Aston Villa Banter Archive December 01 2012 to December 31 2012

 

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31 Dec 2012 18:29:51
PL has £10mill as well as funds from sales therefore only two of the following names are even possibilities.
Aubumeryang
Zaha
Lescott
Jonjo Shelvey
Ince
Phillips

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31 Dec 2012 17:53:22
If I was lambert I'd sell warnock hutton given bannan delph and hurd his useless... And sign huddlestone parker try wanyama from celtic then make a bid for an experienced centre half in the premier league for example dawson from spurs or ask utd if we can have phil jones for the end of the season

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All of the comments on here are right about selling people an who we should buy but we've just got to hope lambert actually does this

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Who the hell is going to buy Warnock, Hutton, Bannan, Delph and the like? The best we can hope for is that lower league clubs would take all on loan and pay 1/2 their wages until their contracts runout.
As for Lerner, if he is not going to spend some serious money now, fresh from having £700 million put in his back pocket, he never will
Mendax

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31 Dec 2012 17:44:30
Lambert is set to be given £10million in this transfer window, Lambert as also requested funds to bring in Demba Ba from Newcastle for £7million.

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31 Dec 2012 15:04:49
We need a centre back: Lescott
A tough-tackling midfielder: M'Villa maybe, Huddlestone.
Strikers: Aubemyang and Austin. If Bent leaves, we will probably go for Zaha.

Also may need some more creativity, so a new winger and maybe go for Ramsey on loan?

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31 Dec 2012 12:30:11
I reckon we should sign:

-Wijnaldum (PSV)
-Hooper (Celtic)
-Huddelstone (Spurs , Loan)

5 at the back just aint working for many reasons:

-No width
-Wing backs dnt go forward
-Midfield cant tackle
-No service for the strikers

So I think we shud play this:

3-4-1-2

----------------Guzan--------------

-----Lowton-----Vlaar-----Clark-----

------El Ahmadi---Huddestone-------

Albrighton--------------------Holman

---------------Wijnaldum------------

--------Benteke-----------Hooper---

This wud be very effective. Clark and Lowton can push out to full backs and huddelstone can go into the back 4 wen needed and then the two holding mids (el ahmadi and huddelstone) wud be solid and help the back 4 out and theyre both very good at passing. Then Wijnaldum would mix up the play + the two wingers to service the strikers.

What do you think?

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I do like that formation but we need to make sure that the two holding mids defend. And jut wondering why would hooper come to us now when Celtic are in the last 16 of the champions league. I think we will get 20million to spend and we should buy a really strong hard working holding midfielder then play either a:
3-2-3-2:
Guzan
Clark Vlaar lescott(hopefully)
Huddlestone el ahmadi
Gabby Holman albrighton
Benteke augbameyang


Or play a:
4-1-3-2
Guzan
Lowton Vlaar lescott Clark
Huddlestone
Gabby Holman albrighton
Benteke augbameyang

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The way you lot ship goals I would go for a 9-1-1 formation.....

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I know we are struggling at mo but even we can't play 11 outfield players, its not allowed dope!

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31 Dec 2012 10:58:10
Lambert will be given £10 millio to invest in January.

Personally, I think Lerner is being way too generous. He has funded Villa out of his own pocket too much.

Nevertheless, Lambert is unlikely to be able to afford well known proven players and doesn't want that sort of player anyway. Forget about Zaha and the like.

Understand that Lambert will add experience by signing Squillaci on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season. Charlie Austin is a £4 million target from Burnley and Lambert may try to acquire Henley from Blackburn

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31 Dec 2012 10:13:49
we are useless. lambert is clueless and we havent a penny 2 spend in january! who would want 2 sign for us anyway. keep bent. play him up front with benteke and hope there goals can get us out of this mess. we keep missing out on redknap. he is the man 2 push this club forward. id love 2 c him manage villa some day. ps lambert is clueless and sweansea 2 score 3 or more 2moro aganist us.

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31 Dec 2012 09:28:09
Lambert will be given £10 millio to invest in January.

Personally, I think Lerner is being way too generous. He has funded Villa out of his own pocket too much.

Nevertheless, Lambert is unlikely to be able to afford well known proven players and doesn't want that sort of player anyway. Forget about Zaha and the like.

Understand that Lambert will add experience by signing Squillaci on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season. Charlie Austin is a £4 million target from Burnley and Lambert may try to acquire Henley from Blackburn

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I agree over the past few years Lerner has given us a lot of money we have spent the 5th most in the premier league, but in this situation we need at least 20mill for our premier league existence to continue

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Even though he has been kind qpr are getting 20mill

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31 Dec 2012 07:40:43
Think Villa are in for another slapping at Swansea tomorrow

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I don't think we are the reality of this situation has really kicked in now, and if u ask me don't start benteke then see how he reacts because at the moment pl is licking his bum ole but the past few games he has been playing shocking he needs to play 2 upfront. A simple 4-1-2-1-2 is good with a holding midfielder which we can buy in January and a creative one

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31 Dec 2012 01:01:25
Lerner is giving the villa £83 mil... he said hes sorry for not helping O'Neil out a few seasons ago...
Wants to reform villas former glory!

He wants to buy gary hooper, steven fletcher, ryan shawcross, thomas huddlestone, aiden mcgeady, sebastien bassong, adel taarabt and ben foster.

Hooper & Fletcher - replacing Bent!
Bent plays 2 more games we owe out £6m makes sence to cash him in, hes still decent. Fulham are interested...

Shawcross & Bassong, decent defenders need to be playing for higher reputable club (dare i say it) big contracts!

Huddlestone rumoured to be fed up at Tottenham due to Sandro, potential signing to sort out our back-boneless midfield.
Not to forget, Adel taarabt & aiden mcgeady, will put some spring in our step! both feasible, both established.

Which leaves Ben Foster, played very well for West Brom this season, only down the road makes for an easy signing.

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Bassong??? Keep dreaming sweetheart

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The only thing Lerner is gonna pay for is a taxi for Lambert

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Dream, dream, dream.....lets revisit this post at the end of January shall we and see what actually happened

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Why would fletcher move again , why would bassong move again , ryan shawcross is awful and we dont even need a keeper so foster wont be coming! How much do u think weve got to spend? 40 million? dream on

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Is your name Alladin and do you have a lamp to rub to find a genie? I know this is panto season but we need reality, even the genie would struggle to find Lerners wallet.

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31 Dec 2012 00:37:15
Don't get too depressed Villa fans, look on the bright side Lambert is proven in the Championship so it should be a good season for you next season....

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30 Dec 2012 21:53:39
Tim Cahill on loan perhaps?

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Would be great, but unfortunatly can't see it happening.

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30 Dec 2012 19:31:01
Lescott in he's claret and blue even tho he played for dingle's. vlaar is back soon stick Clark as holding midfielder and build out against every team this year we've lacked width and were renowned for wingers and who we got now albrighton he's a shower. Need width desperately trying to play through teams isn't our way were not Barcelona if we're going down at least fight the young lions are kittens at the minute

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30 dec 2012 19:01:34
sometimes once in a while u gotta put ur ear to the ground to listen for the buffalo a comin, in other words we will beat the drop next year and hopefully have silver ware in the bag, dont despair villains , i got faith in pl, lets get behind our beloved team, dec in dublin villa till i die

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Get behind the team, just like the thousands of fans leaving early when you played Chelsea, Spurs and Wigan?

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"Listen for the Buffalo a comin" the only thin you can hear "a comin" is the Championship.....

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Even Gary Lineker commented on you all traipsing out of your derelict ground after 59 minutes.....loyal supporters

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30 dec 2012 18:52:50
embarrassed to be a villa fan, shame on you, im a season ticket holder and will continue to support my team whatever happens or doesnt, your sort only sing when were winning shame on u

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Well said mate ur dead right

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Lerner wants his money back as we all know, but we have throwed too many kids in that are simply not good enough, get rid of the rubbish lambo and get your own in

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Which isn't very often

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30 Dec 2012 18:48:22
carrick are u takin the pee, carrick is rubbish........................not needed at villa park, now get back into bed before the doctor notices

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30 Dec 2012 17:45:34
No brainer! In an ideal world AVFC would get Lesscott/Lampard but really the latter will not happen more like 3 signings to rescue our season.

