West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[aj2k77]

Who enters a season with your main striker as Gestede but no wide men in the squad? Madness.

[aj2k77]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

Which speaks volumes in itself.

Indeed. The fact Albion, a 20 thousand average attendance nothing club are paying more wages than us is not right.

[supertom]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

I hold my hands up that over a year ago when Lambert was on the ropes and Tiny Penis was available, I thought he'd be a good option. He'd have kept us up last season. He'd keep us up this season...but he'd probably fuck off in the summer having done nothing to develop us as a football club and have served up a thoroughly wretched brand of anti-football. I would rather go down with what Remi appears to be attempting, and try and build some kind of long term ethos than have a short term fix like TP whereby you have to trade all traces of style for grinding out the results to leave you nothing more than mediocre. Premier league certainly, but almost insultingly mediocre.
They are a dreadful, dreadful fucking shower of fucking shite. I don't care that they'll finish 14th with a comfortable gap over the drop zone. Who the fuck wants to watch that shit every week?

[LukeJames]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

I hold my hands up that over a year ago when Lambert was on the ropes and Tiny Penis was available, I thought he'd be a good option. He'd have kept us up last season. He'd keep us up this season...but he'd probably fuck off in the summer having done nothing to develop us as a football club and have served up a thoroughly wretched brand of anti-football. I would rather go down with what Remi appears to be attempting, and try and build some kind of long term ethos than have a short term fix like TP whereby you have to trade all traces of style for grinding out the results to leave you nothing more than mediocre. Premier league certainly, but almost insultingly mediocre.
They are a dreadful, dreadful fucking shower of fucking shite. I don't care that they'll finish 14th with a comfortable gap over the drop zone. Who the fuck wants to watch that shit every week?

Pretty much what I said in my post, but you put it across alot better!

[steffo]

Who enters a season with your main striker as Gestede but no wide men in the squad? Madness.

Since Houlier "width" is a dirty word at Villa Park

[supertom]

Who enters a season with your main striker as Gestede but no wide men in the squad? Madness.

It is crazy. Next season Gestede can get goals but we need a winger. There are a lot of wingers who teeter on that edge of being too good for the Champ but not quite consistent enough for the top flight. Someone like that would be good for us next season, and then able to be a useful squad option when we're back up.
If you've got a little bit of skill and a turn of pace you can stand out in the championship. Whoever is the current version of Wayne Routledge might be worth a punt.

[tomd2103]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

I hold my hands up that over a year ago when Lambert was on the ropes and Tiny Penis was available, I thought he'd be a good option. He'd have kept us up last season. He'd keep us up this season...but he'd probably fuck off in the summer having done nothing to develop us as a football club and have served up a thoroughly wretched brand of anti-football. I would rather go down with what Remi appears to be attempting, and try and build some kind of long term ethos than have a short term fix like TP whereby you have to trade all traces of style for grinding out the results to leave you nothing more than mediocre. Premier league certainly, but almost insultingly mediocre.
They are a dreadful, dreadful fucking shower of fucking shite. I don't care that they'll finish 14th with a comfortable gap over the drop zone. Who the fuck wants to watch that shit every week?

At which point you move him on and bring in someone who can take you forward.  Stoke and Palace did it with Pulis and West Ham did it with Allardyce. 

[kippaxvilla2]

We haven't had a goalscoring central midfielder since Ian Taylor. It's one of our perennial failings.

Jimmy Milner
Gareth Barry
Ashley Young
Snake sort of

[The Edge]

Who enters a season with your main striker as Gestede but no wide men in the squad? Madness.

That's very true mate. Pre season I wanted Matt Phillips and Yanick Bolase
Quality wide players who could have been great signings for us. Surely if Gestede was on the radar anyone with an ounce of football knowledge would have been lining up quality wide players. It ain't fuckin rocket science is it?

[aj2k77]

Who enters a season with your main striker as Gestede but no wide men in the squad? Madness.

It is crazy. Next season Gestede can get goals but we need a winger. There are a lot of wingers who teeter on that edge of being too good for the Champ but not quite consistent enough for the top flight. Someone like that would be good for us next season, and then able to be a useful squad option when we're back up.
If you've got a little bit of skill and a turn of pace you can stand out in the championship. Whoever is the current version of Wayne Routledge might be worth a punt.

Nathan Dyer, probably wouldn't leave the Leicester bench though either. Matt Philips, no one has come in for him yet, we would be a step up from QPR and their bus shelter of a ground.

[supertom]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

I hold my hands up that over a year ago when Lambert was on the ropes and Tiny Penis was available, I thought he'd be a good option. He'd have kept us up last season. He'd keep us up this season...but he'd probably fuck off in the summer having done nothing to develop us as a football club and have served up a thoroughly wretched brand of anti-football. I would rather go down with what Remi appears to be attempting, and try and build some kind of long term ethos than have a short term fix like TP whereby you have to trade all traces of style for grinding out the results to leave you nothing more than mediocre. Premier league certainly, but almost insultingly mediocre.
They are a dreadful, dreadful fucking shower of fucking shite. I don't care that they'll finish 14th with a comfortable gap over the drop zone. Who the fuck wants to watch that shit every week?

At which point you move him on and bring in someone who can take you forward.  Stoke and Palace did it with Pulis and West Ham did it with Allardyce. 

It's the moving on and going forward part we've persistently failed on sadly.

[LTA]

Just back.

Have say I thought it was a better display,  but our lack of cutting edge is so bad it's frightening.  If we want any chance of getting out of it, we have to take a punt on a striker.  Maybe Gestede getting injured might force our hands.

[The Edge]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

I hold my hands up that over a year ago when Lambert was on the ropes and Tiny Penis was available, I thought he'd be a good option. He'd have kept us up last season. He'd keep us up this season...but he'd probably fuck off in the summer having done nothing to develop us as a football club and have served up a thoroughly wretched brand of anti-football. I would rather go down with what Remi appears to be attempting, and try and build some kind of long term ethos than have a short term fix like TP whereby you have to trade all traces of style for grinding out the results to leave you nothing more than mediocre. Premier league certainly, but almost insultingly mediocre.
They are a dreadful, dreadful fucking shower of fucking shite. I don't care that they'll finish 14th with a comfortable gap over the drop zone. Who the fuck wants to watch that shit every week?

I'm not clever enough to put in the icons but a round of applause for your comments. Spot on mate.

[kippaxvilla2]

I just want to bring up Tiny Penis' comments again. Firstly our match day squad cost nowhere near £84m, more like £50m. Secondly, they've spent more NET than us during the last 3 seasons. Thirdly their wage bill is bigger than ours now.

They're not the plucky under dogs who spend £20 here and there now, they spend a lot of money, they just still act small time and in our shadow. The truth of the matter is they've outspent us over the past few years.

I have it on okay authority that the power that be there doesn't rate him in the transfer market.

Chester dud
McManaman dud
Ideye dud although to be fair to him once he found a side that plays football started scoring goals.
Rondon dud
Lambert dud

Hence why apparently they aren't spending this month.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I thought we played OK just couldn't find a cutting edge. Ayew was poor today. Need a striker. Did anyone see those Albion fans at the end throw a flare in our end? One or two of ours threw seats