Aston Villa v Sheffield United Post-Match Thread

[Deano's Mullet]

Has any other 'established' prem team had as many cup shockers as us in recent years? The worst thing is people aren't surprised any longer. We are becoming a joke.

I feel like we are the new old Man City. If that makes any sense.

[eastie]

Sadly I think it's time for Lambert to go,  I really don't want us to be one of those clubs who sack the manager every year or so but enough is enough.
Randy should cur his losses and go too, find a buyer and do one.

They both should go. The lack of vitriol aimed at Lerner never ceases to amaze me. Our absentee owner displays all the football nous of a retarded sea cucumber. I can't wait for the day the stupid yank prick fucks off. We're screwed while the retarded septic remains....

You may not like him very much, but is there really any need for that?

Maybe one reason he escapes a lot of  criticism is he's rarely around to hear it anyway.

[ChicagoLion]

Sadly I think it's time for Lambert to go,  I really don't want us to be one of those clubs who sack the manager every year or so but enough is enough.
Randy should cur his losses and go too, find a buyer and do one.

They both should go. The lack of vitriol aimed at Lerner never ceases to amaze me. Our absentee owner displays all the football nous of a retarded sea cucumber. I can't wait for the day the stupid yank prick fucks off. We're screwed while the retarded septic remains....

You may not like him very much, but is there really any need for that?

God Bless America

[PeterWithesShin]

Sadly I think it's time for Lambert to go,  I really don't want us to be one of those clubs who sack the manager every year or so but enough is enough.
Randy should cur his losses and go too, find a buyer and do one.

They both should go. The lack of vitriol aimed at Lerner never ceases to amaze me. Our absentee owner displays all the football nous of a retarded sea cucumber. I can't wait for the day the stupid yank prick fucks off. We're screwed while the retarded septic remains....

Feel free to say you don't like him but there is no need for that, and especially do not use terms like retarded again.

[Morten]

On the home page Lambert says the right things about cup competitions and admits that we lack creativity, but then also adds the phrase "couldn´t fault the effort and endeavour"

[eastie]

Has any other 'established' prem team had as many cup shockers as us in recent years? The worst thing is people aren't surprised any longer. We are becoming a joke.

I feel like we are the new old Man City. If that makes any sense.

With doug as Swales, lerner as shinatwa, and our saviour about to buy us

[danlanza]

Well i am glad i have been working all day and have only found out the result 5 mins ago.
Nothing more to say about this result to be honest. It is a fecking wounder to say the least.

[Bad English]

Others just wanted to give the project a chance. You never, ever did.

"The project" *buries head in hands*

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23362207

Also in that list:-

13. "Fail"
17. "Legacy"

[Richard E]

Has any other 'established' prem team had as many cup shockers as us in recent years? The worst thing is people aren't surprised any longer. We are becoming a joke.

I feel like we are the new old Man City. If that makes any sense.

Can we move on to being the new new Man City now then please?

[eastie]

Paul Lambert spoke of the sore feeling at going out of the FA Cup at the third round stage to Sheff Utd.

Lambert was gutted to see his side defeated 2-1 by Utd in B6.

Despite the press coverage on the eve of the game, boss Lambert said his team selection demonstrated his determination to get through the round.

But he accepted that the players didn't show the necessary creativity to blunt the Blades.

He said: "It was bitterly disappointing after a really good win on Wednesday.

"To get knocked out was really frustrating. It hurts. Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not the happiest person when we lose.

"We picked a really strong side to try and get through.

"I never demeaned the competition one bit. I respect the history of the competition and what the competition is about.

"If you look at my own career, I have won some nice things through cup competitions.

"The journalist himself says he regrets asking the question because of what has happened with people's reactions. I think the whole context of the interview, there was never any way I was decrying the competition at all.

"You want to try and do a good run. If you look at the League Cup last time, we picked strong teams throughout the competition. I never take them lightly.

"I said in the same interview that if you're in something, you try to win it.

"It's the same with every game you play. Every match you try to be as competitive as you can.

"The lads will be hurting. They have gone from the good feeling of Wednesday to the disappointment of being knocked out.

"It's the same with the fans. They had the good journey back from Sunderland and now it's back down again.

"In terms of the game itself, we had a lot of the ball and that seems to be a problem here, for some strange reason.

"On Wednesday it was totally different. We looked a threat every time.

"Maybe at home teams are sitting in against us and making it hard.

"We need that creativity. It's just not there at the moment. But away from home, it seems to be different.