1: Lesscott 8Mill
2: Ince 6.5mill plus add ons would gamble on Tarratt 8mll
3: Phillips 5mill would gamble on Zaha 10mill

What dya think folks?

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Lamberts budget this january is between 7&10 million more if bent is sold.

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No chance of Ince or Zaha, and doubt Lescott has the stomach for Championship football. Best you set your sights more realistically to what you actually are of you're gonna be disappointed come the end of January.

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30 Dec 2012 17:38:27
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Giorgino Wijnaldum is all we need to stay up

LambertMyLord

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And a miracle



Lambert your downfall

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30 Dec 2012 16:40:34
Please Lambert pull these signings off.
he's said to be leading the chase on Guidetti on loan with view to buy.
Looking at Zaha, Phillips for creative flair
and please bring in a solid CB Lescott at 8m is a bargain and Villa boy would pick us over everton

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30 Dec 2012 14:00:29
We need some experience FACT, young kids are good but not a squad full,
Get lescot, huth, shawcross
Maybe a few cheeky bids for darren fletcher, carrick, michu,
Then get defoe if possible or adebayor,
Keep bent , just get players to feed him the ball, spend 40-50 mil we will be fine

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Oh what a lovely fantasy. Lerner will not sanction enough money to buy players. I do agree with you though. Lerner is tighter than a ducks a--e. He wants ours on his seats but is not coming across with his part of the equation

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With Lamberts shrewd spending i reckon our problems can be resolved with 15-25m spent
remember 8 players in for 22.5m in the summer.

We also need to offload Ireland, Nzogbia, dunne and if we dont get a decent winger or 2 who can feed the ball to bent he'll need to go as he offers nothing other than finishing the last ball

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30 Dec 2012 08:52:15
Just watching Gashton Villa getting mullered again on MOTD. Lots of empty seats, Lambert losing the dressing room and now the glory hunters. Lots of them leaving after the third goal, happy days. You are going down and Lambert knows it :-)......Swansea away next-oh dear!

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Glory hunters? are you taking the mick? 96 last time we won anything and i would say the 'glory hunters' are well gone!

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30 Dec 2012 11:08:39
villa fan of many years . a football manager myself. i cant get my head around managers asking their players tom do more than they are capable of.
i could fix villa over night.
4-2-3-1 is the future.
guzan will be fine. lowton shows promise. do need a left back. clark along side vlaar.
release hutton warnock given dunne. 4m to 6m in tops.
the key fix is here. two sitting centre mids. you could pick both up on loan. palacios stoke and huddlestone spurs.
you are now much tighter at the back with the grit in the middle.
you can now play albrighton for periods and nzogbia who cant defend. ireland in the middle to open doors. for bent weiman gabby benteke.
only thing is . looks like ireland and bent want out.. so let em go 10m bent 2.5m ireland.
that will give you 16m to 20m in the bank.
can you get a greative midfielder and left back for that ... yes easily.
set up counter attack style. we would be just fine. thats how we are getting hurt.
over commiting bodies forward.
true grit and hard work is for the championship. flair, shape and pick your attacks wise is the premiership..

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I like the cut of your gib

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I totally agree l, if only PL could see this! I've always said the 4-2-3-1 is for us

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29 Dec 2012 23:33:36
Benteke is terrible he has 3 good games and everyone thinks he is amazing, Ireland is a great player he is just fed up of playing with rubbish, we need a lot of players that know how to win PL games experienced players that know how to grind out a win and then we need some attacking flair like we use to have like ash, Milner and downing, the villa team is just full of youngsters that don't know how to win because they have never done anything on this stage before. AVFC!

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29 Dec 2012 21:36:52
Hernandez? Taarabt? GET REAL. We are rubbish why would they come to villa.

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Taarabt is said to be on his way to France

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29 Dec 2012 22:10:07
Went down there today what a blinking shambles, no drive, no passion, no spark from any player, ireland is a waste of a villa shirt didn't look bothered, bannan is not a premiership player at all kept giving the ball away, beneke looks totally frustated would not be suprised to see he wants out in january. whole team devoid of any ideas. we are down and out say hello to the championship boys.

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Benteke cant go anywhere in jan due to the uefa ruling no player can play for more than 2 clubs in 1 season mos likely next jan

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He can leave in the Summer or if he has a release clause lifted, talking of which, saw you lot leaving early again, whats the problem? can't support a loseing team, also mentioned by Dion Dublin, a drop in attendances. someone called AJ would have us believe different

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29 Dec 2012 17:22:41
Villa need to spend 50 million in January at least or championship here we come and with the team we got now league 1 is on the cards. I have never seen such rubbish on the villa park pitch. Lerner spend or sell to someone who will. Everyone says give lambert a chance but if he takes us down will he still be at villa ?? Mr Lerner we have not seen or heard from you for months do you know where villa park is or have you lost your sat nav as well as your cheque book. Do us all a favour and GO. Come back deadly Doug.. Aj

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And where does Lerner get £50 mil from? He's broke he is looking for a way out

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Villa would be fine with lescot 8m and couple of coups a petrov/milner type and a creative player 2 add width

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29 Dec 2012 16:54:32
It is not lambert. Lerner needs to go and if he doesn't maybe he should care about the club more and give us a respectable amount of money to spend in January or else it's championship simple as! It's embarrassing to be a villa fan this Christmas!

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Get real 27million spent pre season 5th highest spenders 20million to top the club up as its in a financial mess.
we are getting ready for the championship.. we neally went bankrupt... lerner has saved the club.
a man that made is money from others bad finances almost lost his the same way.
sack his advisers.
we over committed when spurs and man city were throwing money around to.
we may have to go down to lose big wages. and start again.
this kills me to say it.
im a realist and a gutted villa fan.

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29 Dec 2012 16:36:07
This is a joke now! What's gone wrong since Liverpool it's stupid we need to seriously think about the new year and who we are going to bring in! This is just not good enough embarrassed to be a villa fan

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Injury list ?

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One Paul Lambert....haha luv it!!

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Everyone outside of Villa can see the result against Liverpool was one of the luckiest results ever......I watched the game and the stats dont lie, fair play you had 3 chances and took them, but that aside Villa were poor

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And as well as that every club in the leage can put bad form into player's on the injured list, don't try that load of tosh because you can't face the fact you are going down

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29 Dec 2012 12:16:36
Bent and agbonlahor out
Aubameyang and Gouffran in

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29 Dec 2012 12:02:53
The three signings we need in January
A replacement for bent who will implement Benteke: Aubameyang check
A physical midfeilder, preferably with premier league experience: Di (with a 3.5 mil release clause) check
A creative playmaker: Wiknaldum check

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28 Dec 2012 22:51:36
Yes. I know we have taken back to back hammerings but that is over and done with now and hopefully the young team can use that experience to better themselves. If you take a step back and look at the bigger picture things are not as bad as they seem. A win against Wigan, which is definitely possible, and that would mean we have taken six points from 4 games over Christmas. Not a bad return when you consider we have played Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs.

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Lookimg ahead if you can't get posative results (Draws Included) from your next 3 games I think you will start turning on the manager and players, then you will be doomed, the fixtures in Jan and Feb are not the easiest........these next 3 games will shape Villa's season.

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Keep faith

how can our squad trian to there full potential when most of them are out ??
dunne, bent, agbonlahor, vlaar, nzogbia, baker, weimann, gardner, all out injured

warnock, hutton, makoun, delfounso loan

petrov
ill

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Thats Football they get paid a fortune so get on with it, every club has injuries.

