Aston Villa v Sheffield United Post-Match Thread

[claret and blue blood]

My boss is a Nose. You can imagine how the last 12 months have been for me most Monday mornings.

probably not as bad as mine, 4 noses plus the boss is a Blade
Such joy!

[john e]

If the home crowd turn on him, he will go. Bolton was the moment McLeish was a goner. A similar reaction towards Lambert and it will be all over I reckon.

Mcliesh went because
we didn't want him in the first place
we were playing utterly shit football
we were fighting relegation

only one of those apply to Lambert so far, if the fans turn on him big time then I agree hes a gona, but its going to take more than a few internet posters to do that

[brian green]

I have a wonderful brother, ex Marine Commando, decorated war hero.   Saw Villa play before WW2.   He took me to see us play Port Vale in the cup in about 1951.   Same sort of scenario as today, we were blown away at home by a team we were expected to dispense with without breaking sweat.   My brother took off his scarf, threw it on the concrete of the Holte End, jumped on it and has never been back since.   His grandsons come with us to the games.   They are both big shots in the disco industry, one in Ibiza the other one in Los Angeles.   A few short years later I was at Wembley watching Johnny Dixon lift the trophy our manager has little regard for.

The reason I mention this is that there are always better times ahead.   Keep the faith.   Do the pain.   Don't give up on the Villa.   Give up on Lambert by all means, give up on Faulkner, Lerner, Culverhouse, all of them but don't give up on Villa.   These men are tiny little pygmies in our proud and glorious history.

[ChicagoLion]

If the home crowd turn on him, he will go. Bolton was the moment McLeish was a goner. A similar reaction towards Lambert and it will be all over I reckon.

Yes that was the point of no return, we must be pretty close to that now.

[danlanza]

This is getting really bad now.
I fear for us at the moment.

[villajk]

I've tried, I really have, but enough is enough.

I cannot stand any more of this.

Please put us out of our (abject) misery and go Lambert.

[ChicagoLion]

I have a wonderful brother, ex Marine Commando, decorated war hero.   Saw Villa play before WW2.   He took me to see us play Port Vale in the cup in about 1951.   Same sort of scenario as today, we were blown away at home by a team we were expected to dispense with without breaking sweat.   My brother took off his scarf, threw it on the concrete of the Holte End, jumped on it and has never been back since.   His grandsons come with us to the games.   They are both big shots in the disco industry, one in Ibiza the other one in Los Angeles.   A few short years later I was at Wembley watching Johnny Dixon lift the trophy our manager has little regard for.

The reason I mention this is that there are always better times ahead.   Keep the faith.   Do the pain.   Don't give up on the Villa.   Give up on Lambert by all means, give up on Faulkner, Lerner, Culverhouse, all of them but don't give up on Villa.   These men are tiny little pygmies in our proud and glorious history.

Brilliant and my best regards to you Mr Green

[john e]

If the home crowd turn on him, he will go. Bolton was the moment McLeish was a goner. A similar reaction towards Lambert and it will be all over I reckon.

Yes that was the point of no return, we must be pretty close to that now.

swap places with West Ham and we'd be close

[Legion]

I have a wonderful brother, ex Marine Commando, decorated war hero.   Saw Villa play before WW2.   He took me to see us play Port Vale in the cup in about 1951.   Same sort of scenario as today, we were blown away at home by a team we were expected to dispense with without breaking sweat.   My brother took off his scarf, threw it on the concrete of the Holte End, jumped on it and has never been back since.   His grandsons come with us to the games.   They are both big shots in the disco industry, one in Ibiza the other one in Los Angeles.   A few short years later I was at Wembley watching Johnny Dixon lift the trophy our manager has little regard for.

The reason I mention this is that there are always better times ahead.   Keep the faith.   Do the pain.   Don't give up on the Villa.   Give up on Lambert by all means, give up on Faulkner, Lerner, Culverhouse, all of them but don't give up on Villa.   These men are tiny little pygmies in our proud and glorious history.

Never give up on Villa. Ever.

[villaxl]

Had enough, cant remember in the last fifty years I have not gone down to Villa park for three games in a row. He's gotta go

[LeeB]

In a word, shambolic.

The mods as well?

?

There was that little conversation on the previous page regarding moderating on a day like this, but the threads moving too quickly and I'm not a very funny man.

[bertlambshank]

If the home crowd turn on him, he will go. Bolton was the moment McLeish was a goner. A similar reaction towards Lambert and it will be all over I reckon.

Mcliesh went because
we didn't want him in the first place
we were playing utterly shit football
we were fighting relegation

only one of those apply to Lambert so far, if the fans turn on him big time then I agree hes a gona, but its going to take more than a few internet posters to do that

6 in 26 at home.Randys finger must be twitching.And has for your last line oh dear has it come to that.

[darren woolley]

Gutted I really thought we would have a good cup run but it's not to be we are poor at the moment.

[PeterWithesShin]

If the home crowd turn on him, he will go. Bolton was the moment McLeish was a goner. A similar reaction towards Lambert and it will be all over I reckon.

Mcliesh went because
we didn't want him in the first place
we were playing utterly shit football
we were fighting relegation

only one of those apply to Lambert so far, if the fans turn on him big time then I agree hes a gona, but its going to take more than a few internet posters to do that

That's why I said the home crowd John! *winky*

Club won't really care what is said here or on other sites, but have a Bolton style reaction and as Chicago says, it can reach the point of no return.

[Gerrin]

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

I totally agree with you. Working for a Yank firm myself, everything is about metrics, that's all they care about.