shaggy

He won't like it being on a hat trick but I would take Benteke off now in case of injury and put Holt on.

I just asked for a win and I'm gonna get that so well happy.

If we lose today then there will be others who will be joining you so let's hope Norwich are sent home with their tails between their legs.

Sorry mate but that is absolute tosh. How is buying 'quantity' of the type that includes Luna, Tonev, Helenlius, KEA, and Sylla in any way defendable. I would even go so far as adding Kozak to that list. The team 'manages'' week in week out without those players, not one of them is a regular starter. So, the money spent on them could of gone on 2-3 quality first teamers last summer. We needed an injection of quality and experience last summer, and certainly in January. Lambert either does not see that or refuses to address it. Personally, I think he is unable to manage 'big' players which is why he surrounds himself with this young and hungry bollox. Because spending a Max of £3 mil on any player will only buy you quantity. We needed a squad and those players bar tonev and helenius have all played a part. They are not the greatest players which is why they will be replaced and become squad players like sylla has done. Sadly these players were bought as a stop gap and being able to spend £7 mil on a player rather than £1 mil will be done. Its got absolutely nothing to do with lambert not being able to handle a 'big' player. This statement has absolutely no basis behind it considering the clubs he's been out it can't be proved. Why are you assuming that spending 3m per player was the only way to spend his budget? He did not have to make the drastic cuts he did so quickly and it's for that very reason that the results have been consistently shite under him.

Could we though? I doubt any of those 6 players are on more than £25k a week. Would Hoolahan have cost more? Would sensible loans have cost more?

Just win please.

Vlaar on Football Focus.

To actually see and have progress rather than hallucination.

If a show on Broadway or the West End was continually shit for three years that show would have closed due to lack of support. In that same period even though our team's performance mirrors that of the above we are still getting 36000 attending our games. I don't know in any other walk of life that would happen and I wish we would keep our focus on the real problem at the club which has been poor choice of managers, poor purchases and a chairman who is unwilling to make the required investment in our club. When you put that all together it is **** all to do with the fans who are helping to keep the club afloat.

I didn't say it was positive.

If you look at the economy figures can be what you want them to be if you have a good accountant and spin doctor. I really wouldn't want to believe anything coming out of the club at the moment under the present owner.

No the fans react to what they see at the game.

It's up to the manager and players to create that 12th man with better performances.

I asked in another thread which part of his report was incorrect and got no answer. The content of his report or opinion was spot on.

The barometer for signings is results and results have been unsatisfactory.

Apart from one ten minute period against the barcodes our football in that game was garbage and we haven't been able to put together a 90 minute performance in a very long time so there's no exaggeration at all.

That's really doing a disservice to the fans and the article as common sense would tell you that the manager's tactics ain't working and an opinion based on stats shouldn't be so readily dismissed.

More bitter than a handful of lemons. Would be interested to know which points in the article were incorrect?

While I can't shake the feeling that Howard is angling to be one of the "Aston Villa people who understand the club, the fans and the game on the board" ..... ... I also cannot disagree with his assessment. In particular, the way in which criticism is met with a banning from all things AVFC is extremely worrying - especially when it is from one who is close to the board. It should also raise the question was there an ulterior motive to the bomb squad?

Ha ha! Lambert is far from on the brink of taking this club forward! It started to look like it end of last season, but now we have digressed so much that moment seems far far away. Yes we've digressed so much that we're on the same points. So there's been no progression really from last season's relegation battle?

Will Holty remember which kit to wear?

Funny if it actually wasn't such a valid point.

Eric Cantona once described Didier Deschamps as a water carrier and that's what Westwood is to our team. Westwood is one part of the puzzle but can't be all three at once in our midfield so he will look much better when the other parts of the puzzle are put in place in our midfield but the manager will have to be given the funding to do that.

Hello all I have been following villa for years have read this site for sometime without posting but now look forward to contributing. up the villa shaggy