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Scored a great goal about 2 months ago, look it up.

Can't get out the habit Stefan . Not a big fan, never will be, would'nt have singled him out for praise or criticism today though. I tell you who did play well though, and won'g get any praise for it....Baker.

Dear me, some complete over reaction on here.Thought he was completely anonymous tbh.Played the ball quicker than normal, and looked better for it, but nothing more than i expect . Delph had a strange game, but if you think Westwood was better than Bacuna, then i must be watching a different game. Needs replacing asap imho.

His hold up play was brilliant today.He is the key player to our team, when he holds the ball up as well as he did today, we don't look a bad team.If PL brings a couple of quality players in, it really could be an ok season.

Played well today, not his biggest fan, but the perfect player to play an away game with, put a lot of effort in today.Mind you i thought CBs hold up play made a big difference today.

Just a better manager with a system, and a knowledge of how to get the best out of players. Lets take Barry Bannan, looked distinctly average at VP, goes to Palace, struggles under Golom, Pulis comes in, a long ball manager, and plays Bannan in a free role, and he looks a much better player for it.PL has come in, and most players have not stepped up from last season.Not one player is playing better than towards the end of last season.Why is that?

The standard of football was so poor yday though HH, not only did we constantly launch the ball, but the lack of movement, the lack of support for the player in possession, the failure to keep the ball in our possession for any sustained period of time, was the worrying thing for me. What happened to the high line, pressing game that was so successful against Arse and Chelsk?We seemed to have the players for that away rom home, what happened to an alternative system to play at home, wheres the quality in the subs.........PL might not have been able to bring in the players he wanted, but which manager has?You spend your money more wisely, and its the tactics more than the players that worries me tbh.

Seems to be a one man crusade here Cas.If you are happy with PLs team fine, i think we are shit atm, and i blame PL, i thought we was shit under McL, and i blamed MON and McL.I'm at the stage now that i am happy to finish half way in The Prem, i don't think PL is up to that, or that McL was. You can dress it up as much as you like, we arae an awful football team atm, and i just want to see some football after having none for 3/4 years.

When we bought Luna, Figerola was going to Hull on a free.

Fulham who beat us, Sland who will probably beat us.I know you support PL Cas, thats fine, yes i was'nt disappointed with them players going, but the current crop imho are worse.

I have'nt seen enough o Tonev to make my mind up tbh.He has good feet, is quick, and enthusiastic, have to say any young player coming in atm would struggle, add to that hes foreign and does'nt talk the language, then the problems are just compounded.I suppose you could argue that i am giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Don't want to keep knocking the kid, but he is completely out of his depth.The worrying thing for me is that i think PL sees a lot of himself in him, and so will keep playing him.He for me is the biggest problem, replace him with a reasonable player, and you would probably move up 2 or 3 positions.

For me. Good...obviously CB, Vlaar, Brad. Potentially good....Sylla, Bacuna, Bennett, Okores. Squad fillers...Kozak,Tonev, KEA Not good enough...Westwood, Lowton, Luna For me Sylla last year against Chelsk, showed me what a good player he could become, somethings happened to him, he has definately gone backwards, KEA played very well against Arse and Chelsk, squad player though.Bennett has pace, good feet , lacks strength and concentration. Don't start me off on Westwood.

Bacunas quick Kev, he dropped him, Bennetts quick enough hes dropped. Hes cut off his nose too often .You could argue Ireland, Sidwell, Dunne, Collins, Bent, would walk into our team atm, and Cuellar Warnock and Hutton would'nt make us much worse either. PL has been here 18 months, hes bought how many players, if theres a problem, its a problem he has created.

I don't know if you went today Richard, but if you did then theres no way you could support his continuation as our manager.It was awful today. I can't see us beating Sland, then we are in the shit.Get rid of him now, hes on a rolling contract, get someone in whos tactic is more than hoofing the ball up.

If Bacuna was playing RB today, then Swansea would'nt have scored the goal thet did, beat Lowton far too easily. Mind you Bacuna looked completely lost in midfield.His pace and strength means he could be a reasonable RB, and thats where he should stick.

I think it come to me today.....he won't buy anybody any good, because they will realise he is a fraud.He can control young foreign players, or players from the lower leagues, because they don't know any better.He is out of his depth.

If you went today, like i did, the question asked was answered on the pitch.Totally clueless, total non-football, dull, predictable, incredibly poor quality football.Swansea gave us a lesson, and apparently they are in relegation trouble.This Villa team , more its manager, is an embarrassment.

I could do better than PL.Possibly one of the worst displays i have seen from a Villa team at VP today.No movement, one tactic, hoof the ball up to a non-existent tall CF,no support from fellow players when they have the ball, no ideas on how to close down the opposition, no leadership on or off the pitch, Swansea had 73% possession.An absolute disgrace.

Well i went, and every time the ball was played up to him their was absolutely no support.Not saying hes a good player or a bad player, but Ronaldo would struggle in our team atm.We are absolute shite.

Has all the attributes to be a very good FB, perseverance and patience needed.

I've reflected on it all day, and i'm afraid the more i look at it the more i am convinced that we will get relegated if we keep PL. Y'day was the final straw for me, in the last few weeks we have played 3 teams in the bottom 3, we have not scored any goals in those games, hardly created any chances, and the standard of play has been atrocious, the quality of play inept, and the use of tactics non-existant .FBs who don't push up and support the attack like most teams, midfielders who have'nt got a creative pass in them, forwards who don't seem to understand how to make runs off the ball, and lack a decent touch between them.The whole side is an absolute shambles and PL has to take all the blame.Its no good complaining about lack of funds, he has had £40m, and spent it poorly, we are in a worse situation than when he took over, he seems reluctant to buy a big player or spend any decent money, his purchase of Kozak was completely unnecessary bearing in mind we needed at least 1 good quality midfielder, Gabby and Weimann have no competition, and play like it, he thinks Westwood is a "key player", when he is half the problem, he failed to get any experienced players in, the list in endless. At the start of the season i was optimistic.Wins at Arse, and good performance at Chelsk, showed me a team playing with high energy,closing down high up the pitch, and then breaking quickly and with support, Benteke scored what 4 in 5?.Then what happened the energy went out the team, and we started to struggle, worst still he had no plan for playing at home, hence we have , not only a desperate home record, but also unbelievably low possession rates at home matches.....6 goals in home games this season, and 3 of them against Citeeeh. Unacceptable, the worst Villa team i have seen in 30 years, time to go PL, thanks for trying but hes just not up to it.I want him gone now, i have no malice to him, but he will take us down

Apart from CB, who would we get any money or. We are an incredibly poor team, and reluctantly, i have to say that is PLs fault.He has bought a lot of players who might turn out to be good players, but they are not atm, thats the problem.

Never looks like scoring though Harry, that's his job.