SHA v Aston Villa LCQF Post-Match Thread

[richard moore]

There will be a lot of doom and gloom on here tonight, and I am gutted to lose to them, but lets put some persepctive on it. We have had to play the same back 4 for the last 6 weeks due to injuries, maybe it might get changed when Cuellar is fully fit. Hogg is growing as a player, Clark is playing out of position in midfield, Gabby has been fit for about 3 games this season, we are missing all of our centre mids and arguably our most effective creator this season, and we have gone there, been the better team by a distance and been undone by our most experienced men. We need 2 centre backs and a keeper of quality, and a top centre mid. I think Houllier likes the 4-5-1 and Gabby does it well. Give it time, I think we are on a better path than the boring motorway we were on, and the end will be much more rewarding. Time now. Just time.

With you every word of the way. We just need to hold our nerve and hang on in there...

[Nastylee]

I thought we played really well without getting that 2nd goal. They got lucky on this occasion and law of averages favoured them. I'm not going to come here and slag our team because we lost as we played the best game since Utd. They had one shot on target in the 2nd half and scored.

[Jimbo]

I think somebody already said it, but the important thing is how we take this defeat. Take it in good grace, square on the chin. We are not good enough. But we are Aston Villa, and the very least we can do is show a bit of class after a defeat that many of us wholly expected. 

[Bad English]

My favourite moment was pelty gettting wound up because I wasn't on message.

[deero83]

Of course, nobody went on the pitch after the Villa vs Blackburn semi...

Yes, but our fans didnt run straight over to the Blackburn fans and have a go at them. Disgusting behaviour, throwing flares etc. Chuck the animals out of the competition

[Ger Regan]

So another day and once again we we played good football but lost.  The defence is letting us down.  Waat Cuellar needs to do to get a game is beyond me.

In fairness he's only coming back to fitness. I'd imagine he'll be starting on monday.

[CJ]

Bloose were poor. We played by far the better football but at the end of the day if you don't have a cutting edge and don't score sooner or later the inevitable will happen.  And it did. 

[jibba81]

There will be a lot of doom and gloom on here tonight, and I am gutted to lose to them, but lets put some persepctive on it. We have had to play the same back 4 for the last 6 weeks due to injuries, maybe it might get changed when Cuellar is fully fit. Hogg is growing as a player, Clark is playing out of position in midfield, Gabby has been fit for about 3 games this season, we are missing all of our centre mids and arguably our most effective creator this season, and we have gone there, been the better team by a distance and been undone by our most experienced men. We need 2 centre backs and a keeper of quality, and a top centre mid. I think Houllier likes the 4-5-1 and Gabby does it well. Give it time, I think we are on a better path than the boring motorway we were on, and the end will be much more rewarding. Time now. Just time.

Well said

[JUAN PABLO]

Lots of pretty passing. Lots of possession. Not enough penetration.

true but we havent got the players with that cutting edge, they are too lightweight. thats not the managers fault, he will
sort it out but young,Downing and bannon together too lightweight.. need a nasty bastard in the miidle and a striker who scores goals.....        defence is fooking awful, dunne and colins to be dropped and clark and cuellar to start please..

[TonyDaleysHair]

Of course, nobody went on the pitch after the Villa vs Blackburn semi...

I was thinking the same.

Not endorsing either act at all, but at Villa Park that was to get through to a final was it not, and not just the semi?? I dont recall anyone running onto the pitch to invade when we beat Portsmouth?? I may be wrong though as I wasnt there although my brother was and dont remember him saying there was.

[Risso]

My favourite moment was pelty gettting wound up because I wasn't on message.

Drop and give me 10 cheese eating surrender monkey!

[PaulWinch again]

The thing that worries me is that Dunne was awful prior to Cuellar getting injured and he wasn't dropped. So I can't see it now.

[hawkeye]

the problem is that we played them off the park and then we ask oir defenders to defend and our creative players to create, why take bannan off why play him on the wing we are fucked

[CJ]

If we're honest they should have been 2-0 up before we scored - couldn't see anything wrong with their disallowed goal. Having got away with that I thought perhaps luck was on our side but just wasn't to be

[beness]

So blues get our World cup bid sent down the pan. They are gonna be popular on their travells.