Manchester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[gervilla]

Shocking decision to play that starting 11.
Im disgusted. Moscow all over again.

[Jimbo]

A sickening team selection and disgusting capitulation. Complete disregard for the traditions of the FA Cup and the club by Houllier. Not just unprofessional, but totally incompetent. Gross negligence, mismanagement of the highest order and a sacking offence, in my opinion. 

[CJ]

I've stuck by Houllier so far but that team selection has really tested my resolve. To just shrug a Gallic shoulder at the FA Cup, regardless of league position, is nothing short of a disgrace. We had a home tie against Reading lined up for a good chance to get to Wembley and keep the confidence rolling.  Who knows - we may even have got to the final, or even won it for the first time in 54 years. This is the football equivalent of shitting the bed.

[jonzy85]

I've never been so disgusted in a manager.

In fairness to the players, they showed a bit of fight for a while in the 2nd half, but even they must have been looking at each other saying what's going on when the team was announced.

I dont care if we win every game for the rest of this season, I still dont want him as manager. Unfortunately, i feel this is going to be a very long goodbye.

[ez]

Mickey mouse cup 

[JJ-AV]

Unfortunately he has to go. Disgraceful tonight.

[Mister E]

Why??

[Mac]

I've never liked Houllier as a manager, BEFORE he joined the Villa.  I was prepared to give him time.  The position we found ourselves in was not of his creating.

The team selection though was utter stupidity. 

No balance.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Fuck you Houllier and fuck your fucked up stupid team selection.
You really know how to piss fans off who have put up with so much hurt in the FA Cup dont you?

Lets me think, off the top of my head.
1967,we played Liverpool off the park at Anfield for 20 minutes then just gave up. An abject home defeat to fellow relegation strugglers Rotherham in 68, 3-0 down at h/t at Torquay in R1,losing at 4th div Southend with that joker Tommy Hughes in goal.3-0 at Oldham,losing at home to Fulham when they were in the 3rd tier,the semi defeat at old Trafford to the scousers and that twat fowler,the q/f defeat at Anfield,and the one at west ham,losing at Bramall lane,pig faces crap at Man c,the 2000 cup final god wasnt that shite,last seasons let down at wembley.....and many many more

well im getting more and more pissed off with this Houllier, its another nail in the coffin,and its a 54 year old coffin and the wood is starting to rot,but not just that,,,, now you come along and and before the fuckin game even starts you had to also take off the nice looking brass handles and plaque off our sorry looking coffin so that all we are left with is a rotting piece of wood which has some scrawled notes inside written by elderly supporters and others looking down telling us about Johnny Dixon,Peter McParland
etc and their memories of..................1957.

FUCK OFF HOULLIER. THAT WAS MERDE MERDE MERDE.

[Dave P]

Disgraceful team selection and he has sent out a message to his team that they are in a relegation battle which can't be good.

Dreadful night!

[ez]

Randys got to have a word about this

[Monty]

God's sake, calm down people. I'm not happy either, but we're only five points off relegation and that would be a disaster outweighing this by light years. "Sacking offence", my God.

[LeeS]

That's 2 hours of my life I wont get back. Utter tripe.

[Holtenderinthesky]

I feel utterly let down.  Watch Blues beat Bolton and get West Ham in the semi at Wembley.  Gutted.

[themossman]

Broke our run, probably shot our fragile confidence, insulted the fans and ritually humiliatied our fringe players who must have felt like right twats. Good night's work.