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He got brutalised every time Man U came down their right flank. His lack of pace and poor positioning is an awful combination for us. The sooner Cissokho gets back, the better.

Another poor performance from him today - been awful.

If you're a striker and you score goals, there's not much that people should or can complain about.

Guzan's a good keeper going through a slightly shaky spell. It really alarms me how quickly people turn on players - I find it pretty abhorrent.

There's just far too much guesswork there still. All we know is that at the moment he isn't playing. That may well change between now and the end of the season, and even if it doesn't, he may well stay. He also could be carrying a minor knock that we are unaware of. Even if he did leave, there's no certainty at all that he'd go to a team like Newcastle or Everton, or that he'd do well if he did. People got all misty-eyed over Makoun based on a funny jumper, a rap video and a half decent game against Man U, and he hasn't amounted to much since. It wasn't half-decent, it was an excellent performance. A one off, sure, but an excellent performance.

One of those results that Lambert would have been destroyed for, I feel.

Really well taken and crafted Swansea goal but a bad result for Sherwood. Needs to be better than that.

Its not even correct. The correct phrase is "One swallow does not a summer make" - Aristotle Please! You're not talking about the phrase, you're talking about a translation and the word order here doesn't matter as the meaning is the same. Ridiculous pedantry all round (me included, I realise).

You genuinely think that he, single-handedly could have gifted Sunderland at least 4 goals in 25 odd minutes?

The epitome of a form player - lets hope this patch continues for as long as possible.

Bacuna MoTM for me. Excellent stuff.

So which top level team did you play for?

He supported MON, and look what that led to. The best years I've had as a Villa fan. With the worst years as a direct consequence. It may be an age thing as well, but the GT Mk 1/BFR/Sir Brian Little days were all much better than what pubehead served up, and didn't almost ruin the club as a result. Surely Lerner's to blame for that though?

Looks like the type of player we need. Yes please.

He supported MON, and look what that led to. The best years I've had as a Villa fan.

He needs a haircut.

Except he wrote off most of the debt, didn't he?

I think I'd projectile vomit out of my eyes if they did play YNWA.

Either that or you forgot about all the ones he's completed.

That's the spirit! It's true though, in fairness. I'd rather we went out in the semis than the final itself.

84% passing accuracy... shambolic...

This - about time he pulled his finger out and credit to Sherwood for ostensibly getting him into that frame of mind.

Came on and did what he needed to do - it was a good move by Sherwood and encouraging.

Lambert was given a lot of chances despite bad results whilst having this mandate - I'd say he was backed throughout the period he was boss. I took it to mean financial backing. I agree that he "backed" him in terms of keeping him as manager and being happy with him. But I don't think he backed him financially. He gave him transfer fees, although the amount he was given was small considering how many players he had to bring in. But when you're cutting the wage bill during all of that it doesn't really count. OK - that's obviously different. I think the fact that we're more or less self-sufficient now is going to prove to be worth it long term. It's been a rough few years but something we really had to do and we've got a good squad to build with now.

Lambert was given a lot of chances despite bad results whilst having this mandate - I'd say he was backed throughout the period he was boss.