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28 Dec 2012 20:29:58
Pierre aubameyang to play upfront with Benteke, Sofiane Feghouli AM to sit behind and add some guile & creativity, looking at Rio Ferdinand or Lescott for experience.

Some corners of the Holt calling for a gamble on Glen Hoddle as he has a proven track record of working with youngsters but he will add experience quality players in the right areas as well as his own.. what you think?

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Give Lambert time and MONEY and we'll be back in contension for european football in 2 seasons

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Always said Hoddle .job too soon for lambert

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What you saying? wished Lambert was never brought in, because as I see it is, Be careful what you wish for

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28 Dec 2012 17:36:10
Ed what is Diames release cause? We missed out big time in the summer {Ed003's Note - £3.5m if I remember right mate}

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We should defo get him ASAP add bite and steel to the mid ed. (OP)

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28 Dec 2012 15:41:41
In:
Zaha- 15 mil
Woods- 2 mil
Aubameyang- 14 mil
Lescott- 8 mil

Out:
Bent- 20 mil

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28 Dec 2012 13:28:22
Am I the only person on this page that believes signing lower league players is a mistake? All these young kids that PL has thrown into our first team are clearly not good enough, I for 1 do not buy into the constant message we are getting from PL "We will come good, building for the future" blah blah blah. What about the hard working fans who spend the money following this shower home and away? Are we to expect a hiding every other week as part of some master plan? Have a day off Lambert, you are proving that you do not know how to adapt the tactics to who we are playing. I can't wait to hear your excuse when Wigan beat us Sat. WHAT HAS HAPPEN TO OUR CLUB?? AVFC TILL I DIE. {Ed001's Note - do you not rate Westwood? I personally think he is an excellent young player and have been suggesting him as a potential signing for the Prem for a few years. Has he not settled in yet? Only he was standing out for years at Crewe, but I have not seen a lot of him at Villa, and what I have seen he looked good enough, just lacked options to pick out with a pass.}

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ED- Westwood at best is average, I notice that you have failed to mention Bennett, Lowton, Bowery all Championshi players at best, plus if all these lot are decent buys, why the hell are we in such a poor position? {Ed001's Note - I just asked the question because I have watched him a lot at Crewe, unlike the others. I have always thought he had the ability to be a good Prem player, though I was thinking more along the lines of a promoted team taking a chance on him. Lowton I am not a fan of, he always looked a Championship player to me, I was surprised he got a Prem move. The others I hadn't seen much of. I was really hoping Westwood would shine for you, he has always seemed such a nice lad, worked hard on his game etc. Maybe he just needs time to get used to the higher level, or maybe it is just too big a step for him, but I hope he comes good for you.}

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Don't know who you have been watching. The young kids may be a little green but they possess talent. Lowton has a superb first touch, Bennett loves to get forward and can beat players, Westwood is a great passer of the ball and Benteke, enough said.

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It is the Lambert way to use hungry players, not necessarily young ones, look at Holt for Norwich. What Lambert does need with his way of playing is players who are desperate to pull on the shirt and play as a team, when he managed Norwich the players played as a unit, the wages were all about the same, they were all treated the same, there were no big egos.
With Villa he can only use what he has been left with, some of the players get top wages if they play or not and don't seem bothered if they don't play, as long as the money goes in the bank each week, how can you motivate that kind of player. I thing Lambert will prove to be a top manager in time but he took the Villa job to soon, his premiership management skills are limited and that is showing, when he took the Villa job everyone is expecting instant success and the pressure is to much for a young team with a inexperienced manager, the Prem is not the place to build a team, its too unforgiving as recent results have shown.

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28 Dec 2012 12:15:05
would you have Stewart Downing back at Villa

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28 Dec 2012 12:12:23
should randy learner sell Aston Villa to someone who wants to take villa forward

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27 Dec 2012 19:22:04
Come on guys don't get carried away. You have to be very deluded to think Aubameyang, Woods or Zaha will come to the Villa. Don't get your hopes up, we need experience not youth.

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27 Dec 2012 18:12:13
Amazed how many non villa fans comment on here. Are your own teams pages not gd enough for u.

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This is a banter page, you will always suffer abuse from Brum and West Brom fans when things are going bad for you, you will also suffer abuse from Norwich fans until Lambert is either successfull, or sacked....

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Better give up now then because Lambert has been successful, he has got rid of most of the deadwood, he has cut our wage bill, he has brought in some great signings - Benteke, Westwood, Vlaar, Lowton, Bennett and he has the young players playing good passing football. His brief probably wasn't a top six finish in his first season !

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27 Dec 2012 18:11:24
after the last two performances if learner does not spend i can only see relegation

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He's skint, his ex wife has fleeced him.you have to sell first, and no one wants your rejects

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27 Dec 2012 18:02:54
get rid of agbonlahor lazy not prem quality

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27 Dec 2012 17:44:33
sell ngzogbia and get player who is willing to give his all
in this relegation battle

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27 Dec 2012 17:43:07
Aston Villa...laughing stock of the Midlands, thanks for taking Lambert from us, we have been left with a more tactically astute manager with years of Premiership experience. One season in the prem and Lambert is already out of ideas, other managers have worked him out. You get through more managers than Chelsea. Is it cold there, currently minus 21 with no look of improvement.

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Yeah we have had a bad couple of games but hardly a laughing stock with teams like the Toon and Fulham within one win above us in the table and also a Semi Final place in the Milk cup. Cant remember the team we out played in the quarters, seems I have a short memory. We are more or less are playing with a completely new team this season so it takes time to gel and most of us Villa fans know this and they are young so need time to develop. Even Chelski and Man Chitty with all the money spent on good established players at first didnt win the league first time round. We wont win the league but we will get better and might have a day out at Wembly too.

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Isn't it about time these bitter Norwich fans put the PL incident behind them and concentrated on their own team.

PL chose to come to VP for the potential as much as the history - oh, and by the way we still managed a 36,000 plus crowd on a dismal Boxing Day when we were live on the TV, that's the kind of support several clubs in the Premiership would like.

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You were handed the semi final ticket as all part of the master plan, with 3points off the drop minus 21 goals Wigan on Saturday they will make a dramatic come back as always push you back in the bottom 3 Where as Norwich are 5 points off champions league place, No not saying we will end up there, but we have more chance of that than you staying up, all those ectra cup matches as well as F A cup next month,Lambert has been sussed, you will have to go down to build again,

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There was no master plan just sore losers

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Not bitter at all, quite happy actually, you have just paid us compensation for him, he has led you to consecutive 8-0 and 4-0 defeats, we are seven points better off than Villa, what's to be bitter about?

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And now 3-0 to add to those two previous brilliant performances. Now minus 24 at Villa Park.....very cold and in the bottom three when Soton get a point from their game in hand, happy new year :-)

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27 Dec 2012 13:41:45
C'mon Villa fans let's get behind PL and the team.

Yes, the last two performances have been poor, yes we need to sign a couple of decent experienced players early in the January window to temper the total reliance on youth and yes we need Vlarr back from injury to bring that calming influence when things don't go right.

That said, we have produced several good performances this season, Newcastle, Man U, Stoke, Liverpool to name a few and although we haven't always got the result we deserved if we can continue to produce perforamnces like these against the teams around us we should pick up more points than we drop. The next three home games are key to how we progress and I for one think we have enough to get the right results.

Realistically, it will take this team time to produce their full potential but with an average age of 23ish these players are nowhere near their prime but with the right signings in January and a few of the experienced players bringing their A game we will have enough to survive this season and go on to better things.

UTV

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Well said mate. I totally agree. for long periods of time we outpassed swansea and arsenal, and not many teams have shown that. As u say with some good signings in jan we will almost definatly avoid the drop.

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The problem is lerner won't allow pl to sign experienced players because of the wages. all we'll get again is up and coming championship players.

