Burnley v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Lastfootstamper]

He's had his sort of good game, don't expect anything from him till mid January.

In his defence, there doesn't seem to be any aspiration or drive anywhere at the club to rise above mediocrity.

Mediocrity? We can only dream......

[richtheholtender]

We held a team who were bang in form - having won their last two.  It's a good point.

This is either dripping in sarcasm, or dripping in LSD-induced euphoria.

Knowing Kippax it is the former.

[Villa in Denmark]

He's had his sort of good game, don't expect anything from him till mid January.

In his defence, there doesn't seem to be any aspiration or drive anywhere at the club to rise above to mediocrity.

Fixed

[class-of-82]

Even Jesus couldn't help us at the moment maybe his maker could help us (McGrath) but if he could  not then we have to do a aretha  Franklin moment (say a little prayer)

Keep the faith

[Malandro]

I think the only person who can keep us up is yet again going to be the 12th Man

Keep the faith guys

Don't turn on the team

Is that Jesus?

Nailed on

[GarTomas]

Badly need Benteke and/or Kozak back.  Unfortunately Lambert's style seems to revolve around a big striker up front which we are lacking at the moment.

First 60 mins we were well on top - Cole tiring and Gabby not really offering much meant we got deeper and deeper - but Burnley only really had their chances after getting the equaliser (Gabby giving the ball away cheaply) and Okore making his only mistake of the game.  Grealish a good chance at the end to win; a bit more game time recently and maybe he'd have the composure to finish.  Coincidence he was involved today now Keane has gone?

Cleverley was busy and excellent, Westwood a little quiet.  Sanchez good in patches but sometimes a bit slow in possession which is to be expected.  Back 4 good overall.

Whats most frustrating is 6 pts dropped from winning positions the last 3 games all late in the game.  If we could get that second goal we'd be on 19 and sitting pretty.

Another massive game Tuesday - Benteke back a big plus.

[Ads]

I think we can take some positives out of the performance for the first time since September and think Benteke in there instead of Gabby would have seen us win three or four nil.

We can't keep retreating and defending single goal leads though as it's apparent we are too brittle to do it. I have seen probably the worse side we will play all season in Burnley, who were diabolical, yet we still through it away. Not good enough, but at least we used the ball a lot better and there were signs that we can build on elements of that decent passing play. A lot of that may be down to Burnley being poor, but there is no reason to revert to type against Palace, Leicester or the Albion, but our game management must be better and that starts and ends with Lambert.

[pooligan]

I wish i knew what our clueless owner sees in this idiot we have as a manager, there is surely no way he would still be in a job at any other club

[PaulWinch again]

Bye bye Lambert. He absolutely has to go now.

[Legion]

He should, but he won't.

[john2710]

Played well for 60 mins, should have been out of sight by half-time, against a very poor side. Burnley were not really threatening until ref gave a very dubious penalty. After that Burnley should have gone on to win.

Benteke will make a big difference, but it's going to be another long season.

[Legion]

“You have to dust yourself down and go for it again.
“That was a game that got away from us. It was the best we have played in a few weeks."

[PaulWinch again]

Time must be ticking now.

[Legion]

Time must be ticking now.

How? He has a four-year contract under his belt. He is hardly going to walk away and Lerner is unlikely to want to pay him off. We are stuck in the middle between a massive rock and a seriously hard place.

[PaulWinch again]

“You have to dust yourself down and go for it again.
“That was a game that got away from us. It was the best we have played in a few weeks."

I'm just staggered by how delusional someone can be. We've just drawn with fucking Burnley. Enough is enough.