Aston Villa vs Fulham Post Match Thread

[pbavfckuwait]

So Baker makes stupid mistakes, his distribution is awful and been stated on many occasions his positional sense lets him down, apart from that he is ok, F..k me how we have fallen.

[supertom]

Bakers not helped by being slow. Just thinking of comparisons to Ugo, he was quick when he was at full pelt. Likewise, Curtis Davies has a bit of pace for a CH. That does help you if you find you're prone to getting caught out of position. Problem for Baker is that he gets caught out a lot and doesn't have the pace. No amount of last ditch tackles (That are of his own making) will ever make him good enough at this level. As a fourth choice back up playing a dozen games a season? He'd be okay. Or someone to bring on in a game against someone like Stoke or West Ham because of his height and strength.

For me, we should move him on for his own good. He needs to play regularly at his age, but in terms of being a Premiership regular, he's well short of being good enough. He should drop down a league.

[JUAN PABLO]

Des, we actually scored from a corner,thats two now this season i believe

He did. And to be honest he did enough to keep his place too. 

not that I think gabby has been any good but Holt and Gabby up front next with Weimann dropped. Albrighton and Bacuna on the wings . Hopefully Delph back with Westwood .

100% no way should Wiemann be starting on current form

He seems undroppable . This is no good for anyone. Stick in the reserves , kick up the ass until he gets his form back . Has been awful for a long time .

[LifelongToad]

I feel a bit sorry for Baker having to play next to Bennet. I wouldn't distribute to him either. I hate to say it but PL could defo had made a better team selection yesterday! Maybe he realises our season is over and has started experimenting early. We're not going down..... Are we?

[django]

The problem with judging players like Baker, Lowton, Bennett, Clark, Luna, is that while the evidence currently points to them not being good enough, how can we really know when they are all finding their feet together. The only known quantity in our defence is Vlaar. This is one of the reasons you need some experienced players in your side.

Similarly, it's understandable that people aren't inspired by Bowery coming on, but as far as I'm aware he's only ever played a few minutes at the end of games in his proper position. He had a useful couple of moments out of position last season and that's it. Same with Helanius.

[UK Redsox]

I feel a bit sorry for Baker having to play next to Bennet. I wouldn't distribute to him either.

That's a point that I made during the game. Their panic seemed to feed off one another.

Playing Bertand at left back and Bennett further forward would have been my choice

[JUAN PABLO]

I feel a bit sorry for Baker having to play next to Bennet. I wouldn't distribute to him either. I hate to say it but PL could defo had made a better team selection yesterday! Maybe he realises our season is over and has started experimenting early. We're not going down..... Are we?

he kind of played with four full backs . He was experimenting or been on the Jesus juice .

[Jaffa]

Whist I agree with most regarding Baker and Clark not being up to Premiership standards... Surely the blame should also be apportioned at out coaching staff.... When we were growing up playing football, we were always, always told (shouted at!!!) "stand up no foul" ... These two clowns are worse than Tom Daley at diving in!! Like some other posters before... When the result came through yesterday, for the first time in supporting Aston Villa all my life... I didn't really care, that's sad, no that's unacceptable!... I just want this season to be over and pray that we stay up. Mr. Learner, please save this famous club from sinking.

[Des Little]

Des, we actually scored from a corner,thats two now this season i believe

He did. And to be honest he did enough to keep his place too. 

not that I think gabby has been any good but Holt and Gabby up front next with Weimann dropped. Albrighton and Bacuna on the wings . Hopefully Delph back with Westwood .

100% no way should Wiemann be starting on current form

He seems undroppable . This is no good for anyone. Stick in the reserves , kick up the ass until he gets his form back . Has been awful for a long time .

This. Why does Lambert persist with him?

[pbavfckuwait]

As for Wieman, well yesterday showed us that his only viable alternative at the moment is the prolific Bowery, but he obviously sees that as a pairing not as a replacement just ask Albrighton.

[UK Redsox]

I think that "why did Lambert take Albrighton off for Bowery?" should replace "why didn't Barry take the penalty?"

[Des Little]

A 90th minute substitution that spoke volumes. He hasn't a clue what he's doing.

[Toronto Villa]

I thought Holt played well. Scored a good goal and is as strong as an ox. Pity he couldn't put that second chance away.

He did. He put himself about really well, and actually looked a proper CF. He gave the Fulham back line plenty to think about. I'm sure he wasn't happy either with our inability to keep the ball or provide him with decent service because he could have had a couple more. He looked in the mood for it. Now, he's not going to do that every week which is why he's here as a loan and no longer a permanent fixture in the PL, but he showed he still have a little left in brief flashes.

[El Hurricane]

Have to agree on the Holt posts, I thought he did ok. I can't understand why N'Zogbia has been out so long, I know he's not the answer but would have loved him to come on instead of Bowery.
Next possible manager Uwe Rosler?

[saunders_heroes]

Have to agree on the Holt posts, I thought he did ok. I can't understand why N'Zogbia has been out so long, I know he's not the answer but would have loved him to come on instead of Bowery.
Next possible manager Uwe Rosler?

That last minute sub of Bowery was pointless. He should have sent on Robinson for the last 10 minutes to see what he's made of. He had nothing to lose. Instead we saw the lamentable Bowery on 90 minutes. Lambert is clueless.