Cardiff City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PeterWithe]

Didn't tell us a lot we didn't already know, we are better than some teams in the league but struggle to impose ourselves on the match. Some of our players are very good in small patches.

When we are struggling for form we have to take our chances and we didn't, 2 points dropped.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Gabby was shite - Benteke looked like he couldn't be arsed . He jibbed every single challenge.

Their defenders wanted it more .

[PaulWinch again]

Good to hear Lambert say he realises dominating the ball is important, yes it is.

[PaulWinch again]

1 point from West Ham at home and Cardiff away is a terrible return.

And yet we're still 11th, 5 points clear of relegation, with only 12 to play.

Yeah but it's still a terrible return from the last two games and if you want to look at next 12 games if we keep that record up we'll have 6 more points. I don't think we will by the way, but statistics across the seasons aren't relevant to now.

The same way Man City are on course for 6 from their next 12? What a ridiculous statement.

Also my point is you can quote stats however you want, which is why I said 'I don't think we will by the way'. Regardless a point from West Ham and Cardiff is a rubbish return.

[Monty]

The problem with Lambert isn't that we play brilliantly sometimes and are inconsistent after that, it's that we're mostly absolutely horrible and then get the odd half of promise here and there. And Lambert never, never, never learns his lessons - will we start by passing the ball next match? Like hell. We'll start hoofing it in a 4-4-2 more surely than you could say the sun will rise tomorrow. That's the problem.

[oldham_villa]

Agbonlahor could not be arsed tonight by the looks of it, and Benteke has had his cigar out all season.

What a shit game to watch.....

Against fucking Cardiff, I tell thee

[ez]

The front two were poor today. I couldn't help but wonder if Bent would have knocked a couple in tonight. Plenty of service.

[Ad@m]

1 point from West Ham at home and Cardiff away is a terrible return.

And yet we're still 11th, 5 points clear of relegation, with only 12 to play.

Cone on mate. That's not a comfort to anybody, surely? West Ham are picking up points, when Fulham's new signings settle in they may improve and their result against Man United may be a shot in the arm. A few of the teams around us are starting to get results and we're not in any way looking convincing. I hope we'll be alright. We might just be. But it's a bleak outlook we're I'm looking from. Aston Villa should not be in this position in any season. But 4 in a row is taking the piss and if you keep pushing your luck, it will run out.

But the thing is, the teams around us aren't picking up points.  That's why we're still 11th.  West Ham are irrelevant now - they're above us.  The reality is, at least 7 of the 9 teams below us have got to either do better than they have so far this season or we've got to do worse than we have so far this season, which a lot of people would argue is impossible.

I'm not saying we're safe by any stretch but this rampant depression when we've picked up another point towards safety does no one any favours.

[Matt Collins]

Our fixtures through to end march are awful

We're gonna need to pick up some home points against Norwich and Stoke or I think we're gonna be in a spot of bother

Four points off the relegation zone now and in thirteenth

It's not really that much better than we were last season I imagine, at this stage?

[Grande Pablo]

The lad with the huge shaped afro said it all after Gabby's miss.  And we move on...

[ciggiesnbeer]

I thought we would lose so I cant complain. Havent watched the game yet but it seems we kept possession well?

[brontebilly]

The more I think back, the more I can't believe how shit Gabby was. Fucking awful.

The pass was setup perfectly for him to stroke it home with his right first time. A pub league player would be abused from a height for doing what Gabby contrived to do

Bacuna failing to find Benteke was absolutely criminal aswell. Bertrand put in another cracking cross at the end but no-one there to tap it in.

Paul Lambert just now "if you can pick up points away from home in this league its absolutely vital"

If we were picking points up at home maybe that might ring true

[Chris Jameson]

I know he's Villa through and through and all that but Agbonlahor really is a very average footballer. Cardiff will go down, Villa won't and then next season we'll be hoping the 3 that come up are worse than us. Enjoyed watching Albrighton tonight, great to see his confidence returning.

[Matt Collins]

It wasn't that gabby couldn't be arsed - why do people always say that? He was just shit, very shit

[Irish villain]

Our fixtures through to end march are awful

We're gonna need to pick up some home points against Norwich and Stoke or I think we're gonna be in a spot of bother

Four points off the relegation zone now and in thirteenth

It's not really that much better than we were last season I imagine, at this stage?

Four points better. Four. And all the talk over December about how much better we are this season.