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Thats the fans fault as well because you can't be bothered to turn up so the owner is not bothered to waste good money, Lets be honest, when Sky come to the match you fans stay at home, when the team is loseing you Boo and walk out before the end, If you were Lerner what would you do, I know if I were him I'd be looking to sell right now not buy in pre madona players who think they are bigger and better than the club,

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27 Dec 2012 12:40:00
what do you think of selling ireland and get somebody in
who looks intrested and willing to give is all for the cause

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27 Dec 2012 10:24:28
It must be feeling very cold in Birmingham (Villa) right now I mean -21 the snow must be at least 10ft deep, Watched you try to play last night, Not very good are you at seeing the game out, by the time they got the 3rd goal your ground was empty, How long before the Lambert out banners come out. hope you hope you win the cpt 1 cup then go down and stay there to many games in europe on top of 46 lg games you won't come back for years

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Have a day off bluenose and tell us what its like in the 1st div when you play there next season.

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Im not a villa fan im a leeds fan but i have friends who are and personally i dont think the villa fans have anything to worry about with the quality in the squad.
its just a run of bad form an you are only at the halfway mark
i think theres certain teams in the premier league that dont have villas quality and that will show the 2nd half of the season when they drop down to the bottom....
keep ya chins up villa

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27 Dec 2012 05:20:23
lesscot,barry,milner

would that help us


yes agree no disagree

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Chelsea have a lot of young players but they are quality, apart from Bentenke to be honest we have a bunch of championship players ,the only other player who would, might have made a difference is gardner but with a 2nd bad injury its bad luck Ireland, nog have very little skill and no passion so don't play then ,please sign some quality! not happy villa fan

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26 Dec 2012 23:08:26
Been an avid fan for 35 years.... I'm so embarrassed of our last 2 performances. 4 yrs ago we were competing with spurs for a euro spot! I'm with PL... He's trying to build a team/club for the future but we need to stay up this year to get to our goal..... What I ask is - are we really capable of competing at this level with the squad we have? I'm scared and sick of the stick ive taken in the festive period - are we doomed? I'm afraid I've got to say that I'm losing faith :(

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Yes Villa are doomed, Norwich knew what they were doing when they gave Villa the ticket to the semi's, Can Villa cope with the extra pressure? When do the Lambert out Chants start

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26 Dec 2012 20:20:06
Villa 0 Spurs 4.
At least it is an improvement on the last result, you only have to look at the stats to see the improvement.

Possesion Villa 39% Spurs 61%
Shots Villa 4 Spurs 20
On Target Villa 1 Spurs 16
Corners Villa 2 Spurs 16

Villa is work in progress.......LOL

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12 -0 over 2 games = -21 goals 3 points off drop zone Wigan or Southampton win thier next game and back in the bottom 3 you go By By Villa say hello to Blues and Wolves

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26 Dec 2012 20:06:37
villa to sign Scott parker on loan to beef up the midfield

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What you on.? Scot Parker going nowhere

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26 Dec 2012 19:59:37
another poor performance learner needs to spend on quality in jan

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26 Dec 2012 19:36:01
Another comedy on live TV today, thanks Mr Lambert, Christmas just keeps getting better

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Don't think the Villa fans or board room saw the Funny side of it though, I thought the look on Lambert's face had the word oh hell what have I done

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26 Dec 2012 19:28:49
What a f**king waste of time this lambert is, he is completely out of his depth with this job. he is devoid of any ideas on how to win any games. 1 striker at home. lerner get rid now. p.s probably to late now anyway as can't see us winning another game this season.

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You see a clasic case of be careful what you wish for, the Norwich fans are well delighted right now.

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26 Dec 2012 19:27:35
Lambert out enough is enough surely 12 goals in 2 games load of rubbish going down

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No as a Norwich fan,I think he's doing a fantastic job, the fans must stick with him and don't walk out when results arn't going your way.

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25 Dec 2012 21:35:26
Jonathon Williams from Crystal Place is on the PL's radar

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24 Dec 2012 13:31:53
this joker lambert has to go now why did we appoint this man. JAMESAVFC.

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You all hailed him as the next messiah, now when things are not going well some of you are calling for his head¦¦.I think given time he will come good for you, if you allow him the time is another thing.

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Norwich fan here, you need to keep Lambert,even if he takes you down, he built Norwich it could also work for you, With possible 4 extra matches for you in the next few weeks have the team got what it takes to prolong the battle to stay up

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We appointed him because he is the best man for the job. 6 games unbeaten, followed by yes a bad defeat, but that's what comes with our young team. You're obviously a fool or not a villa fan. As long as we don't get relegated, which is unlikely, we will progress over the next few years to a decent side.

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What team you watching won't get relegated we are doomed 8-0 and 4-0 even the teams below don.t loose by that many

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Lets face it If Lambert had stayed at Norwich,they would probably been below the Villa right now, He is still learning the job, other clubs have sussed him out He can't build a defence as recent results will confirm as well as Norwich last season conceded a lot of goals but had enought tallent to finish joint 10th, 12th on goal difference,

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24 Dec 2012 11:33:58
Leeds fan in peace here. We're hearing rumours about the avaliability of Darren Bent... Would he be likely to move to the championship?

Cheers,

MOT

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He will be moving to the Championship with Villa in May anyway....

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24 Dec 2012 11:32:11
Cheers Villa for making our result look tame!

Leeds.

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At least you put up a bit of a fight against them, Villa rolled over and submitted defete

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24 Dec 2012 11:16:22
Also we should go back to the 4-2-3-1 formation that worked well with bent eke upfront, weimann RM, gabby LM and Holman CAM

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The 532 has been the most successful, we won two league games playing 4231

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Lambert never sticks to a formation, he will take the Villa down

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24 Dec 2012 11:13:35
That 8-0 loss clearly shows that to be successful in the premier league you need experience. In the transfer window we need to buy another experienced CDM, and a creative midfielder.

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But who would join Villa now, only ones will be from lower league, no premier league player will be interested, thats reallity not spite

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24 Dec 2012 10:04:34
After ydays performance I'd be so happy to see the back of barry bannan his awful and has been all season... Also I'd like to praise the work rate of westwood holman wiemann and lowton

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He was garbage when leeds had him on loan

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24 Dec 2012 08:59:21
Lambert held talks with board after the Chelsea match Not good news for Villa fans Lambert on his way out, Lose on Boxing day then sacked

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To lose 8 nil is a disgrace , personally i dont rate Lambert ,he would have took Norwich down this year for sure and he is going to take us down now.
I blame the people who wanted him not just the board but fans as well

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Are you a redskin named twoface sam ? you leave me speechless

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He aint 2 faced he is telling the truth but the truth hurts doesnt it.

Lambert is not good enough, buying lower league players wont keep us up just look what happened to wolves with Mccarthy's cheap lower league players.

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When he is told by the man in charge what and who to buy, what do you expect, the Yank is broke his Xwife has fleeced him, and won't be putting money Lamberts way, not without you selling players first

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23 Dec 2012 23:46:08
Today was shocking but how ever Rome was not built in a day , it's just a big dip in the rollercoaster

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One hell of a dip man, about 8G.

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23 Dec 2012 23:13:45
reckon if you had of had lloris neuer or cassilas today the score still wouldnt of being any smaller

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23 Dec 2012 23:07:09
was just reading some of you villa fans comments after you beat Liverpool and Norwich, one person said "everyone should fear us" haha Chelsea certainly feared you today, hopefully spuds don't fear you too much on boxing day

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23 Dec 2012 22:25:17
As a Villa fan i think we just gave Norwich the best Xmas present ever. I hope you Canaries enjoyed the shocking performance today and the look on Lambert face at the final whistle. If that wasn't a wake up call to Lambert nothing will be, he really needs to buy some quality come January. I would say we had one positive Guzan saved a penalty so it wasn't 9-0. :)
Merry Xmas Villa Fans lets pray for a better year in 2013

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As a Norwich fan I chuffed to see you get spanked.....But as a true football fan I have to say your keeper is one of the best in the prem, without him you would no doubt be in a lower position than you are, some of the saves he has made over the season so far have been world class...although you shipped an emb arising EIGHT goals today I don't think your keeper was at fault for any of them?

