Aston Villa v Manchester United Post-Match Thread

[KevinGage]

On the plus side, only six months of the season left!

Try seeing it like a prison sentence, it'll feel better.

[PeterWithesShin]

Embarrassing at times against a very mediocre United side. Did we have a single worthwhile effort in the first half?
Second half a marginal improvement, but it would have been difficult not to improve.

Bent: Shows yet again that unless he scores he's pretty much a waste of a shirt.
Gabby: One of the few that looks like he cares. Our main threat so why the fuck did he seem to be playing left back at times? And when will we ever learn, pass to him when he can run at the defence, not when he has to stop and end up with his back to goal.
Bannan: Meh, usual Hollywood passes with most of them giving away possession.
Albrighton: Anyone remember when his brother playing for us last season, he used to go past players and whip in some great crosses. Wonder why we now play his brother who seems scared to do either, especially taking a player on.
Heskey: Two woeful attempts on goal, and yet his coming on led to our best spell of the game. Whether that reflects well on him or badly on us is a debate in itself.

Finally, fuck me how many day trippers were in the ground? I'm Upper Trinity and there were loads of Japanese, Italians etc and all seemed to be wearing those wanky half Villa half Manure scarves.
Most humiliating of all was the fact they were laughing at us in the first half. Hoof after hoof met with much merriment from our 1 game a year friends.

[Compass]

That was a complete and utter disgrace. To see that lump of shit at home is unforgivable. When I first heard the lineup I thought it was gonna be promising, but it was exactly the same rubbish against Spurs. We couldn't string passes  well enough and would hoof it to nowhere.  Sometimes when we had the ball our players wouldn't move. They'll stand guarded to defend a fucking 1-0 loss at home. Then we'll just sit back allowing Man Utd to have so many chances. What on earth has that useless manager done to our players? We have 0% tempo. That Man Utd side wasn't that good at all, yet they still won with ease.

Everyone around me didn't have a good word to say about McLeish. We was all hoping the wanker would have been sacked at half time, but we knew that was impossible with those 2 useless idiots who hired him.

That's me done with spending another penny at this club and I can tell by the atmosphere that there's alot more who's done burning our money away. We haven't scored for 3 games now despite the fact we have a good attacking force. We rarely get 3 shots on target.

We're well in the relegation battle. Don't be fooled by our position. We had more points with the same amount of games played last season and Houllier had a servere amount of injuries without a pre season. McLeish has had a chance to prove himself. He has had chances. Villa fans have been extremely patient (more so than myself), but no more. It's really gonna get ugly from now on I can tell you that by the vibe from Villa Park. Everyone looked outraged leaving. Never seen anything like it. And this is from someone who witnessed the 0-1 Sunderlad defeat earlier this year.

[Iago]

Scott Murray on the Guardian minute-by-minute: "That was possibly the worst game of football ever played. No blame attached to United, who did what they had to do, away from home. Villa, however, were nothing short of an ambition-free disgrace. Premier League football isn't cheap, and their fans deserve better entertainment than that. The home fans - the ones who could be bothered to stay until the end - boo their team off. To repeat a question from the first half: I wonder how long this Alex McLeish business will last?"

And that's a neutral. Says it all really.

We are getting absolutely slated on Premier League TV and rightly so. I could forgive us if Spursaway was a one off but today confirmed it wasn't. Ferguson must love us, his players will be fresh for the CL game in the week, they never had to go out of second gear today.

We deserved to be criticised for that level of performance. We are a club founded on the ethic of competition, we saw no competitiveness or desire to compete against them. AM should be ashamed for exploiting the fans.

I am sure Ferguson is pleased with our appointment and performance. But we must remember, it is only because he managed Birmingham City that there is discontent. Fucking moron.

[Nev]

At this time last year there were plenty of fans looking to give GH a chance. I don't see that now with this manager.

[Compass]

At this time last year there were plenty of fans looking to give GH a chance. I don't see that now with this manager.

Houllier deserved chances because he is a winner, he knew there was troublesome characters in this club, he played us a positive way, he had no pre season and was under one of the worst injury crisis this club has ever faced.

Our team last year was stripped to the bones, but the performance against Man Utd last year was 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than the rubbish we saw tonight.

[themossman]

This manager, football, team, are making me indifferent to Villa. I expected nothing out of that game, got nothing, and I'm not even annoyed.

[andyh]

We are going down. I am totally sure of it. 6 points off the relegation zone, and fucking Yakubu managed 4 against Swansea today.

I don't think relegation is an immediate threat. At the moment, Swansea, Wigan and Blackburn all seem to be even worse than us. The problem is that Wigan has successfully avoided relegation the last couple of seasons despite being mired among the bottom three for most of the season; Blackburn have some decent players, and a new manager could improve them. Whereas Big Eck's record in relegation battles are all too well-known.

That fucker has the ability to take a team down a few short months after reaching the pinnacle in their history.
Be worried, because after waching that, and seeing what that C UNT and Lerner have done to our club, makes me want to weep.

[pauliewalnuts]

Another gutless, ambition-free performance against the worst Man United side in years.

The second half was marginally more bearable than the first. The first half was like watching a constant loop of us defending corners in which we don't leave a single man up field, Collins hoofing it 40 yards up field and the ball coming back at us.

If it isn't the depressing negativity of it, it is the fact we look utterly clueless as to what we want to do.

Randy needs to wake up and stop deluding himself that there is a chance this will work. It will not. It was a bewildering appointment, and he has dropped a gigantic bollock here. Today was the first time I have felt real widespread anger in the crowd, and that is going to get worse.

Five points from the last seven games is not just relegation form, it is relegated by March form.

The club is sleepwalking towards disaster, alienating the fans while it does so, and the chairman is utterly fucking oblivious.

A shambles from top to bottom.

[Iago]

At this time last year there were plenty of fans looking to give GH a chance. I don't see that now with this manager.

Houllier deserved chances because he is a winner, he knew there was troublesome characters in this club, he played us a positive way, he had no pre season and was under one of the worst injury crisis this club has ever faced.

Our team last year was stripped to the bones, but the performance against Man Utd last year was 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than the rubbish we saw tonight.

Correct. We are dying a slow and horrible death under AM.

[mrfuse]

Just back, awful what mindset does Mcleish  set our team with not lose by more than 2 goals? That's the worst united team Ive seen for a while and were their for the taking.

I watched Newcastle give it a right go today against Chelsea and were very unlucky with injuries and decisions.

We were just dull and uninteresting

[pauliewalnuts]

Oh, and a special shout out to the utter fucking morons booing Ashley Young. You deserve to be served up this shite.

[andyh]

Oh, and a special shout out to the utter fucking morons booing Ashley Young. You deserve to be served up this shite.

Paulie, you right mate, but we have bigger things to worry about.

[Summers]

Young got booed, heavily, after kicking Albrighton's legs out from behind. And rightly fucking so.

As for the football match - shit. McLeish needs to go. Heskey needs to go.

I'm happy to put money on Sunderland finishing above us. They have a manager, we have a useless inept tactical blackhole.

[Nev]

Sacking the manager may not solve the problem, in fact I'd go as far as to say it may create another. There is another position that needs to be reviewed as well.