Aston Villa v West Ham United Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

Why would you get slagged off for that?

[mattjpa]

I was really disappointed with our support today, which was really dire. I know what was being served up didn't particularly warrant any excitement or applause but we were very quiet and eager to get on their backs, even during the first half when we were still at 0-0, which I thought wouldn't be so bad after the West Brom game.

Just a thought, but we really need to stop waiting for something to sing about, and instead give the team something to play for. There's more than just footballing reasons why teams love coming to Villa Park.

Really unfair that to be honest mate. Our away support is magnificent and is the hardcore fan base but our home support has had to deal with the almightiest shit storm and pay through the nose with it. Our home performances and results deserve a lot less than the fans give them

[preston28]

200 mile round trip in foul weather to watch that inept excuse for entertainment. I can't see why Lambert can't see what 90% of the fans can:
No width
No creative midfield
Poor defence.
Why doesn't Albrighton start?
Why was Lucuna not subbed?

Credit to the Villa fans - very passive about the faecal material served up at VP & more so then manager.

Back to the wine.

[SoccerHQ]

07/08. We won 10. The only time we've managed it since 02/03 (11 wins in the season SGT got booed by wankers who claim to support this club). We really are crap at home regardless of who is in charge or how much money is spent.

Aye we weren't great at home under MON either. That was the only season out of his 4 when we even reached 10 home wins. As a comparison in 09/10 Spurs won 14/19 at home.

10/19 is just over 50% so just above average. We're even a million miles off that at present. I too can't see us even getting an extra 8 points at home to be as bad as we were under McLeish.

[silhillvilla]

Thanks for attending Preston. It's appreciated. I left on 80 mins and was back home in the warmth by 515pm.

[Rudy65]

I got some stick last week for wanting Lambert out of Villa Park.i see a few more have seen the light now.  I Thought we were far worse last week

What is our game plan and tactics? What do they do in training. When the midfield gets the ball there is no movement upfront. Gabby is often just static.

You cant play those three up front. There is no width.Weimann is too deep and a waste of a place. He needs to play alongside Benteke or not at all.

Gabby was poor today.

Albrighton was superb. Not just his crosses but he takes a bloody good corner as well. westwood please note. Albrighton has to play for the next few games in place of Weimann on Tuesday. Give Benteke consistent service and he will score

Centre backs did ok today. Both made goal saving tackles in the first half

Bacuna's passing was abysmal.

Its going to be along old few months until May

with respect Rudy, last week we were away against an in form Everton side, top 6 or thereabouts with an enviable record at Goodison. Today we were at home against a side that would be comparable to Blues when they were last up. Last week's result was understandable, today's was pretty much unforgivable.

The negative tactics of last week against a weakened team were totally unacceptable

[KevinGage]

07/08. We won 10. The only time we've managed it since 02/03 (11 wins in the season SGT got booed by wankers who claim to support this club). We really are crap at home regardless of who is in charge or how much money is spent.

With respect, that's balls.

We've ranged from decent to indifferent home form under the likes of Gregory, Taylor MKII, O'Leary and O'Neill.

The last two managers have presided over abysmal home form. One lost his job over it and the current one probably should do too, if the owner had any interest or backbone.

[Brian Taylor]

'Fit as a butcher's dog'  never thought it would come true again..shite n shite..cost me a packet today.

[Witton Warrior]

200 mile round trip in foul weather to watch that inept excuse for entertainment. I can't see why Lambert can't see what 90% of the fans can:
No width
No creative midfield
Poor defence.
Why doesn't Albrighton start?
Why was Lucuna not subbed?

Credit to the Villa fans - very passive about the faecal material served up at VP & more so then manager.

Back to the wine.

If you are the fella I spoke to in the Holte car park I should have said how much I respect you doing that trip - I only travel 30 miles - respect and commiserations ;-)

[holte hero]

Respect to you preston, and to think i was moaning about my 60 mile trip, lambert is getting lots of patience shown to him, but my god its well depressing!:/

[brian green]

My son drives me 200 miles to every game at Villa Park and another 130 round trip his house to mine.   He is probably just getting home.   I am NOT saying we are better fans.   Just tireder.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I've said it before but I want to say it again, because it makes me feel slightly better. We're a club desperately in need of a brain. There's that Einstein quote about the definition of insanity being doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. But I'd say that's also a definition of stupidity. At the moment, we're like Laurel and Hardy, the stupid leading the stupid. Nobody knows when to stop and say, whoah, this shit ain't working.

There's a sad naivety about us, like a very old man whose mind is going, we refuse to admit the mistakes we're making. We think we can carry on as normal, but everybody else can see if we carry on driving the car like this, sooner or later we're going to crash.

It's sad because we all know that Lambert is only still at the club for two reasons. 1) We're doing the bare minimum to survive (so far), and he's bought into the 'plan'; and 2) We're petrified of sacking the manager, because we know we're hopeless at appointing new ones. I mean, can any of us really stomach another embarrassing manager search courtesy of Lerner and Faulkner?

We're in a sorry mess and, until we find someone with a brain to sort it all out, it could get much sorrier.

Wise words, James.

[Des Little]

Utter, utter shit. Without Vlasr, that defence isn't Premier League quality and has no leadership whatsoever. These failings were known to us all but Lambert chose not to address them. More fool him.

[mike]

I used to do just short of a 400 mile round trip. For various reasons, now I'm 150 miles closer I can very rarely go at all. I've been  on the train to Worcester a couple of Saturdays when there's a home match on and seen it packed with Villa fans and genuinely thought 'how the fuck do you lot keep motivated to go all that way?' I should have been feeling jealous. I just feel let down by what the club ever has done ever since that arse MON left. Before really. Probably after we gazumped Wigan to buy MFH. Or sold Cahill to buy Knight.

[preston28]

200 mile round trip in foul weather to watch that inept excuse for entertainment. I can't see why Lambert can't see what 90% of the fans can:
No width
No creative midfield
Poor defence.
Why doesn't Albrighton start?
Why was Lucuna not subbed?

Credit to the Villa fans - very passive about the faecal material served up at VP & more so then manager.

Back to the wine.

If you are the fella I spoke to in the Holte car park I should have said how much I respect you doing that trip - I only travel 30 miles - respect and commiserations ;-)
[/quote]
Not me I'm afraid. However I'll guess my 200 mile round trip is only 6-8 times per year. Some on here go every week!