Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I think away from home we are more likely to defend a lead due to the persona of the fans, far.more  positive and vocal. Look at our home form over thelast couple of years. IMO

Most clubs playing at home would expect to show more attacking intent than we do though. Away from home it's more understandable that you spend more time defending than attacking.
Our problem at home has little to do with the fans. The 12th man effect isn't that big in reality. No matter the opposition we do the same. We shut up shop and park the bus after scoring a goal.
Leicester are bottom of the league. They come to us at the weekend. But do I think we'll dominate them? No, we'll probably treat them like every other club from Chelsea right down to themselves. Which is to hope to nick a goal and then hold onto it. If we go behind we'll try to nick a goal, then we'll hold onto it. If we go two down, then it's damage limitation.

Leicester is currently a club that we should look at and really take to the sword. We should be all over them, we should be bullying them. They're fragile. But as per normal under Lambert, I expect little more than 20 minutes of being on the front foot in the game.

When we approach our home games with more positive tactics, then the fans will respond more positively. Why should we fake it? We pay our money to be entertained.

I'm all for grinding out results but hanging on for dear life against sides like Burnley and Palace is a bit pathetic really. That's not a footballing existence that should be pleasing any of us. I expect no different in the Leicester game.

This.

[WestleyArmsAV]

Again more predicting, how many said we would lose to soton and palace. Read perdition thread.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

4 points from 2 straight.away games versus teams in form..

It should've been 6 points...we chucked 2 points away on Saturday at Burnley and it was nearly all 3.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Again more predicting, how many said we would lose to soton and palace. Read perdition thread.

Not me.
Either game.

[WestleyArmsAV]

Nearly? Did you really just say that.

[Clampy]

Nearly? Did you really just say that.

They did it the post in the last two minutes.

[supertom]

Again more predicting, how many said we would lose to soton and palace. Read perdition thread.

I'm not predicting a result, I'm predicting a style of play that we've adopted every single game this season to varying degrees. Likewise we spent most of last season defending.

As for Lambert he's a manager who came in promising attacking football, but we're a side even more dour and defensive minded than McLeish's side now. That's plain to see on the pitch. What that's got us in the last two seasons is averaging less than a goal a game. Which is problematic. The attacking talent is there. We should be scoring a lot more.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Nearly? Did you really just say that.

I didn't "nearly" say anything.
You can't "nearly" predict a result.
I put us down for a win - both games!
Really!

[Toronto Villa]

Look at the facts, you love Lambert breakers.

What?

It really is bollocks.

Westley, why have you taken the position that everyone is against you on this subject and that everyone who is disappointed at Villa hates Lambert? That really is such an irrational position to have taken on your part. Maybe, just maybe people like him as an individual, but think he has not performed to a certain standard, reflected in our results over the past two years. You seem to be on a crusade to prove how much you support him and after 1 win 9 or whatever it is you are particularly glib today. We are all happy (or relieved) we won. Just leave it at that as opposed to bragging like you knew all along he'd come good. It's one win, and quite frankly if he keeps his job and does somehow come good we will all be happy.

[pauliewalnuts]

4 points from 2 straight.away games versus teams in form..

You need to make your obvious trolling a bit less obvious.

Burnley 11th and Palace 16th in the current form table.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Look at the facts, you love Lambert breakers.

What?

It really is bollocks.

Westley, why have you taken the position that everyone is against you on this subject and that everyone who is disappointed at Villa hates Lambert? That really is such an irrational position to have taken on your part. Maybe, just maybe people like him as an individual, but think he has not performed to a certain standard, reflected in our results over the past two years. You seem to be on a crusade to prove how much you support him and after 1 win 9 or whatever it is you are particularly glib today. We are all happy (or relieved) we won. Just leave it at that as opposed to bragging like you knew all along he'd come good. It's one win, and quite frankly if he keeps his job and does somehow come good we will all be happy.

I like Lambert the man, I'm not so keen on Lambert the manager. I'm happy we won, I'm happy for him, but I'm not happy with the way we play.
And I'm not prepared to start thinking it's OK to approach games the way we do, that we should just accept what's being played in front of us because it's the team we support. I don't want to watch games in a state of trepidation. It's small-time thinking and if that culture starts to prevail at the club, from the stands to the bench, we're only heading one way.

[Louzie0]

I was really pleased to hear about the win on emerging from an extended rehearsal session in the community hall last night and just hope that the team might have got some confidence back to do the same against Leicester. About time some of the appalling stats were improved and Benteke has returned with a wonderful goal that shows his quality.

Coincidence that Keano had just gone?

Either way, the next assistant manager needs to be an inspired appointment to keep the momentum going and get players to show how good they really are every week.

[Gregorys Boy]

I was really pleased to hear about the win on emerging from an extended rehearsal session in the community hall last night and just hope that the team might have got some confidence back to do the same against Leicester. About time some of the appalling stats were improved and Benteke has returned with a wonderful goal that shows his quality.

Coincidence that Keano had just gone?

Either way, the next assistant manager needs to be an inspired appointment to keep the momentum going and get players to show how good they really are every week.

Thanks for getting the thread back on track Lou!  Some fine points too.

As for the assistent manager I would like to see it sorted quickly one way or the other.  I guess while the team is playing reasonably well and getting reults it shouldn't matter too much.

[PeterWithesShin]

Nearly? Did you really just say that.

I'll say it and I was there, which obviously makes me an ace fan, not like those yobbos chanting loudly at Burnley that they wanted Lambert out. We nearly blew the point as they hit the post and put a fairly simple header wide.

[Louzie0]

I was really pleased to hear about the win on emerging from an extended rehearsal session in the community hall last night and just hope that the team might have got some confidence back to do the same against Leicester. About time some of the appalling stats were improved and Benteke has returned with a wonderful goal that shows his quality.

Coincidence that Keano had just gone?

Either way, the next assistant manager needs to be an inspired appointment to keep the momentum going and get players to show how good they really are every week.

Thanks for getting the thread back on track Lou!  Some fine points too.

As for the assistent manager I would like to see it sorted quickly one way or the other.  I guess while the team is playing reasonably well and getting reults it shouldn't matter too much.

You know, GBoy, maybe it's counter intuitive but  to take up your point about it being unimportant, what if there wasn't one at all?  Just a cone of specialist coaches, nobody as Assistant manager.

The team have come back from the disappearance of 'seconds' to PL who apparently weren't that brilliant at inspiring them, twice this year.  Perhaps PL works better alone, but the team seemed to have rediscovered their mojo for the last 2 matches. Better last night, of course.

As for momentum, well, ...LLDDW..and hopefully WWWWand W to infinity would do me! Whatever works.