Manchester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[MarkM]

My reaction to this is...

Meh

I had no faith that we would get anything out of it.

Come to think of it, I can't say my faith in getting a result in any game is very strong. I'm starting to go into games assuming we are going to loose.

[Villanation]

Anybody reading anything into this game is a fool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15323658.stm

He must be a fool then.................................think he gets this bang on.

[Legion]

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.

It's dead.

[Villanation]

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.

It's dead.

Certainly dying.....Thats for sure...

[Legion]

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.

It's dead.

Certainly dying.....Thats for sure...

It's turning into Scotland.

[Ads]

Anybody reading anything into this game is a fool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15323658.stm

He must be a fool then.................................think he gets this bang on.

He's being paid to, but Alex, bless him, he really shouldn't bother.

All he needs to do is look back over the pasty twenty odd years. From being pissed on in the Kippax and Paul Walsh scoring, to Kindkladze waltzing passed all and sundry, with Joe bloody Royle as manager for goodness sake and Vassell of all people.... we're just shite at Man City.

The only way we'll win up there is if Joe Hart takes up boozing and Dion Dublin starts up front.

There is no merit in ever reading anything into a Villa performance at Man City. Or Manchester in general.

[Villanation]

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.

It's dead.

Certainly dying.....Thats for sure...

It's turning into Scotland.

And as cold next week...............

[The Left Side]

I watched it live over here and the first half we played well, I had a feeling Balotelli would score after he started winding up our fans. We should have scored from Gabby's effort and we did gift them two goals but it is what we all expected so lets speak no more of it. If I just had one wish it would be that Milner was still ours, such a class player whose head was understandably turned for stupid money, the game needs to change somehow but I don't think it will.

[Dave]

such a class player whose head was understandably turned for stupid money

And nothing to do with the fact that he was going to play with far better players and win things?

[Witton Warrior]

What was Balotelli's problem?
When he scored he was squaring up to the entire Villa travelling support.
Must have been a good song...

"You pt your left arm in, your left arm out..."

[JJ-AV]

I love Villa, and while it's frustrating I'm not trying not to go too overboard about the doom and gloom of the Premier League.

A few years ago we were saying the same about the top 4 that we are now about the top 6. You don't know what's around the corner, so I completely disagree with this defeatist 'what's the point' attitude amongst some of us tonight!

Ultimately, we're a work in progress, a new manager and a change of squad is always gonna result in this. Had MON gone in June 2010 we'd probably be a half decent side again, and while we're closer to that than being bad, inconsistency is to be expected.

We need a new centre back, a centre midfielder and a wide player to be a top 6 side again. Hopefully we've got them in Clark, Bannan and N'Zogbia/Albrighton, I'd imagine we'll know by next season regarding the youngsters and their impact on the current Villa side.

It'll probably be a long and boring season ahead, I just hope McLeish gets it right.

But keep the faith, 3 points against the Baggies next week will see us in the top 6 of the league again. It's not all bad.

[Vanilla]

I think the Beeb review has it right, stating we were outclassed, and it was a comfortable win for Citeh.

We weren't bad for about 20 mins, but then sat back as though we had fulfilled the game plan to get an early goal.

Sadly Gabby's missed chance highlights the distance between him and a top class striker. Bent seems to be distracted by thoughts about which team he is moving to in January. The less said about Hutton and Warnock the better.

We just seem a functional team; we didn't play that bad, we just played to our potential against a team that were without a number of first teamers, but who were able to beat us at a canter.

The two teams we have beaten so far this season, sit in the bottom three which I think says a number of things about where Villa are.

I can't really see this as a transitional season anymore as our only future plans are still to ship out the players who are overpaid or who can bring in a profit. The problem with the latter of these is, who actually can we sell at a profit to generate funds in the future (apart from Bent and maybe Gabby)?

[Macho Man Randy Savage]

such a class player whose head was understandably turned for stupid money

And nothing to do with the fact that he was going to play with far better players and win things?

I think when he left we were under the impression that we were still after good players and were going to be challenging for trophies, so it sort of felt like he was leaving just for the money even if that wasn't actually the case. Of course even at the height of Randy's spending we weren't signing players of the calibre Man City have been able to bring in.

[Stu]

such a class player whose head was understandably turned for stupid money

And nothing to do with the fact that he was going to play with far better players and win things?

Fair point, but the reason those players were already there is due to lots of money.

To be honest I expected nothing out of this game and am unsurprised at the result. I'm not sure I want to fork out £40 for a ticket anymore either, not when it's all about bumbling around with the also-rans. It's just chucking good money after bad.

I get far more enjoyment out of Cricket these days, football and it's cost, coupled with the lack of competitiveness and the inability to hang on to your best players - due to the money - is sapping my interest. It's not a sport anymore, it's a cash cow, a gravy train for all manner of hangers on.

Meh.

[Chris Smith]

My reaction to this is...

Meh

I had no faith that we would get anything out of it.

Come to think of it, I can't say my faith in getting a result in any game is very strong. I'm starting to go into games assuming we are going to loose.

As this was the first on we've lost it suggests your judgement is not up to much.