Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Post-Match Thread

[andyh]

Anyway putting aside our team's performance issues some of our fans didn't do themselves proud yesterday. Why was Barry Bannan booed specially by lower Witton End in the second half? Maybe it's to do with the fact that likes of Young and Barry were booed on their return but do some people not understand the difference? Barry is from our youth set up and we sold him. The lad is trying to resurrect his career at Palace and we should wish him well in that not moronically boo him because he is our ex player.

Maybe so, but frankly we have more to worry about than whether Barry Bannan gets booed or not.

[Lee]

This is not the first time that Culverhouse has reacted to fans. What does he or even Lambert expect after the dirge we are being served up? I'm struggling to find a worse side in the last 30 years than this one.

[olaftab]

When you go through all 18 games this season, how many have we actually deserved to win ? 2 or 3 perhaps ? That is shocking. I cannot think of a game that we have controlled and won comfortably, it really is alarming

Again selective use of stats or subjectivity does not help. By same token how many games have we not deserved to lose. I can think of 4.

[kippaxvilla2]

I don't want to frighten anyone but I've seen a quote from him this morning that has the words 'pick up and go again' contained within it.

[silhillvilla]

BB has gone to a club where he is held in high regard and will play well for them.   I wish him well in his future career.   He was the best player on the pitch yesterday.

Agree Brian, clear man of the match for me.

[Legion]

Yes, he was.

[class_of_82]

On the coach back from Stoke a villa fan of 65 years came on 5 live. He said in the manure game we reminded him of a bunch of chickens in the coop and someone had let a fox in everyone running around like headless chickens not knowing where to go.
I have stuck up for lambert on here because I don't think slagging the manager will get us anywhere, the players are as much to blame but there seems to be no cohesion to our play. When was the last time we seen our full backs overlapping and taking players on why do our wide players continually come in off the touch line Ben Arfa for the Geordies hugged that touch line all game and tore us to shreds.
Benteke will be another John Carew score a goal here and there and we think he's god like just hope he goes in January and the money spent wisely.

[wolfman999]

Lambert, for all his faults (and there are clearly many), is doing exactly what our absentee landlord asked him to do when he gave him the job.  Get the wages down, buy at the cheap end of the market and keep us at least fourth from the bottom.

Two and maybe three out of three will be enough to keep him in his job I fear. Lerner is the REAL problem. Leadership comes from the top and sets the mood for any business. The man is a coward who has never shown any leadership in seven years of ownership in my humble opinion No leadership on or off the pitch brings us to where we find ourselves.

[JUAN PABLO]

Guzan Least shit player we've got
Lowton Shit
Clark Very shit
Baker Extremely shit
Luna Amazingly shit
Albrighton Averagely shit
El Ahmadi Monumentally shit
Weimann Outstandingly shit
Delph Pretty shit
Agbonlahor Medium shit
Kozak Massively shit
Bacuna Fairly shit
Bowery Championshit
Tonev Mildly shit
Lambert He picked us up and we were shit again

had to come off last night , my dad turned up before he goes off on his south american trek for four months and I told him the score , his face looked like he won the lotto and lost his ticket. 

just came on , read this and spat my tea out - shouldnt laugh but this cheered me up .

[Big Dick Edwards]

Lambert, for all his faults (and there are clearly many), is doing exactly what our absentee landlord asked him to do when he gave him the job.  Get the wages down, buy at the cheap end of the market and keep us at least fourth from the bottom.

Two and maybe three out of three will be enough to keep him in his job I fear. Lerner is the REAL problem. Leadership comes from the top and sets the mood for any business. The man is a coward who has never shown any leadership in seven years of ownership in my humble opinion No leadership on or off the pitch brings us to where we find ourselves.

I agree with this. Unfortunately, Randy hasn't considered the flaw in his plan -that the team's miserable home performances over many years now will ultimately see a lot of paying customers say enough is enough and vote with their feet next season.

[Goldie.7]

Lowton, Weimann, Westwood - all rewarded in the summer with pay rises and new deals and all have been woeful this season - it really is very disappointing.

I think i was the only one questioning all these new contracts. In the summer people seemed to forget how bad we were last season.

No. The club continues to dish out new contracts for no reason whatsoever. We were one game off from relegation no one deserves one imo.

That's your opinion. Not one I share.

You said it. If their in the last year of their contracts what's the problem with signing a new one in January or at the end of the season.

That is a very bizarre viewpoint. By January they would be free to sign a pre-contract with anyone else, so if they have a blinder of a season we could lose them for nothing. Do you think it makes sense to take that gamble?

Yes.

Ok, so this is just one of those crazy, "not-thought-through" things like your conspiracy masons post?

All those conspiracy posts are all 100% true and fact.

[JUAN PABLO]

just heard Lambert say I dont run away from anything and Im not running away from this  ... ffs

as long as we maintain that work rate and effort      ..    ffs

what about your tactics     what about getting a proper coaching team ?

[danlanza]

Just read all 25 pages of this thread.
The rope and strong pain killers are now ready.
Bloody awful display again yesterday.
I really have nothing more to say at the moment. We are woeful and deserve to go down.
Not joining the lambert out camp just yet, but not far away from it.
It really is painfull to watch, again.
FFS Lambert, grow some balls and demand some cash. And don't spend it on young and fucking hungry, get some experience into the team.

[JUAN PABLO]

If we get beaten by Swansea and Sunderland he would surely have to go. I don't see happening before then.

Not sure it would make a massive difference though, the squad is piss poor

If we get beat by those two - Im afraid we are down

[Concrete John]

If we get beaten by Swansea and Sunderland he would surely have to go. I don't see happening before then.

Not sure it would make a massive difference though, the squad is piss poor

If we get beat by those two - Im afraid we are down

Too early to say that.

However, if we do lose them that'll be 6 straight defeats in the league, which nobody can really argue with nhim getting the chop for.