Aston Villa v Manchester United Match Thread

[picicata]

Playing attacking players does not make it an attacking team. The problem is, and will always be, McCleish's approach to the game and the 'tactics' he deploys.

[TheSandman]

Gabby's having Smalling on toast.

[bones.]

any threads that dont include 'youve won a f#cking ipod' messages stuck in the middle of the screen please?

[Irish villain]

Oh oh, Bent down injured.

Our problem is the manager wants us to concede less than the opposing team.

[SamTheMouse]

Waddle is dead right. He can see Bent is useless on his own. We can all see it. So why can't McLeish? FFS stick Gabby up front and tell him to turn Vidic at every possible opportunity. Every time Vidic finds himself faced with a pacey attacker he gets himself sent off*.

*well, NEARLY every time.

[Lambert and Payne]

Fucking average, I'm bored, again. I feel sorry for mcleish, he's inherited a shit team that couldn't care less. Are defence is wank, there picking holes
Its far too easy, I expected to lose today but I hoped for once we'd be interested. It really is painful being a villa fan isn't it?

[TonyD]

Carlos and Clark on NOW.

[Warren Aspinall]

Bent's probably thinking, if they're not gonna play the ball to me i'll go off injured

[Apyadg]

Bent down. Just what we need.

I was looking at the table and see that although we're 8th, we're as close, in terms of points, to 20th as we are to 7th.

[SamTheMouse]

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=134402&part=sports

[Astral Weeks]

Oh oh, Bent down injured.

Our problem is the
 manager wants us to concede less than the opposing team.

Well, in general it is a good idea. The trick is pulling it off, which we're not veryvgood at.

[Proposition Joe]

We back off.  We don't press.  That means that we often rely on the other team making mistakes to get the ball, which means possession is a rare quantity so should be precious when we get it.  So what do we do?  Give the ball away usually within 30 seconds of getting it.  We simply cannot get into games that way, will never build pressure.

[ez]

How much they must love playing us

[taylorsworkrate]

Manchester United's football has not been awesome, Mr Waddle.

It has been INCREDIBLY EASY for them. 

[Risso]

Oh great, Given injured.