Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Post-Match Thread

[Damo70]

Brad is my current Villa hero. Fuck me he doesn't half care. It's a sad state of affairs where as we reach the half way mark of the season him and Delph, and possibly Kozak, are the only players to come out of it with any credit. Oh and Vlaar.

Yep, those were the only four names my son and I could come up with after the game. Out of a squad of how many? No wonder we are struggling.

[Steve kirk]

I am one of the prats who post comparison stats on here when weve lost yet another game to try and make us feel better but will not be doing that tonight, after attending the game today I am thoroughly depressed and officially worrired, it feels like a slow death at the moment and I really fear for us tonight,  I think two more defeats will follow against Swansea and Sunderland which will probably see us a fraction above the drop zone, will that mean the end for Lambert?, probably not.

[Legion]

If that is the case then it should do.

[PeterWithesShin]

If we lost the next two then i'd want him gone. Lose 7 in a row, with the majority of those games against mid-table or lower, and it's P45 time.

[rob_bridge]

If we lost the next two then i'd want him gone. Lose 7 in a row, with the majority of those games against mid-table or lower, and it's P45 time.

To score 1 goal and get zero points v Sturke, Fulham and Palace is abysmal, lose to Swansea and Sunderland and he would have to be sacked.

Interesting has there been any statement of support from Faulkner as per last year and for Houllier in Jan 2011?

IIRC under TSM we were dire from Feb onwards when we lost Bent and Petrov.

[nick harper]

I have no doubt Palace came for a draw before the game but I could almost hear Pulis's half time team talk at the game. We were their for the taking. Get the ball wide and play on Villa's truly awful left back.

Make no mistake they deserved to win, if only for us suicidally leaving ourselves one on one in injury time when we weren't losing the game.

I have tried to be patient and to see the bigger picture up to now but there is no way players like Luna, Baker, KEA, Bowery will ever be competent Premier League players.

Lambert's experiment is a noble failure but should never have been attempted at a great club like Aston Villa.  I am embarrassed at the terrible statistics he has thrown up in the last 18 months. We need to make a change before it's too late.

[Witton Warrior]

I actually found the first half very entertaining in a "look at all the funny people looning about" sort of way*.
If you imagine clown music as they rush about it is quite enjoyable until the moment you realise you have paid money to watch it.

*Crystal Palace added to the delight by being bloody awful as well

[Pete3206]

Change it now Villa. It ain't working.

[VinnieChase84]

Being reported that Culverhouse told booing fans to "shut the fuck up" .
Quite a few people who sat by dugout reporting this on twitter.
Imagine how much worse it would be for PL if he hadn't followed TSM!
Really hope he goes soon as totally lost any ounce of faith I had left. I just don't trust him to bring in any of the players we need

[Steve kirk]

If that is the case then it should do.

It should do Legion but I honestly think our ship would go down with Lambert in it.

[brian green]

There was a time when the turf wore out in the goalmouths.   Ours now wears out in two triangles at the junctions of the half way line and the touch lines.   We spend minutes on end playing in these areas, especially the one in front of the dugout.   Forwards, backwards, sideways, forwards, backwards, sideways.   All the opposition has to do is box us into those spaces and we eventually surrender possession.   That is usually followed by one of our players lunging in to get the ball back and conceding a free kick.   We do it endlessly.   You can see a Villa player in a wide position in acres of space but he gets ignored while the others try to muddle their way through the touchline melee.   If the wide unmarked men ever get noticed it comes to late and the defence shifts over to deny the space they have been standing in waiting for a pass.   It is all so elementary.   If you have the ball, look up.   That is all you have to do.   Look for the options.   But they don't they just carry on playing their touchline triangles.

I also think KEA is in my top six all time worst Villa players since WW2.

[Jockey Randall]

I've tried to be positive in the past but we plunged new depths of shitness today. That has to be in the top 3 worst games I've seen down Villa park. The goal at the end was just the icing on the cake. It's not even the fact we're so bad though. It's the fact I see no real light at the end of the tunnel. Even a change of manager won't do us much good because it's clear we're not going to spend any money and get any half decent players in, which in the end is what makes the difference. The top sides in the league have hoarded most of the good ones and sides like us and Palace are stuck watching average players try and out battle each other week in week out. Modern football is a joke.

[rob_bridge]

Being reported that Culverhouse told booing fans to "shut the fuck up" .
Quite a few people who sat by dugout reporting this on twitter.
Imagine how much worse it would be for PL if he hadn't followed TSM!
Really hope he goes soon as totally lost any ounce of faith I had left. I just don't trust him to bring in any of the players we need

If that is true, and only if, then he (Culverhouse) needs to offer an unreserved apology immediately with said apology being supported by Lambert. 

[Legion]

Unfortunately, it is true.

[Dave Clark Five]

Being reported that Culverhouse told booing fans to "shut the fuck up" .
Quite a few people who sat by dugout reporting this on twitter.
Imagine how much worse it would be for PL if he hadn't followed TSM!
Really hope he goes soon as totally lost any ounce of faith I had left. I just don't trust him to bring in any of the players we need

Culverhouse did the same last season. McLeish took vile abuse on the chin. This lot have had nothing yet but Culverhouse, by turning on the fans, has proved that he is not, and never will be, a Villa man.