Aston Villa v Norwich- Match Thread

[olaftab]

Well people should I feel relaxed in my seat? By the way Karim has been very good and all our early problems were due to Delf not being at his best today.

[paul_e]

This game shows exactly why I'm not willing to turn on Lambert or this team, when things click we've got a lot of quality here.  Benteke and Delph have been superb, Bacuna took his goal brilliantly and we're passing and moving exactly as I've been hoping we would.  We still have a few small problems, we're not getting hold of Hoolahan and Gabby and Weimann look short of confidence in front of goal but this is what we should've been seeing all season.

[eastie]

Where has this performance come from?

I've always said this team aren't half as bad as Lambert makes them.

Agreed, a better manager could get a lot more from these players on a regular basis .

[aev]

this is the frustrating thing about this team. We know we can play like this and have done so against better sides than Norwich. It just doesn't happen often enough. But when it does it is superb to watch

I'd agree there - it is almost as if hey lack belief but then it can't be that as they often come back from a goal down in the games we when. Fk knows what it is, but whatever it is that last half hour was really good to watch.

[manic-road]

Benteke has bullied Bassong, Hoolahoop looks there only decent player and we are rampant.

With Norwich scoring an early goal it meant we had to have some urgency, which is what we have lacked the last few weeks.

[Monty]

Where has this performance come from?

I've always said this team aren't half as bad as Lambert makes them.

Unless in the last couple of weeks he's been getting them to practice this football. I hope so - he's tried everything else.

[eastie]

Keep up the tempo and I see an 8-1 win on the horizon.

[Dribbler]

This game shows exactly why I'm not willing to turn on Lambert or this team, when things click we've got a lot of quality here.

The thing is, even a broken clock tells the right time twice a day.

[Grande Pablo]

I won't count my chickens until FT.  Remember the Leicester 4-4.  Vlaar looks shakey.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

This game shows exactly why I'm not willing to turn on Lambert or this team, when things click we've got a lot of quality here.  Benteke and Delph have been superb, Bacuna took his goal brilliantly and we're passing and moving exactly as I've been hoping we would.  We still have a few small problems, we're not getting hold of Hoolahan and Gabby and Weimann look short of confidence in front of goal but this is what we should've been seeing all season.

Welcome back.

[evalast1910]

KEA has been superb the boy doesn't half cover some yards!

[DrGonzo]

AND results going our way as well. 

[supertom]

Well.... bugger me.

That's more like it Villa. On our own turf we should be beating anyone in this bottom 10. We've shown when we concentrate, keep composed and use our fucking brains a bit, we can play football. We should beat Cardiff, we should beat West Ham, we should beat Norwich. Today we're getting it right.

Westwood is in a decent run of form. He can play when he's on it.

El Ahmadi has turned into Zenidine Zifrickindane today. He needs to play like this every game. He's getting stuck in. He's reading the game well. He's showing plenty of movement, not going hiding, not going missing. He's got to do it week in, week out. People say he's no good at home, but actually, if he gets himself into the game and tries to impose himself on a game, he's the sort of player who'll probably actually be better at home. He looks sharp today.

Why can't we play like this every week? We'd win more than we lose and we'd be extremely comfortable. We might not have a fantastic squad and some of the players are questionnable, but we can put out a first 11 easily good enough to be sitting where Southampton and Newcastle are, not scrapping with this dross.

Bacuna has been a cracking signing, must be said. He's having a good season indeed.

Lets have this more often please Lambert. Don't go fannying around with this formula.

[Stu]

I was hoping that we would smash these farmers into next week for months now. Their stroppy and bitter attitude towards the Villa is pathetic.

[eastie]

This game shows exactly why I'm not willing to turn on Lambert or this team, when things click we've got a lot of quality here.

The thing is, even a broken clock tells the right time twice a day.

Exactly if we have the players who can play well then it's up to the manager to organise and get the best from them on a regular basis , not once every now and again .