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I agree watching you get creamed was fantastic but I still thought Guzan did a great job despite the rest of the team who were terrible

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I am a NCFC fan, I will comment on the 26th when we have pleyed them, CHELSEA............

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I would be very surprise if they score 8 in a game again this season i don't think NCFC fans need to worry to much, even if you do it's not like we can take the piss :) I think you Canaries have hit the nail on the head, if we didn't have Guzan i reckon we could well be bottom. It's going to be a long season and I hope we make it out alive.

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I would rather loose 8 0 every game than support norwich get back to your cook books persons.

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As a Norwich fan I hold no personal grudge towards the fans, My gripe is with your boardroom tacticts, It was very evident on the last match of the season that he had been tapped up,And he wouldn't admit it to the fans, If he had, then he would have got a Hero's send off and we would have wished him well, But now,especially after his celebrations of the goals in the MM/CUP he has lost all credability he had, and every Norwich fan where ever they are will be wishing for religation for the Villa, which looks on the cards this season

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23 Dec 2012 20:38:51
Villa to pay up for taking lambert from Norwich. Not been a good day for you lot has it?

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23 Dec 2012 20:27:26
Why is Lambert obsessed with signing unknown championship/lower league players? It's hardly working at the moment!

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He is out of his depth ,why cant people see it

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Hi lads, a Celtic fan here. I just thought I would pop on and see your reaction to yesterday's game. I can see by the page it is a bit of a mixed bag and the obvious Norwich fans, why are they so angry PL left them if he is as bad a manager as they are making out, surely they should be happy to get rid of him? Or is that too much sensible thinking for them?
Anyway I certainly hope that you give PL enough time to turn things round, anyone who has seen him play knows how intelligent he is regarding the game and I think the fact he done his coaching badges in Germany gives him a more continental or modern approach to the game.
I have no doubt that you will manage to stay in the EPL and that Lambert will build on that next season, give it 1/2 years and I have no doubt that AV will be playing in Europe.
Merry Christmas lads and have a great New Year.

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To the Celtic fan, We at Norwich loved PL we did not like the way he left us very underhand,proof ( they villa ) now have to pay us agreed this week, so if you nik managers from other clubs you deserve what you get, we like Lambert but not Villa. {Ed007's Note - Really? So why did you post this on another thread?

"Agree sack him ASAP bring in Bruce from Hull."

Why would you want someone you like sacked? Stop trolling, I am fed up deleting your childish posts, or you will be banned.}

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23 Dec 2012 19:39:30
I feel that we might of been relegated today, worse performance from a Villa team in my 22 years as a supporter. It will take a long time for that young team to recover. Tottenham next and we won't get anything from that and then Wigan who on paper have a better side. Absolute disgrace!!

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Funny how you get spanked and now Lambert is to blame, when you beat Norwich and Liverpool he was the God, you Villa fans don't know the meaning of the word.. For Norwich fans he was a God as, he took us from our lowest level in league 1 to mid table in the Prem over 3 fantastic seasons. As much as PL achieved at Norwich he never proved himself as a Premiership Manager, I am not gutted that he left, just the way he left, if he had been man enough to say he was leaving, and that he thought he had taken NCFC as far as he could myself and 26,000 other fans would have clapped him of the park on the last day of the season and wished him well¦¦.Instead he chose to lie and deceive, he had no hero's farewell which he deserved, so it's days like today (CHELSEA 8 VILLA 0) I and 26,000 other Norwich fans think, HOPE THE GRASS IS GREENER MR LAMBERT¦¦.

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In my opinion Paul Lambert owed Norwich City another year, he took us from our lowest point to mid table prem, but for me he never finished the job, if he had stayed and finished what he started and managed to keep NCFC in the prem he would have been hailed as a true legend¦Instead he may well be known as the Judas who jumped ship for the BIG TIME and finished up getting relegated and loosing his job anyway¦¦.Lambert could have stayed with Norwich and got relegated and still be a legend¦
Thanks for all you did for us PL be we now have a committed non mercenary manager in Chris Hughton, the excitement levels have dropped but the consistency has upped..I belive CH is a better Manager who is here for the long haul¦.I am over the bitterness now but as sad as it is I would still love to see Villa fail¦.True Yellllllllloooooowwwwwwww.

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23 Dec 2012 19:08:22
i hard day in the office today, the young lions have learnt a hard lesson and have came down to earth with a thud, spurs next so the young lions will have a few experianced older players in the ranks to try to steady the ship, january will see a few more experianced players leaving and coming in with 1/2 young stronger players heading in to help lightweight bannan and co out

out:
given (celtic)
hutton (anyone foolish enough)
bent (QPR)
in:
derek boateng (dnipro £4m)
deeney (watford £1.5m)
keane (LA loan)
gordon (unattached)

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23 Dec 2012 18:37:08
Lambert Lambert what's the score?? Love to 8 Villa. Happy Xmas!!

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It's not Lamberts fault, if your players are crap and big heads after the win at pool !! men and boys.

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Hello Villa fans you are very quiet today Any thing wrong ? LOL

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Ed why the hell are you letting these persons post insulting messages its bad enough loosing like that, but to then read these comments, is making the pain worse. {Ed001's Note - it is what you have to take when you lose, it is called banter. Perhaps you might want to either man up or avoid a banter page if you haven't got the bottle for it?}

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Awe poor Villa fan, likes to give it but can't take it. Us nasty people teasing you because you've been humiliated in front of the nation. Now go and put your toys back in your cot.

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Well said Ed, if you give it you have to take it.

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Well said Ed, after beating Norwich and Liverpool we all had to read your comments, now you have got to read ours, with Spurs and Wigan up next if you can't take the heat I sugges you don't look at this page again until the new year.....

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Theres a big difference between banter and taking the piss have a day off ed if you can't tell the difference. {Ed001's Note - there is no difference! You really need to grow up a bit.}

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You must be the best Ed in the football world, Kiss kiss from the rest of the prem fans. {Ed001's Note - we all have to take it the stick as well as give it. It sucks when you lose, but it is oh so worth it when you win!}

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23 Dec 2012 18:01:07
Nice of Aston Villa to stand for turkey and take this years biggest Christmas stuffing.

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23 Dec 2012 17:54:01
Chelsea 8 Villa 0 Thats why your going down thats why your going down

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And now with the worst goal difference in the league.....one Paul lambert ha

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23 Dec 2012 17:43:35
Lamberts mug doesn't have it usual smug smirk on it today, whys that?

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Could it be something he eight??

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23 Dec 2012 17:41:16
Seven nil......haha

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23 Dec 2012 12:15:04
to be honest if warnock,dunne, and hutton go i couldnt care who we sign

in paul we trust

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Even after your heaviest ever premier league defeat, and the worst goal difference in the league. He really is setting new records for you :-)

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23 Dec 2012 10:41:21
Not ganna say these are lamberts targets but my own recommendations.

Sell Bent 12-14 mill
Sell Ireland 4 mill (if he doesnt improve)

Buy Ince 8 mill (that blackpool supposively want) as we need a creative player who can also play wing and give us width.

That leaves 8-10 mill if we sell ireland if not 4-8 mill. Then buy a proven goalscorer for when weimann or benteke lose form.

Many people would say Austin for 8 mill from burnley. But if we could get either bony from vitesse in dutch league or that lad from heereven for 8 mill or less, I would say go for it.

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Ince looks more likely after his comments in the paper that he doesnt want to be a bit part player where ever he goes in jan pl can offer him 1st team football in a young exciting team on the up

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8-0 on the up, Ha ha, must go and chang my pants just wet them.

