Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[mattjpa]

out thought, out fought, tactically outwitted. wrong formation and wrong team selection. It could not have been any worse today, I simply cannot see anyway anyone can defend him. Has. To. Go.

[Deano's Mullet]

we're in big trouble. complete embarrassment.

[SamTheMouse]

Awful. The worst performance since... well, since last week.

[curiousorange]

Lambert:

"It was a really tight game, a physical game, there was nothing much in the game, they took their chance. The game could have went either way. It's a really fine margin in that game today. It is where it is, there's loads of teams and games still to play and you have to get over that finishing line as quick as you can. We saw a lot of ball and a lot of possession. There were wasn't too many chances for both teams.

I'd prefer it if he just said 'sorry'.

[Monty]

Lambert:

"It was a really tight game, a physical game, there was nothing much in the game, they took their chance. The game could have went either way. It's a really fine margin in that game today. It is where it is, there's loads of teams and games still to play and you have to get over that finishing line as quick as you can. We saw a lot of ball and a lot of possession. There were wasn't too many chances for both teams.

Why do I feel distinctly unplacated by that piss-stream of cliches?

[ChicagoLion]

What is so infuriating as that after 10 minutes of the second half, them scoring was obvious. So what did he do? Nothing, waited for them to score and ten panicked.
If there were any doubters out there I think today confirms it, this manager is clueless, has lost the plot and the only thing we an do which might help the next few games is fire him with extreme haste.

[pauliewalnuts]

It is pretty amazing that, from almost total consensus that we were not in a relegation battle, we've lost four games on the bounce to find ourselves in a relegation battle.

We are a dreadfully poor side, with a manager who quite clearly does not have a clue.

I just can't see how any chairman can possibly accept this. It is getting humiliating, it really is.

He has got to go now, I just can not see how he can survive this, not if we have an ounce of pride left in us.

[Legion]

I give up.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Jesus.

Didnt see the game. Never will.

I genuinely think we are going down.

Feeling pretty angry.

[curiousorange]

I'm genuinely concerned about Cardiff overtaking us. It's like the club is set into concrete right now.

[Jimbo]

I think we may have reached tipping point. In any sane world, this manager would have been sacked by now. The people running the club do not understand football, though, and this is the nub of the problem. They're like a couple of bus drivers in the cockpit of an Airbus A380. "Well, Paul, we haven't crashed yet, so we must be doing something right."

[Olof's Beard]

Well at least we have something to play for still.

Atrocious, we are every bit bad enough to go down.  A couple of jammy wins in the autumn where he scored six goals from seven shots in two games has kept us just about above water.  But we are very much one of the weakest three teams in the league.  Totally one paced, brainless and lacking completely in guile and movement, aside from Delph and Westwood moving towards the central defenders, turn, shrug when they see nothing on and pass it back to the defenders again.  We would struggle to beat any team in the league right now, and by that I don't just mean the Premier League I mean all four league divisions.  It's so pathetic it almost isn't worth getting depressed about.

[curlytailavfc]

garbage again we played with 9 men again, i turned it off when they scored ffs

[pauliewalnuts]

I think we may have reached tipping point. In any sane world, this manager would have been sacked by now. The people running the club do not understand football, though, and this is the nub of the problem. They're like a couple of bus drivers in the cockpit of an Airbus A380. "Well, Paul, we haven't crashed yet, so we must be doing something right."

That's the scary part.

I think they find this acceptable. We need to stay up. I suspect their ambition doesn't really stretch very far past that these days.

[boboonthecorner]

For the last four years I've thought it can't get any worse.....and it does. When we've been in trouble over the many years of supporting Villa I've always been concerned about the thought of losing star players and up and coming talent through relegation. There isn't a single player in the squad that I'd give a rats arse about selling. Says a lot about the rapid decline of our club and squad. I think Fulham and Cardiff will pull away so it will be us and Norwich that go with Sunderland, we will go down, of that I have absolutely no doubt.