Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[rob_bridge]

I know they can't afford not to but do you think they can actually afford to sack another manager and his entourage it will again cost millions they don't appear to have.  I can't think of any other reasons why he wouldn't have gone before now.

bang on

That is one part - the other part is that the Marketing Credit Card Company Board members will have to pick another manager. This would be their 5th permanent manager in less than 4 years. Not to mention the 2 stand ins due timing and illness.
Therefore they are probably shit scared that they may have to do that bearing in their recruitment record.

But it's ok because we have made progress according to Lambert and Faulkner.

[BILL DE VALL]

For all the doom and gloom we should remember that there is a relatively easy fix for our current plight.
Remember how much better we looked with Jermaine Jenas in our midfield?

We need to bullshit our way through this season-hoping that there really are 3 worse teams than us!

then we need to invest in experienced players for the spine of the team-midfield a priority then attack then defence,this will involve a bit of investment(but not a mental 'spursesque' splurge)-oh and a new manager

[damon loves JT]

My concern is that I struggle to think of a manager I want at the Villa who would come.

[*shellac*]

Pathetic.

Lambert has to go. 

[villan from luton]

It has gone beyond a joke now, the owner, manager and players are making us a bloody laughing stock. I wonder where the next goal is going to come from?

Yes a laughing stock. A great club reduced to common trash.

I started watching the club in the old third division and we were a class act, even though we didnt get promoted the first year. We were a proper club, now we are a f**king joke, I feel even less motivated to watch than I did in Deadly's last days

[villan from luton]

For all the doom and gloom we should remember that there is a relatively easy fix for our current plight.
Remember how much better we looked with Jermaine Jenas in our midfield?

We need to bullshit our way through this season-hoping that there really are 3 worse teams than us!

then we need to invest in experienced players for the spine of the team-midfield a priority then attack then defence,this will involve a bit of investment(but not a mental 'spursesque' splurge)-oh and a new manager

Experienced players like Jenas will be the aim

[rob_bridge]

Nothing good comes from relegation. Nothing.

We will get a worse manager (good ones do not want to manage in the Championship)
Worse players (see above)
Less investment (you dont need to spend 20 million a year in the Championship)
Less revenues (less people want to go and watch games in the Championship)
Less likely buyers.

The only positive is Faulkner would lose his pompous little FA position he is always blathering about.

There will be no Graham Taylor to bring us back this time. There will be Owen Coyle or Simon Grayson or Sean O'Driscoll or Chris Hughton. Or Mick McCarthy if we are really lucky.

Worse still there will be Appy Arry when he leaves QPR because they didn't give him enough money for players.

[Toronto Villa]

there is no redeeming feature to being relegated. No Villa fan should EVER want relegation.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think anyone thinking relegation would help things is assuming we'd bounce straight back.

I am far from convinced that'd be the case. Most of this squad isn't good enough to get out of that league.

[Simba]

there is no redeeming feature to being relegated. No Villa fan should EVER want relegation.

This.

[walsall villain]

there is no redeeming feature to being relegated. No Villa fan should EVER want relegation.

We can't beat league one or two teams with the squad we have so I hate to think how it would be with a weaker squad post relegation.

[PeterWithesShin]

Did someone mention Mick McCarthy?

[saunders_heroes]

My concern is that I struggle to think of a manager I want at the Villa who would come.

Yep. Both Martinez and OGS turned us down for (probably) the same reasons.
Until Lerner comes to his senses or sells up more managers will turn us down.

[BC54 VFC]

I'm not so sure.

A point at Hull will do it.

Trouble is..........we got that point on the first weekend of last October.

[adrenachrome]

My concern is that I struggle to think of a manager I want at the Villa who would come.

Yep. Both Martinez and OGS turned us down for (probably) the same reasons.
Until Lerner comes to his senses or sells up more managers will turn us down.

And don't forget Benitez before those.