LondonLax Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Guzan decided he would let his contract run down and look for a better offer. Obviously they weren't flooding in for him so he reconsidered Villa's offer provided he would be given a fair crack at being first choice. The rest is history. I'm not sure you can or can't credit Lambert for him resigning. It may well just be that no other premier league club was going to sign him as first choice (he would have visa issues of he were to move abroad). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Sylla for nzogbia didn't make much sense to me once they got an equaliser. Apart from that i thought it was the right starting team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) Sylla for nzogbia didn't make much sense to me once they got an equaliser. Apart from that i thought it was the right starting team. Bannan needed to come on, but he wasn't on the bench. He was a big miss today. We needed sustained possession and excellent delivery for the final minutes. Instead they looked as likely to score at the end as we. Edited April 13, 2013 by Con Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Sylla for nzogbia didn't make much sense to me once they got an equaliser. Apart from that i thought it was the right starting team. Bannan needed to come on, but he wasn't on the bench. He was a big miss today. We needed sustained possession and excellent delivery for the final minutes. Instead they looked as likely to score at the end as we. You have a proper stalk-on for the bloke don't you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) I'm being objective as possible about all the players. Even Bannan. Edited April 13, 2013 by Con Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Bannan is shite. Thats why he didn't make the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Sylla for nzogbia didn't make much sense to me once they got an equaliser. Apart from that i thought it was the right starting team. Bannan needed to come on, but he wasn't on the bench. He was a big miss today. We needed sustained possession and excellent delivery for the final minutes. Instead they looked as likely to score at the end as we. Not sure that 'sustained possession' and 'excellent delivery' should be mentioned alongside Bannan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Sylla for nzogbia didn't make much sense to me once they got an equaliser. Apart from that i thought it was the right starting team. Bannan needed to come on, but he wasn't on the bench. He was a big miss today. We needed sustained possession and excellent delivery for the final minutes. Instead they looked as likely to score at the end as we. LOL what absolute bollocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Still unsure on Lambert if I'm honest. Just when I think he has turned the corner he makes some baffling decisions. Had no problem with Sylla coming on, but wasn't sure why N'Zogbia was taken off. That midfield at the end was back to the bad old days of the start of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Seeing N'zogbia replaced by Sylla was baffling and then seeing Holman come on was just mind blowing. Holman is so far from being a Premiership class footballer. For me when we took of N'Zogbia and Bowery we lost the plot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) The thing is who the fok do we bring on? Because Gabby was out it meant we had to use someone shit. Edited April 13, 2013 by KjParton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 The thing is who the fok do we bring on? Because Gabby was out it meant we had to use someone shit. We HAD to use someone shit! I wasn't aware that it was compulsory to use substitutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I like Lambert and hope it all sorts itself out but today was our 60th, yes 6-0 goal conceded in the league. Awful. Going forward we have to be a midtable side at worst. Defense is probably worst in the league. Hopefully this will balance out to about 15th in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 The thing is who the fok do we bring on? Because Gabby was out it meant we had to use someone shit. We HAD to use someone shit! I wasn't aware that it was compulsory to use substitutes. Would you have rather left all the starting 11 pitch, while Fulham used all 3 of their substitutes? Which would have allowed them free range and they'd have probably beat us? Also leaving all the starting 11 on the pitch risks injury? What if Weimann or Nzog had got injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) The thing is who the fok do we bring on? Because Gabby was out it meant we had to use someone shit. We HAD to use someone shit! I wasn't aware that it was compulsory to use substitutes. Would you have rather left all the starting 11 pitch, while Fulham used all 3 of their substitutes? Which would have allowed them free range and they'd have probably beat us? Also leaving all the starting 11 on the pitch risks injury? What if Weimann or Nzog had got injured? So you think it is necessary to use, in your words, someone shit because: 1) Fulham had used all 3 of their substitutes; and 2) Weimann or N'Zogbia might have got injured. Blimey, why aren't you a Premiership manager? You have such football management ability! On a more serious note, don't talk rubbish. Edited April 13, 2013 by pacbuddies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 If we had made no substitutes and Fulham had made all 3 of theirs we'd have been played off the park? Players get tired over 90 minutes. If we'd have not made any substitutes today I think we would have lost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 If we had made no substitutes and Fulham had made all 3 of theirs we'd have been played off the park? Players get tired over 90 minutes. If we'd have not made any substitutes today I think we would have lost. As a football manager and coach of circa 13 years experience (not at the level Villa play admittedly) I have to disagree with you. Bringing on inferior players (shit as you described them) is not a logical move and players do, I admit, become less energetic over 90 minutes but they are trained to a peak level of fitness and their training regime is designed with a 90 minute game of football in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 If we had made no substitutes and Fulham had made all 3 of theirs we'd have been played off the park? Players get tired over 90 minutes. If we'd have not made any substitutes today I think we would have lost. How old are you? Has to be the daftest reason ever given for making a substitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 If we had made no substitutes and Fulham had made all 3 of theirs we'd have been played off the park? Players get tired over 90 minutes. If we'd have not made any substitutes today I think we would have lost. How old are you? Has to be the daftest reason ever given for making a substitution. I don't see what age has got to do with it? Neither do I see whats so daft as to thinking players get tired over 90 minutes so you should use substitutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) If we had made no substitutes and Fulham had made all 3 of theirs we'd have been played off the park? Players get tired over 90 minutes. If we'd have not made any substitutes today I think we would have lost. How old are you? Has to be the daftest reason ever given for making a substitution. I don't see what age has got to do with it? Neither do I see whats so daft as to thinking players get tired over 90 minutes so you should use substitutes? We are talking about professional athletes here. Prior to the 1960's substitutes didn't even exist. You bring on substitutes when you think they will make a difference, end of. Edited April 13, 2013 by meregreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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