Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[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.

I think he means: you're not a big club any more, deal with it.

That's exactly what I read into it, which is why I compared it to O'Leary's old shit.

If he thinks that, then we're on a hiding to nothing.

[eastie]

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.

So it wasn't just me who thought it

You beat me to it!

The past may well be the past, but the reason our average attendance this season is over 36,000 for watching this current dross Paul, is because we are a big club. If he can't handle it, he needs to have a think about how to make performances better.

What next - a half arsed club that used to be famous?
Maybe he should be admonishing his assistant for swearing at fans in front of children - rather than coming out with this sort of comment.

[SoccerHQ]

First ten minutes were good.

We scored a first half goal and didn't lose.

Oh dear.

[aj2k77]

I'd take the point all day long. After the 1st 15 minutes it was all Swansea and we looked like we we're having a Christmas longest hoof training competition.

Good point considering. Dispiriting performance.

Luna, Tonev, El Ahamadi, Baker are woefull bordering on  3rd division players. Lowton is weak and can't defend. Guzan needs to be instructed if he carries on hoofing he will be docked wages.

[Monty]

Apologies Mr Lambert. I'll stop expecting Aston Villa to score goals, win at home now and again, string a few passes together and have more than 27% possession at home. No idea why I set my expectations so high.

That's the point. I accept that modern football makes it difficult for us to keep up with clubs like Man City and Chelsea. It is a total non-sequitur, however, to say that, because of this, we have to play football which is boring to the point of nihilism.

The team we were against today won't win the league any time soon, but they maintain their reason to exist because they entertain their fans and try to do something each week. Why do we exist? We're not winning, we're not entertaining, we're not trying to do anything, we're just wasting space. If Swansea (Christing Swansea!) can play good football then we can too, but if Lambert can't produce better than 26% possession at home, that's no modern football's doing - it's the doing of his own incompetence.

[cdward]

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.

In other words, as long as I get 40 points, don't get us relegated and we get another 37k crowd, the boss is happy.
Confirmation that modern football is indeed rubbish.

[aj2k77]

Sorry Ciggie Luna looks better , better than what???

As effective as a crisp packet floating across the pitch.

I'd love to see the 30 page dossier on Luna.

[PeterWithesShin]

I wonder if we'll ever score a goal at the North Stand again. Be nice to see at least one Villa goal close up this season.

[caster troy]

O'Leary - 'Villa fans are fickle'

Lambert - 'There are too many Villa fans, don't they realise they aren't a big club anymore?'

I can accept not competing with the likes of Man City but treating Swansea like they are Real Madrid is an utter disgrace. I can't wait till Lambert takes his brand of 'football' elsewhere. We were absolutely woeful today and don't resemble anything like a football team. 18 months into the project and it looks more like 18 minutes.

[dicedlam]

You can imagine Lambert trotting out the same shit to Lerner on his transatlantic telephone call.

The sad fact is that Lerner will swallow it.

[pauliewalnuts]

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

I also don't remember hearing "all that matters is the result" from him much last season when we were sticking behind him despite week after week of utter shite performances.

[Dribbler]

This is 'modern football', what the feck is that meant to mean?

Mr Lambert i would seriously consider that 'modern football' means that even managers with less resources, that have done  worse than us points wise, though with actual better overall football performances, would normally have been given the sack by now.

[London Villan]

All through the game cheif Moron was giving him loads of stick about being in the wrong position, but it had zero effect. He was constantly about 5 yards too far away from the winger they kept pinging the ball out too. If he is pissing the bench off that much, why has he not been dropped...

[paulcomben]

I wonder if we'll ever score a goal at the North Stand again. Be nice to see at least one Villa goal close up this season.

Baker is almost certain to oblige you. OG.

[olaftab]

The words spoken by Lambert are worrying and tone is dreadful. I am sure he will explain himself in the next few days.