Aston Villa vs Fulham Post Match Thread

[HG1Lions]

How about some positivity?

Am I the only one on here that thinks we might just beat Palace? Hardly Bayern Munich are they?

With a proper midfield and Gabby back we'll improve. The Bertrand in midfield ploy didn't work but I can see why he tried it.

Yes we give the ball away too easily, particularly Baker, but did you see how gutted the players were at the end? Westwood was distraught with his mistake.

What we don't need is bile spouted by a bloke near me as he throws the ball back to Lowton and boos as one of our own has a poor shot at goal - FFS.

Yes we're Aston Villa and we expect better but welcome to 2014 - the games changed - it's no wonder we're so crap at home with such a poisonous atmosphere. They might have been on some sort of freebie but how much was that support worth to Fulham yesterday?

Not renewing next season? Fine - give your money to Murdoch & moan at the dog. I'll be supporting the club I love. Up the Villa.

[john e]

How about some positivity?

Am I the only one on here that thinks we might just beat Palace? Hardly Bayern Munich are they?

With a proper midfield and Gabby back we'll improve. The Bertrand in midfield ploy didn't work but I can see why he tried it.

Yes we give the ball away too easily, particularly Baker, but did you see how gutted the players were at the end? Westwood was distraught with his mistake.

What we don't need is bile spouted by a bloke near me as he throws the ball back to Lowton and boos as one of our own has a poor shot at goal - FFS.

Yes we're Aston Villa and we expect better but welcome to 2014 - the games changed - it's no wonder we're so crap at home with such a poisonous atmosphere. They might have been on some sort of freebie but how much was that support worth to Fulham yesterday?

Not renewing next season? Fine - give your money to Murdoch & moan at the dog. I'll be supporting the club I love. Up the Villa.

That's the spirit

[LeeB]

How about some positivity?

Am I the only one on here that thinks we might just beat Palace? Hardly Bayern Munich are they?

With a proper midfield and Gabby back we'll improve. The Bertrand in midfield ploy didn't work but I can see why he tried it.

Yes we give the ball away too easily, particularly Baker, but did you see how gutted the players were at the end? Westwood was distraught with his mistake.

What we don't need is bile spouted by a bloke near me as he throws the ball back to Lowton and boos as one of our own has a poor shot at goal - FFS.

Yes we're Aston Villa and we expect better but welcome to 2014 - the games changed - it's no wonder we're so crap at home with such a poisonous atmosphere. They might have been on some sort of freebie but how much was that support worth to Fulham yesterday?

Not renewing next season? Fine - give your money to Murdoch & moan at the dog. I'll be supporting the club I love. Up the Villa.

Good lad.

[adrenachrome]

How about some positivity?

Am I the only one on here that thinks we might just beat Palace? Hardly Bayern Munich are they?

With a proper midfield and Gabby back we'll improve. The Bertrand in midfield ploy didn't work but I can see why he tried it.

Yes we give the ball away too easily, particularly Baker, but did you see how gutted the players were at the end? Westwood was distraught with his mistake.

What we don't need is bile spouted by a bloke near me as he throws the ball back to Lowton and boos as one of our own has a poor shot at goal - FFS.

Yes we're Aston Villa and we expect better but welcome to 2014 - the games changed - it's no wonder we're so crap at home with such a poisonous atmosphere. They might have been on some sort of freebie but how much was that support worth to Fulham yesterday?

Not renewing next season? Fine - give your money to Murdoch & moan at the dog. I'll be supporting the club I love. Up the Villa.

What has not renewing next season got to do with giving money to Murdoch or moaning at the dog?

[mozza]

How about some positivity?

Am I the only one on here that thinks we might just beat Palace? Hardly Bayern Munich are they?

With a proper midfield and Gabby back we'll improve. The Bertrand in midfield ploy didn't work but I can see why he tried it.

Yes we give the ball away too easily, particularly Baker, but did you see how gutted the players were at the end? Westwood was distraught with his mistake.

What we don't need is bile spouted by a bloke near me as he throws the ball back to Lowton and boos as one of our own has a poor shot at goal - FFS.

Yes we're Aston Villa and we expect better but welcome to 2014 - the games changed - it's no wonder we're so crap at home with such a poisonous atmosphere. They might have been on some sort of freebie but how much was that support worth to Fulham yesterday?

Not renewing next season? Fine - give your money to Murdoch & moan at the dog. I'll be supporting the club I love. Up the Villa.

