Manchester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulTheVillan]

So, we lost away against the richest club in the world who are gonna spank 15/19 teams this season.

Let's move on & beat the baggies next week,

[Lobsterboy]

I thought we would lose and we did

Their team cost about £400 million and ours cost a fraction of that

Predictable and a sad indictment of the so called greatest league in the world; let the Sky Six form their own league and play each other live on Sky PPV 8 times a season to keep the Sky pundits and their legions of armchair fans happy

We gave it our best shot, we were far from embarrassed and the score probably flattered them but onwards and upwards to next weekend; come on you Villa boys

[hawkeye]

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.

What is the grander scheme?

[KRS]

Exactly as expected. I predicted 4-0 so to score a goal was a bonus...heard the Villa fans were taking the piss doing the Poznan so at least something to look forward to on MOTD.

Nothing more to see here...moving swiftly back to the real world with a win against Baggies next week please.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Low points.........It's the money that won it.
High points.........we're the first team this season to score at whatever they call their ground nowadays.

[villadelph]

I put it this way. Today, we probably going to lose from the start. We had a shot, but it was an outside shot. If Gabby would've tucked that early chance away we could have probably scrapped a point, but who knows. We played some pretty good stuff for 24 minutes and lost control. If we play like that for 24 minutes again against wba we'll be up 3-0 but halftime. We need three points next weekend, and I think we'll get it convincingly. I hate etiCity and all that they stand for. It's all a scam, ruins football.

Some players had good days though. I think things looked promising for a bit.

[Barca 2011]

Did ok up until half time THEN GIFTED THEM them 2 goals.
Credit to us for keeping going, it could have got very embarrassing.
Many other teams will get the same treatment as us,still its not the end of the world.
Bring on the Baggies.

[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.

What is the grander scheme?

Our season, obviously.

[Lambert and Payne]

No shocks here, talksport were wanking over it and it was just another routine day. Although I'm not happy at the amount of goals conceded.
Let's look forward to smashing the tesco bags next week!
VTID

[KevinGage]

In a few years, I think this particular period of Villa history will be one to gloss over -to just fast forward over and pretend like it never happened.   See also large chunks of the early-mid noughties.

Getting tonked by a second string Citeh side is one thing. Getting tonked and so many Villa fans being largely indifferent to it is something else.

I know the state of the game in general is facked, that Milner and Ash turning it on for the Manc clubs is a bit of a sickner when - with a bit of foresight- they might still be lining up alongside other decent players at VP.

Even so, the extent to which we have gone so backward in just over 18 months is quite alarming.

[Villanation]

This was always going to be the real test, first quality side we have come up against and we lacked all over, our defence was shocking at times.

So forget the results we've got so far, the actual test is when we come up against a team of world class players after spending a sum we could only dream of? A team who will almost certainly finish in the top 4 and probably run other teams close for the championship?

Edit: Quite right, sorry Legion.

I haven't half had enough of some people on here seeming delighted whenever we lose, though, they can't wait to stick the boot in.

Complete rubbish. this is exactly the kind of team that tests the side, that shows the teams strengths and weaknesses. talking complete rubbish.

That shows the team’s strengths and weaknesses?  I suppose it does, but what did we actually learn from today?  That our central midfield is a bit lightweight compared with Toure and De Jong?  That Balotelli is a bit too good for the likes of Hutton and Warnock?  That all over the pitch we just aren’t as good as Citeh?  You don’t say.

As others have said, it’s a sad indictment of the current state of football that we knew we would probably lose this game, and we did.  We all know where our weaknesses are, today they were confirmed.  We have strengths too, but against a side like that they count for very little.  Even if our strongest XI played out of their skins Citeh have got enough quality on the pitch and on the bench to deal with it – they didn’t spend £300 zillion to lose at home to the likes of us.     

Griping about today’s game is pointless.  If you want to use it as a stick to beat McLeish or have a pop at any of the players, fine, but I’d say you should have a reality check before you give yourself an ulcer.  The best thing we can all do is forget it and move on.  Have a few drinks, enjoy your evening, and let’s look forward to a very sweet three points next week.

Of course you test yourself against any opposition that are better than you and that's exactly how you find out what works and what doesn't and its not having a pop at AM or the players because I'll bet AM is thinking precisely the same thing and as for reality check, the reality is we matched them ball for ball for the first 20 and they only just edged us for the first 45 for all there countless millions.

Said at half time that Man City where pacing themselves and looked capable of stepping up a gear come the 2nd half and so they did and although I agree about the in balance in the amount of money this side are capable of spending, doesn't meant for one second they are unbeatable, its exactly the teams above us that you do test yourself against and hopefully improve and learn, or are you suggesting that AM went into the game today thinking may as well give up as we are in for a right tanking here, he obviously set the team up to try win the game, and that's how we started.

Personally I think your exaggeration as to how good you think Man City actually are, but we exist in the same league we are 7 places below them and we should compete.

[Ads]

Same old same old up there.

Missed the first twenty minutes as some bright spark had shut the A57 and brought Manchester to a halt.

The most entertaining part of the 1st half was the Man City fans fighting amoingst themselves. Their was no tempo from either side.

The second started with Emile missing a sitter and them going up the other end and scoring. Oh well.


Delph gives the ball away far to often, we missed Collins at the back and wee Barry until he came on.


Its the fixture I look forward to least, as we are always pap and get turned over.

[myf]

Did I hear that we scored the first goal against them at the United Stadium in 9 months?  The only conclusion I drew from today is that English football is dying.

[Ads]

Anybody reading anything into this game is a fool.

[timeoutbigbar]

Disappointed tonight, but not devastated.  I've been expecting it all week, although I did go for an optimistic 2-2 prediction.  I agree that we need to keep a sense of perspective, we aren't going to be competing with citeh at the very top of the table, and most teams will be on the wrong end of a hiding there this season.  It is games like next week that we need to win.