Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic Post-Match Thread

[Goldie.7]

Wba 2 - 1 Villa - Loss
Villa 1 - 1 Wigan - Draw
Arsenal 4 - 1 Villa - Loss
Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool - Draw

Wba 2 - 1 Villa - Loss
Villa 1 - 1 Wigan - Draw
Arsenal 4 - 1 Villa - Loss
Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool - Draw

More utter gash from the villa. I can't see everything being alright come August either.

[avfcpg]

Painful to watch. Needs an overall in the summer for sure.

Wouldn't that get a bit hot?

Not with our summers...ha, yea overhaul...still major though !

[sfx412]

New manager, new ideas, new style of discipline and motivation and no need for major sort out

[The Situation]

We cannot break this curse against Wigan.

It is truly is pathetic.

After the West Ham game we had high hopes of finishing top 10 easily, but 3 poor results look like we're going to finish the season off on a low.

WE CANNOT KEEP ANY CONSISTENCY. It's always 3-4 games we play well, followed by the next 3-4 games playing like crap.

SORT IT OUT!

[Holtenderinthesky]

That performance from NRC just highlighted exactly why we lost at the Baggies.  If we'd taken him off for Pires again today we'd have lost.  He is our only true ball winner and should play every week and be given a new contract IMO.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Didn`t bother to go down today and watched live on a stream for the first time - we were utter gash. In fact we were embarassing - what the hell is going on down there? No spirit, no tactics, no hope.

Major overhaul required means another transitional season - with VCTM jnr playing Saturdays next season its odds on the season tickets will not be renewed 

[ez]

We're safe. That is all.

Are we?

Unless two of Wolves, Blackpool and Wigan win all their remaining games they can't catch us. West Ham no longer can.

I'd say that's as safe as safe can be.

Blackpool lose at spurs tonight and that makes 2 clubs that can't catch us

[Blackcountry Villa]

We've seen some shite this season but that was up there. Absolutely painful to watch, we're a load of bollocks.

Can't we just give Arsenal and Liverpool the points and end the season now? We're gonna get thumped.

The manager is shit
Macallister is worse
Friedel is too old
we can't defend to save our lives
Dunne and Collins are laughably bad and need replacing asap
what the fuck does Petrov do? seriously how does he keep getting picked? I don't think i saw him second half, he is absolutely useless.
Heskey is a useless lump. Again how does he still keep getting picked? A striker who is shit and never scores.

We need a massive clearout in the summer, i'd include Ashley Young in that. He may have scored a free kick today but it's only took him about 50 attempts and the keeper should have saved it. If we sold him and signed N'Zogbia i'd be very happy.

The worst thing about it all is i didn't expect any different today, i said earlier in the week we might lose, we won't win, but we'll probably draw. All i can say is thank god there are at least three teams who are somehow worse than we are. Anyone who thinks we should keep Houllier and Macallister next season are fools, we are diabolical.

Bring on Arsenal...i reckon 4 or 5 nil to them.

[Bad English]

We will finish 17th on 42 points. Of that I am sure.

[Matt Collins]

We should be safe barring a real miracle now I'd have thought. Wolves would have to win all 3 of their final games and Blackpool can't catch us unless they beat Spurs today (or draw and then win the next two with a 9 goal turnaround in goal difference).

Didn't really follow the game and just want the season to be over. As ever, the hyperbole on the post-match threads makes it pretty impossible to tell how we really played. The BBC said it was a good game that neither side deserved to lose.

But NRC and Petrov has never worked as a partnership for me and we can't go into next season with those two as a partnership. But for all the significant faults in the side, let's remember:

- the football hasn't always been great, but it's probably not been much worse than much of the stuff we played under MON and got into the top 6 3 years running
- the real problem has been the defence, set pieces, late goals and getting ahead only to concede. It really should be possible to tackle this.
- It really wouldn't take that much of a huge turnaround to see us 10-13 points better off next season and we'd be challenging the top 8 with that this season.

We'll know by the time of our next game whether we're definitely safe. Possibly a good time to test the likes of Clark (at CB) Delph, Bannan or Fonz - not all at the same time. But we could have given ourselves easier teams to test them against and they may end up just being disheartened if they can't get into the game.

[ktvillan]

We're safe. That is all.

Are we?

Unless two of Wolves, Blackpool and Wigan win all their remaining games they can't catch us. West Ham no longer can.

I'd say that's as safe as safe can be.

Blackpool can catch us if they win 2 and draw 1, then it's down to goal difference.  I can honestly see us shipping 4 or 5 at the Arsenal alone.  Wigan's last two games are hammers home and Stoke away, both winnable.  I doubt Blackpool will achieve 7 points with Man Yoo and Spurs to play away, but given Villa's ability to snatch disaster from the jaws of triumph I will not think we are safe unless Blackpool lose tonight.

[richard moore]

A pile of shit served up by a bunch of over-paid wasters masquerading as top-flight footballers, presided over by the remnants of a clueless managerial team.

In other words: a typical 2010-11 performance.

I think you're being generous to be honest. I am as close to almost hating us as I have ever been since probably the mid 80s...

[Villa'Zawg]

We're safe. That is all.

Are we?

Sorry, we're not mathematically safe yet. We will be if Man City win

[TonyD]

We need to put Gary Cahill at the top of a long list to buy on the summer.

[PaulWinch again]

We cannot break this curse against Wigan.

It is truly is pathetic.

After the West Ham game we had high hopes of finishing top 10 easily, but 3 poor results look like we're going to finish the season off on a low.

WE CANNOT KEEP ANY CONSISTENCY. It's always 3-4 games we play well, followed by the next 3-4 games playing like crap.

SORT IT OUT!

Not sure about that, overall we have been consistently poor.