Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Post-Match Thread

[pooligan]

Another of the so called winnable games gone . God it is so depressing being a villa fan these days

[Small Rodent]

Maybe the disaffection apparent in the team is them angling for a winter loan spell in sunny Malaga?

[Irish villain]

Maybe getting Benteke to sign a new contract was a bit of a 'winner's curse'? Can't have been good for the other young and impressionable players to see somebody who wanted out of 'the project' get rewarded with a big fat contract?

[Des Little]

Totally and utterly clueless all over the park. No tactical or positional plan whatsoever. Lambert will be lucky, very lucky to come through this. A disgrace to the shirt.

[eastie]

Maybe getting Benteke to sign a new contract was a bit of a 'winner's curse'? Can't have been good for the other young and impressionable players to see somebody who wanted out of 'the project' get rewarded with a big fat contract?

Seems nearly all those who new improved deals have played well below their best since - Weimann, Lowton , Westwood, baker .

[LTA]

Maybe getting Benteke to sign a new contract was a bit of a 'winner's curse'? Can't have been good for the other young and impressionable players to see somebody who wanted out of 'the project' get rewarded with a big fat contract?

Seems nearly all those who new improved deals have played well below their best since - Weimann, Lowton , Westwood, baker .

Agreed.  With the exception of Benteke, was there really any need to give these players new deals?

[Witton Warrior]

McLeish had a whole season before we spoke out from the terraces - Lambert has heard the first rumblings after one and a half seasons of interminable rubbish - that end of season run was a "blip" - this is the real deal

Fickle my arse ;-)

[SX150]

God only knows what goes on at training. They cant watch replays of the game or even talk to each other. They really are that bad at the moment.

[levico]

Totally and utterly clueless all over the park. No tactical or positional plan whatsoever. Lambert will be lucky, very lucky to come through this. A disgrace to the shirt.

He doesn't need luck. He has a boss who doesn't really care anymore.

[Brend'Watkins]

Maybe getting Benteke to sign a new contract was a bit of a 'winner's curse'? Can't have been good for the other young and impressionable players to see somebody who wanted out of 'the project' get rewarded with a big fat contract?

Seems nearly all those who new improved deals have played well below their best since - Weimann, Lowton , Westwood, baker .

The only new deal Baker should have been given was with a team of flower arrangers. Mind, he'd still hit the floor feeling his knee after slightly pricking his finger on a rose.

[brian green]

Just home from the game.   I have got to the point now when I do not expect them to win.  I expect them to be appallingly bad and to lose.   There will still be those who come on these pages demanding that Lambert is given time and that his master plan will come good.   That Lerner really is Villa through and through and that Faulkner is a football man through and through.   I shall keep going to watch Villa play for one reason and one reason only - because I always have.   I expect nothing and nothing is what we will get.   There is no master plan, no cunning strategy, no light at the end of the tunnel.   Lambert is winging it.   He winged it at Colchester and he winged it at Norwich.   The Villa job has found him out.

[PeterWithesShin]

Another frustrating thing, how often is it that when we do manage to pass the ball forward and it reaches another Villa player they are facing our goal. So there is no fast passing as they either have to pass back or sideways at best, or take the time to turn and face the right direction. I have no coaching experience and even I know about pass and move, passing the ball to a bloke going forwards etc. What the smeg do our coaches teach these players?

[N'Zimidy]

Maybe getting Benteke to sign a new contract was a bit of a 'winner's curse'? Can't have been good for the other young and impressionable players to see somebody who wanted out of 'the project' get rewarded with a big fat contract?

Seems nearly all those who new improved deals have played well below their best since - Weimann, Lowton , Westwood, baker .

The only new deal Baker should have been given was with a team of flower arrangers. Mind, he'd still hit the floor feeling his knee after slightly pricking his finger on a rose.

Swiftly followed by putting his head through the front door and rolling about for 15 minutes.

[Legion]

Crab football. Or crap football.

[paulcomben]

Another frustrating thing, how often is it that when we do manage to pass the forward and it reaches another Villa player they are facing our goal. So there is no fast passing as they either have to pass back or sideways at best, or take the time to turn and face the right direction. I have no coaching experience and even I know about pass and move, passing the ball to a bloke going forwards etc. What the smeg do our coaches teach these players?

Exactly. I managed a Sunday morning team. And seeing that shower, I ridiculously feel certain that I could improve them.