WBA 2 - Aston Villa 2

Am i the only one who thinks N'zogbia was our best player?? He was a threat every time he had the ball!! We can all see we cant defend & will only win by outscoring our opponents so KEEP THE BEST ATTACKING PLAYERS ON THE PITCH!!! (emailing lerner my cv as we speak)

Great first half but another day when the defence let us down

If we were higher up the table it would have been a point gained. As it is, it was 2 points lost...

The thing is though he was beating players so I didn't mind his runs! His run to set up Lichaj up was brilliant and it should've been 3-0 going into half-time. I only wished he'd shoot once he got into the box rather than trying to then walk it into the net after he'd beaten one man.

N'Zogbia was excellent and Bennett was good as well. Good signs of recovery from players who have struggled. Still, shows how desperately we needed a ball playing DM, to block up the middle and pick up those second balls. Game really changed when Delph went off injured.

I think Lamberts gone... his whole manner has changed, the kicking the water bottles & sat head in hands is the look of a man that knows it

Yep, Zoggy should of stayed on. Bannan.... waste of a shirt when we're on the backfoot. I'm a Gabby critic but I must say, he looked up for it today and took his goal cooly. My god, thats 2 PL goals this season already!

Can't say a bad word about Gabby today, played well and unlucky not to be celebrating his (rare like you say PoL!) goal with a win. And olof they dominated us in the second half, but they're missing their main two central midfielders in Mulumbu and Yacob who were superb at the start of the season. We could do with MF's like them in our side to be fair.

If Lerner can't see we need a quality defensive midfielder then he needs not just glasses but new eyes.

Credit where its due Delph, Gabby and Nzogbia had good games and the fact Bennett was rarely mentioned is also a good sign... The manner of defeat was just so disappointing the first half display was one of those where you can see all we do well if we had another few in to aid that we would be ok

The first half today was the best we've played all season. We didn't give them anything defensively and were such a threat going forward. Agbonlahor and N'Zogbia running at them terrified them, and Benteke's hold up play was much better. However I totally understand the N'Zogbia substitution.. yes he was our best player in the first off but, as was expected, they were putting pressure on us in the second half and needed to get someone in who would put them under pressure and help us out defensively. N'Zogbia doesnt do that whereas Holman can run and close down. It made total sense, especially when Delph had to go off and was replaced by Bannan. Delph was brilliant today, and we lost our ball-winner when he got injured. Bannan simply isn't good enough and we need reinforcements in that area. Benteke shouldnt man-mark from set pieces anymore, he has cost us 3 or 4 times this season now.. put him in line with the front post to head anything else away like Chelsea used to do with Drogba. I'd have taken a draw before the game so overall it's not a bad result, and we can take all the positives into the Bradford, Milwall and Newcastle games now.

VillaHippo, I'm with you mate Bannan is useless and definitely not a DM!!!! Villa2610, you say it's not Lambert's fault he HAD to put Bannan on for Delph, if Delph had to come off then Ireland or Holman would have been much better option in that role (yes we need a signing there) rather than the tiny Bannan running around with his legs pumping like a cartoon. That substitution was the turning point for me and Bannan got skinned 3 times by Odemwingie before he scored, bad bad decision from Lambert and I also didn't agree with the NZgobia substitution either as he was by far our best player on the pitch. We needed to keep going at them and try to pin them back, not sit back and hope. Good point but bad decisions with subs by Lambert cost us 2 others.

We don't have Messi on the bench unfortunately malacaxeta. Probably proves that PL is picking the best 11 when no-one coming off the bench is making an impact. He plays the best and tries to patch up with poor leftovers that he inherited.

We did not lose guys and that away from home at the moment is a result, especially in a tight derby game. Our luck must change and the Newcastle game now is a big one. We need a result against a Bradford team now who think they have one foot into Wembley, let's show them that we are a different class and turn it in our favour. The league is our priority and staying up is a must but winning is a habit and it starts this week boys. C'MON YOU LIONS.

n'zogbia was our best player today by a mile in my opinion! dangerous every single time he was on the ball! everyone around me went mad when he got subbed. holmans a waste of space aswell, thing is he's only really good for his work rate.... and when he doesn't work hard he's *****e

Villa2610, I totally agree re Ireland but I still think he or Holman (even though it's not their position) would have been better than Bannan. Let's hope we sign a DM this week and belt Bradford then start to build a bit of momentum. UTV

Francobaresi13 Got to agree been saying it all season Ireland,Bannan Delph & Nzobia yes all capable of a good game now and again and thats where the problem is we need consistent performances from them now more tha ever would gladly sell the lot if decent replacements can be found would add KEA to that list as well.My biggest dissapointment has been Nzobia I know hes just had a good game at West Brom but its sparse return from a player with his talent.