Manchester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

  One other thing, were they fitter than us?

  Barry left 2 years ago, and yet on todays performance his running off the ball was more noticeable than he ever did for us.

 That was the big difference today, when they had the ball their urgency and movement was much more superior to ours.

You're so right, we lack so much urgency in our build up play, I mentioned earlier there seems to be a lack of faith in each others ability. Safe, slow passes.

Saying that, I got the feeling Man City never really had to move out of second gear all game which may go some way to explain Custard Pants appearing to look fit today.

[PaulWinch again]

Also fair play to Milner for not celebrating, although that may have been because what's the point of celebrating in such a one sided contest.

It was a goal worth celebrating by any standards. Pure class, from the 50 yard ball he played out to start the move to the most beautiful of finishes into the top corner.

Milner previously showed his true character last season for us against West Ham so today was no surprise. The lad has respect.

Yeah you're probably right. It's just sad to see us taken to the cleaners.

[Mister E]

  We lost to the best team in the league, so no real disgrace there imho.

  Positives for me were Clark, Hutton, and Ireland, who i thought played well.

  Negatives, we need better passers in the middle of the park, work harder off the ball, and Gabby and Bent need to be stonger when receiving the ball.Tbh even if Randy had spent 30/40 million this summer, i think we would still be way behind Citeeh.Not over disappointed with the performance, we constantly kept trying to play football, and pass the ball.

Agree with this.
Can't believe some of the comments on the match thread: we did okay against a side that is eons ahead of us and people were still bitching about selections and individuals.
Petrov worked bloody hard; Warnock (Citeh's second goal aside) palyed okay; Ireland had a few good touches; Clark looks really good all round; and Gabby did well with the little he had. Felt sorry for Bent: nothing is happening for him at the moment.

As Paulie kept saying this afternon: next week's game will show whether McGinge can steer us to safety or to oblivion.

[old man villa fan]

  One other thing, were they fitter than us?

  Barry left 2 years ago, and yet on todays performance his running off the ball was more noticeable than he ever did for us.

 That was the big difference today, when they had the ball their urgency and movement was much more superior to ours.

There was one time in the 2nd half when Barry left Petrov for dead.  That just shows why we lose the midfield battle week after week.

The good parts of our team are constantly let down by the weaker parts but as a club we fail to rectify the situation.

[Irish villain]

I've really fallen out of love for this game. I hope there's a radical shake up in football.

That is all.

[swiss1968]

Our midfield is shown up badly against citeh's let's be honest second string team,was there a game plan today ?

[PaulWinch again]

I've really fallen out of love for this game. I hope there's a radical shake up in football.

That is all.

Yeah ditto to be honest, there's something very wrong about the game. It's dull and not at all competitive.

[frank]

I agree with others that we didn't play all that badly and we had one or two decent moments, but we were terribly dull. For much of the 2nd half, as City stroked the ball around and we didn't get a touch, I was very bored, waiting for it all to end. No aggression from Villa, no excitement. Is this what football has become?

[Irish villain]

I've really fallen out of love for this game. I hope there's a radical shake up in football.

That is all.

Yeah ditto to be honest, there's something very wrong about the game. It's dull and not at all competitive.

And I don't mean that in a petulant way. It's just  that it's all so pointless now and there's no soul in the game. Kendrick has tweeted that no villa player came to speak to the press, what does it matter to them?

 It can't go on like this, it has to burst some day.

[Apyadg]

It will go on like this, because most people seem happy to keep on paying their Sky Sports subscriptions to watch The BIG FOUR!!! every week.

The people who could actually change how football works won't, because it doesn't benefit them, they're making money just fine the ways things are.

[villa `cross the mersey]

I've really fallen out of love for this game. I hope there's a radical shake up in football.

That is all.

Yeah ditto to be honest, there's something very wrong about the game. It's dull and not at all competitive.

Plus we are shite and it appears we are happy to stay that way as long as we stay up.......I agree the modern game is no longer competitive (unless of course you have ££££ Millions to spunk on mercanaries and their salaries).

[Salsa Party Animal]

I wonder what would Roberto Mancini do if he took over Aston Villa as manager What we will be like in 2 years.

[Phil from the upper holte]

City fans are a bunch of ******, arrogant twats, if they win anything they will be unbearable. You can understand why mcleish left bannan out but why put heskey in? Fucking hopeless did the fat shit break a sweat?

[Chris Smith]

Losing to them means nothing in the grander scheme of things, it's just a fixture to get out of the way. That said we gifted them two goals so didn't help ourselves.  Perhaps Collins is more important to us that he's given credit for.

[Legion]

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