Aston Villa v Manchester United Match Thread

[ozzjim]

Even the crowd are not vitriolic though. You would think he would be getting dogs abuse, but there is nothing.

[garyshawsknee]

I am getting quite angry at how shite we are.

I'm getting quite use to it.

[Risso]

Absolutely dreadful first half.  Of course they are much better than us, but we are just so poor all over the pitch.

[NeilH]

Jesus wept - I feel desperately sorry for those there right now. No attempt whatsoever to try and win the game. Dull negative football and constant hoofing of the ball 50 yards up field. We should hang our heads in shame.

[Apyadg]

Well, that wasn't so bad, now we just have 45 minutes longer to defend our 1-0 loss.

[Irish villain]

I would have booed. I am disgusted by the way teh club has handled itself over the past 18 months

[Goldie.7]

I wish someone would turn off that feckin mic by the impostor in the dugout! Body language wtf is he talking about.

[TonyD]

I think AM is possibly the worst manager I've seen in 32 years, including BM.  I dont think DOL was this bad.  We cannot defend, we cannot pass, we cannot keep the ball,  no passion, no drive, no idea,  clueless formation that leaves Bent out on a limb, no playing to Bannan & Gabby's strengths, Collins and Hutton still on the pitch.

Agent Alex offers us NOTHING.   Come on Lerner sort this shit out.

[Tucson Villain]

Dreadful first half.

[boboonthecorner]

I think McLeish has bitten off far more than he can chew. The players just don't want to play for him, end of story.

[Toronto Villa]

I just don't get it. The team he picked was one we all wanted to see for a few weeks. It on paper looked so much more adventurous and unpredictable. Yet the outcome has been exactly the same. What the fuck do we practice during the week. Do any of the training sessions actually involve the ball moving forward? This is murder.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The players have to take responsibility for that shit. It's a ball, nothing to be fucking scared of and those other players, you can  tackle them, football is still a contact sport.

FFS Villa, grow a pair!

Side note: How the hell didn't Ashley get booked for chopping down Albrighton?

[manic-road]

Come on Villa, where's the fight?

[ozzjim]

I think McLeish has bitten off far more than he can chew. The players just don't want to play for him, end of story.

Quite clearly.


A line up that says attack put into a 4-5-1 sitting deep is tactical suicide.

[Villanation]

The worst thing about this is, this Man U side are very average, I can't believe that at home McLiesh can't put together some kind of style that gets us back into the game.

We look simply terrible, they don't look that good, we can still get something here, its down to the manager to sort this.

get friggin Gabby up front for ffs instead of playing footsie with smalling.........................Do something.