Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic Post-Match Thread

[charleeco7]

Heskey was an embarrassment, rolling around like he'd be shot, only to jump up and run faster than I've ever seen him move to kick off at the ref... he was lucky not to get sent off. If he showed as much passion playing the game in the time he has been at Villa Park he might have won a few more people over.

A complete joke, please leave

Apparently he lost the plot as he was elbowed. He was extremely shit again though. I did think we lost a lot of shape when ge went off and young went up front.

[Phil from the upper holte]

We lost all the shape when Young went up front, Bent got the ball and there was no-one within 25 yards of him

[London Villan]

Elbowed or not it was cringe-worthy. This being our most experienced player, after already doing it once this season.

Clown. (Heskey not you charleeco7 ;-) )

[Legion]

Awful. Dull. Uninspiring.

[charleeco7]

Elbowed or not it was cringe-worthy. This being our most experienced player, after already doing it once this season.

Clown. (Heskey not you charleeco7 ;-) )

Totally agree it was embarrassing. Especially when your 40yr old keeper had to run half the length of the pitch to calm him down.

[pauliewalnuts]

NRC and Downing played well.

The rest were shit. We got a point, which is obviously cause for rejoicing, but that was really not anything like a good enough performance.

Cluelesss up front, pointless in the middle, frail at the back.

The entire season was summed up in the first half when Dunne tried to play a 40 yard backpass to Friedel, with absolutely nobody between him and the keeper, and managed to put it into touch for the corner. Laugable.

We also seemed to engage in lots of arm waving, petulance and whingeing. Collins was one of the worst, but Heskey's little performance was incredibly irrresponsible, and I've have taken him off on the spot.

There was also lots of finger pointing and arms-out-wide between players today (much aimed at Albrighton, I noticed), it looked very finger-pointy.

Something is very wrong at the club, I'm afraid. The players aren't performing and haven't pretty much all season, and the management team seem to have fashioned a side which look like they should be relegated.

[wombat]

Utter crap. Heskey should be ashamed of himself, throw yourself to the floor claiming whatever injury to then jump up and harrang the ref like a man possessed. What gives, shame you can't put the effort like that in the rest of the time.

Our season summed up in the classic from front to back and out for a wigan corner whilst everyone stands completely static.

In short, rubbish the season can't end soon enough.

MOTM Reo-Coker only one who really put himself about.

[London Villan]

Yep, a few senior players were giving Albrighton some stick. He is the least of our worries.

[DeKuip]

Another great advert for the so-called "best league in the world", where average players can earn in a week more than most of those paying to watch get to earn in a year.
Where the technique is that good that the ball went out for a throw-in by the dugout about 8 times in the first 3 or 4 minutes.
Quality stuff again - well worth £500 a year to watch.

[darren woolley]

I've just got back from watching it and i feel like shit after watching how useless we are.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Fucking dreadful.

The players seemed totally unmotivated, running off the ball was at a minimum.
Collins and Dunne, shit as ever.
Albrighton came on and was pathetic.

Only Reo Coker can hold his head up high after that.

If Wigan had a bit more belief about them, they'd have beaten us easily.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

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.

You're on a roll Goldie.
Hang your cock out the window, you'll be in luck for sure.

[Des Little]

It's clear that GMac cuts no ice with that team.  They play how they like and do what they like.  It's evident.

New manager, new back 5 and good riddance to shit like Heskey and Dunne.   

[Deano's Mullet]

Held at home by Wigan (again) and going nowhere fast. If you'd have told me this time last year we'd been in this position and in a negative rut like this i'd have thought you were going crazy but its happened. I think we need a good clear out and that includes a change of manager, its no good having him back on a sympathy vote because he's come back from a major health scare, its not good for him nor us. I'd ditch Dunne, get another partner for Collins, two new fullbacks, a couple of midfielders and another striker in contention with Bent and Gabby. Heskey's time with us is done and we need to ship him off to one of the promoted clubs or someone in the championship because thats all he's good for. All this is easier said than done but it needs to be done because with the quality of the players we have in the side its clear a lot of them dont give a stuff or need a good rocket up their arses. Even O'Leary's last season was better than this, six points from Brum, four off WBA and a decent run in the FA Cup - and that was with a worse squad. And it might have been a more tighter battle at the bottom in 1994-95 but there were at still a fair few memorable games for all the right reasons. The only ones that stick out this time are the opening day of the season and the away win at Molineux. Its not good enough.

[holtepaul]

After yesterdays increases and todays absolute tedious 2 hours where I can honestly say I didn't enjoy one single bit of the £100 or there or there abouts it cost me I am very close to giving it all up.

The game was utter crap, but I've seen crap in my 30 yrs - it isn't that. I am just so disillusioned with footballers. I was one of the ones cheering when Young got booked for f'ing and blinding to the ref.

I am sick and tired of them all. Personally, I think if a player swears at a ref, whether it is Young, Rooney or Lionel Bloody Messi - it shoulde be an automatic red card = no arguments, they are off - you watch the clubs stamp it out then !

Then you had the hilarious scene from Platoon when Kyle Walker obviously had been shot 10 times in the back by a sub-machine gun.

heskey - well enough said - again, as Young, I would have applauded if the ref had sent him off.

The players were arguing amongst themselves, Dunne mouthing off at Luke Young (pot kettle and black comes to mind)

Oh, I could go on all night, but everyone saw it - we are absolute crap, and unless we have

a) Houllier back and MAJOR reinvestment in players
b) A team that looks to me as if they are not in it for a pay cheque
c) If Houllier isnt there, a management team that excite me.

The £700 I have saved will be going on flights for the holiday - as someone said a few pages back, it is getting harder and harder to justify spending this sort of money only to come home and be in such a mood it spoils the families night never mind mine

I am sick and tired of the prima-donna tossers taking me for a ride.

As f