest.

[Matt Collins]

And clutching at straws slightly I think Lowton has been ok - certainly helped us keep the ball a bit better

And I'm going to say something controversial but I think there have been some signs that our creative play in the third quarter of the pitch is coming back to some of the pass and move style of the last third of last season. I know I'll get shot down for that but I think Westwood has been passing it forwards, albrighton has been very good including coming off the wing and  Weimann has been bright since coming on.

Benteke has been crap though, particularly his touch and workrate. And the whole defensive side had been too bad to cope with. 

[SamTheMouse]

The thing that worries me most about Lambert is that his tactics are rigid or just plain incomprehensible. We always look lopsided to me, and it's often hard to tell what the gameplan is. I was under the impression he was meant to be a pragmatic, horses-for-courses sort of manager who tries to play attractive football, but we always seem to play the same way, even when it's blatantly not working (except when he panics and throws on 17 forwards).

[Tuscans]

No matter how bad Utd are these days, we're still playing them....it's not as if we're losing to Aldershot

I feel so much better , thanks

Only here to please....come back next weekend.