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21 Dec 2012 17:45:20
please paul i beg of you to release warnock dunne and hutton

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And Given and get Butland in or promote Siegrist to the bench

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Why is the first poster concerned about players who are out on loan, and we need dunne, experience

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18 Dec 2012 22:30:05
I keep saying it to everyone I discuss villa targets with. Get rid of given cuz hes gna want out soon if he stays benched. Then rob Butland and Redmond of the Bluenoses. They are in money troubles, im sure £10 mill will sway there hand.

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Villa don't have 10 million to spend

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We will if we sell bent and any other deadwood.

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Mmmmm 8 nil to Chelsea, lots of that dead wood to clear me thinks

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18 Dec 2012 20:01:55
i think we need a new centre back and a new centre midfield/centre defensive midfield. what do other people think and who have we been linked with to fill those positions?

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Personally i think the young defenders like Baker and clark are doing well enough, would it make sense to spend money on a defender to sit on the bench? I do think we need a strong central midfielder to command the centre of the pitch, something we have never really had. But who could we get for a good price? i don't know.. i know Lambert is building a young squad but it would be good for us to have an experienced midfielder who can help the young players improve.

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A friend from east anglia told me Lambert has had talks with Fox at Norwich a player he also had at Colchester.

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Give us 4 million and he's villas

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Got to be worth at least double that and can you honestly see Norwich doing any sort of deal with Villa,

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At least double!!! So you value him nearer to 10 million? Get real. He's hardly played at all this season. No wonder football is spiralling out of control financially.

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Fox is not villas standard of player. As for buying a CDM where would her fit in with us playing 3 CB one of which is Herd (capable of playing CDM) and playing westwood, bannan and holman in mid already.

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Correct, he isn't Villa standard, he's a couple of levels above it

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18 Dec 2012 09:05:54
Theres talf downing on his back as rogers dosent see him in his plans i for one would welcime him back liverpool owe use quite alot and wont near what they have already givein use so for me its a no brainer,He can feed the BEAST

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After our fans reaction to him at Anfield I can see it happening. Bet he ends up back at Middlesbrough if they go up.

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17 Dec 2012 19:26:10
guzan free
lowton 3mil
herd,clark,baker,lichaj,bannan,weiman - youth
westwood 2 mil
holman free
benteke 7 mil


total - 12 mil

outstanding ?

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Vlaar 3.5m
KEA 3m

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Bent 24 mil
nzogbia 10 mil
ireland 10 mil
dunne 6 mil

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All those players u've just mentioned dont play, he's trying to say its good that we've spent nothing yet we're playing so well, gosh

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Clearly shows spending money is not the answer to our problems !

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Bent 18m
nzogbia 9.5m
ireland 8m
dunne 6m

ireland and bent were part of the same deal worth 26 mill you fool obviously not a villa fan r ya....... considering the same season we got 20 mill for milner and 4 mill for davis i wouldnt be bothered and the season we got zog we got given for 3 mill stevens for £250,000 and sold downing for 20 and young for 16 so give it a rest making out weve wasted money this season we have got 8 players for 22mill so go back to your poor club you obviously want to be a villa fan gettin in on it :P

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I meant ireland was part of the milner deal so we got 18mill and ireland

and bent was 18mill plus add ons which have not been activated yet!

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Was the miner deal not 20 mil including ieland ??

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No it was 18m cash plus ireland.... oneill held out for as much as possible which is one thing we could thank him for :)

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17 Dec 2012 17:35:39
Does anyone know what happened to siegrist?
When is he back?

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Didn't he start a duo performing magic tricks with his boyfriend Roy, and now has a show in Las Vegas?

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16 Dec 2012 17:48:28
15 goals scored on 17 league games, not very good is it?

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It depends on the score, it could mean 15 wins and 2 lost....who would complain at that.

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Indeed it could, but if you wake up to reality it's 4 wins and 7 defeats, hence not very good especially with 24 goals conceded.

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16 Dec 2012 11:18:48
Isn't it good how football fans all over England try to take credit for the efforts of the team that just happen to play in their area, they say we did this we did that when in fact they had no input at all, just 11 lads from all over the world come together at any given club, who if offerd a few pounds a week more would show no loyalty and be off like a shot, So why do we get so involved ? I wish I could find the answer, to let the result of a game effect our lives and happines, is to say the least a bit daft.

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Yes well, Lambert knows all about Loyalty,Wait till Arsenal come knocking his door.

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16 Dec 2012 01:31:19
In reference to any Norwich fans reading and calling us arrogant. Villa fans dont really look at relegation too readily, perhaps arrogant but if you have spent 120 of 135 years in the top division you would see things differently

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We may not be as old as you but we have very loyal fans and turn up week in week out and don't stay at home when the TV camera's come for a visit. I have nothing personal against you villa fans but perhaps you should remove those sun glasses and take a look at the real picture here in Norwich, you might have Lambert for now, so hope no bigger club come for him because he will show you the same Loyalty he did for us Colchester Whycome and thats Sod all

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And Villa fans wouldnt hold that against him but for now he's with us

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So back to the silly banter!!! seriously can we not just move on from this... it's getting boring. Lamber left Norwich for us yes and yes he may leave us one day for a bigger club. Who cares. I think Norwich have a good manager and should be more interested in what he might do come january then worry about us all the time. Personally i don't think either team will be relegated as both teams are good enough finish in the top half. Lets leave it at that good luck to you all for the season.

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Norwich City fans don't 'worry' about Aston Villa, we would just love to see them relegated. People in general don't like arrogance, which as a club Villa have in abundance.

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I think most Villa fans are realists and understand that we are in transition. With regards to this so called arrogance label, we just deal with facts and our record as a top flight club speaks for it self. VTID

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Strange you seem more interested in Villa then Norwich.. is that why you spend so much time on Villa's page? you have a Villa fan saying good luck to you and your response is Villa are arrogant! i think you need to take a good look at yourself.

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We don't need villas kind of luck thanks, look at the table :-)

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More norwich fans on the villa page why dont they just support their own club and stop worrying about villa

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Going onto your teams we site doesn't amount to supporting your club, it's about following them at games in real life my friend, unfortunately alot of you Villa 'supporters' are full of talk on here but how many of you actually go to games? A fact that has been raised here before, your club not being able to sell out your away ticket allocation for a league cup quarter final, bit bad isn't it? At least when Lambert was manager at Norwich he got full 100 percent backing from the real supporters, something Villa aren't capable of providing him with.

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Villa are more than capable of supporting lambert so why dont you go back to your farm and get off the villa page and support your own club instead of villa

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Villa not having support??
im sure pl has praised the villa following home and away too many times to mention this season!! and the so called great support norwich have was out sung for the entire match with as you pointed out hardly any support :s seems as though your support isnt too great and being a midweek match and jobs that dont entail ploughing fields we couldnt make the game.

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15 Dec 2012 19:42:12
Benteke is god what a player we have

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Why o why do you talk so silly ? he's just a very good football player, he might be a very nice young man BUT not a GOD. Give him the chance to play for Man U or Man City he turn his back on Villa, Players today have no loyalty, so not God. From Rev Smith.

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And there endith the first sermon.

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Especially as he wants to play for Arsenal, so don't get too used to him bailing you out!

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15 Dec 2012 13:35:28
15 Dec 2012 11:02:04
Is it now time to stop all this silly banter between Norwich and Villa fans, it's no more important to beat each other than any other team in the prem, we both need to finish the season out of the bottom three, So let's stop acting like a bunch of school kids and start supporting our teams, PLUS show some respect to other teams and fans. OTBC

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Good wins for Villa and Norwich today, Well done both teams. This is better than slagging each other off. from red hot city fan.

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Good result for Villa today, it looks like Lambert is starting to have an affect.........the way Benteke is playing at the moment there is bound to be some interest from the top clubs, would Villa sell for the right price?

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YES it's a money game loyalty and fans feelings, Bah humbug.

