Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[onje_villa]

Agree that something is dreadfully wrong with the coaching.

You only have to look at the performances of Bannan, Ireland and Hutton since moving on.

[David_Nab]

Have to say if Lowton and Luna are both being picked at FB then Hutton is worth a place too.Pair of them have been woeful for ages now

[eastie]

It really is incredible that Lambert is still in a job.

Its because our board have recognised that building an entirely new squad requires longer than a few months and that knee-jerk reactions may do well short term but ultimately get you nowhere.

Good point, glad to see Gabby scoring one-on-ones again.

It also requires good players not a bunch of lower league and foreign cheap recruits.

[Tayls_7]

What a great point. The tide is turning now. We gave up that possession football nonsense and rested the forward line for the next game by barely employing them. Benteke, the leading contender for European player of the year will be back soon. Lambert once again kept things interesting for the lads by not restricting them to any particular formation or set way of playing. Wonderful stuff. Lerner get over to VP quick, you're missing a treat.

[CT Villan]

I must have missed something as the team that played the first 20 mins was not the same team that played the other 70.

Weimann really needs to be dropped and I would love to see Carruthers, Grealish, Gardner and even Helenius given a chance...and it also strikes me that not getting Barry in was a big mistake - he would have settled the midfield and at a push could have filled in at left back.

[eastie]

I would like posters to say something other than "same old shit". Swansea are a good team and in context of where we are now this is a good result. We just need to get some confidence back into out team.

I suggest you close your eyes or partake in a stiff one affers , I doubt there will be much positive posting tonight .

[onje_villa]

Decent point I'll give you but surely the bigger picture here is just how appalling we are at playing football. That's not a good sign and not something worth being patient with.

If we were losing but starting to develop a way of playing and certain composure on the ball that would be worthy sticking with.

[eric woolban woolban]

Kudos to the plus 35k crowd. You guys have my complete admiration.  I wussed out when tsm came and haven't been since. Sad as it was my life for so long.

[Stu]

It has to be something to do with the coaching. You could see Swansea closing down and moving into space all game. I thought this was the plan for us as well, but it's just not happening. We looked very very bad today, but I welcome the point.

[pauliewalnuts]

It is the lack of movement that drives me nuts.

Several times I saw Delph run the width of the pitch, in possession looking for someone to pass to, and the rest were just stood there.

They seem to think that, if they have no space where they are at any point, there is no point trying to find some.

[Matt Collins]

It really is incredible that Lambert is still in a job.

Its because our board have recognised that building an entirely new squad requires longer than a few months and that knee-jerk reactions may do well short term but ultimately get you nowhere.

Good point, glad to see Gabby scoring one-on-ones again.

It also requires good players not a bunch of lower league and foreign cheap recruits.

Unlike the players Swansea had out there today who were mostly home grown, lower league or cheap foreign imports (with one or two exceptions)

What's that? Eh?

[Stu]

Kudos to the plus 35k crowd. You guys have my complete admiration.  I wussed out when tsm came and haven't been since. Sad as it was my life for so long.

Depends what you go down for innit?

Some want to see a winning side, some want a laugh with their mates, some are doing what they've always done. I don't think anyone wants to see the Villa do badly, but everyone's priorities are different.

[olaftab]

Fantastic support for the team today  especially in the second half. I would suggest that supporters played their part in us not losing the game . Well done to all of us at VP today.

[Dribbler]

I would like posters to say something other than "same old shit". Swansea are a good team and in context of where we are now this is a good result. We just need to get some confidence back into out team.

I think it's the 'context of where we are now' that's the issue. We shouldn't be saying that a 1-1 draw at home to the mighty Swansea where we only managed 27% possession is in any way acceptable.

[Villa in Denmark]

I didn't watch today, took my son to a U10s handball tournament, but it sounds like you could have written the script before the game, with the only surprises we scored and didn't lose.

I guess there were lots of us looking forward to this season based on how finished last season, where we really looked like a promising team that could really give anyone a game.

Either something is really amis on the training ground, or it's looks more and more like a fluke ala DOL, but starting from a lower base.

The comments about lack of effort, combined with the lack of performance are worrying.  That's usually a sign that to use a cliche "he's lost the dressing room"

I've gone from looking at the calendar to work out how many times I could get over, to looking at the calendar to make sure I'm not around a TV or computer while we're playing, just check the score on the Beeb at fulltime.

Really feel for those who invest so much time, money and effort into going to witness such turgid performances. It's amazing that the crowds have held up like they have.

The last 3 years have put my son off watching the Villa and no amount of cajoling and bribery will bring him back "it's so boring dad"