Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[lovejoy]

Well my lad has now seen 4 games, 4 defeats and no Villa goals vs 12 shipped. He didn't fancy wearing the scarf home.

That's what it was like when were a nipper. Fair brings a tear to my eye.

At least your lad is going home to Haywards Heath and not Northfield.

Indeed, in a day of few positives we were home by 6.

[PeterWithesShin]

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.

OGS had pressure put on him by the bloke who owns Molde.

Martinez wasn't even interviewed as he felt he still owed Wigan.

We may not be the most attractive proposition right now but we are still Aston Villa and plenty of managers would want the job.

[rob_bridge]

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.

OGS had pressure put on him by the bloke who owns Molde.

Martinez wasn't even interviewed as he felt he still owed Wigan.

We may not be the most attractive proposition right now but we are still Aston Villa and plenty of managers would want the job.

Agree - but I doubt either of those 2 regret their decision.

[Clampy]

Not long got back. The whole thing was so bloody predictable and once again you could see their goal coming. I think everyone of us who was there knew that he needed to bring a sub on too change it during the second half. I said to my mates 'he'll be quick enough making a change if we go 1 down' and lo and behold he did.

The man has got no tactical nous whatsoever. The crowd turned on him today and I didn't have a great deal of sympathy for him.

[PeterWithesShin]

It still took 5 mins after they scored before he made a change. Even our substitutions are slow.

[Toronto Villa]

Our substitutions are all reactive not proactive and when the bench is somewhat limited being reactive is all too often too little too late.

[kippaxvilla2]

Just watching Cardiff on motd.  It reminded me of our away game there a few weeks back.  You know the one where weimann had that shot saved incredibly in the last minute and gabby thought it was funny as usual.  Just hope that doesn't come back to bite us.

[UK Redsox]

It still took 5 mins after they scored before he made a change. Even our substitutions are slow.

In fairness the ball didn't go out of play for a while.

Having said that, taking Clark off instead of KEA would have made more sense.

Just three hours from the car park in Croydon to home. So at least that bit of the day went ok.

[PeterWithesShin]

Another example is that home game recently (they've all blended into one mush so can't remember which) where we were down to 10 men for yonks because we fannied about with a sub.

[Ian.]

We have 3 massive games in which we should be able to win and make us safe, but I'm not confident we will. I'm still struggling with the fact we're in a relegation battle again. A few weeks back I was honestly thinking we've done enough now and we can start to enjoy playing football without the pressure and we would see a run like the end of last season.

[Clampy]

It still took 5 mins after they scored before he made a change. Even our substitutions are slow.

Yep. Because of what I said to the lads, after they scored I watched Lambert. He got up, clapped his hands like he does, sat back down for about a minute, then got back up and called Albrighton back who by then had been warming up for about 10 minutes. Even then he didn't bring him and Weimann on for about another 5/6 minutes afterwards. Much of that time was spent by one of our coaches showing formations to Albrighton in a book instead of saying to him 'get out wide and put the ball into the box'.

[Des Little]

Just in, via a few pubs and a curry. In short, we were second best against a team who offered nothing. The manager has somehow got us into a tailspin that, if we survive or not, indicates that he's list his influence and must go in the summer, regardless. Week after week we see this shit and nothing changes. Time to go.

[kippaxvilla2]

Two things from motd.  Lamberts interview just smacked of I haven't got a clue what to do about this.  Second I can't believe they are barely mentioning us as relegation candidates despite four defeats in a row 3 goals for 11 against - basically freefall.

[pooligan]

Lambert  must watch a different game to most of us if he thinks that was a close game. By the way,anyone else notice for the second week running Westwood gave the ball away for the winning goal .Same mistakes week after week

[aj2k77]

Two things from motd.  Lamberts interview just smacked of I haven't got a clue what to do about this.  Second I can't believe they are barely mentioning us as relegation candidates despite four defeats in a row 3 goals for 11 against - basically freefall.

We don't register on anyones conscious at the moment, we and our football are that insignificant.