Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[D.boy]

Well done to the fuckwits who threw bricks at the Swansea fans coaches, I hope you feel proud of yourselves.

[villajk]

Well done to the fuckwits who threw bricks at the Swansea fans coaches, I hope you feel proud of yourselves.

Somebody posted about this on Facebook.  Any details?

[PeterWithesShin]

I just find it depressing that a side enjoying it's first season in the top flight since the early 80s can play that kind of football, while we've spent most of that time at the top half of the league and play the style of football that we do.

[KRS]

I'm sorry Bent is a contributing factor to us not playing well.

He scores tap ins, he isn't a goal machine, he is a goal hanger.

We don't play a system or have the personnel to accommodate him, so what's the point?

It's no coincidence he came back in and the performance suffered. The ball never sticks up front it just keeps coming back thus applying constant pressure on ourselves.

So having attacking minded players like Ireland, Bannan, Albrighton, N'Zogbia and Gabby arent the right type of personnel to provide Bent with service to score goals? We could certainly do with some more guts in midfield but surely those players have the footballing intelligence to supply Bent with the type of service he thrives on to get his 20+ goals per season. He is a player capable of doing that and he has the players around him to help him reach that target, so it can only be the system that is wrong...who is responsible for the system and the tactics?

[Witton Warrior]

The worst thing today wasn't about the outcome of one match, though, it was seeing the difference between a team which has been set up to play a modern, passing game under a forward thinking manager totally outplay a team which really needs to be dragged into the 21st century.

I'm not saying we should appoint Rodgers any more than we should have appointed Martinez when Wigan beat us at home that time, but as a general indicator, it was depressing stuff.

I have to agree with this Paulie - it cannot be any coincidence that our problems stem from not being able to pass the ball. These players couldn't do it under MoN either!

My only hope is that we survive this season and then rebuild a passing team for the future.

We had the chance to go today but the general consensus was it would be the usual tripe - we were going against Everton but I don't know if I can stand more of the same...

[Toronto Villa]

While I agree with praising the way Swansea played, I think it's a little unfair to compare him to McLeish or overly criticise him on that subject. Rodgers and Martinez before him sha the same footballing philosophy and over the last few years have specifically purchased played to play a certain way. McLeish is trying to make us play that way with players he's mainly acquired from MON who never tried to play that way. It's also something as we know GH struggled with. It will be a long time, and/or take a lot of cash to change out the playing staff and ingrain a different playing mentality at the club.

[Simba]

WTF. ?

Swansea (!) were made to look like Barca. How can we be two different teams, in three days? Back to the future with no attacking teeth and sloppy defending. After all the team was much the same, (I would have played Marc from the start even at the expense of Benty, that boy can cross a ball), and why does he consistantly make subs so bloody late? Tactically what happened? I watched it live and just couldn't believe it.

Is it the home crowd? I don't think so they (we) all expected the side to continue on from Saturday so it was positive to begin with.

Is anybody out there with more footy nous than me who can explain why we look like chasing for Euro places on Saturday and get a lesson on Monday. Tiredness cannot explain it. Thank F we got those points off Chelsea.

Oh, and congrats to Swansea on a great display.

Signed: Confused, Tunbridge Wells.

[D.boy]

Well done to the fuckwits who threw bricks at the Swansea fans coaches, I hope you feel proud of yourselves.

Somebody posted about this on Facebook.  Any details?

There's a thread about it on Planet Swans.
"Yep, one of the more reliable away fans has just said on Twitter that her coach was bricked - thank feck for double glazing was her exact phrase!"

"Bus 1 has had a window put through and they tried to put another through."

"These two weren't hiding. They were walking alongside the bus. They run off then though. Cowards."

[Simba]

We are bricking their bus? Christ it just gets better. Shameful.

[swiss1968]

I had a bad feeling the very first minute when nzog banged in a great low cross bent wasn't even looking,warnock looked like me if i was playing today,how many corner's , and your back in the room!!

[timeoutbigbar]

As if the day could get worse, some tw@s about.

[Chris Harte]

Undone by two individual errors.

Plenty of effort, but no guile.

Assume Ireland came off because two 90 minute games in three days was too much considering he's had not that much action.

[Toronto Villa]

Well done to the fuckwits who threw bricks at the Swansea fans coaches, I hope you feel proud of yourselves.

Wonderful. A poor performance compounded by some our so called fans acting like utter wankers.

[SamTheMouse]

We are bricking their bus? Christ it just gets better. Shameful.

It's quite simple. Hunt them down. Send them to prison for a bit. When they get out, make sure they don't come within a billion miles* of Villa Park. Scum like that are not permitted to support the club I love.

*obviously not really a billion miles

[Simba]

Pity nzog didn't get the luck of the bounce for his shot off the post. He needs a goal.