West Ham vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Villa make me sad.

[The Man With A Stick]

Just think, there's still three months of this utter carnage to go.

Will they release a season review DVD this year?  It'll fly off the shelves of the Smethwick and Bordesley pound shops, but no other bugger would buy it.

[PaulWinch again]

If Garde walked, would you:

A) Blame him?
B) Blame the 'board' for accepting?
C) Care?

No for all three for me.

I'd care a lot.

[myf]

Why does remi play bacuna and richardson? What's the point? May as well blood the yoot.
also gabby will now be fucked and effectively strikerless for saturday?

[FrankyH]

Ayew sealed our fate tonight, but how many more fucking inept referees will we get this season.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Good thing we have depth in our strike force otherwise that suspension will be catastrophic. Oh wait the board decided not to FUCKING BUY ANYONE . Great job, guys, great job.

[Deano's Mullet]

Not seen it but shocking ref and stupid stupid sending off. Cant see whos going to score for us on Saturday, Ayew is our best goal threat - and even then has he scored since Boxing Day? Feel very sorry for Remi Garde, this board deserves everything its going to get. And to top it off - and I seem to say this every week for the last 3-4 years - it doesn't hurt anymore. It used to be like an open wound, now its just move on to the next one. Bad times.

[D.boy]

West Ham were there for the taking up to the sending off. After that at least we showed some spirit. The second goal was a risk we had to take in pushing players forward for the corner (which was a poor corner as usual).

[FranzBiberkopf]

Regardless of the sending off, there's just nothing 'there' going forward. Nothing. No pace. No one who will take a risk and get in the box, no one from midfield driving forward, no decent crosses going into the box.

I know confidence has been shot for ages, but I have never seen such a cowardly team turn out for us. No one outside of the back 4 retakes any inkling of responsibility.

I couldn't fault the back 4 or Bunn tonight. They were solid throughout. But with nothing in front of them it was inevitable.

With Garde I can't make my mind up. He talks a good talk. He's got us organised defensively at last. But is he too conservative a manager? Tonight was a case in point - we were never going to score - somewhat was Richardson ever going to add when he brought him on late? We needed a spark - surely Grealish (I know I know) would have provided something. Or the chance of providing something at least?

[cdward]

We're not going to win another game this season are we?

[jwarry]

Right now I don't think any of the teams up to half way are any better than us, but the stupidity of things we do and the decisions against us are now bordering on the bizarre - apart from the board of course.  Board aside, i think we have taken the cliche of things going against you when you are the bottom to a new extreme

[Oscar Arce]

Right now I don't think any of the teams up to half way are any better than us, but the stupidity of things we do and the decisions against us are now bordering on the bizarre - apart from the board of course.  Board aside, i think we have taken the cliche of things going against you when you are the bottom to a new extreme

At least the effort is there now that's about all you can say. Good performances from Bunn Richard's Lescott Gans and Gabby at least gave us an out ball.

[curiousorange]

One thing I really, really hope the current or next manager of Aston Villa breeds is to know when to cut your cloth accordingly. No attacker over six feet high being marked by giants? Lump it up the middle time and again.

I would just like to see some football played by Aston Villa before I die.

[eric woolban woolban]

We're not going to win another game this season are we?

It would be beneficial to all if we just resign from the league.

Week in / week out we have to put up with turgid performances, ill discipline.

When's it going to end ?

[jwarry]

Right now I don't think any of the teams up to half way are any better than us, but the stupidity of things we do and the decisions against us are now bordering on the bizarre - apart from the board of course.  Board aside, i think we have taken the cliche of things going against you when you are the bottom to a new extreme

At least the effort is there now that's about all you can say. Good performances from Bunn Richard's Lescott Gans and Gabby at least gave us an out ball.

I agree, definitely no lack of effort, and I saw them care tonight, even if most of their anger was directed at the buffoon in black