Aston Villa v Gloryhunters Post-Match Thread

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Excellent performance from the kids, Hogg done well, as did Bannan and Albrighton. I thought Stewart Downing was outstanding today too. He really stepped up to the plate today.

The standard of refereeing again was disgraceful. Vidic should have been booked for the same reasons as Ash was, Nani for violent conduct, Brown for the penalty, and Hernandez for his second yellow. (Should have been yellow'd for booting it into Holte end in the 1st half) - But this is Man Utd and we can't can't upset suralex can we?

As for their fans, once again they'll be winning the 'most odious away fans of the season' award. Arrogant wankers.

[The Walshmeister]

Villa yoof 2 Manure (+ ref) 2

[avfcpg]

Played really well for half an hour in the second half, a fair result overall, we looked a bit nervous in the first half and Berbatov had a really good chance to score, but just before half time we were getting on top and carried that into the second half.

Gutted at how they came back into it, and Gabby going off did mean we had less of an escape route but he's just back from injury and I didn't expect him to last the full 90.

Barry Bannan played really well, the ref, as usual against Man United, bottled some decisions, Hernandez had to be booked for kicking the ball away, Brown for the penalty I'd have to see again but if he's booking Ashley for going into the crowd he has to book Vidic, wouldn't have made much difference by that stage but refs just need to be consistent.

4th Official said Vidic wasn't booked as he was pushed into the crowd rather than went in on his own steam....or in other words "he's a man utd player you know, we have different rules for them"

[Fin Feds Dad]

So very proud of every single one of them  - proud history , bright future

[Ads]

Not long back from the game. I said before that I thought we’d win and in reality that is exactly what we should have done- smashed a 9 man Man United 4 or 5.

I thought the first half was a bit of an even contest with only Dracula going close. An uneventful half against Man United isn’t such a bad thing mind.

Second half I thought Hogg played a lot further up the pitch and we were winning balls ten or twenty yards higher up the park. We had that 25 to 30 minute spell where we just battered them. Albrighton should have scored, Collins went so close, Gabby should have scored and obviously the goals.

I’m disappointed that we sat back and played to their reputation as I think if we’d have kept pressing at the same time as they were chasing it, then we’d have scored more.

Delighted to see Gabby back. He physically battered both Vidic and Ferdinand with his excellent hold up play and obviously we saw what he can do when he’s got the centre halves facing their own goal with regards to the penalty.

Bannan has calendar like vision, where he sees into next week, let alone the next few moves on the pitch. Him and Albrighton are such horrible shits off the ball as well. What a fantastic couple of players we’ve created there.

As for United, Brown got destroyed by Downing and its take your pick for the red cards. Brown should have walked for the penalty, Vidic should have walked for celebrating with their fans and got a second yellow. Henandez should have already been booked when he chopped down Warnock for kicking the ball away in the first half, while that useless no mark Nani should have walked for the elbow.

Well done to Hogg too, who after a shaky first 15 settled in nicely.

The middle of our park’s combined age is less than our goalkeepers.

[Matt C]

Dissapointing end but many positives and a performance to be proud of. Enjoyed watching them today.

[Lambert and Payne]

To be fair, we can blame the ref all day long, or we can agree he was wrong, but we slipped at the end and we were unlucky. The kids were brilliant and its coming, we will shut them arrogant cockney/preston/blackpool glory supporters

[The Situation]

They say kids will never win anything...

[enigma]

I'm doubly gutted. I worked a nightshift last night so set my alarm for 14:30pm, totally forgetting it was a lunch time kick off 

Sounds like a missed a great performance for the most part.

[richard moore]

Great day of sport. Both our game and the rugby were excellent. And I was thinking we would lose both...
 
In a bizarre sort of way, I think it suited us to play Man Ure today. I think we might actually have struggled more to play so well with the kids against someone like Wigan or Bolton. Which is to take nothing away from them all...

[Dribbler]

Great game, really proud of our performance today. I would have taken a draw at the start of the match so it shows how well we played that i'm dispointed we didn't win it.

Just watching Colins and Albrighton being interviewed after the match, they looked so pissed off, which contrary to Kevin Gage's aspersions, shows just how dispointed they are that they didn't win the game. Yes we need to work on not conceeding late goals, especially from the air, but there's plenty of hope for the future.

[Dan England]

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

You obviously have the intelligence of a demented tree frog. Our youth team just outplayed Man Utd have a word with yourself.

[CJ]

Just back and gradually moving from being absolutely gutted/feeling like a loss to being immensely proud of that performance. When I saw the line up I said I'd take a point there and then - thought our midfield would be too lightweight for Park, Fletcher, Nani and Carrick. How wrong could I be?  Albrighton, Bannan and Downing were all superb. I felt Hogg was a bit out of his depth at times - bit hesitant with his passing - but he got stuck in and put in a good shift.

After we hit the bar and the post I thought it was just going to be one of those days when we'd miss our chances and Manure would nick it at the death. Then after our second went in with about 10 minutes plus Fergie time to go I really thought we'd hold on to win, but once they got their first you just knew we'd be under the cosh.  Gabby going off was a blow - that last chance we had when Fonz could have slipped it to Ash or Banan but instead over-hit it to Lichaj (?) showed the difference.

Utd were lucky to end up with 11 on the pitch - Hernandez should have been booked earlier for kicking the ball away, and Vidic should have got a second yellow for going into the crowd. Didn't think it was a red for the penalty though.

All in all disappointed not to win in the end, but we've got some great kids coming through.  Well done Sid

[timeoutbigbar]

Fucking spot on Villa.  I left the house thinking we were going to get absolutely mullered looking at the line up, but we gave them hell.  Even a manc mate just responded to my message of saying we hammered them "hands up yeah u did please dont tell anyone else :s"  That'll do for me, well done kids!

[Lambert and Payne]

Great game, really proud of our performance today. I would have taken a draw at the start of the match so it shows how well we played that i'm dispointed we didn't win it.

Just watching Colins and Albrighton being interviewed after the match, they looked so pissed off, which contrary to Kevin Gage's aspersions, shows just how dispointed they are that they didn't win the game. Yes we need to work on not conceeding late goals, especially from the air, but there's plenty of hope for the future.

I think Collins had been crying, shows his commitment, and i also laughed at how far the camera went down to Albrighton's height ha! In all seriousness though i thought we were brilliant and think we can take great heart from this