Aston Villa v Tesco Bags Post-Match Thread

[Compass]

I still don't understand why when we get a red card we just collpase where as if the opponent gets a red card they keep composed and normally get a draw from us at the very minimum. In the league this year we've seen Spuds, West Brom and QPR get a red card against us but still somehow managed to win or draw.

And zero shots on target at home is unacceptable regardless if we're down to 10 men.

Christ we've got Sunderland away next. I don't expect anything with McLeish's terrible away record and our gutless players.

And as for Randy Lerner? He's the core that makes our club so rotten at the moment. Really needs to pack his bags.

[woody4866]

P!ss p!ss poor

awful decision to send off Herd and the Pen

even so - we were awful absolutely awful - we`ve gone back to the O`Dreary days

[lovejoy]

So for those who watched it was it ok but we were mugged by the ref or were we rubbish and the red card was just a distraction?

[TonyD]

Randy.   You need a new CEO and a new manager.  Sharpish.  Today is not acceptable. 

[Dave]

P.S. Phil Dowd you're such a faggot.

And if you don't cut out the homophobic language you can find another message board to post on.

[PaulWinch again]

We were mugged by the ref, but we were absolutely diabolical along with that. We are the least technically gifted football team in the league.

[Boz]

McLeish needs to do something, the stats today showed Villa no shots on target.

It's going to be a long miserable season when they can play 90 minutes and not get one shot on target.

The red card was wrong and I hope the club appeal, but it doesn't excuse the crap they played in the second half and we are still terrible at defending set pieces. I thought McLeish was going to sort this out, but they are awful.

Hard to see if the players are doing anything better than they were for Houlier.

Could be battling with Blackburn, Wolves and Wigan at the bottom by Christmas.

[john e]

as soon as we went down to 10 men you just knew we would go into Victim mode,
 and thats how we played as if there was no chance of salvaging anything frrom the game, we had been harshly done by so we have a great excuse to not try very hard.

all the TV interviews will blame everybody else apart from the Villa players and manager,
 but we know we were exposed today, when we needed a bit of fight and battling unity, it wasnt there, nor was any quality which is even more worrying

[PeterWithe]

Is anyone really surprised at this, its going exactly as most predicted, a downward spiral of dull football, draws and narrow defeats after the initial honeymoon period.

McLeish is doing exactly what the owners must have expected him to, and its not pretty and never will be.

[Muscle-Dolphin]

We seem to have no hustle.  We have too many players "waiting for someone else" to do it.  Earth to McLeish - Our offensive system is not working.

[D.boy]

So for those who watched it was it ok but we were mugged by the ref or were we rubbish and the red card was just a distraction?

The 2nd bit.

[Dave]

So for those who watched it was it ok but we were mugged by the ref or were we rubbish and the red card was just a distraction?

We were doing absolutely fine until that decision. Comfortably the better team.

That said, we still shouldn't have performed quite so dreadfully as we did in the second half.

[PeterWithe]

We deserved to be playing with 10 men, just not those 10.

[Irish villain]

Aston Villa FC have been a shambles since August 2010 and there's seemingly no end in sight. Is there a more disorganised club in the top flight right now?

[The Situation]

P.S. Phil Dowd you're such a faggot.

And if you don't cut out the homophobic language you can find another message board to post on.

You gonna ban anyone that will use offensive insults the ref? lol