Manchester City v Aston Villa Match Thread

[hawkeye]

Houllier should have gone at Christmas.

Agreed.

where do i vote?

[andyh]

His position will be, I came in with the brief to keep Villa in the Prem.
Fuck everything and everyone else, this is what I will do, even if it means sacrificing FA cup glory.

[Phil from the upper holte]

He picked a team to get beat tonight.  THAT is why he can fuck off

Thing is we've all been wondering where Bannan was, he plays him and now he probably wont after this, Very annoying

[pauliewalnuts]

From the BBC live text coverage.

It is hard to disagree.

2115: Anyone think Gerard Houllier should be fined for disrespecting the FA Cup tonight? Villa have just brought on Stewart Downing and Ashley Young - at 3-0 down away at Manchester City. Utterly ridiculous.

City goal: Oh Villa. You broke the FA Cup's heart tonight, you truly did. Man City it up as Pablo Zabaleta plays a neat one-two and crosses from the right and when Chris Herd's header falls to David Silva right on the edge of the penalty area, the Spaniard takes a touch and rifles a low drive past Brad Friedel.

[ez]

I'm not sure what to make of this

I'm not. Totally baffling

[myf]

I'm sure this will do wonders for our end of season relegation fight.  Proper confidence job this one.

[goldenjimi]

We've been a laughing stock all season, now this useless shit. Im so pissed off.  It proves that Houllier doesnt undertsand Villas fans, I can understand resting a few, but this is shocking and to bring Young and Downing on makes it worse.

[pauliewalnuts]

Houllier should have gone at Christmas.

Agreed.

where do i vote?

The problem is that, he finally goes and gets some real support behind him, starts to get some half decent results, start to suggest there's some solidarity in the camp, and then BOOOM, he fucks it all up the wall by doing this.

[Risso]

Houllier should have gone at Christmas.

Agreed.

You just want to get rid of any manager Villa have.

Only the shit ones.

[citizenDJ]

I can't quite believe what i'm seeing tonight. I'm actually quite staggered by the whole thing. I suppose I can see the 'stay in premier league at all costs' point of view, but still........just so disappointing. This was a prize worth fighting for, in my opinion.

[Ross]

Just when GH looked liked he knew what he was doing, just when we had some momentum, just when moral was creeping up....arghhhh
I'm all for playing the kids and reserves but pick the games carefully...Man City away, quarter final vs Reading waiting...really? 

Exactly - the need to keep some momentum going was clear for us all to see.  Why not him? Even if we had gone out with a fight, we could have dusted ourselves off and got back up like we did after Old Trafford.  But this?  I fear for us at Bolton.  Houllier needs a win to say the least.

[Deano's Mullet]

dreaful lack of ambition. if we get 17th place in the league every season at the expense of winning things whats the goddamn point? i wasnt too fussed by moscow but this is something else.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Petrov, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Bradley ALL fucking useless

[avfcpg]

No pressure on him for Villa getting a result saturday now !! Ye Gods...only at Villa...

[andyh]

so, if we get done at Bolton (a high possibilty) how will he square it with throwing his game?
Moscow and stoke springs to mind.