Birmingham City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Chris Smith]

I don't know if to be happy or sad. Great we didn't loose but if we lost he would of been sacked

Then you're an idiot.

[dave.woodhall]

I don't know if to be happy or sad. Great we didn't loose but if we lost he would of been sacked

Then you're an idiot.

I''d have use stronger words.

[pmk1981]

Go on then woodhall use your stronger words. I'm entitled to an opinion and I don't want houllier in charge. We should of won that game and playing gabby on the wing and downing in middle was pathetic

[PaulWinch again]

I don't know if to be happy or sad. Great we didn't loose but if we lost he would of been sacked

Then you're an idiot.

I''d have use stronger words.

Agreed

[sfx412]

More shots on target then Blues, more shots off target and more corners, and we were the away side.

Do for me, although converting more than 1 shot would have been the icing on the cake.

[citizenDJ]

Go on then woodhall use your stronger words. I'm entitled to an opinion and I don't want houllier in charge. We should of won that game and playing gabby on the wing and downing in middle was pathetic

Do you not think that a draw away to our fiercest local rivals, a game which we could reasonably have won, in which our players showed that there is a fair bit of fight and spirit about them, suggests that Houllier's tactics were at least moderately successful?

[pav]

I actually thought reo coker did ok , worked , battled and didn't seem to give ball away , now carew ....he was shit , blunt I know but he just does not do it for me or villa .

[dave.woodhall]

Go on then woodhall use your stronger words. I'm entitled to an opinion and I don't want houllier in charge. We should of won that game and playing gabby on the wing and downing in middle was pathetic

It's Mr Woodhall to you, and anyone who wants us to lose any game, especially against Blues when we're at the bottom of the table, is many things apart from idiot. It's 'should have' as well.   

[villajk]

I thought we battled well and deserved the point.

Decided to give the portaloos a miss, they didn't look particularly welcoming.

We were in the car and on our way home within 5 minutes of the final whistle.

The police were having a go at youths, I think they may have arrested one of them, who had their faces covered up with scarves and refused to move them.  Apparently it's against the law to cover your face up.  (I'll leave the burkhas argument for elsewhere).

Very poor crowd for a local derby.

Just glad it's over and out of the way.

Oh, and a thank you from me to Agent Ridgewell.

[hawkeye]

Go on then woodhall use your stronger words. I'm entitled to an opinion and I don't want houllier in charge. We should of won that game and playing gabby on the wing and downing in middle was pathetic

Wanting Houlier out is one thing, Wanting Villa to lose (particularly against them)  is sometihng else

[Chris Smith]

Go on then woodhall use your stronger words. I'm entitled to an opinion and I don't want houllier in charge. We should of won that game and playing gabby on the wing and downing in middle was pathetic

No you're not. You're too deranged to be allowed an opinion. You should be locked away from normal, decent people so that they are not forced to endure your opinions.

[pmk1981]

What's with all the personal insults ?
just say you don't agree with me instead of calling me deranged. It's fucking childish

[Clark W Griswold]

Go on then woodhall use your stronger words. I'm entitled to an opinion and I don't want houllier in charge. We should of won that game and playing gabby on the wing and downing in middle was pathetic

Yeah, but we've heard your opinion quite enough now. I actually agreed with you that he wasn't the man for the job, and that he maybe should have gone after Sunderland but it hasn't happened so we have to accept it. Tactically he got it right in most ways considering his options today, and he might have signed us a quality new centre mid, and is looking at loads of other players that we need in certain positions. Lets give him a chance now. I tell you now we won't go down. The players fought hard for a half decent point today, coming from behind.

[cdbearsfan]

Playing Gabby on the wing is plain wrong.   Cannot believe people are trying justify it.

As is playing Downing in the centre, with you all the way

I don't think Gabby would've played wide if Ashley wasn't suspended, for which you can't blame Houllier. Against a bunch of talentless ruffians like Small Heath it makes sense to play 4-5-1. I'm sure Gabby isn't Depardieu's first choice there but with Ashley out I'd rather see him there than Bannan who I don't like on the wing.

Downing in the centre is worth a try. His crossing isn't as good as Albrighton but he is our only midfielder who can strike a moving ball in the general direction of the goal. That suggests he could do alright with a switch to the centre, certainly better than Young has done there this season. He had a few shots today that could've snook (sneaked? snoke?) the other side of the post.

A lot of people seemed to think we should try Carew and Houllier did. Not first choice, but again it's not M. H's fault that Heskey got himself suspended. He started off ok, was unlucky to hit the bar, but tired second half as you might expect for a bloke who hasn't played for a while.

Houllier noticed he was tiring and took him off. Sensible decision. I didn't agree with the decision to take Okey-Cokey off and leave Sideways Stiliyan on but it didn't prove costly.

Overall, I'd say Gerard had a good game tactically but some people would've criticised whatever team he put out even if we'd won 8-0. It's sad to say, but very few teams win at The Sty. A point is a good result especially when we were, undeservadly, behind.

[Villa'Zawg]

I'm with a bunch of Bluenoses that know we were the better team, so that's good.

A point wasn't enough though. We still have the same problem that if something doesn't change we'll be relegated.

What is going to change?