Aston Villa v The Blues Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

Yawn.

[Reality]

6th, 6th, 6th. Now we are 3 points off relegation after 10 games. Work it fucking out.

[PaulWinch again]

6th, 6th, 6th. Now we are 3 points off relegation after 10 games. Work it fucking out.

Our manager left us a few days before the start of the season and we are crippled by injuries. Settle down.

[spangley1812]

Shocking game and why we feel the need to play 3 defensive midfielders is beyond me and when we play 4 5 1 it means Ashley can go missing which he did again. Poor team selection and I have just heard GH say that the players were tired ??
The facts are we havnt scored for 3 games and have won 1 away game out of the 5 we have played which when you think 2 out of our next 3 home games are against Man Utd and Arsenal its a bit concerning

[PaulWinch again]

It wasn't good enough, but it wasn't a disaster. However we cannot be that negative again, because it effectively takes Ash, Downing and Heskey out of the game.

[Nastylee]

It's just worth noticing that many people had Collins playing in midfield in their personal team selections both on here and VT. Ok, so Clarke played there but I don't think the overall effect would have been too different. Due to the lack of players to choose from, given injuries/suspensions, I'm not sure any of us really believed the game would be any different to how it turned out. If he had played two up front then our midfielf would've have lost out to theirs and we'd have probably lost, same goes for the inclusion of Ireland. We are severely undergunned in midfield following the loss of JM, even at full strength, so I can't see why people are so shocked TBH.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Crap game.
NRC should've been sent off - very lucky, could've had the effect it had when Dublin was sent off i.e. we go on to lose.
Clark and Bannan are coming along well.
Looked to me like NRC handballed in the area.
And that's that, all very boring.
We really do need to win a game though.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Crap game.
NRC should've been sent off - very lucky, could've had the effect it had when Dublin was sent off i.e. we go on to lose.
Clark and Bannan are coming along well.
Looked to me like NRC handballed in the area.
And that's that, all very boring.
We really do need to win a game though.

Oh, and Sidwell is fucking shit.

Also, we are really capable of passing the ball, so why do we fucking hoof it so many times? It's really annoying.

Someone needs to tell James Collins that he's not a 40-yard playmaker and to stick to the simple passing.

[Somniloquism]

We are a far better team than those wankers. Once again had a poor half. I honestly couldn't believe what I was watching. Every single person that watched that game knew it was crying out for Stevie Ireland to be put on. Shocked that he wasn't. Incredibly disappointed and ashamed.

Is Steve Ireland the new Joe Cole. If he plays we would win 6-0 or something. I admit we so need something but is Ireland the answer as he hasn't been in other matches including his poor showing against Burnley midweek.

[eastie]

Looks bad for Ireland and sidwell- clearly not gerards cup of tea I feel.
Brings into question the logic of signing an expensive player without a manager.

I look forward to the transfer windows and seeing GED address the problems left at our club by mr o neill!

[barrysleftfoot]

   Could'nt see them lot scoring apart from Zigic header tbh.

  They can't play much better, we can.We have to perservere with Ireland, apart from Ashley he is the only central attacking midfielder we have who can link with 1 foward.
  Two FBs today were very poor with distribution, and i'm afraid to say Gardener and Ferguson were a better central midfield 2 than NRC and Sidwell.Quite depressing really, we badly need a sharp Gabby back, and an improved Ireland.

  Hard to think of many positives today tbh.

[wombat]

Frankly I have never been so bored in my life. At work until 2am and then get up to watch that, then to be herded round like cattle because 2 sets of numpty supporters can't walk home or to their cars without giving it the large to each other. I think it was a completely depressing 2 hours all in all.

[Somniloquism]

6th, 6th, 6th. Now we are 3 points off relegation after 10 games. Work it fucking out.

And we are also 3 points off 5th\6th.

[spangley1812]

Looks bad for Ireland and sidwell- clearly not gerards cup of tea I feel.
Brings into question the logic of signing an expensive player without a manager.

I look forward to the transfer windows and seeing GED address the problems left at our club by mr o neill!

Looks bad for the Fonz too which is a shame

[The Situation]

Did you see all the noses celebrating their Cup Final draw with such joy? That's what makes them so small time. Forever in our shadow.