Aston Villa v Gloryhunters Post-Match Thread

[TonyD]

Very, very proud of my Villa today.     
We know we played those wankers off the park today.
The future is bright – it is very bright!!!! 

[The Man With A Stick]

Two hours ago we were going to be lambs to the slaughter and we've matched them today and played brilliantly.  It's a great point considering the team we had out.  Shame we didn't win but it's never easy against these utter ******.

Albrighton MOTM for me.  Well done lads.

Oh and I really want to smash Macheda's face in with an iron, even more so than two years ago.

[hawkeye]

we ran out of legs thats all, we just outplayed one of the best teams in europe with a bunch of kids

[achilles]

Bottlers. Our defence is shit and have no composure what so ever, 2 balls into the box and 2 goals.

That is totally unfair, Man Ure always puts teams under so much pressure especially when they were losing like that with nothing to lose!

[hilts_coolerking]

Very disappointed because we worked so hard for 80 minutes.  The kids who were thrown into the deep end played really well.  Our first choice back four has got to do better than that.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Brilliant 80 minutes.  If we'd have scored one of the chances we created in a frankly outstanding half an hour in the second half we would've rightly won by a couple of clear goals and put 4 or 5 past Man Utd. 

Yeah but how many times have we said that?

[Dave]

Very, very proud of my Villa today.     
We know we played those wankers off the park today.
The future is bright – it is very bright!!!! 

Well said Tony.

[Toronto Villa]

If GH can add a piece or two in January, I am convinced that we have what it takes to get into a European spot for next season. This young team will only get better, and the injury situation will improve.

[Simmons]

It's a shame we let it slip at the end but I think it was a great performance. My stream went down just after the penalty and didn't come back until just before the first Manc goal (conspiracy?) but from what I saw I was very pleased. The kids played and played well, allied to some good attacking football.

Friedel - 7 - couple of crucial stops towards the end
L Young - 7 - thought he was good, some cracking tackles
Dunne - 6 - unconvincing
Collins - 6 - doesn't look as assured as last season but very unlucky not to score
Warnock - 7 - thought he looked much better
Albrighton - 8 - thought he was always dangerous and (apparently) scored
Hogg - 6 - his passing wasn't great but he got stuck in, which I'm sure is why he was there
Bannan - 8 - thought he was excellent, don't remember a ball he gave away
Downing - 8 - looks a better player every time I see him this season
A Young - 7 - did well
Gabby - 7 - Vidic must dread playing against him

[Summers]

He has a point, we did bottle it. We had it sewn up with the second. Just needed the defence - our most experienced players out there - to hold on for a little bit more and again we didn't.

Obviously immensely proud of the performance, the lads did great. Albrighton is a very, VERY, good winger. Bannan is a great footballer. Honestly, I don't think Hogg is gonna make the grade, but he played well today too. Hugely disappointing to walk away with a draw.

[berneboy]

From BBC - Vidic should have been sent off.

"1447: Ollie's right - in all the mayhem, I forgot to tell you Ashley Young was booked for jumping into the Villa fans to celebrate their opener, but after scoring the equaliser and jumping into the United fans, Vidic wasn't cautioned. Poor refereeing, you have to say."

[MattW]

Brilliant performance. Downing, Albrighton, Young and Gabby outstanding in the second half. And Bannan was very good too; improves noticeably with each game. We just ran out of legs at the end. We had nothing left in the tank when we had to defend the lead. But there's some outstanding spirit in the team. We'll be great when we get some fresh legs in.

[PaulWinch again]

Bottlers. Our defence is shit and have no composure what so ever, 2 balls into the box and 2 goals.

Good fucking grief.

[eastie]

Great effort- pride and passion too! We deserved to win but what a great lift for the the young lads to take the game to utd- i was delighted by the display . Bit worried about dunne still but overall take a bow Aston villa!

Once houllier has had chance to bring in some signings I see very good times to come!

[German James]

Bottlers. Our defence is shit and have no composure what so ever, 2 balls into the box and 2 goals.

Dear God, how depressing. Why do you bother?

Cracking attitude and unlucky at the death. A good point against the Mancscum with an emergency team.