limpid Posted August 18, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 18, 2012 Your ratings and reactions please. Keep it respectful even if you know everyone else is wrong. [table color=#bccde9:345ccb7ede][mrow][mcol color=#8c333c:345ccb7ede]West Ham[mcol][mcol color=#8c333c:345ccb7ede]Aston Villa [row][col color=#8c333c:345ccb7ede]Nolan 40[col]1-0[col color=#8c333c:345ccb7ede] [/table] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 18, 2012 Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2012 Plenty of work to do and maybe a couple more players needed. At times we were pleasing on the eye, but we're as threatening as an eight year old school girl with a feather duster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVilla Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 When a team coached by Sam Allardyce is more threatening to you, then it's a bad thing. On the other hand, it probably should have been a 0-0 draw, but really we would not have deserved it. Lambert has work to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Load of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We could have played until midnight and not scored. Vlaar and Clark look promising, but that really is all I took from the game. It's going to be a season of struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 That was pretty bad. Vlaar looks very good. Delph did well. But we offered nothing up top and Bent was as isolated as anything under McLeish. No knee-jerk opinions here but that was very uninspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Lambert has got work to do. Tippy tappy football, with no end product is pretty pointless. Far too easy for West Ham, and made Collins look like Franco Baresi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2012 Unsurprising. It's early days, of course, but this side just isn't good at all. We need a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2012 We looked good in flashes and played some decent football, passed and actually kept the ball on occasion. We were also completely toothless up front and lacked the creativity to break down the W.Ham defence. PL is a great manager I have no doubt in that, but he will need time and (more importantly at this moment) investment because quite frankly our squad is poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I preferred the football we were playing, but my GOD our squad is SOOO poor! I can hardly believe some of these players play in the Premier League. Besides Delph, it was notable how it was only Lambert's signings who were any good today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Sad to lose the opening game, but it's not the end of the world. Let's hope we can get some more players in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 A really really limp effort. Zero penetration. I'd say the limpest effort i've ever seen from a premier league team, but then I remember last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Decent passing but no penetration upfront. Good signs but we either need a few new players or Lambert needs to give them some instructions. Vlaar was shaky at times, but he looked better towards the end. It's nice having two central defenders that can actually control the ball - now we just need them to tighten up their partnership! Gary Gardner was atrocious for the 10 minutes he was on. El Ahmadi was excellent. No need to panic. There's still time to bring in players, 4 of the starting eleven were new the the Premier League, Lambert just needs time to get the team up to speed. Remember when we lost 2-0 at home against Wigan, for Martinez's first game in charge? That season wasn't as bad as first feared, and I'm pretty sure that Match Thread was full of people over-reacting as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 A win today would have merely papered over the cracks, a win today would have given a false positive to Lambert that this team was good enough. I don't go into games wanting Villa to lose and today was no different, but a loss today may have been the best result we could have asked for. Lambert will now know that we need a few more players in this window and will more than likely get them, had we won today Lambert may have put off the strengthening job waiting to see how we perform at Everton but by then we would be pushing it for time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Obviously not the best of starts but we kept the ball well at times and moved it around well, just no attacking threat at all and we were tired/uninterested? in the last 20 minutes or so. At least it highlights the need for 2 or 3 creative/attacking players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Knew we'd lose so im not surprised. the squad isn't good enough and randy needs to get his cheque book out. luckily time is on our side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Here's hoping Lerner opens his pockets again. We need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Some good football and at least we are keeping hold of the ball now.However we lacked penetration .. surprisingly as in pre season we haven't had an issue scoring.Lack of width from the FB's for the most part and the few times they got forwarded there final ball was poor. Lack of options on the bench , we need to buy some players.Next few games could be tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Collins must've been dying trying not to look smug in front of the Villa players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Given - Did okay. Wasn't tested much but I thought his positioning was really off for the goal Lowton - Was that hutton playing? Gave the ball to west ham nearly every attack, did nothing to help the attack, and wasnt so great defensively Vlaar - Did well. He stopped a lot of attacks. Will be a solid defender for us Clark - Looked a little shaky but thought he also did well. Cant blame him for getting out jumped by Collins. Baker - Why is he even considered a LB? He didn't do anything except over commit multiple times. Did absolutely nothing going forward. Invisible. Delph - Looked very nervous and most of his passes were just back passes. Still dont think he is good enough KEA - I thought he did well. He did everything but needs to be a little more tenacious going forward Ireland - He was doing well early on but then started trying too much. Needs someone other than Bent to work with Holman - Awful. He doesnt look like an premier league player Bent - Got shut down pretty easily. No chances to do anything. Similar to last season N'Zogbia - He wasn't getting the ball much but when he did, he tried too much. Subs: Weimann - Same thing as bent. Tried but got no service Gardner - Looked bad. Didn't help at all Bannan - Didn't do much The team just looks like they dont fit together at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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