Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[OzVilla]

Only seen the goals.  They reminded me of Englands defence against Germany in the 2010 World Cup.  Totally shambolic.

[TaxDodger]

6 hour. Round trip. On my own. Wayne fucking Routledge. There's only one thing that can cheer me up now, and that's Trigger Happy TV.

[Vanilla]

It is basically back to the real world isn't it? The Chelsea game was a happy diversion from the dirge that we had seen in recent weeks, and will probably be remembered as the kick up the arse that Chelsea needed rather than being a progressive step for Villa. 

[Jimmy Smash]

6 hour. Round trip. On my own. Wayne fucking Routledge. There's only one thing that can cheer me up now, and that's Trigger Happy TV.

If only we'd kept him and passed on Heskey instead 

[gervilla]

There's nothing quite like The Villa to bring you right back down to earth with a bump is there.
New Years eve's highlight of the Chelsea result, then that today.

[olaftab]

To top it all it's back to work tomorrow...can't get worse!

[joe_c]

Positives from today.

I never forked out £30+ to watch that shit...yet again.

I feel for those who have forked out to watch that garbage for the umpteenth time this season. 

Thanks. Your pity means a great deal to me at this difficult time.

Positives for me are that I don't take this anywhere near as seriously as y'all.

[Jimmy Smash]

To top it all it's back to work tomorrow...can't get worse!

I think I'd rather be at work than sit through that again.

[old man villa fan]

If I was AM I would be looking to try another midfield system in the FA Cup to see if we can come up with a formation that gets the best out of Bent and Gabby.

I would be tempted to go with a diamond formation, do away with the wide players and play a narrower game.  I would have Clark at the back, Petrov and Bannan in the middle, with Ireland at the point playing behind Bent and Gabby.

We need to be looking at different systems and see which players can adapt so that it does give us options to switch during matches.

[luke25]

Just heard that was Routledge's first goal in the top flight, put that with Swansea's first ever goal at Villa, first ever win at Villa and first away win in the premiership, thats 4 records broke in one game.

[villaparkb6]

according to Mcleish when pressed on WM on why Swansea made seven changes in rotation today but he just bought in bent back in, making them look a lot fresher than us, Mcleish replied than Brendan Rogers has the SQUAD to do that but he doesn't, what a sad state of affairs, this is fuckin Swansea for god sake that mcleish is intimating have a better squad than the mighty Aston Villa..........................thanks a lot randy 

[jembob]

At the end of the game there were more stewards between the dugout and tunnel than in the rest of the stadium. Clearly the club were expecting some vitriol to be fired at AM but sadly most fans in that section had already left in disgust.

What a sad state of affairs. 6,000 empty seats, no atmosphere, a dreadful malaise, players who fail to do the basics, an inept management team and yet another home humiliation.

What summed it up for me was our first substitution. Those in the Holte that could be bothered to sing were calling for Albrighton. Clearly struggling for any idea at all the Manager decides that it's a good option and tells Marc to warm up. A couple of minutes later MA is stripped an ready to go but the management huddle don't know who to bring off and spend an age pointing around the pitch. 5 minutes later Albrighton gets fed up/cold, puts his coat on and sits down again. AM had decided to bring him on but didn't have a clue how to accommodate him and finally ended up making the worst possible decision. Macleish is such a poor manager it's hardly surprising that confidence is so low and was completely out thought by Brendan Rogers today which let's face it, isn't difficult.

[jembob]

according to Mcleish when pressed on WM on why Swansea made seven changes in rotation today but he just bought in bent back in, making them look a lot fresher than us, Mcleish replied than Brendan Rogers has the SQUAD to do that but he doesn't, what a sad state of affairs, this is fuckin Swansea for god sake that mcleish is intimating have a better squad than the mighty Aston Villa..........................thanks a lot randy 

What a shit excuse for Mcleish to make. How many Swansea players had we ever heard of before this season? It must of cost a fraction of our squad to put their team together and they look so much better it's embarrassing. We are short in depth but we're even shorter in management skills. 

[KRS]

What will really piss you off is when you consider that Brendan Rogers clearly did his homework for both the Spurs and Villa games, and made tactical changes for the benefit of his squad whilst retaining their style of play in both games. This comes from good management, coaching, training and a great team ethic. None of those are apparent at Villa. What did AM do before the Chelsea game? I very much doubt there was much or any work done to prepare the players for the Swansea game...if there was, then whatever they did simply wasnt good enough.

[taylorsworkrate]

Some people need to stop throwing their toys out the pram and acting like we're some sort of force these days who should be steam rolling teams like Swansea at home.

You're daft if you think we shouldn't have dismantled Swans today. Coming off a win at the Bridge Swansea should have been chopped liver.

This is exactly why there's so much negativity around Villa fans at the moment. Too many fans think we've got a better squad than we actually have. The reality is that we're in that group of teams from 7th-20th who are on course to finish exactly where our ability should see us finish. I honestly don't understand where some people think we should be? Challenging teams that have spent millions more than us?

No, not getting completely outclassed by a side that have just been promoted, and have drawn 3 and lost 6 away from home.

I don't think thats too high an expectation.