Stoke City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Disappointing that we failed to drag Stoke down to our level. Once again we never looked like scoring, creating nothing and thank goodness for that shocking back header allowing Kozak to score.

Overall, another pathetic performance. Lambert really has brought some consistency to the side. We're looking like we'll soon be in a relegation battle. Thank goodness we have some winnable games coming up. Oh hang on..

[ozzjim]

Switch everything off now to do with football...until the next match.

That's what's shit. Villa make me hate football. I take no pleasure from watching good football, because of envy, and I take no pleasure from watching a team like Palace lose, because we're no better, and possibly worse.

I agree with this completely. Villa are killing any love of football I have at the moment. It is very, very depressing.

[Legion]

"We pick ourselves up and we go again."

[mrfuse]

We lose on Boxing day and I'm afraid that's it for Lambert.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Worst team in 20 years.

[phantom limb]

Desperately need to buy some players in January, our defence is a continual worry and our midfield is poor. Someone who can take corners and pass to players on his own team would help. No positives to take from this game, we really should be beating clogger teams like Stoke. God I hate them.

[lovejoy]

Does anyone have a gif of the handball?

[eric woolban woolban]

Even mcleish wasn't this bad.

[Archie]

We do not have any game plan. We did the poor game that our opponents wanted to do. Lambert proved once again to be tactically inept and his only idea of football are counterattack and long-balls.
Totally different from the kind of manager that I thought he were when he was at Norwich.

[saunders_heroes]

Safest job in football, fucking disgraceful.

Yep. What manager would take over knowing he had about 55p to spend on players and wages?

[Quiet Lion]

The worst thing about our recent slump is I think we are now the leagues' long ball team.

[cdbearsfan]

I think we're almost there. Just need to sort out the defence, midfield and attack.

[lovejoy]

Even mcleish wasn't this bad.

Calm down, it's not that bad.

[bertlambshank]

Shit but we must give Lambert till the end of January.

He can fuck off right now as far as I'm concerned. Boring and clueless, worst Villa team I have seen in nigh on 25 years

I don't trust his judgement.
He bleats on about having a footballing side but most of his signings can't control, pass or dribble a football. It's pathetic. Once Benteke goes, others will follow, and how often will he sign a Benteke?
I like Kozak and we paid good money for him, but is he good enough to lead a solid Prem side? Not sure. As a squad player, he's decent enough. First 11, week in, week out? No.

He's got to get Jan right. It's his last chance. Personally I see Lambert taking us down, more than I can envision him making us competitive again. He's way out of his depth in this league.

I agree we need to spend,if Randy thinks that is a different matter.

[Monty]

Even mcleish wasn't this bad.

He really was worse. I don't like what's going on with this, but this Stalinesque airbrushing of history with McLeish will not do. Lambert was shaking his head because he knew it was rubbish - McLeish wouldn't have thought anything was wrong.