Aston Villa v Crystal Palace post match thread

[Olof's Beard]

He can't say that was 'excellent'.  Can he?

[lovejoy]

Later on today Gary Lineker will say " ... And finally Aston Villa....".

[garyfouroaks]

A point and a clean sheet, unbeaten this year, you have to take the positives.

[PeterWithesShin]

I only watched the second half. For half an hour we were half decent, until we got anywhere near the penalty area. The forward line creates so little it's depressing.

[passitsideways]

We won the passing though.

[Flamingo Lane]

Moves us up the table a place, and keeps those below us at bay.  Well done Villa.  Good point.

[TEEJAY]

Grasshopper.......It is time for you to go.

[curiousorange]

Football, but not as we know it. Even teams infamous for their cynicism and negativity had an end product. All Aston Villa have is eleven players whose job it is not to lose. A dreadful, horrible team led by a vacuous nothing of a manager.

[kippaxvilla2]

The problem is it will be seen as another point gained in the boardroom by an owner with less ambition than a 50 stone roofer.

[ChicagoLion]

That looks like a team that does not give a shit and that has to be down to the manager.
I have no idea how Lerner can watch this garbage and think it is acceptable.

[russon]

highlight of the game was Weimann being subbed moments after miscontrolling (yet again) by Joe Cole wearing a waistband higher than Simon Cowell's

[Villa in Denmark]

Today's excuse. 'Its always tough when you're up against a team trying to impress a new manager so I thought we done great to keep a clean sheet.'

Today's excuse "It's hard to play when you're forced to take possession of the ball and can't use your only tactic that has ever shown any signs of working."

Today's reason "I'm shit scared to send a team out to play, even against one of the worst teams to play at this level in the last 10 years."

[eric woolban woolban]

Fair play to you fans who go week in week out. You're the true winners.

[dean saunders left boot]

I don't think there's anything I can post here that hasn't been said already, we really are dreadful.

[KevinGage]

One from the archives:

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2771920,00.html

The club has been disappointed with this season's results, performances and the general message these have sent to our fans.

The board wishes to assure supporters that we are conscious in every sense that Villa expects and deserves more and we will strive to deliver this.

Villa chairman Randy Lerner said: "We need to be clear and candid with ourselves and with supporters about what we have lacked in recent years.

"Compelling play and results that instil a sense of confidence that Villa is on the right track have been plainly absent.

"The most immediate action that we can take is to look carefully at our options in terms of bringing in a new manager who sees the club's potential and embraces our collective expectations."