"You couldn't fault the lads effort and endeavour. What you do fault is that we made the wrong decisions at the wrong times.

"We lost a poor goal, the first with a deflection, and with the second the lad has hit a good strike.

"You give Sheff Utd credit for going through. But that team I picked was, in my view, strong enough to win."

Lambert revealed that Nathan Baker felt his hamstring and was withdrawn from the team in the warm-up pre-match while Gabby Agbonlahor also missed out on the eve of the match with the same issue.

[kippaxvilla2]

I was surprised to see OGS go to Cardiff but maybe on meeting lerner last year and hearing how he wanted the club to be run he was perhaps somewhat wise to give us a wide berth .
Perhaps he wasn't impressed by Lerner ?

It's obvious. He was informed of what his budget would be at Villa, burst out laughing and quickly left.

It was Lower than the Molde budget.

[JJ-AV]

He should have gone after the Bradford game.

He hasn't improved us, he's spent a fair bit of money. We may have 'scaled it back', but maybe he should have invested a larger portion of the money in areas we were desperate and used some of the players we're paying to play for other sides more.

It's pointless to keep sacking the manager, so I'd give him until the end of the season - but if (when) things haven't improved by then then I'd look at replacing him. I realise that's contradictory but we're only going one way.

[john e]

I just cannot comprehend the 'don't sack him, back him' mindset.

PL has been in charge during the most embarrassing moments in our history.
Not just one or two, but fucking loads.

It's nothing at all to do with investment. We can use that argument when Arsenal fuck us up the arse next week.

For now, we have be played off the park by a 3rd division team....AGAIN!
Today, a 3rd division team showed more heart, desire, class and ability than our lot.
They showed how to pass and move, how to play with pace, power and passion.
A 3rd division on team exposed our bunch of prima donnas time and time again.

It's got fuck all to do with investment today. It's about a 'club' that has given up, a team that is totally inept and a manager who is shite.

Rodney Marsh may be a twat, but he is a twat who was quite right with his comment yesterday.

Don't be upset that we are out of the cup, or the demise of the cup tradition at Villa Park.
Be upset at the demise of Aston Villa FC.

the club have no grounds to sack him

he took over a club that had been fighting relegation for the previous 2 seasons, add another one with his first season,
started slowly to get rid of a bunch of high earning wasters, bought a load of cheap players from places no ones ever heard of, and payed them buttons,

and we are currently half way up the league

that's what the club will see, they aint gona be concerned that Pooligan thinks we are going down, because we are in a better position now than we have been for a while

their not going to be botherd that andyh think we are playing utter shit and PL has embarresed the club many times over, because he's doing the job on a shoe string and

and are half way up the league

that's what the club see,
 you and others including me might think that are performances defy belief sometimes, but the club are only interested in the premier league table

how many times have I heard posters say 'you pay peanuts you get monkeys' well if that's the case Lamberts doing pretty good getting a load of cheap arseed monkeys to garner 23 points so far, you cant have it both ways

what will Randy/Faulkner/Official say if they sack him - well we wrent playing very well and enough was enough, we want a new man to come in and we will give him washers for players wages and we expect him to do far better, definitely top half with attractive football to boot, whilst bringing the overall wage cost down at the same time,

good luck with that

like I say there is no grounds to sack Lambert as far as the club is concerned,
there is for us we are sick to the back teeth of the garbage served up this season, but as far as the club will see it, its the league that's sacrosanct

[MercerMinor]

I want my Aston Villa back.  There is hardly any Villa player that understands what it should mean to play for Aston Villa.  I've had claret and blue blood for 63 years.  PL and RL have no comprehension of what it is to travel to a midweek away game and get home at 2.30am, after having been beaten.  Most of the players are mercenaries.  I thought Aldershot was a low.  But these lows are more and more frequent.  When Villa last got relegated and had to battle though in the lower divisions at least they did just that - i.e battled.  There's no fight any more.  This is the most unimaginative squad ever assembled at the club.  Ever. Period.

[holte hero]

Poor Poor result , i dont know what to think anymore, lambert is definately looking like a dead man walking, i was in his camp up until todays result, i mentioned to a friend i cant remember a manager gaining the fans back once he had lost them (however im sure someone may remind me of a few) My opinion is that the squads confidence is so so low that even a couple of experienced signings wouldnt be able to drag there heads up, its a shame i like lambert, i really thought he could make us challenge at the higher end of the table.
It makes it even worse as previous comments my son keeps mentioning the gooners  i have promised him it will get better, lets hope i can keep that one