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Lerner is Broke so yes, A good price will be hard to resist, Bent broken going nowhere till summer at least, how else can Villa buy in,

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13 Dec 2012 23:12:32
Seriously can all Norwich fans go away i'm so over hearing you moan all the time about Lambert, he got you to the PL and moved on deal with it and move on too. With regards to the cup game neither team put a full strength team out and Villa's weaker team beat your weaker team, although you big yourselves up saying you would destroy us and you lost and all you do is make excuses, if you watch the game you would know Villa were the better team on the night just except it. Now go back to the norwich page and try come up with ways for you to stay up cause you will be in the relegation battle with us and several other teams.

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Look at the table sonny, it doesn't lie. City are seven points clear of you and the relegation zone, in fact we're nearer to the Champions league places. Five more wins from 22 games will see us safe. However you find find yourselves in your annual scrap to avoid the drop. Unfortunately you seem to think you have a God given right to stay up, we'll let me tell you, that's not the case and you will go down and I for one can't wait. Come to Norwich in may, try to sell out your full ticket allocation next time cause we are gonna relegate you.

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Watching Villa the other night was like watching Norwich last season, there attitude was, you score, we score.........Villa were always in the game although Norwich were maybe slighty the better side, then with 15 mins to go away from home Villa make the subs and go for the win in style.........the Paul Lambert style.
I am not bitter Lambert left us, he left for a bigger club, yes I can admit that Villa are a bigger club than Norwich....Your time will also come because there are probably 9 or 10 clubs in the prem bigger than Villa, (you Villa fans may think you are a top 5 club but please be realistic)
Lambert is a fantastic manager who will go all the way to the top, and Villa is just another stepping stone on his journey.....Enjoy it while it lasts the most important thing when the great man leaves is who you replace him with, all of the hard work could be undone in one season if you bring in the wrong man (McLiesh, Bruce, Benitez, big names bad managers)...................

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Fantastic comment, it's irrelevant you support Norwich, that is simply the best comment I've read by any other supporter. It's nice to see I'm not alone for telling the truth, actually watching the game and not just seeing it

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Thank god we have finally had a comment from a normal Norwich Fan. I agree with what you have said about Lambert and he will get snapped up by a big club in the next few years but only if he can keep his job at Villa.

Also i don't think either Villa or Norwich will be relegated and i get really annoyed reading stupid comments saying your gonna relegate us, dream on

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Why is that? Do you think your club is above being relegated? Stop the arrogance and accept it could happen. Or you could be in for a shock!

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Villa are a big club

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You have the big 4 who else ,if MON had spent well villa would have been up there ,Randy backed him ,he will back Lambert ,Lerner knows Villa would be massive playing the right football, i agree you will never be able to stop greedy players asking for transfer .Arsenal who I hope we all call a BIG club have suffered ,Lambert will not leave he will fulfil all at the Villa

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The only thing big about Villa is their ego

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If being a big club means 40000 seater ground 10000+ empty seats and moaning fans yep big club

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When lambert builds the finished team will pack villa park out ,to the sarcastic fans who run villa down keep to your own club

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City fans got behind him from day one 100 percent, it wasn't conditional on success. Sounds like you might have a few glory hunters who only support their team in the good times.

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13 Dec 2012 21:40:29
Rumour is Beckham is on his way to play soccer for you as you sold out to the Americans, or in your case the American'ts....,haha

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Quality signing, thanks for the tip, I got my shirt printed the other day. Rumour has it a tender piece of venison will play up front for you, as you sold out to delia smith, or in your case some old bumbling tart who knows nothing of the game

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No no no sonny, the only thing we have sold out is our ticket allocations unlike poorly supported Villa. Sadly for you, Villa a club situated in England desperately had to sell itself to an overseas sugar daddy in order to avoid liquidation = SOLD OUT. On the other hand Norwich City FC, a successful club with an English couple (genuine supporters) as their majority shareholders doesn't amount to selling the soul of your club. Thanks for your concern, you silly Villans, but we know what situation we would rather be in. Must be crap having your strings pulled by owners across the pond, who don't have the first idea about football. That might explain some of the bitterness.

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An owner who has no idea about football that spent his educational years in england following his beloved av (tatoo on his leg) doesnt need to know too much about football, business maybe the managers job is to know about football owners job is to run the club, thanks for the manager who knows a fair amount about football

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Even a half decent American businessman will realise 8 nil as a total humiliation

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12 Dec 2012 10:04:03
I think we should go for diame like I thought we should have in the summer on a free.

Good tackler
Physical presence
Makes the difference in the West Ham team atm
Scores a few goals
Prem experienced

Possible Petrov replacement as im losing hope of seeing him play at villa park in a villa shirt agen

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I kept calling for it in July on here so I for one agree

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11 Dec 2012 22:06:10
YES how do you canaries feel now stuffed good and proper by a much superior team. not chirping so much know.

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Look at the table, you are back down in the joint 3rd bottom only goal difference keeping you out ,,Liverpool Saturday will see you in the bottom where as we win will see us up to possible 7th, Do us a favour go out and win the cup then go down, 46 lg matches and a possible 9 euro matches, no chance to get promoted back up, No excuses for out bad show tonight, other than we put a lot of fringe players on who have not been played for a while but Our main aim is to be in this league next season You lot will be lucky to have a manager come January, Arsenal will come knocking for Judas Lambert.

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You silly canary, you need to get a clue. come the end of the season everyone knows Villa will be above you. Deal with it and move back to your page and start discussing what life will be like back in the championship. Regards every Villa fan

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It's not going to stop you sliding into the relegation zone though is it. A nice win for Sunderland sees you desperately hovering above the drop zone. Wigan, renowned for surviving and performing when in that position and Mr Suarez about to give you a lesson in football, it doesn't look too clever for you :-(

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HA HA HA lets just wait and see what your next results will be, the bubble as burst at the baggies, yours has just popped big time.

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Will suarez be playing he missed the west ham game and shelvey impressed as a false no. 9

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Still they can't work out what the master plan was, Let Villa go through, have the joys of seeing us go into the top 10 on SATURDAY while they get beat by Liverpool drop to 19th, the rest will be history

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Lambert is set to raid Norwich for one of there younger stars, deal almost done

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Lambert has managed to convert delia and everyone at Colemans mustard to Villa fans, Bernard Mathews is also considering a move to the bigger club because he is sick of the infantile element of the canaries who are so obsessed with Paul lambert they no longer watch there own teams fan page.

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Paul Lambert turned a mediocore league1 team into a prem team in 3 years, so Norwich should just be happy for what he achieved for them before they start sliding again.

Everyone knows Villa were overpaying players to sustain our top 6 finishes but having seen the majority of overpaid charlies move on and a couple of hard seasons. The begining of the lambert era looks bright a team with a whole new defense, keeper?, striker and a change from trying to use the wings to direct football, the team seem to be gelling now and with a new addition or 2 in jan Villa will be a force again, expect a 12-16 finish this season and we'll be competing for a top half finish next season. As another 2 transfer windows will alot for Villa as were a more attractive club to come to great training facilities and european history.

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So you think Norwich put out a strong team on Tuesday do you, We had half the first team rested, We'll be seeing how well you do now with the extra matches and the injury to bent going out again, Liverpool have a full side out for Saturday

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Haha your team was stronger than ours mate, you lost 4-1 to our reserves and for a start bent being injured doesn't affect us. Don't know if you seem the headlines but he doesn't start any of our big games, just against Southampton and Norwich, clearly big teams haha

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If you think we would do any dealings with Villa, dream on.........zzzzzzz

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YES.....how do you silly villains feel, 8 nil that's real humiliation, outplayed from the first to the 90th minute, not a lucky last 15 minutes you had against Norwich. Totally, utterly destroyed on super Sunday, thanks for getting Christmas off to a great start.

