West Ham vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[brian green]

Unfortunately it is all too easy to work out the manner of Remi's betrayal.  When he came he was promised adequate funds.  He would not have come without that assurance. The board would not have invited him to come without that assurance.  Enter Steve Hollis, as Ads describes him perfectly our de facto administrator, and "adequate" funding to bring in the players Remi Garde wants becomes "within our projected budget parameters"

[DesBremner]

Bilic post match interview
"They are good but are paying the price for what went on at the start of the season " (not an ad verbatim quote) and "they controlled game after first 3 minutes "

Ayew key us down but did have a reputation before we signed him after that there was only going to be one outcome

Oh and Richardson is a waste of space

[Pete3206]

We made Mark Noble look like Lionel Messi.

Mark Noble.

[tomd2103]

Started brightly and could have had a penalty, but as soon as Ayew was sent off there was only ever going to be one outcome.  We did well to hold out for as long as we did, but it was a poor goal to concede and it was equally poor to be caught off our own corner for the second.  Bacuna was awful in midfield tonight, but even he looked decent compared to Richardson when he came on. 

While we had eleven on the pitch, we looked pretty decent, though still desperately lacking a spark in midfield and up front.  Now if only there was a window halfway through the season where you can try and fix such problems.

[pauliewalnuts]

Unfortunately it is all too easy to work out the manner of Remi's betrayal.  When he came he was promised adequate funds.  He would not have come without that assurance. The board would not have invited him to come without that assurance.  Enter Steve Hollis, as Ads describes him perfectly our de facto administrator, and "adequate" funding to bring in the players Remi Garde wants becomes "within our projected budget parameters"

That is precisely what I think has happened.

How would we expect Hollis - the man Randy had to 'persuade' to take the job - to understand that, what with him being a self confessed "not a football man".

The ineptitude from Lerner is just staggering. He can't even extricate himself from the scene without utterly fucking it up.

The bloke has been a disaster.

[tomd2103]

Got to give a big shout out to 1800 fans who travelled there tonight.  Absolutely fcukin dire one shot on target in the last minute and no attacking threat whatsoever.

Savage being a tool on the BT commentary, constantly referring to '900' Villa fans. 

[SoccerHQ]

Another good performance especially at the back but the game was lost through Ayew's madness as we may have snuck a goal with him on the pitch.

And Bilic is right, the whole season was lost in August not games like tonight.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Not one player could look Garde in the eye and shake his hand on way off pitch .

And I know this is stating the obvious - but something ain't right .

Whether they were annoyed / embarrassed at losing again or there is a serious rift between manager and players - it looked very bad to me .

Wouldn't surprise me if he walked very soon - sad times .

[QuintonVilla]

Down.

[gpbarr]

Best league in the world my arse.    West Ham are utter shite.

There's a lot of truth to this. Nothing against Leicester (well, everything against Leicester, but that's another argument), but in what league can a team spend half a season stony bottom and virtually twelve months later be possibly one game away from putting their noses out in front for good? Somewhere along the line teams became overpriced players you collected rather than patiently built no matter the cost. Leicester have succeeded with those players because Ranieri saw what he had, realised they played exactly the way he wanted them to, and them let them do it. And so it is that the only proper team in the league will probably win it, and that should be a good thing, but in another way it shows the Premier League for what it is: a big flashing neon sign being run from an overworked socket.

So true. Money has sucked the life out of the PL. The product really is poor but can one really be surprised - the game is rotten from FIFA all the way down. Greed, corruption, and politics.

Like others, I really find I don't care too much these days. They are not getting my money that's for sure. And as for Villa, my club always but it isn't what it used to be and likely never will be.

[BC Villain]

Is he out of the picture though?

Hollis has been quoted as saying that he can't recommend the shareholder does  this or that. Lerner still has the final say regardless of the crap Hollis and Fox pedal to the press.

[Desontheholte]

Lots of questions but really can't be bothered anymore apart from one! HOW THE  FUCK DOES LEANDRO BACUNA  GET AWAY WITH BEING IN OUR TEAM WEEK AFTER WEEK THE FUCKTARD BASTARD,?

[four fornicholl]

I worry for remi as a man , he really doesn't deserve all this. how much sleep will he get tonight, will he hit the vino , will he take it out on his nearest, fucking bastard club , a couple of million quid softens the blow mind

[Louzie0]

Oi. Villa Board.
You have an awful lot to sort out.
Keeping Remi for a start.

[peter w]

From the beeb:

"We were denied a penalty," said Villa boss Remi Garde. "I'm sorry for the referee but it was a clear penalty.

"We started well. Then after that this penalty and this stupid red card, the game was over.

"The first goal, I'm not sure it wasn't offside. I feel very sorry for the guys to be beaten after the bravery they showed."