Bradford 3 - Aston Villa 1

Im still going to support Lambert and dont want him to go... Please dont ask me why I dont have any answers...

Well done Bradford...we were awful, absolutely awful. No idea, no skill, no workrate, nothing. Pants ! I can't see Lambert lasting much longer.

No defence no midfield no formation no quality no passion no f*****g hope. It breaks my heart but that team is relegation fodder and absolute disgrace to the shirt ripped apart by a div 4 team.

I'm predicting Lamberts post match quote - "Honest bunch of lads, endeavour. Result just a blip. We'll be fine". Self deluded, stubborn arrogant little man. Thinks he is Mourinho. Let me tell you mate..YOU'RE NOT!!!!!!

I wouldn't go as far as to blame Lambert. He's done well with what he's got, he just need to understand what we need in to stay in the PL, another experienced defender and two experienced midfielders.

God we are awful, just awful. All our own doing. I'm not giving Bradford a jot of congratulations...it was all us being *****e. Bennett, N'Zogbia, Delph, Bannan should never EVER wear the shirt again. Players just jogging around. Southampton must be licking their lips. We're gone. Dead and buried. This team of ours never fails to find new ways to kick you when you're down...and one in the teeth for luck...and again. We're awful at VP too...DIRE TIMES.

.....and if the defence let him down tonight, Who signed most of them? Bennett? stealing

...a living. You can see why Middlebrough tried so hard to keep him. Oh wait, they didn't did they? He wasn't in the team when we signed him. Middlebrough reserve left back is the sort of players we are targetting. Disgraceful!

Absolute joke. The whole lot of them were absolute dog **** but special mention goes to Bennett who has got to be worse than Warnock, Jlloyd Samuel and all the other jokers we've had at LB. Did we have a midfield tonight? Too angry to comment on Lambert and his ridiculous substitution - that was not the game to give Burke his full debut when you have Ireland/Carruthers on the bench!! Didn't think I could be more embarrassed after the Wigan but oh how I was wrong! Resorting to long ball against a League Two side ffs!!

I picked 3-1 but the other way, utter disgrace from all involved. Shipping 3 against league 2 opposition is pathetic. Need 4 signings now!!

We desperately need to get Vlaar back as well, his absence is huge. The way Clark tried to switch markers just before they headed their second goal was just embarrassing.

Me dressed up as Harry Potter and stood on the 25 yard box waving a twig at the opposition would be more effective defending than that. Whatever that was. The defending is that bad I don't think just the fact that they are young is a good enough excuse... Meh.

I wouldn't slam Delph as he put the effort in today. Bannan, on the other, was entirely woeful.

Hope to never see Joe Bennet in a Villa shirt again.

Report Already on the Premier unofficial Bantams Site http://www.bradford.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=304994 thoughts????????

About the worst passing and team display I've ever seen. I'm ashamed of this team right now. The tactics were absolutely woeful and the in game changes made things worse. How a manager could watch N'zogbia play THAT F'NG SELFISH and never take him out is beyond me. Wiemann should have been pushed upfront with Benteke and the midfield should have been changed, the Bent for Gabby change was uninspired and poor coaching. IDK, I like Lambert a lot but I really don't have any idea what he thinks he's been doing the past couple weeks. He's mentally on some kind of vacation and needs to get himself and his house in order. I really don't see us getting anything from Southampton on the weekend and if we don't, boy are we in some kind of trouble. Pray that QPR don't get themselves together and play the way they are capable because it'll be all we can do to stay ahead of Wigan and Reading. UTV, kick on

Amid all the recriminations, I just wanna say that I'm 100% behind Lambert. Lerner on the other hand, has a lot to answer for.

My dad used to say if you dont have anything good to say dont say anything, so I'm going off to have a quiet heart attack. Still surely we cant miss that many chances in the second leg, or can we. Does anyone know what Enda has done on Lambo that they have a chimp playing instead of him.

If Tekkers had scored his chances different story, however it would've papered over the cracks of the shambles that Lambert is serving up. I just wish somebody at this ....ing club would speak to the fans and say "we have no money" or "we will only sign youngsters" the silence is deafening and we are becoming a laughing stock

Remember Tranmere in 94? Let's keep hoping. Hoping that we have a team even half as good as in 94. Hoping that our club isn't dead. Hoping that our Chairman, God bless him, realises he has gradually reduced our fine club to an even worse state than Ellis did and beggars off. Foreign benefactors need to realise that running a football team is a labour of love, not a cash cow and the only people who make anything are the stars. One bad decision after the next and now we have no-one left to steady the ship. I feel sorry for Lambert as he needs proper backing. Bannan and Delph are way out of their depth in midfield. NZog doesn't know how to pass and the defence is league 2 standard as Bradford showed tonight. Christmas was not a blip, the Liverpool game was. I really can't see how Lambert can dig us out of this mess that our club has been run into.

