Aston Villa v Manchester United Post-Match Thread

[mr woo]

Awful. Really fucking awful.

And you can't say we didn't warn you Randy.

[PeterWithesShin]

Apart from that shot at the end, I thought Heskey did well.

So did I.

He did more in 30 minutes than Bent did in 100. Guess which one cost 5x as much the other, and which one gets slaughtered.

[goldenjimi]

On the plus side Guzan has a bloody good kick on him, I think we have found our new centre half!

[mr woo]

Apart from that shot at the end, I thought Heskey did well.

So did I.

He did more in 30 minutes than Bent did in 100. Guess which one cost 5x as much the other, and which one gets slaughtered.

Maybe, but pinching a line from Blackadder -  Darren Bent in an Alex McLeish side is like a broken pencil.

[SamTheMouse]

The line-up McLeish picked tonight actually had me slightly optimistic before the match.

That was quickly remedied though. The tone was set straight from the kick off, when the ball was immediately passed back to Collins who promptly punted it into outer space.

Twat.

[Nastylee]

The fact I didn't renew my ST after 15 yrs becomes more justified with each game. That's all I can take at the moment, it's that shit!

[Matt C]

Utterly dreadful and totally unenjoyable stuff.

[timeoutbigbar]

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

Agree entirely.  Really hoped our fans would behave with a bit of class today and pay respect to a player who carried us in terms of creativity for the last four years.  Shame.

I did no such thing and I thought he got booed  heavily after his pathetic tackle on Marc and that was well deserved. There were some mild boos before that and nothing wrong with that.  Both of you gents need to pull out of his arse as soon as you can!

So one tackle where he was attempting to win the ball back was more important than the 4 years he spent here?  I hadn't noticed the noise level rise after that tackle, he got the same treatment from the first minute when he closed down Hutton when he was letting it run for a goal kick.  It was never implied everyone was booing, but far more than I expected.

[jembob]

Today's performance was unacceptable on virtually every level. If the Chairman can't see that we have a serious problem then we are doomed.

At a time in the game when we should have been pressing for an equalizer, SAF felt that he could take off one of his central defenders and replace him with a 40 year old midfielder, such was the threat that we posed.

Just heard McLeish's interview on MOTD and apparently the second half was 'a different story'! I agree with that - first half we were timid and inept, second we were clueless and disorganised.

[Greg N'Ash]

Apart from that shot at the end, I thought Heskey did well.

So did I.

He did more in 30 minutes than Bent did in 100. Guess which one cost 5x as much the other, and which one gets slaughtered.

Maybe, but pinching a line from Blackadder -  Darren Bent in an Alex McLeish side is like a broken pencil.

Precisely. He needs the ball to his feet, not 10 foot above his head. Be better off selling him in January and getting re-inforcements elsewhere than watching his transfer value steadily drop

[Chipsticks]

...thought we played alright towards the end of the second half.

When the fans got behind the team we started playing well, I was getting really pissed off with the people around me.

[caster troy]

I'm sure the abuse Downing receives at Villa Park (if he plays) will put the occasional, quiet booing of Ashley Young into context.

[The Left Side]

I just feel... meh!

[richard moore]

Just thought of another ground I can get to quite easily next season - Reading

When we were doing well, I always worried as to why the Cleveland Browns were so shit. It used to be there, this nagging thought in the back of my mind that I wanted to ignore but which wouldn't ever quite go away.

Now I know why it was there...

[caster troy]

Just thought of another ground I can get to quite easily next season - Reading

When we were doing well, I always worried as to why the Cleveland Browns were so shit. It used to be there, this nagging thought in the back of my mind that I wanted to ignore but which wouldn't ever quite go away.

Now I know why it was there...

I wonder if there is precedent at the Browns for him choosing his own man for head coach, against fans wishes, and then sacking him halfway through a season when it was clear he'd made a mistake? We can but hope.