Manchester United v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[saunders_heroes]

Cowardly performance, which comes as no surprise as our manager is a coward full stop.
I wonder if Lerner has realised yet that if you sell all your best players you become a poorer team?

[brian green]

Why can't he just say "Old Trafford" and describe his team as young players?   This bollocks about Theatre of Dreams is something they have created for marketing purposes.   Its all so fucking naff and he becomes not our manager but their mouthpiece.   To listen to that after the agony of yet another humiliating defeat is like being offered a nice cup of cocoa on your way to the electric chair.

[Irish villain]

Is Alex McLeish in the pay of Man United?

I ask with all sincerity.

[ktvillan]

"The young lions have come to the Theatre of Dreams, the champions, a world-class club side playing against people like Scholes thinking can we get close to them, can we stop them playing?

From McLeish after match report on the OS. Two words, McLeish Out!

Link please?

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2736541,00.html

So embarassing.

How anyone can support this bloke is beyond me.

That beggars belief.

It's worse than the Anfield guff that Houllier came out with last season, which he was rightly slaughtered for.  And he does it over again, bigging up the opposition and talking about stopping them playing, as if that's what the game is all about.  What about making them worry about stopping us Alex?  He really doesn't have a fucking clue does he?

[jembob]

Why can't he just say "Old Trafford" and describe his team as young players?   This bollocks about Theatre of Dreams is something they have created for marketing purposes.   Its all so fucking naff and he becomes not our manager but their mouthpiece.   To listen to that after the agony of yet another humiliating defeat is like being offered a nice cup of cocoa on your way to the electric chair.

But this sort of bollocks is now as predictable as our dire performances and regular acquiensence to the 'elite'. While we all recognise Mcleish as being a man completely out of his depth, there's no excuse for the Club's PR department allowing him to repeatedly make so many gaffs. You'd think that for once they would help him to prepare something rather more respectful to the fans and players.

[VILLA MOLE]

If we are re-living 1987 I suppose i'd better go and crack one out to Sabrina.

regrettably I was too young to do that then what would be the equivilent now?   

[VWBelgian]

Seen MOM now, disgrace... Never a penalty. The ref a lot of wrong decisions. Oh and Villa no spirit, no fight nothing.. For example: ball goes in the midfield, 2 of our players dont know who wants the ball. 3third goal: ball passes 3/4 Villa players, Collins just looks at it.  Jezus, how long.. If i would a Villa player i would fed up with that kind of coaching, or is that just me thinking?

[olaftab]

"The young lions have come to the Theatre of Dreams, the champions, a world-class club side playing against people like Scholes thinking can we get close to them, can we stop them playing?

"Tactically we tried to do that. But actually putting it into practice is another ball game for the guys.

Let this be his "suicide" note.

[olaftab]

Last season he went to Theatre of dreams and  got spanked 5-0  with Blues on his way down. I guess it was an honour for him to a leading a team out again so soon at the holly turf that is OT so obviously he was overcome with emotion.

I guess the problem is Lerner also worships Fergie.

[Brend'Watkins]

I sat amongst their lot today underneath where our supporters were. I never got from my seat once, didn't applaud anything, didn't say anything just sat there in blind resignation that we would roll over and die, which we dutyfully did. 

I think the place is more theatre than theatre of dreams. The play is about good and evil with the audience expecting the good to win through in the end.  We did't play the evil part very well at all today, we were too nice or hadn't rehearsed sufficiently to play the part properly.  Still, the audience got what they expected from the days play and left happy brandishing their half and half scarves as they took endless photos of everything and anything.

 

[Pete3206]

Managed to avoid the whole, predictable debacle. McCleish's comments however, make my blood boil. I have never seen a more defeatist attitude in all my years of watching the game.

[rob_bridge]

Joy Division - Closer for me, a sad album to match my mood.

Great choice.

[rob_bridge]

Joy Division - Closer for me, a sad album to match my mood.

PinkFloyd-see you on the dark side of the moon.

An even better choice.

[dl9]

What's the big surprise? Can anyone on here honestly say that we weren't going to capitulate today?

Apathy has been the word at Villa since our bore draw at Fulham back in August.

Even now, he goes on record in his post match interview saying that he's looking for 6 points?!?

6 POINTS?!?! F*CKINELL!!! THERE ARE 5 MATCHES LEFT!!! He should be going for a 15 points!!
We know we are f*cked but he's being paid £1.6 mil a year so at least he can try and be optimistic even if he doesn't believe so himself.

I'm past being angry, I'm just embarrassed that he's our manager.

[rob_bridge]

"The young lions have come to the Theatre of Dreams, the champions, a world-class club side playing against people like Scholes thinking can we get close to them, can we stop them playing?

From McLeish after match report on the OS. Two words, McLeish Out!

Link please?

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2736541,00.html

So embarassing.

How anyone can support this bloke is beyond me.

That beggars belief.

It's worse than the Anfield guff that Houllier came out with last season, which he was rightly slaughtered for.  And he does it over again, bigging up the opposition and talking about stopping them playing, as if that's what the game is all about.  What about making them worry about stopping us Alex?  He really doesn't have a fucking clue does he?

Nope McLeish (for all his faults) followed another inpet disinterested buffoon who was paid a fortune and therefore he uses the logical extension of Houllier's derisory comments. Houllier also bigged up Man U last season when we lost to them. Hiring Faulkner to recommend/choose managers has been the worst decision in Villa's resent history. Every other manager hired I could make a case for except  - Clueless Buffoon who thought Domenech was right for France in 2010 and then Mcrelegation with that lot. Like Father Ted when nominated for Eurovision Song Contest - anyone would think we want to lose the damn thing really badly.