Interesting. I can't get into a big debate about Doug Ellis because my head will literally explode, but, did we not get relegated under him FIVE YEARS after a European cup win. Did he not sell our cup winning captain? Oh and what about the dark O'Leary years when we were nearly relegated. Oh and the fact that the training ground hadn't changed or had any development what-so-ever for years. (Lerner fixed that). I agree the silence is deafening and yes we should be told what's happening at the club, but I think sometimes it's a case of short memories. I wasn't born when we won the european cup but I understand the recent history of the club and Doug Ellis was no saint. I've no idea like anyone else what's really going on at the club at the moment, but it's a gross misjudgment to assume we'd be any better off with Ellis. I'm not saying we should just blindly trust Lerner and I've no idea where we're going to end up with him, but people are very fickle/quick to forget and I've not given up on Lerner yet. Just saying, that's my opinion anyway.

Lerner out.

Green Villan, you're being a****. Go take a deep breath and stop attacking your fellow fans who are just as gutted as you are, okay?

Wow your togetherness is a credit to each and everyone of you! You all follow the club and are entitled to a opinion..... Dont fall out boys!

Do you really think a new manager is going to change anything? Yeah Learner completey *****ed up with the Houllier/Mcliesh yadda yadda thing, but a) I don't know who else we'd get (think most Wolves fans would prefer McCarthy was still in charge?) and b) yet MORE unstability. I'm just praying Lambert keeps us up that'll do for now!

Haha okay G.V. I don't need facts as I was just telling you that you're out of order, which is obvious to anyone who ever goes on this site. And I'm not a 'faggit', ta very much.

Mike if you can tell me why I have to spend what I don't have to watch this shower of "CRAP" and then have to sit there and take ***** from blue noses i WILL GIVE YOU £1 Million

Green Villan I think you're being totally disrespectful to Fear. You can have your views and whatever but there's no need to be disrespectful and down right rude to people for having their own opinion. On tonights performance, yes it was woeful, yes the defending is embarrassing but we created plenty of chances to give us hope of beating bradford 2-0 at home. Ciaran Clark is a disgrace.. he can't tackle, he can't head a ball and his marking for the second goal was a joke. Comparing Benteke to Drogba is one of the biggest insults i've ever heard.. He was woeful today, missing chance after chance, heading was poor, his touch and hold up play wasnt great, and his marking for the third goal should result in 2 weeks wages stripped from him. It was his fault for the first Wigan goal as well and its disgusting.. He doesnt deserve the praise he's been getting because since the Liverpool game he's been non-existent. N'Zogbia was good against Ipswich and in the first off looked a threat running at them, but his end product was poor. Bennett is poor defending but showed against Ipswich he can be a threat going forward. We need Vlaar back asap along with another CB, an LB and 2 CMs, and we will be fine

I blame Joe Bennett. So poor! Zoggy looked good. Big pitch, shooting boots on. 2 weeks. I'm gonna rock Villa park on my own.

Have your 3 back!

you throwing the ikea sink at us?

Theres no craic in the EPL might be more fun in the Championship...

That's it Green Villan, shouting the odds and abusing fellow fans is really the solution to our problems at the moment. Keep calm and carry on. Lerner isn't going anywhere just yet, neither is Lambert.. Support the boys on Saturday and hope for a win. Getting on their backs isn't going to help us in this dire situation. UTV

Not a lot to say, youngest, poorest villa team ever. This defence is without doubt the worst we have ever had, much worse than last seasons. Mr Lambert Oh dear what have you done? Pershorevilla

Thank you Oscar sir... I think many of us would have put in a better show... Iv a dodgy knee tho so I dont think Id have done better than Super Andi...

Heres a good idea. two weeks from now sit in front of the telly. Pull out the old video recorder. Put on the 94 final and pretend that united are Bradford. Then pretend that Staunton is Bennett, Baker and Clarke can be Gods left and right leg, Bentekke is Atkinson etc . No its not going to work is it. sh**e.

Green, log off calm down and have a few months to yourself, you can't post like that and you know it. It's nothing to do with people hating you as you put it.

