Aston Villa vs Fulham Post Match Thread

[themossman]

Fuck off lambert. I almost hope we drop now we've become one of those horrible shit teams that are taking up a place in the league when plenty of other teams deserve it more.

[mattjpa]

As we arrived today so did the main contingent of subsidised Fulham fans - looking at their faces I saw hope and expectation - "We're playing the Villa, surely we can get something"...

Had to leave when Holt couldn't get the cross in on about 93 minutes as I was losing control and didn't want to make a tit of myself. Have not done that in 39 seasons.
I, at least, still try to maintain some dignity unlike this shower of shit I have watched for 2 seasons.

Thank God there are only two more 90 minute omnishambles to watch.

I hope to god they don't have the audacity to Lap the pitch at the end. We as the fans should make sure they do it in an empty stadium if they do try

[LTA]

Don't normally post this early after a game, but that was truly appalling.  Fulham simply wanted it more than we did and were better, and more organised than we were.

Looking likely that survival will only be on default, but we cannot keep pushing our luck year after year.

[PeterWithesShin]

As we arrived today so did the main contingent of subsidised Fulham fans - looking at their faces I saw hope and expectation - "We're playing the Villa, surely we can get something"...

Had to leave when Holt couldn't get the cross in on about 93 minutes as I was losing control and didn't want to make a tit of myself. Have not done that in 39 seasons.
I, at least, still try to maintain some dignity unlike this shower of shit I have watched for 2 seasons.

Thank God there are only two more 90 minute omnishambles to watch.

I hope to god they don't have the audacity to Lap the pitch at the end. We as the fans should make sure they do it in an empty stadium if they do try

The lap is meant to be for them to show appreciation to us for our support throughout the season so why shouldn't they?

[mr woo]

We got the result and perhaps more predictably, the performance I expected.

Lambert has a real problem with motivation, that much is clear. Sadly, you can couple that with questionable signings, tactics, substitutions, disorganized coaching, off the cuff set pieces, a stubbornness that's alienated just about every player we had with top level experience, a refusal to use the best of our youth while wasting money on substandard lower league dross, a refusal to get experience in areas where we've desperately needed it for two years, a powderpuff midfield, a parks standard defence and an attack with zero creativity- the list just goes on and on.

I don't need to repeat the records that Lambert has broken since he's been here, but I will emphasize that each and every one of them is negative. I would love to know the last time the league's bottom club did the double over us. Yet another to add to the list.

Look, I will hold my hands up here. I wanted Lambert. I thought he would be great for us. I was wrong.

I thought he was superior to both Rodgers and Martinez, who we could conceivably have taken instead. I was wrong about that too.

I thought Lambert was a better bet than Solksjaer. Mind you, I think I was right about that one....but it's a bloody close call right now.

Mr Faulkner - it's time to hold your hands up too.
 This isn't working. I can't even say there are signs things will improve. There isn't a club in the league that wouldn't have acted by now.

If the unthinkable happens, it may be Lamberts fault, but you will certainly shoulder the blame for burying your head in the sand with your fingers crossed for the fourth year in a row.

[CJ]

Yet another display of breathtaking ineptitude and it really is time for Lambert to do one. He is utterly clueless. Prime example - he buys Joe Bennett who turns out to be crap; he buys Tony Moon to replace him but it turns out he's pretty crap too; so he loans Ryan Bertrand from Chelsea who turns out to be quite good. So what does he do - play Bennett at left back and Bertrand in a role he's never played before in his entire career.

Today was yet another display which lacked energy, guile, skill or urgency, or even the basics, and that is all down to Lambert - he buys the players, he (or his team) trains them and he should be motivating them. Yes we were missing 3 key players and if they were playing I'm sure we'd have got a result, but this is his squad which he's had 2 years to build. All teams at this level will be hit by injuries and suspensions and others build a squad to accommodate that.  But this squad is paper thin and full of players who simply aren't good enough to play at this level - that's why they were playing for clubs in the lower leagues. And his insurance policy for striker injury? An immobile has-been who can't get in Wigan's team. Brilliant. And when it comes to tactics what is the rabbit up his sleeve? With 3 minutes of added time to go he takes off one of our better players and brings on a rookie who hasn't scored for over 2 years. The man is simply out of his depth and if we don't go down this year we will next.

We all know we've set new records for the worst home results in any league, but the most depressing stat I heard on the way back today was that Fulham hadn't won a league game at Villa Park since 1973. I can't even be bothered to Google it to see if it's true

[CJ]

Oh - one highlight - John Carew at half time.

[rougegorge]

Well done our clueless one. You have added another two unwanted records today, most ever league defeats at home in a season (10).Also, that was Fulham's  first ever Premier league win at Villa Park, in fact it was their first league win at Villa Park in 41 years.

Exactly. Add to that the unwanted records from last season and then the quite possible  record of 9 consecutive defeats to end this season.

[eric woolban woolban]

Well done our clueless one. You have added another two unwanted records today, most ever league defeats at home in a season (10).Also, that was Fulham's  first ever Premier league win at Villa Park, in fact it was their first league win at Villa Park in 41 years.

Exactly. Add to that the unwanted records from last season and then the quite possible  record of 9 consecutive defeats to end this season.

That takes us to the championship.

An area where this current squad (Benteke excepted) and manager should be.

[pooligan]

Well put Mr Woo and CJ

[tomd2103]

Went to the game today and it's hard to know where to start really.  Clutching at straws but I thought Bacuna looked better further forward and the much maligned Grant Holt did OK.  Lowton did OK on his return back to the side and Westwood was fairly steady throughout.  There were some horror shows though, with Baker in particular being one of the worst.  I lost count of the times his headed clearances went straight to an opposition player about ten yards away and how many times he was then subsequently caught out of position.  I'm really beginning to think that he, along with a few others, just simply aren't good enough.

As for the rest of the season, I think we are simply reduced to hoping that those below us don't win enough games to catch us.  I think unfortunately Paul Lambert has lost his way and it was noticeable how much time he spent sat down today.  He of course is going to get hammered over the next couple of days, but he is only part of the problem in my opinion.  In Lerner's continued absence, some serious questions need to be asked of Paul Faulkner, yet it seems no one in the local media is prepared to do that.         

[CT]

I sat there today, looked at that team and just thought "that's the first XI that would start a midweek Second Round match in the League Cup".

I have to say, amongst all the horror that went on, Grant Holt gave a lesson on "leading the line" today. Held the ball up, scrapped for everything and never gave up, unlike the majority of others, Weimann and Bennett in particular who quite often jogged about they didn't give a flying fuck.

I wanted to stick by Lambert, but after today and that fucking substitution of Bowery for Albrighton, that's it. Enough now. - Lambert Out.

[Tugby Villain]

Get the hell out of this club before we're in the third division
That's the way we're going

[dave shelley]

My 42 year old next door neighbour died of a brain tumour today.  Fuck the Villa.  I'm sorry, wrong thread and all but, it's the way I feel.

[spk]

I missed the game today,what was the reaction from the crowd at the final whistle,any "Lambert out" chanting ?