Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[Jimbo]

Lambert's just been on 5Live with Pat Murphy:

Stats mean nothing, the result is all that matters.
We're on 20 points, a good position for this stage of the season.
Villa has a great fanbase based on past success, but this is modern football, things have changed.
It was you chanting 'Lambert Out' wasn't it, Pat?

[Matt Collins]

Lack of movement is often associated with poor confidence. They WERE showing movement last season. That's why I've found the performances so disappointing this season.

One problem may be that Lambert didn't recognise this as a problem even when we were getting reasonable results. It's harder to start playing pass and move when your confidence has gone.

But I do think we've had less of the ball than the opposition in every game bar one this season; played more long balls than anyone and at least three times had less than 25% possession. It is gonna take a fair bit of turning around.

And we desperately need Vlaar back, and Benteke fit again.

[silhillvilla]

Just back. Absolute garbage. Lamberts got to go.

[mr woo]

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.

Sorry me old mate, but Sunderland last year aside, I can't remember a single dominant home performance since he came here. Even when we win we are generally outposessed and win by a solitary goal desperately clinging on by our fingernails for the last ten minutes.

I don't think it's good enough, because it hasnt improved in 18 months.

In other words it's shit. And it's the same.

So ner ner,  ner ner ner.

[russon]

Lambert's interview with Pat Murphy -

happy with 20 pts after 19 games
lot of big teams below us
he's just 18 months into 'the project'
supporters need to get with the modern day programme, the past is the past

To me he's complacent, deluded and very fortunate to be in a job at my club.

[russon]

Lambert's just been on 5Live with Pat Murphy:

Stats mean nothing, the result is all that matters.
We're on 20 points, a good position for this stage of the season.
Villa has a great fanbase based on past success, but this is modern football, things have changed.
It was you chanting 'Lambert Out' wasn't it, Pat?

snap!

[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.

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?

True but the key word being good!

[silhillvilla]

Lambert's interview with Pat Murphy -

happy with 20 pts after 19 games
lot of big teams below us
he's just 18 months into 'the project'
supporters need to get with the modern day programme, the past is the past

To me he's complacent, deluded and very fortunate to be in a job at my club.

He's starting to get very defensive. Didn't thank the fans for turning out in numbers again and the great support. Get him out.

[Villa in Denmark]

Lambert's just been on 5Live with Pat Murphy:

Stats mean nothing, the result is all that matters.
We're on 20 points, a good position for this stage of the season.
Villa has a great fanbase based on past success, but this is modern football, things have changed.
It was you chanting 'Lambert Out' wasn't it, Pat?

Is it just me or is that bit dangerously close to DOL territory?

[Jon Crofts]

Lambert's interview with Pat Murphy -

happy with 20 pts after 19 games
lot of big teams below us
he's just 18 months into 'the project'
supporters need to get with the modern day programme, the past is the past

To me he's complacent, deluded and very fortunate to be in a job at my club.

Laughable wan't it, still at least he didn't come out with the 'we'll be fine' line.  Yeah because were Villa it's what we all aspire to, being fine.

[olaftab]

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 .

Mate there is no point in posters repeating the aftermath of the Palace game. We know we are not playing well and some stuff today was laughable however we kept a pretty decent Swansea team at 1-1 so that's a positive. We are not going to turn into Bayern Munich anytime soon.

[pauliewalnuts]

What does "the past is the past"  really mean in this context?

If he's suggesting being unhappy at giving Swansea 73% possession at home! barely stringing two passes together and just lumping it long all the time is some sort of delusion on our part then he must be nuts.

[Stu]

Lambert's just been on 5Live with Pat Murphy:

Villa has a great fanbase based on past success, but this is modern football, things have changed.

That sounds worryingly O'Leary-esque.

[Mazrim]

I'm sorry, if he's in some way saying we have to put up with fannying about, tentative horrible football he can fuck off. Modern day or not, we are Aston Villa and we expect and demand better than letting every other fucking team in the league keep the ball more than we do because we don't want it and don't know what to do with it when we do have it.
Do better, much better, or fuck off.

[PaulWinch again]

Unfortunately stats do mean something Paul. Our possession stats are why most of the time we get beat.