Ellis only ever spent the club's money not his own and Lerner is a BENEFACTOR. Calling him penny pinching is very harsh - he was unlucky in his timing- Man City money made a top 4 finish almost impossible for us and so the whole business plan changed. If we had continued to try for Champions League without his money, we’d have done a Leeds. His personal situation has changed too, though he should take responsibility for the lack of communication from the club to the fans/ his customers – that used to be delegated to his directors but they obviously don’t want to have to face the difficult questions. As for the match tonight – it was a disgrace. Why did we have to go gung ho in the first leg just because it was against lower league opposition – we should have kept it solid, safe and play for a draw at worst and then hammer them in the 2nd leg. Bannan and Delph were shocking, but they normally are – I find it inconceivable that Bannan has played over 50 games for us – 18 games this season with 1 assist and no goals – woeful crossing much of the time and so many cheap giveaways in the middle of the park. Lightweight, they defend poorly, don’t retain the ball and create nothing! Benteke is obviously great up front but not so clever in our own box. Bennett should be playing left midfield or on the wing – he looks good with the ball at feet but is too positive for our poor defence and gets caught too far forward or in possession too often. Set pieces continue to be shocking at both ends of the pitch – last season we couldn’t score – this season we can’t defend – what do they do in training?? Agbonlahor – one goal in 26 League games (?) – can’t be first choice on that basis. Benteke and Weiman look good up front – play Carruthers and Holman out wide and Westwood and Herd in the middle of the park.

I was there tonight. Only Baker came over to thank the fans the rest of the overpaid prima donnas marched off the pitch, probably to a wine bar later and will have the day off tomorrow.Bennett was quite shocking. Perhaps one of my lowest points as a villa fan.

Green Villans ire is so funny, it's like he is the Green Goblin and we're all Spiderman....fancy saying ***** ON THE VILLA...from a fan? No excuse for that. Villa2610 - you are spot on and so is Mike Field - as always. Yes, this is a disgrace and yes we are in trouble...may the transfer window save us and may Vlaar and the other turn the corner and pull us out of this mess! UTV Till I Die!

on a different night we could have won that 5-3... :)

i think it's time some people realise that clarke is NO WHERE NEAR as good as some people think that he is

Wills I think it's time people realise everybodies confidence is shot because Clark is definitely good enough on his game, he's already proved it. They are just shot and it's so obvious when you don't look for scapegoats. Some agreed Cahill wasn't good enough because Monny didn't think so, he's now above us and an international. Some said Ridgewell wasn't good enough despite not accepting he was thrown in the deep end, oh lookie, he's now above us. Give them time, support, not rash judgements especially when they have nobody on the pitch to help them. No guarantees anyone makes it, but right them and everybody else off as some are now, since when was football so today where nobody makes a mistake.

Or alternatively, we could look at the fact it was Clark to blame for every goal, it was Clark to blame for every chance missed and so on lol

2 or 3minutes before the end, I had had enough and went to bed. (It was 4.36am by then) Could I sleep?..... not a chance, I was in a daze! I've calmed down sufficent to sate, quite clearly that we will NOT win a cup and we WILL be relegated. Accept it now, it isn't gong to change. We are a diabolically poor team. I backed Lambert, but wtf he's doing is beyond me.

Don't worry be happy was Bobby McFerrin. Just saying.

yes you right Heavy D - but was alreadt smoking pot and Bob marley seemed more fitting:-)

Agree with Left Foot. On another night we could have won the game. We started well but did not put away our chances. Credit to Duke in the Bradford goal as he kept them in it at the start of the second half. Unfortunatley our defence is completely awful. We cannot defend - full stop! I still have faith in Lambert to turn it round but we really need to see some experience to come in quickly otherwise we will be down by March.

to many left players bannan and delph asyer workhorses in the middle both left players clark and baker both left players in defence .after there first goal we fell apart no confidence can players tackle anymore when you tackle you are after the ball not the legs little bit of advice there

Understand why Green Villan is so upset arent we all its not just losing to Bradford its the very real threat of relegation hovering over us. Been banging on all season that Holman apart I would ditch all our midfielders Bannan Delph Nzobia Ireland KEA the lot. I played better than Bennett in the Festival league and that was works football whoever scouted him and KEA for Lambert should be looking for a job. We are running out of time unless 2 decent midfielders at a minimum are bought in January I feel these embarressments arent over because teams are just waltzing past our midfield even with Vlar & stevens back the defence would be under constant pressure.

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Have to admit we are in free fall. More worried tha I've ever been

F**K OFF Lerner you useless yank S**THOUSE

Randy needs to decide if he is interested in this club or not. If no money is there then he needs to sell for sake of AVFC. Huge investment required. If that's not possible sell please.......

Even by my very low expectations of Lame Bert before the season started he has been poor. He may in time be a half decent manager but I rate him on a par with Paul Jewell. Then again Jewell kept Bradford up for one season didn't he? Perhaps I am being too generous. As ever, I hope I am completely wrong and Villa go on a 3 match winning streak.