Aston Villa v West Ham United Post-Match Thread

[eamonn]

Is the Cardiff game on telly? I think 5 of our next 7 are. A national tragedy.

[Stu]

Has any team dropped more points against the bottom three and avoided relegation, as us? Sunderland (H), Fulham (A), Palace (H), West Ham (H). One point from four games. We can't expect to keep doing this and stay in the division.

Fucking abysmal.

The fabled easy games where we pick up a few points.

[Boz]

I still don't think we're going down though. There are worse teams than us over the course of a season. The positive thing about this villa side is we could well go and beat both Cardiff and Newcastle now.

Silver linings and all that.

I applaud the optimism, but can't share it

[dave shelley]

The only positive that can be drawn today is, it's another game nearer to the end of another shit season.  I hate to be defeatist but, relegation is a very distinct possibility this season whatever about next.

[mattjpa]

Will lambert ever come out and say we weren't good enough and things need to improve. He speaks to the fans and media like we are fucking stupid. I have absolutely no time for him,  each to their own but for me Lambert out. I won't be back until he's gone. I'm gutted by what the trio of incompetents have done to this club

[Boz]

Paul Lambert thinks Aston Villa can take heart from their rally in the last 20 minutes against West Ham at Villa Park today.

Only because West Ham eased off and defended deeper. Lambert's fooling himself but not the fans.

[Tuco Salamanca]

Is the Cardiff game on telly? I think 5 of our next 7 are. A national tragedy.

Sales of Nytol to drop off significantly...

[mr underhill]

and calls to the Samaritans to go through the roof

[Boz]

What odds are being offered for Villa to be relegated compared to the other candidates?

[ktvillan]

Chin up lads we had 68% possession.  Ace. 

You could say we were a bit unlucky hitting the woodwork twice, and losing our only defenders who can defend, Vlaar, Okore and Bertrand,  to injury.   But it's Lambert's fault that the replacements are nowhere near prem standard, especially Baker who's just a runaway train, but without the subtlety.  With Vlaar's record everyone knew a backup CB was essential in the window.  Still we remain "safe in mid-table" with a massive 4 point buffer between us and the drop zone and two away games to follow.  So that's okay then.

[timeoutbigbar]

There are no words for how fucked off I am with this shower of shite, particularly Delph's mistake. 

Fucknuggets.

[Lamb_Stockmix]

Is the Cardiff game on telly? I think 5 of our next 7 are. A national tragedy.

Not for everyone else?

[Ads]

You cannot excuse conceding two goals in that fashion at this level. Bizarre defending. What Delph was doing, I have absolutely no idea.

I thought more than enough to get back into it. Benteke had borrowed Ugo's fifty pence piece head. They were defending at one point with nine men in a line and we should have been able to capitalise.

Vlaar apart, I am not sure why you would change the system from the Albion game, bar Gabby for the ineffectual Weimann.

[timeoutbigbar]

You could say we were a bit unlucky hitting the woodwork twice

and you can be fucking sure he will.

[hilts_coolerking]

The whole club needs revitalising, on and off the pitch.