Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[eastie]

I don't think we're direct it's just more hit and hope

My thoughts aswell. Direct football is normally long ball into channels or at a target man and looking for a stream of on running midfielders to feed off of it.

Ours is an aimless punt 90% of the time not even in the vicinity of our carthorse which is picked up by their defence and they come again.

It is not long ball football, it's not any kind of football.

Tony Morley was very critical on AVTV - he slammed the defence and Guzan for hoofing the ball forward and said Lowton and luna can't defend and he hoped new full backs would arrive in January .
He wasn't too enamoured with the rest either but he spoke with a passion for the club that showed how much he cares.

Totally dismissed a suggestion Gardner might make a difference when fit and said he was no better than those already in the team .

[Fasth56]

Whilst I agree the performances recently have been far from acceptable, it appears there are a number of posters on here who are delighted with what is happening at the moment so they can vent their spleen at Lambert. Plus if you think that Clapping Weiman being subbed is going to help then you are sadly mistaken.

[Fergal]

Lets face it, under this manager with this owner sooner rather than later we will go down.  We need to start buying proper players and paying premiership wages or there is very little chance we will improve.
Agreed the manager has his failings but just look at what he has to work with, and look at what he has put in a Villa shirt.
Something needs to change.

[barrysleftfoot]

 Well i went today, and it was probably one of the worst performances i have seen from a Villa team at VP.No movement, no support from other players, no tactics, poor technique, poor pass selection, poor quality.

 Baker and Clark defended well, apart from that it was truly awful.Time for PL to go otherwise i can't see us staying up tbh.

[Legion]

It was a LOT better than the garbage served up on Thursday.

[aj2k77]

Whilst I agree the performances recently have been far from acceptable, it appears there are a number of posters on here who are delighted with what is happening at the moment so they can vent their spleen at Lambert. Plus if you think that Clapping Weiman being subbed is going to help then you are sadly mistaken.

Rubbish mate. There isn't a single person on here who wants us to do bad so we can hammer Lambert.

I'd rather he proved me a complete numpty and lead us to a European Cup and me be ridiculed forver and never taken seriously again.

[eastie]

Whilst I agree the performances recently have been far from acceptable, it appears there are a number of posters on here who are delighted with what is happening at the moment so they can vent their spleen at Lambert. Plus if you think that Clapping Weiman being subbed is going to help then you are sadly mistaken.

Nobody on here is delighted with what is happening - we all love the club are care deeply about the situation!

[mrastonvilla]

I was almost certain at half time that we would lose today. But the support lifted the players visibly after half time. We were no more effective but at least the effort and a little more belief was there.

There are lots of signs of a side low on confidence particularly in not taking time on the ball and rushing things. It can only get better.

[achilles]

Here is his interview to the Beeb. He's delighted!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25536574

Lambert is 18 months into a project? This is the first I have heard of a project, what timescale is this project and why has he only mentioned it now?

I am just wondering how many more years we have got of this drival?

[olaftab]

I messed up the quote. I was in the bath, using my phone to post - risk taker that I am.

Happy birthday Stu.

[silhillvilla]

It was a LOT better than the garbage served up on Thursday.

Honestly it wasn't. We had 27% possession and were awful after the first 10 mins. Painful to watch again . Jose Canas man of the match .

[Irish villain]

Possession is over-rated people are saying again? I've got hammered for going on about this before but look at all the great sides around Europe. They are decent passing sides who try to keep the ball.

Yes, teams like villa can play good on the counter and nab five or six smash 'n grabs a season but we really should be looking to develop a style of play centred around better use of the ball and better ball retention. Instead we give it away and invite excessive pressure on a backline which is fragile.

I sometimes think the whole culture of the club, terraces to pitch, needs to change.

[PeterWithesShin]

The miss by the Swansea bloke when he managed to head it down and over the bar in the first half was amusing. How he managed it from that close with a near open goal is a rare talent.

[Lastfootstamper]

Not that fussed about the football.  Just walked up witton lane to get the bus and some poor fucker is fucked on the floor. Hope he's ok he looked in a bad way.

Hope the chap is ok.

Beaten up or pissed?

Beaten badly. He looked pretty fucked up. I thought he was a Swansea fan as there was a bloke by him with a Welsh accent who was very angry and upset arguing with the policeman treating him, on the bus people were saying it was a lone Villa fan jumped by a bunch of Swansea. As I walked past he wasn't moving and the police had a bunch of people handcuffed. Some women was a bit hysterical and saying she saw someone stabbed with a bottle. Looked very nasty and I really do hope he is okay whoever he supports.

As an aside the medical treatment poor. He was lying just on Witton Lane by the island, the policeman treating him was telling the Welsh bloke an ambulance was on the way, a woman at the bus stop said she'd seen an ambulance pull onto Witton Lane form the NS car park and it turned right towards the Holte. Was a good 15 mins later that it came past the bus stop with sirens blaring and turned back onto Witton Lane.

There was a chap collapsed in the road on Trinity Road as I came out, so might explain the ambulance direction. Here's hoping everyone's okay

[Fasth56]

Whilst I agree the performances recently have been far from acceptable, it appears there are a number of posters on here who are delighted with what is happening at the moment so they can vent their spleen at Lambert. Plus if you think that Clapping Weiman being subbed is going to help then you are sadly mistaken.

Nobody on here is delighted with what is happening - we all love the club are care deeply about the situation!

Try posting something positive for a change then