Southampton vs. Villa Post Match Thread

[Dave]

Lerner's Villa budget dictates our ambition and the fact that he's hacked away at our transfer and wage budget over the last 6 seasons proves it. We don't buy players on big wages anymore and that's one of the main reasons we've been in a humiliating decline for the past 6 seasons.

So how does that square up with us spending more than teams such as Swansea and Southampton who've outperformed us over that time period?

And earlier on I commented it could have something to do with the hangover from the days when we did pay big wages. i.e older contracts that hadnt run out yet.
Try and keep up for goodness sake.

Which other teams have as well. Swansea's wage budget is comfortably lower than ours, even though until recently they were paying Michu £35,000 per week despite him not having played for them for two seasons.

It's not a situation unique to Villa.

[The Edge]

It's going to be interesting what happens when Richards is back fit. Does he drop Lescott? Does he drop Okore?

He may as well flip a coin. Heads you lose; tails you don't win.

ps It's the first time I haven't suffered the pain of watching a live feed us this season - as I decided to start the ritual of my Saturday inebriation early doors. And bugger me if I didn't look at my phone at 5 o' clock to see a miracle had occurred! I'm gonna start next Saturday's sesh even earlier - as the any even-vaguely positive Villa result is clearly down to my maintaining my non-viewing/drinking habit. 

you'll be smashed by kick off. It's a Sunday game!

No problem. I'll just keep boozin'-on-through to Sunday evening. When the going gets tough: the tough go drinking.   

You sound like my kinda guy.

[The Edge]

Lerner's Villa budget dictates our ambition and the fact that he's hacked away at our transfer and wage budget over the last 6 seasons proves it. We don't buy players on big wages anymore and that's one of the main reasons we've been in a humiliating decline for the past 6 seasons.

Spot on

[Clampy]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

[Legion]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Same here.

[Clampy]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Same here.

Some people just can't help themselves.

[brontebilly]

They did miss chances on flip side we had the best chance to win the game with Westwoods volley

Westwood he brought on to keep hold of the ball , Traore would have been more attacking but his head down approach probably would have put us under more pressure.Richardson was forced by Bacuna being injured.Personally I would have had Gabby on for Gestede after 70 mins as he was doing nothing and Gabby's pace on counter would have been more useful.

I think Sinclair is played because he will track back with pace ,Ayew also works very hard tracking back but the latter is still able to effect game going forward.Previously we tried Grealish and Gil wide and they just don't cover the ground well enough to protect the fullbacks.Sinclair's movement off ball is pretty good as well we just don't pass the ball forward well enough at present to exploit it.

Sinclair works hard but is a nothing player really

a beneficiary of the UEFA homegrown rule with zilch to back it up

[supertom]

thought former Villa man Steven Davis was man of the match, MON rated the likes of Sidwell and Gardner better players

Davis absolutely bossed the midfield. He's an average player but he was looking like Pirlo yesterday.

[Malandro]

thought former Villa man Steven Davis was man of the match, MON rated the likes of Sidwell and Gardner better players

Davis absolutely bossed the midfield. He's an average player but he was looking like Pirlo yesterday.

He's a solid player

[aj2k77]

The last couple of seasons have seen points and games lost due to the high frequency of ridiculous individual errors.  Any idea why this keeps happening ?  Rubbish players?  Poor confidence? 

Rubbish players poorly prepared.

[saunders_heroes]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Yeah you're probably right. It's not his fault he's so damn shite and you don't look a gift horse in the mouth when the Villa come knocking on the door looking to sign a player from the lower league. I take it back.
Lerner on the other hand...

[TheWarlock]

Strangely despite on paper it looking like a good result especially with the start to the game anything less that 3 points at the moment feels like its just not enough.....

Onto the next one....

[Clampy]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Yeah you're probably right. It's not his fault he's so damn shite and you don't look a gift horse in the mouth when the Villa come knocking on the door looking to sign a player from the lower league. I take it back.
Lerner on the other hand...

After much thought, I can see where you're coming from. When Paul Lambert wanted to sign Ashley Westwood from Crewe, Randy  should have said 'Sorry Paul, he's too cheap, choose somebody a bit more expensive'. What wonderful logic. Why doesn't every chairman think like that?

[Villa in Denmark]

Mostly those players were bombed out, so how can you utilise players that are bombed out?
Na, it's pretty clear to me Randy wants a squad on championship wages. Trouble with that though is that it usually means having a championship team.
Let's hope they prove him wrong, eh?

1. So the budget was badly utilised then!
So was it a manager being stupid or a chairman influencing team matters?

2. That will be the wage budget that's till bigger than the likes of Southampton and Swansea?

[saunders_heroes]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Yeah you're probably right. It's not his fault he's so damn shite and you don't look a gift horse in the mouth when the Villa come knocking on the door looking to sign a player from the lower league. I take it back.
Lerner on the other hand...

After much thought, I can see where you're coming from. When Paul Lambert wanted to sign Ashley Westwood from Crewe, Randy  should have said 'Sorry Paul, he's too cheap, choose somebody a bit more expensive'. What wonderful logic. Why doesn't every chairman think like that?

If we had a chairman a tad more ambitious than ours then perhaps Lambert wouldn't have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and sign such shite in the first place.