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lamberts already confirmed that Stan will remain captain for next season maybe vice captain tho?

i have to applaud the club for this. I think getting asians involved in football can only be a positive. I know a lot of very talented young asian lads that could play pro football but are not permitted to do so because their families would not aprove, i know one lad in particluar who defied his parents and went to trials at villa, he didnt make it but has now been ostracised by his family and none of them will even speak to him now. Its a very hard choice to have to make... My dreams or lose my family... very sad IMHO

in gabby's defence he's played out wide more than up front he's also provided alot of assits, and his crossing has been far better than anyone else in the side. if we had a team that knew how to pass he'd be useful but as we dont he suffers. unless we change managers then i think he should leave, if we bring in someone else as manager then he'll start scoring agian mark my words

well i hope this game was the nail in the coffin. Started with 7 defenders on the pitch. Went 2 down with 3 attacking players on the bench and not 1 of them was brought on to try and win the game... WHY??? McLeish OUT!!!!!!!! Lerner OUT!!!!!!!

why would lambert leave norwich (top half) for villa (nearly relegated)?

smetrov - who do you see coming in and doing a better job? Coyle? Curbishley? IMO they're no better than mcleish and i certainly wouldnt trust them with transfer funds. looking at some others, AVB, ANcelotti as you mention - doubt they would come here even in their worst nightmares. It isnt just a case of managers looking for work, its a case of who would risk coming here?

Money is the only think the current regime is concerned about currently, so if the fans want to force change, stop the protests and stop giving your hard earned cash to the club, and they will have no choice but to get the message. I honestly dont think anything else will force a change - even relegation...

there are very slim pickings out there manager wise. i think if QPR go down we should try and poach Hughes from them - wanted him before we appointed mcleish

well the vast majority of pundits havent kicked a ball in over 10 years so they are so far removed from current football its easy to see why they talk nothing but s**t

in all fairness when we have the ball he is the only player pushing us on and creating anything, when we dont have the ball he is the only player running his ass off trying to close the opposition down - what more do you want from him exactly? He cant win matches on his own

so we're safe barring something unprecedented in world football, but we certainly didnt make it easy for ourselves. Given - 6 - make some decent saves but nothing that i wouldnt expect from any prem quality keeper, what worries me about given is his lack on voice and command over the defence. At least 6 times the ball was rolling around in the 6 yard box and given stayed back on his line when he should be diving onto the ball like it were a grenade. There were numberous corners floating through the air over the 6 yard box he could easily have come and caught. The man looks pertrified of coming off his line and whem he does decide to come off it, its to chase lost causes out on the wing. We need a more physically commanding keeper as we dont have a good enough defence to compensate for his shortcomings. Hutton - 7 - looked decent before e went off Dunne - 5 - would have been a 7 but for his rush of blood that cost us 2 points. But he always has at least one rush of blood in a game that nearly costs us - too much of a liability these days to warrant a first team place Cuellar - 8 - head and shoulders above the rest as usual, if only he had some more decent players around him. Lichaj - 7 - very promising, you can see why he's playing for the USA. Looked farily comfortable against lennon and bale today which is no small feat. nzogbia - 0 - i honestly cant recall him making one pass, injury or not he is useless and he should follow mcleish to the unemployment line Herd - 6 - workman like performance as always. Still not sure if he is prem material but he'll work hard for the cause and i respect that. Clarke - 6 - same as Herd Ireland - 7 - class above anything we have in midfield or up front really. Were he playing with better players more of what he does would pay off, but he is just a step or two ahead of everyone else mentally. Needs to tone his creativity down a bit so the players around himcan keep up. Great workrate today too. Wornock - 6 - does more in midfield than he ever did at fullback. his passing is still pretty poor and his defending still isnt great but he's also a hard worker and puts his body on the line for the cause. Heskey - 4 - oh dear... has lost any semblance of fitness and pace that he ever had. Pretty much stands around and lets the ball ounce off him. cant run, cant padd and cant control a football - only gets the 4 because he looked as though he was trying bad as he was Weiman - 6 - looked lively before he was injured Collins - 5 - cant wait for this fella to leave the club. Puts his body on th eline but due to his complete lack of pace and awareness, is an accident waiting to happen. Had Dunne not given away a penalty, Collins prbably would have... Delfournso - 4 - hasnt ever lived up to the hype. Though, he is a confidence player much like Bent, and how can you have any confidence when Heskey is preferred over you all the time? And when all the chances you get are when there are no other fit strikers in the squad? In another team, played regularly he'll improve, but i dont hink its ever going to happen here

looks like we'll have 10 men too, spurs are very dirty!

we're the ones who look as though we're down to 10 not spours

first out the door in the summer? Richard Dunne, closely followd by James Collins - not a half decent defender between them

richard dunne you are a supreme muppet!

shocking hands from given there...

this is a great chance to push on and get a second goal now

wtf?? you do realise we need city to go into the last game with a realistic chance of winning the league yeah? no we dont, we're winning making us safe. even if we lose because of the blackburn - wigan game means only 2 of the 3 below us can relistically overtake us because our goal diff is so much better so no we dont...

it used to be ABU - anyone but united then it became ABC - anyone but chelsea now its a case of ABC - anyone but City!! C'mon Newcastle!!!!!

dont think we've played too badly considering heskey and nzogbia have been pretty useless as usual i'd take them both off at half time as they are offering little to nothing tbh

i'm not convinced anything will change whetther he leaves or not. If he doesnt leave he'll sign more shit players and we'll continue to play complete anti football if he leaves, i dont think anyone will want the job - certainly noone who could do anything better anyway. Either way unless something monumental changes in the summer we're going down next season, if not this one

sickened to my very core. if we stay up now i'll be shocked. See you in the championship next season noses

sick to my stomach - i cant handle this shit

what the **** is going on?

same olf **** villa - i hate this shit