Aston Villa vs. West Brom Post-Debacle Thread

[David_Nab]

We have 2 clever players in Grealish and Gil but then stick 2 strikers in front who offered them nothing to play off.

Sinclair wasn't great but he has goals in him again seems to be him always getting hauled off for one of TS buy's who come on and do sweet fuck all.I assume Gil was removed due to tiredness but why stick on Bacuna ?

Why in the name of god leave the CM again overun especially against suck a physically strong side , Fletcher was literally swatting Westwood aside like a fucking fly the whole game ..when he was out pacing him.I like Westwood in General but he doesn't have the all round game to play as part of a 2 he just doesn't have the physicality for it...then we stick Gil and Grealish in front of him and its no wonder we had pushed around.

What else seems clear is the midfield are playing so narrow that the FB in pushing forward to give width are leaving massive amounts of space behind them, we didn't get punished for it today but we did get caught out numerous time.

Around the 52nd minute summed the game up Grealish wide and we had one player to their 4/5 in the box it's no wonder we weren't winning anything in there !! 

[Percy McCarthy]

I'm on my sick bed at the moment so unfortunately, I mean, fortunately I missed the match. Heard plenty of negatives, can anybody give me any positives at all.

A bloke just walked past my back garden teaching his babby to sing Holte Enders in the Sky.

That's a positive when you live on Chelmsley.

Children knowing their fathers?

Well he is a Villa fan.

[curiousorange]

As an aside, during the game I bemoaned Traore's injury and (only half-jokingly, admittedly) vented my spleen at the notts County defender that crocked him. A County fan took me to task, arguing that a defender's job is to take opposition players out to prevent them from scoring. Like, injuring them. Still not sure if he was joking.

I'd be amazed if we wouldn't be two wins better off with Traore fit, though.

[Jockey Randall]

That was honestly as bad as anything I saw under Lamberk. What even is our style of play? Have we got one? All I saw first half was lamping it up to Gabby, in the air against McAuley and Evans. Pointless. Second half lamp it up to Gestede who won one header. When it comes to tactics and subs Sherwood is clueless. The most galling thing about today is Albion are absolute s#ite but they won't have an easier game this season. We're so slow and play with no tempo, theres nothing to get the crowd going.

Too many players who aren't good enough. Amavi is good on the ball but can't defend. Lescott and Richards are all over the place at times and are hesitant. Sanchez and Westwood often get outfought and out thought and offer nothing going forward. Our strikers are all piss poor.

The players and Sherwood owe us a big performance and result on Tuesday, I don't just mean scraping through 1-0 or on penalties, i'm talking about a high tempo from the off and a convincing win. Will we get it? I'm not so sure after today, I think Blues have got a real chance of beating us now.

Tempo is the big problem for me though. When was the last time we had a team that could muster a half decent tempo and break shite like today down? I just don't think we have the quality of player to move the ball quickly between each other as a team and haven't had them for years.

[Goldie.7]

Dim Tim on the post match interview talking absolute bollocks, he's seriously deluded.

[Lobsterboy]

Shit. Just shit.

There's nothing else to say really

[LTA]

Tom Fox needs to do his god damn job and rescue a failed experiment fast.   

The same bloke who is credited with appointing Sherwood in the first place.

Another total chancer like Faulkner was.

[Goldie.7]

He reckons we should have way more points on the board, should of won the game and hoofed the ball in the box a lot more. Who for Dimmy? Gabby and that other static traffic cone.

We've got problems.

[paul richard]

For all the churn in playing staff over the summer, we still finished today's game with Bacuna, Westwood and Gabby on the pitch.  These guys should be nowhere near the first team.  They weren't good enough last season and they still ain't good enough now.  We need Gana and Traore back in the team asap, and we need some of the other new faces (Veretout, Ayew etc) to get up to speed sharpish.  Today's result is disastrous tbh.  Today is the day when some of the patience started to dissipate, and the realisation dawned that we are now facing yet another relegation battle.  And we can't keep circling the plughole for ever.

[QuintonVilla]

That was honestly as bad as anything I saw under Lamberk. What even is our style of play? Have we got one? All I saw first half was lamping it up to Gabby, in the air against McAuley and Evans. Pointless. Second half lamp it up to Gestede who won one header. When it comes to tactics and subs Sherwood is clueless. The most galling thing about today is Albion are absolute s#ite but they won't have an easier game this season. We're so slow and play with no tempo, theres nothing to get the crowd going.

Too many players who aren't good enough. Amavi is good on the ball but can't defend. Lescott and Richards are all over the place at times and are hesitant. Sanchez and Westwood often get outfought and out thought and offer nothing going forward. Our strikers are all piss poor.

The players and Sherwood owe us a big performance and result on Tuesday, I don't just mean scraping through 1-0 or on penalties, i'm talking about a high tempo from the off and a convincing win. Will we get it? I'm not so sure after today, I think Blues have got a real chance of beating us now.

Tempo is the big problem for me though. When was the last time we had a team that could muster a half decent tempo and break shite like today down? I just don't think we have the quality of player to move the ball quickly between each other as a team and haven't had them for years.

Even second half we should have come out flying and got the crowd going, but no we stroke it about going nowhere before lumping it up. We're so easy to defend against. As soon as it went 0-1 today you just knew we weren't going to score.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Dim Tim on the post match interview talking absolute bollocks, he's seriously deluded.

I hope at least this week he takes full responsibility. We lost today not because of the players but because of his idiotic tactics.

[CT Villan]

Well that was utter crap, Gil apart.

It seems we have two speeds :
 High tempo - where we play pretty good, but can only maintain it for 60 mins.
 Lambert tempo - where do almost nothing of consequence with the ball, but we can do it for 90 mins.

...and as good as Amavi can be, he has cost us 3 goals now with poor decision making.

[Proposition Joe]

I'm on my sick bed at the moment so unfortunately, I mean, fortunately I missed the match. Heard plenty of negatives, can anybody give me any positives at all.

We didn't have to put up with the twat Olsson until the 94th min.

[pav]

Late on parade today so no pre match beers.......shit it's hard to watch without beer

[steamer]

After 50 years I think today I finally stopped hurting.
No screaming at the T.V to, get the fuck up there.
It was awful, And I do not know where the team goes to from there.
We would not have scored if it had gone on for another 90 mins.
Answers please on a postcard !!!