Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

My goodness. We might need to go to Norwich and win to stay up.

[Irish villain]

My FB status: 7 home games without a win. The heart and soul was ripped out of Villa Park last summer

[Apyadg]

I'm pissed off. I've had enough of negative football and shit tactics. We spent the whole game doing nothing.

Worst home run in how many years now?

Longest run without a win at home in over 20 years, I read.

[TheSandman]

We only improved after Ireland and N'Zogbia came on. We looked so bright for the last few minutes and that makes it more disappointing. We CAN play well. We just, for whatever reason, don't most of the time. I wasn't expecting three points, I was clear on that. What I wanted was for us to show what we were capable of and give it a go. Which for whatever reason, we didn't for most of the game.

The only player who deserves credit is Cuellar who was decent defensively in spite of playing a position less than suited to him and also unlucky not to score.

[Jimbo]

McLeish reverts to type and we lose in embarrassing circumstances. True, we'd probably have lost in any case. And we did only keep it down to the one goal. But it's the manner in which we approached the game that tells us McLeish just doesn't understand what this club is about. Deep down, everybody knew that his appointment was nothing short of a disaster waiting to happen. But until Lerner gets the help of somebody who understands football, we can't sack him because his replacement is likely to be just as ill founded. We've got ourselves into a right old pile of shite, and I'm afraid it's all the chairman's doing. 

[pauliewalnuts]

Really embarrassing to send us out like that, and it is far from the first time, either.

I can handle zero points against them, but we made it so very easy for them from the start.

That kind of ambition free approach really is not worthy of having an Aston Villa badge on it. We only looked vaguely like we were even taking part in that match when we put on CNZ and Stephen ireland.

The manager has a decreasing number of friends, and with embarassing, almost humiliating crap like that, he doesn't deserve the ones he still has.

If I were a neutral, we are exactly the sort of time I would absolutely hate.

[D.boy]

You are not at Small Heath anymore so stop strangling the life out of this club with your negativity you useless idiot. I've seen enough for my patiance to have finally run out. You are taking this club down and very soon you will find the majority will have turned on you.

[AVFCRob]

McLeish clearly believed that our only hope was to defend for 90 minutes and hold out for a 0-0 draw. When your own manager doesn't believe in you then you may as well pack it in, go home, sit down and think about what else you could be doing with your life.

What a complete defeatist surrender. David Moyes.....fancy a move to the Midlands, mate? (pretty please)

[garyshawsknee]

Put that one in the Spurs,Utd,Liverpool file. When your plan A is so waffer thin,your never gonna have a chance. He ended up with the team he shouldve have started with.

This has happened too many times now,and its getting harder and harder to give McCleish a break,a lot of the time he does himself no favours at all.

[PaulWinch again]

Today the game was given away just as much as houllier did in the cup last year, will the reaction be the same?

Difference is this isn't a one off it's a repeated approach. I've tried to support Mcleish but he's shot himself in the face with his tactics, so can fuck off in my opinion. We are Aston Villa, we should always try to win at home no matter what. We are not some tiny club, where playing 10 behind the ball at home is acceptable.

[dingo]

Would not let him manager my kids Sunday team

[manic-road]

No ambition showed by the manager or team.
Negative tactics from the first whistle and it was only a matter of time before City scored, only then did we have a go.
Dunne was our best player, says it all.

[Somniloquism]

Why has  he suddenly reverted to playing like a draw is all we need from the next so many matches to keep us up.

He should have learnt that when he puts a team out to defend because he doesn't think we are good enough to win, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

Still it will be interesting without Dunne at the back for the next few matches if that is his collarbone done in.

[Nastylee]

Postives - Thought defence actually played pretty well considering the amount of pressure they were under.

Negatives - I'm not going to waste my time.

[hawkeye]

He has learnt nothing since the Arse game, reverting to that type of football is unacceptable, and that is why he should go