West Ham vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[frank black]

Put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig. We've lost our lipstick down the side of the sofa.

[brian green]

Just to be clear Frank, is the pig Remi Garde or the Villa team?

[Boz]

Mark Noble man of the match.

Insult considering he should have been sent off almost twice. Dirty bastard.

What a farce, nasty devious dirty bugger

[Witton Warrior]

First of all i'm very drunk

I'm shocked!  ;-)

Best post of the night Si

[Ron Manager]

99% of our support think Garde has not been treated fairly since his arrival at Villa Park.That does not look like changing.He has more or less said he will go at the end of the season and is starting to look older and strained by the day rather like Sherwood did.No manager stands any kind of chance with an owner like Lerner so he might as well resign now and keep his sanity.Remi Garde will be a very good manager with the right club.That club is not Aston Villa.

[Boz]

You do not win unless you play better.  Winning games is not like throwing a switch.  Remi Garde does not have a magic wand he can tap on the head of Westwood and turn him into Delph.  You have to stop getting worse before you can start to get better.

What I see tells me that Remi Garde has arrested the free fall and I give him credit for that. You see something different and don't care if he goes.  It's all about opinions.

Quite right Brian, Garde has stopped the rot even if it is with a dab of putty, but when the putty breaks down, the rot's still there and with this board, it looks like it'll remain so but a division lower.

I presume Ayew was provoked last night, or he has just lost heart with the club's lack of bringing anyone in during the window and he's had enough.

[brian green]

I fear you are right Ron but I will follow his future career with great interest. I am sure he will become a top manager.  Lerner and the rubbish he has used to run the club and the players has made us McClaren fodder.

[frank black]

Just to be clear Frank, is the pig Remi Garde or the Villa team?

I hope it's the team rather than Remi. Shame he didn't get to add his own players, I don't think we will get to judge him fairly.

[Chris Smith]

Firstly, Ayew what a bellend. Provoked or not there is no excuse for that, he cost us any chance we had in the game. Similarly his impending suspension has probably put the final nail in the coffin on the season.We were doing ok until then, were on the front foot and were on top. Afterwards they defended well but it is a massive ask to play three quarters of a game with ten men.

Sacking Garde wold be madness I just after hope he doesn't take matters into his own hands. I dread to think who they would see as a suitable replacement. The people who should be scanning the situations vacant column are those dealing with transfers after they failed so miserably in January.

[brian green]

I don't think Ayew is that clever Boz.  He was suckered by Cresswell pinching him in the back of the neck to goad him and he fell for it.  Echoes of Mason and Terry suckering Benteke into a red card reaction.  They are professionals they should know why it is being done.

[FranzBiberkopf]

Mark Noble man of the match.

Insult considering he should have been sent off almost twice. Dirty bastard.

It was easy for him, but oh for a central midfielder with his drive. I hope Veretout was watching how Noble played last night, as thats exactly what we bought him to do.

[Phil from the upper holte]

99% of our support think Garde has not been treated fairly since his arrival at Villa Park.That does not look like changing.He has more or less said he will go at the end of the season and is starting to look older and strained by the day rather like Sherwood did.No manager stands any kind of chance with an owner like Lerner so he might as well resign now and keep his sanity.Remi Garde will be a very good manager with the right club.That club is not Aston Villa.

Where did he say he'd go?

[Chico Hamilton III]

First of all i'm very drunk

I'd just like to say how proud I am, regardless of how much the tickets were subsidised, of the Villa fans, the same faces that I know rocking up on a week day, while the game is on TV, and getting behind the team as they did tonight.

The London Lions had a cracking turn out tonight and I'm really looking forward to next year, where ever we'll be playing, I met some top Villa lads from Leicester on the tube who deserve a big hug and with whom we had great fun with on the tube in to Upton Park.

My mate had a corporate ticket and and was complimented throughout the game on our support tonight and it was mentioned how they wish their support was so vocal. I walked through West Ham station with a West Ham fan who was genuinely disappointed with us going down.

The more shit we are the more I love them, I've just rolled out of 5 guys slaughtered having met the best group of people I could ever choose to meet, sometimes the shitter we are the more I love em'

 I personally can't wait for next year, it may not last if we get stuck there but I'm going to have a lot more fun.   

It was a good evening, apart from the actual match. I got talking to a few West Ham fans on the tube home and they were genuinely sad to see the state we're in and wished us all the best. I have to say though that I'm beginning to worry about Garde. I don't know whether the shit we're in is holding him back or covering up the fact that he's not actually any good.

Great turnout, a few choice songs about Lerner which didn't help. The club don't deserve the support that turns up every week, only to have their loyalty chucked back at them

[PaulWinch again]

Firstly, Ayew what a bellend. Provoked or not there is no excuse for that, he cost us any chance we had in the game. Similarly his impending suspension has probably put the final nail in the coffin on the season.We were doing ok until then, were on the front foot and were on top. Afterwards they defended well but it is a massive ask to play three quarters of a game with ten men.

Sacking Garde wold be madness I just after hope he doesn't take matters into his own hands. I dread to think who they would see as a suitable replacement. The people who should be scanning the situations vacant column are those dealing with transfers after they failed so miserably in January.

I haven't read most of this thread, but who on earth is advocating sacking Garde?! He is the one positive of this season at the moment. People need to look beyond the 1 win in 13 games or whatever it is, because we have an absolutely awful squad and the fact we're actually competing in games is quite impressive. We actually look like an organised unit now and that is no mean feat. Garde staying is absolutely critical to our future, and I hope the fucking idiots in charge of our club realise this and give him assurances of backing in the summer.

[claret and blue blood]

Firstly, Ayew what a bellend. Provoked or not there is no excuse for that, he cost us any chance we had in the game. Similarly his impending suspension has probably put the final nail in the coffin on the season.We were doing ok until then, were on the front foot and were on top. Afterwards they defended well but it is a massive ask to play three quarters of a game with ten men.

Sacking Garde wold be madness I just after hope he doesn't take matters into his own hands. I dread to think who they would see as a suitable replacement. The people who should be scanning the situations vacant column are those dealing with transfers after they failed so miserably in January.

I haven't read most of this thread, but who on earth is advocating sacking Garde?! He is the one positive of this season at the moment. People need to look beyond the 1 win in 13 games or whatever it is, because we have an absolutely awful squad and the fact we're actually competing in games is quite impressive. We actually look like an organised unit now and that is no mean feat. Garde staying is absolutely critical to our future, and I hope the fucking idiots in charge of our club realise this and give him assurances of backing in the summer.

Agreed (again) we have to look further forward than the rest of this abomination of a season and plan a lon term future with Garde at the helm, just a couple of signings would have us competing on equal terms with most teams we've played recently.