Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[damon loves JT]

I don't want to discourage anyone from trying to be positive about the performance, but the best I can say is: that was yesterday. We have the rest of the season to show that we've learned from it.

Its not 'we' who have to learn from it, its the management

If it was the first time it had happened I would say that maybe they can learn from it, but its not.

How much more evidence do they need before they change things?

You are right of course, and as soon as the line-up appeared on the pre-match thread plenty of people saw it coming.

But I say `we' because Aston Villa is always `we'.

[CJ]

I don't want to discourage anyone from trying to be positive about the performance, but the best I can say is: that was yesterday. We have the rest of the season to show that we've learned from it.

True enough.

Although yesterday wasn't the first time we've tried that, and he didn't learn anything from that. Oh, and his inteview after the game sounded like he thought it went excellently.

I am trying to work out if two weeks till the next game is a good thing or a bad thing.

Couldn't agree more Paulie. Hopefully the one good thing about the next game being 2 weeks off is that Gabby's got a better chance of being fit

[Somniloquism]

Someone mentioned that they thought Randy was over yesterday, and I believe he was over for Liverpool and Manure. I wonder if it is a ploy by AMc to show how poor his team is to get money out of Randy in the summer. So if Randy is over, expect a containment team plan, and if he isn't we go out a bit more attack minded.

[olaftab]

Liverpool, Manure and City ...so  Randy turns up for for GIANTS  Alex does not.

[Legion]

[garyshawsknee]

Brilliant,i think Bent was a bit deeper though!

[markeeeebeeee2005]

I didn't watch it or listen to it (thank god) but read the whole of the match thread on here whilst watching the rugby. The one thing that stood out for me is after a very poor season with some of the worst football I have witnessed as a villa fan, the attempt at pre match positivity by posters on here.

But boy does a Villa game do the trick for draining that positivity out of people.

I think despite popular opinion Villa fans aren't negative but more realists. We call a spade a spade and can spot a turd a mile off. And Alex McLeish is definitely a turd, he is not up to it. The 'silent majority' spotted this when he was appointed, but stayed silent. But he should go now, I was willing to give him time, and of course wanted him to do well (why wouldn't I?). If Randy can't see that then he should pack off too.

Football should be there to keep us interested and offer some entertainment to take our minds off the more difficult things life throws our way. TBH I'd rather be at work than watch a Villa game at the moment (hell I have had more fun at funerals), and that's saying something.

McLeish has to go, and if its not quickly Randy should    go too. I don't think this would be too much of a hardship for him as he doesn't seem that interested in turning up to the games of the football team that he owns. When the going gets tough, he seems to find a big rock somewhere in America to crawl under.

And don't even get me started on Faulkner, he has a house on my parents road in Sutton, and I have a nagging urge to post printed off match threads from here through his letter box. Inept.