Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Clampy]

Well i think people should give him a break. If MON had got a result at anfield with a battling performance playing 7 youngsters everyone would be patting him on the back. I get it, you want Mcleish gone but please try and show some perspective.

Ahh Greg mentions MON.

Again.

well seeing we got turned over 5-0 at anfield under MON with his strongest side i thought it was a valid point

We also won there 3-1 under MON but let's forget that one.

[Irish villain]

Sour grapes from Daglish after the game. It would take an 'assassination' for his side to win a penalty apparently.

[Monty]

Though the fighting spirit shown today was great, I think it may be a sign of how low our standards have got that we get overjoyed at the sight of it even though it really should be the bare minimum, and there were still such great failings in the performance, but that's just me.

[hawkeye]

We were pretty awful today except for the first 10 nminutes, Lpool missed sitter after sitter.
Credit to the guys than ran themselves into the ground.
We got lucky, we got a point.

[Greg N'Ash]

Well i think people should give him a break. If MON had got a result at anfield with a battling performance playing 7 youngsters everyone would be patting him on the back. I get it, you want Mcleish gone but please try and show some perspective.

Ahh Greg mentions MON.

Again.

well seeing we got turned over 5-0 at anfield under MON with his strongest side i thought it was a valid point

We also won there 3-1 under MON but let's forget that one.

We bloody should have done with the money he spent. anyway my main point was if Mcleish wanted to put in a gutless negative performance against liverpool then he only has to watch the video to that game

[villajk]

I couldn't care less what McLeish says. He's just put out one of the most inexperienced Villa teams ever and got a point at a ground where better managers than he have been turned over.

Agree with this.

It's a hard worked for, valuable point for us.

Last 10 to 15 minutes were watched peeping through my fingers or biting my nails.

[TheSandman]

I wish we didn't end up discussing pubehead at every opportunity. I dislike him as much as the next man but I'd just like to forget about him and not end up reading about him every fucking day.

[Chico Hamilton III]

anyway my main point was if Mcleish wanted to put in a gutless negative performance against liverpool then he only has to watch the video to that game

he could have just cast his mind back to White Hart Lane this season....

We had a good result today against a Liverpool team who are bottom 3 in terms of premier league form in 2012.

More of the same required on Monday

[ez]

I'm happy and relieved because I thought we might get a hiding that would shatter any confidence we have for the remaining games. I totally agree with the concerns about ball retention and taking the game to the opposition more but let's be honest, it's all about just staying up now. As Damon said - a point is point, next.

Same here. I just wonder what would have happened if we had kept attacking in the second half instead of parking the bus.

[Brend'Watkins]

Went for a walk with the dog for 90 mins.  Got two texts early on so I had a feeling we'd scored.  Got no more texts for the rest of the walk, I feared a loss, at best a draw as I switched on the TV at 5pm.  Happy with the point.  Happy I didn't have to go through the torture and stress of hanging on for the point for 10 minutes. 

Beat Stoke and we can relax.

[Greg N'Ash]

I'm happy and relieved because I thought we might get a hiding that would shatter any confidence we have for the remaining games. I totally agree with the concerns about ball retention and taking the game to the opposition more but let's be honest, it's all about just staying up now. As Damon said - a point is point, next.

Same here. I just wonder what would have happened if we had kept attacking in the second half instead of parking the bus.

To be fair i heard Mcleish was gesturing them to get forward 2nd half so i don't think that was his intention, more how the younger players reacted which is only natural given thier inexperience

[john2710]

Happy with the point & how the team battled, would have settled for that before the game. The only thing that matters at the moment is getting the points required to stay up as soon as possible.

Tactics would have been the same even if we had a full strength team.

We should be safe for this season.

[UK Redsox]

Just got back, so here's a few quick thoughts.............

How come it takes at least three dives for Suarez to get booked, yet Samir goes over once at gets carded ?

Kuyt ............. wow, how did he miss that early chance ?

Steeeeeevie Geeeeeee ............. I actually started to feel sorry for him being stuck out wide. And we think that our manager has strange tactics.

Even allowing for Carroll and Downing, Jordan Henderson might be the biggest waste of money of the lot.

I haven't seen video of the Liverpool goal yet, so I don't know who was to blame. If it wasn't Baker, then I'd make him my MOTM


People take the piss out of Man Utd for having fans from outside the area but they've got nothing on the Red-Scouse. I was amazed at the number of buses that I passed this far south. There was even a bus load of Liverpool fans from the Forest

[Greg N'Ash]

agree about baker. Thought he was arse last game but really stepped up today.

[PeterWithesShin]

The more I hear about it the more I want to see the Samir penalty incident. Bet MOTD don't show it. Bastards.

P.s. If Samir ever goes to the Mailbox I hope someone has warned him of the dangers of canals.