Aston Villa vs Fulham Post Match Thread

[olaftab]

Any boos from our side were drowned by the cheering from 3000 Fulham fans. In any case there were not many left at the whistle.

[tomd2103]

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

A lot had left by the final whistle.  I was sat in the North Stand and there was a bit of booing, but nothing major.  From where I was sat, there seemed to be something going on in the left side of the lower Holte in the first half with quite a few stewards in there. 

[CJ]

There were a few 'Lambert Out' chants in the Upper Holte. Didn't really catch on but a lot of people by me were saying much the same thing (i.e. 'Fuck off Lambert') - and won't be renewing if Lambert is there next season

[frank]

"Lambert out" from the Lower Holte too, louder than I've heard it before. As recently as yesterday I was arguing on here that he should be given a bit more time. After today's truly awful performance I'm losing patience

[Ads]

So poor in the second half. They made their two changes and really gave it a go and we didn't react for a long time.

I struggle to think how Sidwell stayed in the pitch, committing foul after foul.

Such a soft goal to concede, and despite having a number of chances ourselves, Fulham probably deserved it. The home form in all it's stupidity rumbles on.

[paulcomben]

Post match interview. No we go again. No blaming injuries. Worse than that. Cannot explain home form and there is no rocket science solution. Well. We all understand the very basics of playing football, so please leave.

[UK Redsox]

Oh - one highlight - John Carew at half time.

I get the impression that its good to be John Carew.

Other highlights for me were a pre-match meet up with the Rocket Reducer and the first half Lower Trinity wanderings of a lost and pissed up lady supporter.

[andyh]

I knew it was going to be bad when just before kick off I watched Lowton trying to stamp on a balloon to burst it, and missed......twice.

[claret and blue blood]

We have lost our self respect as a club, yet again the away fans having a ball at our expense and humiliating us for the tenth time this season ( plus 2 dreadful cup exits )
What will it take to awake the passion in us as fans? We either don't go any more or lamely accept this utter crap and file out in droves to the "is there a fire drill" chant ringing in our ears.
Time to revolt lads and lasses as our club is dying in front of our eyes .

[nordenvillain]

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

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[brian green]

Just home in a state of shock.   I can't think constructively.   My mind is a horrible collage of painful things.   Sitting for two hours all the way home with my much loved son both unable to speak a word to each other.   Holte Lower faction chanting "Lerner Out".  Lads and lasses around where we sit all as pig sick as each other.  "Why the f*ck is he bringing Bowery on?" "Why is he taking Albrighton off?"  "Four minutes to play and he is making a substitution" "Why can't Baker pass to one of his own men?"   "Why are they jogging with the ball instead of running flat out with it?"   "Why does Guzan keep hoofing the ball?"

The sum total of all this horrible stuff is that that was as bad a performance as any I have seen under DOL, MON, Houllier or TSM and probably Vic Crowe, Tommy Docherty, Billy McNeill, Dr Venglos or Graham Turner.

I texted Damon at 6.30 this morning and said if we lose today the problem is that the owner and the CEO will see it as something to be addressed.   Neither of them has any love for the Villa.   They feel no pain at a performance like that just something to have a look at fixing on Monday morning if anything needs fixing at all they would add.

[adrenachrome]

Just home in a state of shock.   I can't think constructively.   My mind is a horrible collage of painful things.   Sitting for two hours all the way home with my much loved son both unable to speak a word to each other.   Holte Lower faction chanting "Lerner Out".  Lads and lasses around where we sit all as pig sick as each other.  "Why the f*ck is he bringing Bowery on?" "Why is he taking Albrighton off?"  "Four minutes to play and he is making a substitution" "Why can't Baker pass to one of his own men?"   "Why are they jogging with the ball instead of running flat out with it?"   "Why does Guzan keep hoofing the ball?"

The sum total of all this horrible stuff is that that was as bad a performance as any I have seen under DOL, MON, Houllier or TSM and probably Vic Crowe, Tommy Docherty, Billy McNeill, Dr Venglos or Graham Turner.

I texted Damon at 6.30 this morning and said if we lose today the problem is that the owner and the CEO will see it as something to be addressed.   Neither of them has any love for the Villa.   They feel no pain at a performance like that just something to have a look at fixing on Monday morning if anything needs fixing at all they would add.

Yep.

I was reminded of a string of performances under Tommy Cummings.

Ghastly beyond all endurance and probably a form of torture.

[brian green]

I had had selective protective amnesia from those Tommy Cummings games 'Chrome.   Talk about Hammer House of Horrors.

[silhillvilla]

Just back, Another insipid display at home and not even any Zorb racing at HT
Shocking

[dave shelley]

I had had selective protective amnesia from those Tommy Cummings games 'Chrome.   Talk about Hammer House of Horrors.

Me too.  Truly shocking times, clueless board and an even more clueless manager.  This has been a really shocking day today for more reasons than one.  I can't seem to shake this impending feeling of doom.  I really need the optimists to keep posting, please.