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11 Dec 2012 21:54:43
Dear me, all the sh-t that the chirping canaries put on our site, and how they would love to see Lambert fail etc etc. I suppose you were unlucky tonight. However it could have been a bigger win for the Villa, but they eased off after the second goal to give the canaries a chance I knew that we would have stuffed canary for christmas.

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You can have you tin pot cup, the fact that most teams use it for their squad to get some match practise. It's Lamberts only chance of doing anything this season. We see who is bragging come May when we relegate you, relegation fodder.

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Have to say after all the gobbling off from Villa 'fans' on here it was sad to see that you couldn't sell you ticket allocation. Obviously a lot of talkers and keyboard hiders but not many real supporters. The Baggies away support puts yours to shame.

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Well done Villa you were the Best team on the night go on and win the cup. Red hot Norwich fan.

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11 Dec 2012 21:39:25
To all the Norwich fans that like to spend so much time on this page - I'm sure you all said you would knock us out the cup! however you got you smashed 4-1 feel free to keep coming back on this page and reading all about it :)

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Last night was all part of Norwich's master plan, Villa now have 3 hard matches Liverpool Chelski and Spurs, along with 2 extra cup matches, and a team with few options to change things around, as well as the Ipswich reject now injured what chance of Survival now with only goal difference keeping you out of the bottom 3 say hello to Wolves B-ham city and Iprubbish.

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08 Dec 2012 21:56:07
Oh dear yet another 0-0 draw, Lambert not doing very well is he? will he still be at Villa come January?

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They will probably try to steal Chris Hughton from us.

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He has managed in a lower league with Birmingham why would he do it again with Villa.

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In lambert we trust !!!!!

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Again, why are the swede bashers coming on to the Villa site? They must be very jealous of Villa, but then of course Villa are a bigger club. Two good seasons and the canaries think that they have made it to the top. Good luck to them. However they will never have the history or the respect of real supporters until they stop being silly little children and realise that all clubs have ups and downs and Villa are having quite a down period. It will change. Perhaps not this year but change always happens!

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Pl had 3 yrs to lay the foundations at norwich here he has just begun !!! Give him 3 yrs with us and we shall be a force !!!

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After one or two years in the championship maybe yes.

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Paul Lambert is right you lot are obsessed with him, move on get over it, you have a decent manager in Hughton. Stop clogging up this page with ridiculous sentences like this.

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It's just true I like Lambert but it takes time to build a team and you may have to go down to do it, and only because of your snotty reply I hope you do.

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Too right mate the only excitement they get in norwich is watching delia cook up another cake for the team

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And breathing nice fresh air at a nice ground and watching our team win most games, come on down you will not want to go back to brum and the yam yams

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But I bet you'ld swap positions in the table with us. Enjoy you relegation dog fight its becoming the norm for you isn't it.

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Come on down to Norwich. What the hell for? A backwater town with a backwater club. My mate was sent from Birmingham to work in Norwich 40 years ago and was told he could return when he found civilisation in the area. He is still there as he failed his task. Forget the fact that you lost your manager and accept that Norwich have had a couple of good years. They may not get many more.

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Don't talk crap Yam yam, I was born in B-ham, and got out when I was 16, and have been in Norfolk ever since, the only good part of B-ham is the M6 out, all that stench from the gas works and smogg from the Black country, Give me fresh air and good people every day, I have I'm sorry to say family who say they support Villa and live in Aston BUT NEVER GO TO VILLA PARK.

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All person norwichs small club muppets,fter last night we rest our case.bye bye. i trust none of you will be bck on here. lambert chose well didnt he xx

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8 nil......YES

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06 Dec 2012 15:37:20
Must be true, its in the Daily Mail. You can buy Bent for £18m. If this is correct will Lambert get all of the money and if so who do you think he should be looking at with an intention to buy? However do you think that Lerner will allow all of any money, should Bent go, to be spent on the team?

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All well and good but will anyone pay $18 million for him? If someone is crazy enough then hopefully Lambert will be given all the money to re-invest, i would prefer PL to stick with buying the young players and building the squad. Charlie Austin could be a good option. if not maybe someone like Jelle Vossen Belgium internatioanl who plays for Genk and has scored 14 goals in 21 games this season.

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18 million, that must be the most expensive bench warmer ever.

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We need to keep bent and add players like milner and young to the squad ? ?

Get rid of the likes of hutton,warnock,dunne instead and get some premiership quality and experince added !!

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Change the manager before it's to late one point a game is no good, We dont even look like winning a game, just rubbish, I will save my money and vote with my feet its T.V. football for me now at least you can switch off if its bad.

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I bet that last post was put in after MOTD, that was a hard earnt point against a very experienced team who are second in the form table atm. get a grip or F off to a manchester team

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Dunne is premiership quality. Who are you going to get that will do a better job than dunne

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05 Dec 2012 20:13:00
Now that we are a few games into the season I wonder what the fans think of Lambert so far ? He still has a bit to do to convince me he is the best man for the job, he has no great track record in the prem only keeping Norwich in one season who were on the crest of a wave after coming up, hope I'm wrong but have my worries, no C.V. in this divison, Keep everything crossed.

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He had three years to blend young players at Norwich, now he has to do it in one season. A big ask.

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Lambert is the right man ,who else is there ?old has beens

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Lambert will do the buisness for Villa given enough time, the only trouble is with the young team you have it may mean a year in the championship first.
The team that emerges from the championship will be a good solid team, it all depends if the Villa board and supporters have the paitence to back the manager.
I suggest you all get behind Lambert as I fear if you are still struggling in the new year Lambert will get sacked and you will end up with someone like Steve Bruce, the Championship looms for sure then with no way out...

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I have a joke for you -- Villa in the prem next year -- Good one in it LOL

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The success at Norwich wasn't all about one man, we have a very good CEO who has found a replacement for Lambert who is better. You wanted Lambert, you can have him.

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I think I will pluck a canary for Xmas! They have an inflated ego that is in excess of their overall achievements and only come on our site because there is nothing else to do except dig up the vegetables. Norwich have never won anything so why are they still chirping? A couple of seasons and in the small world that they live everything looks wonderful. How many years in the premier league, how many times relegated?

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Villa fans were coming the Big I am at Carrow road, the day we showed you how to play, you were singing Lamberts Clarot and Blue army, Yes you have him now,(But for how long) Lambert holds no Loyalty for no one, Thier is no Norwich fan who wouldn't agree, he did a fantastic job here for which he will always be remembered. He built Norwich from scratch over a period of 3 seasons, every player with something to prove, they ran through walls for him, Villa do not have the same players with Anything to prove, It will without doubt take him about the same time to do the same job at Villa, Question is, Will you fans and the Villa owner give him that time, He left here because he didn't just want to survive in the premier league this season, now thats the best he can hope for with you, Yes Villa are a big club but not to big to go back down to the third division. The trip down there has done us the power of good, I feel we have the best out of the 2 managers Hughton has greater Knowledge of the game we can as well look gorward to getting stronger, Good luck for the rest of the season but not tomorrow or in May I hope you do stay up

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04 Dec 2012 11:05:41
what do you villa fans make of a downing return?

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If his heart is in the right place and he wants to play for villa then why not and also db must stay!

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I think Downing on his day can be a great player.. how many of those days will he have? also i like bent but if lambert won't play him then we really need to get another striker and fast.

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And where would that striker play ?

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Downing played well for us has a good cross, not bad at dead ball play, and has an eye for goal.
I'D TAKE HIM OVER ANY OF OUR CURRENT WINGERS!! COULD WE EVEN DO A STRAIGHT SWAP WITH N'ZOGBIA

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Downing shouldnt even be considered for a return, he was bought with a broken leg stayed for a couple of seasons where he became an international again then packed his bags the grass isnt always green on the other side! although if he was to come back it would have to be on the cheep and a hunger to prove himself to the fans. personally i say no go for ince and saha and offer them 1st team football and a big club clause with a selling fee of £20-£25 mil each,

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