09 Jan 2013 22:18:57
Aston Villa have announced they will no longer be following Lamberts policy of looking to the Championship for young hungry players, they feel looking at leauge 1 and leauge 2 players will be more than enough to strengthen the squad....
In Lambert we trust......AVFC
Aston Villa Banter Archive January 09 2013
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09 Jan 2013 19:13:38
All this talk of Villa needing experience is rubbish, we had that last season and it got us where....prob to where we are now.
Villa need Quality Creativity & Leadership, none of which was evident last night, any players that come in need to re-invigorate the side by consistent standards of Quality. Coutinho has this in abundance and should be bought without hesitation, he will set the standard of what is required to be part of the 1st 11.
For those that knock PL purchases, credit him for Lowton/Westwood/Vlaar the rest are mistakes just like the one better managers make, the difference is that those players would improve the current villa squad, Chamachii/Dzecki/Balotteli SAD!!
Signing Benteke a mistake? ok
And to reinvigorate the team we need Vlaar and westwood back and a couple of hungry skillfull players such as Coutinho and Cavanda
09 Jan 2013 12:29:52
after last nights performance id say only 2 out of the 11 deserved to wear the shirt... bannan delph bennett clark baker lowton arnt championship players never mind premier league... lambert/learner somethings gotta be done.. fed up of all these young hungry players get people in who wanna fight for the club people who wanna wear the shirt.. if we stay up this season it will be a miricale.. we need experience not league1/2 tat !! RANT OVER
09 Jan 2013 09:38:58
Can someone explain why Ireland is not getting a regular run in our side i've been watching Villa for years and he was are most inventive player last year and he's far supieror player to all the players in midfield even the players at the club think he's the best, Bent came out and said it so did joe bennett, el hamidi, dunne and vlaar.
We all know he is a very gifted player but he just does not perform, we have given him lots of chances
Because in the last chance he got to prove himself, he didnt run, he couldnt put a 5 yard pass together, he lost the ball then ran 20 yards away instead of winning it back!
09 Jan 2013 09:36:24
As one of the 4, 500 that travelled to Bradford last night I hope that this dire performance now convinces PL & RL of the urgent need to sign AT LEAST three quality players CB & 2 CM's. Both Delph & Bannan played so poorly they cannot be seriously considered as Premiership standard and several others didn't cover themselves in glory.
We allowed Bradford to dictate play in the centre of the park and had to resort to playing the long ball as there was a large hole where our midfield should have been.
To progress we need to control the middle of the park, play at a much higher tempo than we did last night and be much more clinical in our finishing.
Finally, let's hope we play much better than this in the games between now and the second semi.
UTV
As we already have Westwood, petrov and Gardner out. And have el Ahmadi out injured, forget playing bannan and delph, and instead opt to play Holman and Ireland in the centre. That way you get experience and presence in the centre. And we all know Holman will work his socks off for the team and hopefully this will rub off on Ireland. Also I definitely think we should get palacios on loan at least. I'm sure lamberts got his ideas but he needs to move fast, otherwise coutinho and co will not want to come to play in the championship!! In lambert we trust
I felt possession wise we controlled the game but as you said gave up the midfield to Bradford and with 7-8 players back when villa kept throwing the long balls in bradford were able to deal with it with ease.
Villa need a few players like young and downing as a couple of seasons ago when villa attacked we would cut straight through teams and the moment those 2 had a good front man to get the ball to Villa were immense for 11 games when bent signed and now we have several good front men but long ball it which is frustrating to see.
And Why are Villa always so sh*t at defending set plays surely it's basics
09 Jan 2013 07:53:58
We need to go for Dawson, experienced and has fallen out of favour with AVB. Could het him for 4-7 million. Also need a new LB- Bennet cannot defend or attack for his life!
09 Jan 2013 07:43:35
absoultley gutted by last nights result,
we need to get premiership experince in defence, the kids are starting to panic at the back and they need help! left back, central defender, a destroyer in midfeild required urgently
sort it out lambert quick time!!!!!
09 Jan 2013 00:38:36
I'd just like to remind everybody that the semi finals of the league cup are two legs, the second of which is at villa park, a 2-0 win at home against a team that thrive on their home atmosphere and no goals in extra time will see us into the final. Norwich, blues and wolves fans are already counting their chickens, they're clearly all too busy trying to sleep with their cousins to remember we still have more that least another 90 minutes of football to play and they have to travel here this time!
I think it was nice of Villa to give them a head start, next week will be completely different an early goal in the second leg for the Villa will open the flood gates i reckon 4-0 and off to Wembley :)
Think you must have hit the beer after the match last night to drown your sorrows, villa defended poorly against a league two side who showed just how weak they are, expect to conceed more in second leg
I think whoever scores the first goal in the replay will win, if Villa score first and reduce the lead to 1-0 Bradfords heads will drop and the Villa crowd will spur them onto victory.
If Bradford score first it will lift them, the Villa fans will be on Lambert and the teams back, there wll be to much pressure the young guns will buckle.....Bradford of to wembley.
YOU hope, Bradford will shut up shop forceing you to have to take the game to them, then they will catch you on the break, they will defend like hell
Bradford only had 40% possesession in the game and were good frpm set plays as thats the only time looked athreat so they'll just change a 6-7 player defense to a 9 player defense with 1up front
09 Jan 2013 00:33:27
Rather than buy or sell, shall we just apply to the FA to suspend the season as it stands? That way, we'll stay up, have an outside chance of the league cup and well in for a shout for the FA cup.... c'mon Villa - love my team 4 Eva!!