You wouldn't be Nicola Keye by any chance? If so thanks for the personal phone call a week last friday -
but listening to why the CEO Faulkner doesn't acknowledge emails/written letters caused me to miss my
train from Manchester to Liverpool - and the answer is still 'no I am not renewing my L6 seat' xx

Ps if you aren't Nicola please ignore the xx 

[walsall villain]

I really thought we could get a win against Fulham but I don't know what I was thinking I must be mad.

I was a confident as you ever dare be before the news of injuries came through. Fulham were always going to be desperate to win and the last 20 minutes were very open. I actually thought we would get a second as their defending was poor but we didn't have the quality to score or the ability to keep the ball and defend. Without Benteke but with Gabby, and the two midfielders back we might just scrape home in the weeks to come but yesterday showed that we have almost nothing in reserve.
Let's get safe then let the inquest begin. Like many others on here my opinion keeps shifting. I now think we will eventually get relegated unless the owner gets more involved or sells up. The current strategy isn't going to work no matter who the manager is.

[Witton Warrior]

How about some positivity?

Am I the only one on here that thinks we might just beat Palace? Hardly Bayern Munich are they?

With a proper midfield and Gabby back we'll improve. The Bertrand in midfield ploy didn't work but I can see why he tried it.

Yes we give the ball away too easily, particularly Baker, but did you see how gutted the players were at the end? Westwood was distraught with his mistake.

What we don't need is bile spouted by a bloke near me as he throws the ball back to Lowton and boos as one of our own has a poor shot at goal - FFS.

Yes we're Aston Villa and we expect better but welcome to 2014 - the games changed - it's no wonder we're so crap at home with such a poisonous atmosphere. They might have been on some sort of freebie but how much was that support worth to Fulham yesterday?

Not renewing next season? Fine - give your money to Murdoch & moan at the dog. I'll be supporting the club I love. Up the Villa.

Not much to argue with there except for the "poisonous atmosphere" comment.
At the back of the Holte we were ramping up the support for a good 10 minutes at the start of the match - "Paul Lamberts C&B Army" ringing out.

I experience a painfully negative expectation but not "poisonous" at all. Even when we went 1-2 down and the weird substitution happened we were trying to make a noise. Only when Holt was too slow to put the through ball over did I need to exit and swear my way to the car...

[brian green]

I did not detect a "poisonous atmosphere'.  Any reasonable minded Villa fan would accept that the tolerance of the crowd has been one of the few things to be proud of this season.   We are too tolerant if anything.   As has been said by any number of posters on these threads at ANY other club Lambert's record would have had him through the door a long time ago.

[walsall villain]

Just thought fans were resigned, wasn't poisonous for me.

[Legion]

Hardly poisonous. Just apathetic at times.

[HG1Lions]

Apologies - poisonous was a bit harsh. Just hate to see the fans giving our players a harder time of it than the opposition players.

[pooligan]

Oh right,that is the reason we have been so crap at home under this manager,a poisonous atmosphere .There was me thinking it was down to a clueless manager, players making basic errors ,like passing the ball to the other side and not marking the opposition

[SoccerHQ]

I didn't want Martinez, but that was more based upon his Wigan finishes than anything else. I assumed that his decent results tended to be late into the season when they were frantically scrabbling to stay up, and I didn't want an entire season of cluelessness followed by three or four games of surprisingly good football.

But I have to admit, I think Wigan held Martinez back rather than the other way around. The freedom Everton play with is undeniable.

Good job we got Lambert then for his consistant level of good football through a season!!

I must admit people turning their noses up at Martinez back then just because Wigan were fighting relegation every season was bizarre, it's WIGAN for Christ sake.

I know Steve Bruce got them finishing higher but some managers have a glass ceiling and Brucey struggled at Sunderland and I doubt would do aswell if he was Everton's manager.

[Mortimer's Bear]

If Villa were to dispense with Lambert you can almost guarantee Lerner will blow the transfer budget on paying compensation to West Ham to get Allardyce on a 6 year contract.

Sends a shiver down ones spine.

[Steve67]

Poisonous atmosphere?  Utter rubbish.  The fans have stuck with Lambert and the players despite such a shockingly poor home record, the worst team that I can ever remember, cup losses to lower league teams and with 40 million quid spent on dross, other than Benteke and Vlaar.  We have become apathetic , possibly because we are attempting to support the myth that this side is full of children and that we are so fickle.