srsmithusa

I just had a great idea! Since two wins makes us mathematically safe, let's just win the next two! Simples! Can we close the thread now?

So, Moyes it is?

I fear that in a few years we may be looking back and thinking it would be better to "dance with the devil you know."

Have you ever seen shark's in a feeding frenzy? I never have...... except on these boards. I have no doubt that the desire (for most - minus an occasional troll) is to make the club better, thanks, but I still disagree that being vehemently critical is the best way to help. Can't say I can find any text on human behavior written in the past 60 years that would disagree with me. It's doubly bothersome when the feeding frenzy overcomes intellectual honesty. If you think Lambert has been terrible in the player market, and is terrible at coaching and motivating players, then his tactics yesterday had to be brilliant ! He got a point off a team "miles better than us" with poor talent, championship players, right? There's just no intellectual integrity in saying he does nothing good ever. If he were as bad as the feeding frenzy claims, we would be in the bottom of the championship already. Of course there's problems. The tactics have sometimes baffled me. Some of the purchases have baffled me... (Although to be honest, Kozak baffled me, but I quite liked him in action). But the vehement criticism of everything, constantly, is getting old, at least for me. I'm not asking for "blind faith." I'm not suggesting that we "paper over the cracks". I'm suggesting support, balanced with honest critique, and that the opposite of papering over the cracks is not burning the house down, so it can be built right.

OK. Maybe I think tactics is something different than what most. To me tactics are the way you set the team, the instructions you give, the adjustments you make. Almost everyone on here says that the opponent are "miles ahead of us" with much better talented players. Then tell me how a man who sets up no talent and directs them in a way to get a draw ranks as "average" or below on "tactics"? If you want to argue that he bought poor quality and wasted his money, that's irrelevant to his rating on TACTICS. He set out his players with the tactics to get a point off of a time "miles ahead of us." Have some intellectual integrity and recognize that his tactics pretty much had to be brilliant given every other way posted here in which he has screwed up. Or, those other failures are exaggerated and his tactics were average and kept us from three points. You really can't have it both ways.

A point. Content, but not really happy.

Worst game I've ever seen from lee mason.

Come on callum

Not on my planet.

ID like to see a sub, but not really sure who I would bring on or take off. Our best chance is likely on the pitch. I didn't think this at palace.

AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH LINO,!!!!!

Baker is gonna score (and not an own goal before somebody decides to smart ass it)

And yet he's playing in a team "miles ahead of us". Could all critics get on the same page please?

Easter we'll win or we'll lose, I hope we win. The villa resurrection begins today!

Seriously? I would suggest that if he gets asked that question, he will give the answer you suggest, but simply because IT'S TRUE! It will not give away anything!

Yeah, Beckham, Thierry Henry, Robbie Kean, Tim Cahill, others came here after their prime.... but a certain Nigel Reo Coker, Clint Dempsey, Jermaine Defoe, obefemi Martins, Michael Bradley (after an excellent stint in Italy), all came while still competing in Europe (probably others too, I really don't follow it closely, spending my time with the BPL instead.) The most interesting thing to me about this is that I think I see a definite drop is speed of thought from BPL to MLS but other than Beckham, Robbie Keane, and recently in a couple games, Dempsey. They are not miles above the rest. Most games, these big stars, look like just another player on the field. Personally, I think the biggest threat to the MLS is the BPL. With NBC's new coverage, I can sit in my living room and watch every single match and every MOTD. Since the closest MLS team is currently 640 miles. (atlanta starts in 2017 thats 120 miles) The BPL is actually easier to follow. On the other hand, I will pay for tickets in Dallas and Houston this summer and drive there for AVFC, no matter who our owner, manager, CEO, or players.

can't really say why, but I have this strong feeling that Westwood will have a blinder.

Wow …. I've just looked up Culverhouse in the Urban Dictionary and it states the following …. Out of control uselessness …. You couldn't make it up could you? (and I didn't) On reflection I've removed the S**t definition, but give yourselves a treat and type in Culverhouse on Urban Dictionary. I think you are full of Culver.

We are creating more chances after the subs... SURPRISE.

Tbf. Unlucky that weimann didn't equalize. Brilliant save

I'm struggling to understand why a sane, well- intentioned, licensed manager would not have made subs sooner.

I would bring on ably for baker

Clearly time for a sub

The nbc announcers are again morons, as noted earlier

IMO. Our three center halves are overplaying the ball on a wing. So a forward switch of the field leaves us exposed.