Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread

[preston28]

Supported the club for over 40 years, am totally bored now, prefer watching the lad play his footy on Saturday afternoons. Mcleish should be relieved of his duties tomorrow am and MacDonald and Syd take over till the end of the season. Fecking disgrace what he has done. I can understand we are not as good as a few seasons back, but cannot accept the shite football and nothing to do with the fact where the manager was before, he is just clueless

Sacked in the morning sounds good to me.Good riddance to bad shite.I will be watching sky sports news in the morning to see if anything happens.Fingers crossed eh Luton.

I will be in sexual relations with Kelly Brook when that happens
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Don't tell me - she wasn't in bed with you this morning as you awoke?

[PeterWithe]

I really not sure blooding a promising, but lightweight, player like Carruthers is a good idea for the Bolton game.

[Clampy]

I really not sure blooding a promising, but lightweight, player like Carruthers is a good idea for the Bolton game.

Maybe not, but it's just a thought. He's done well enough when he's come on at Anfield and Old Trafford.

[damon loves JT]

I've started to think that a point against Bolton would be a pretty good result. I'd call Childline, except I'm 41 this year.

[andyh]

It struck me last night that I was not particularly disappointed with the result.
BUT, I would qualify that by saying it is because my expectations are so fucking low now that I go to Villa park with absolutely no thought that we can or will beat anyone.

These are very sad and very dark days.

[nigel]

Got out of jail, they had a good goal disallowed!

This

OR....they had an offside goal disallowed for offside.

It looked like it was a good goal.

And, of course, we've never been on the end of a dodgey descision!!
From where I'm sat, in the family stand, I was pretty much in line and thought it was offside, The linesman probably had my view, all be it from the other side.
On MotD I wasn't so sure, 50-50, but, so flippin what, it's about time something went our way.
It would have been rough to take had we lost.
Would like to add:
Nice touch with the t-shirt Craig.  Yes 2 bookable offences but, IMO, neither were malicious. Thought the ref should have used  a bit of common sense as it was the last 30 seconds of what was a pretty clean game.

[nigel]

The kids, as promising as they are, are going to get us relegated.

I'd bring in Heskey for Gabby, Clark for Albrighton and Warnock for Baker.

It's such a big game. Gabby is woefully out of form, Clark is calm and Baker and Albrighton are too erratic.

Given
Lichaj - Cuellar - Collins - Warnock
Herd - Clark
Ireland
N'Zogbia - Heskey - Weimann

It's a physically strong, tall side.

If it's not going well it leaves us with Gabby, Albrighton and Bannan as impact substitutes too.

Too often are we left with nothing on the bench to change it.

I think this is more likely - with not much left on the bench to choose from.

Given
Hutton - Cuellar - Baker - Lichaj
Herd - Clark
Ireland
N'Zogbia - Heskey - Weimann

Tend to agree, but, if AMcL picks that line up he'd be accused of picking a defensive team.
Mind you he could pick Given and 10 strikers and be accused of that by some!

[nigel]

Incorrectly disallowed? His arm was offside. I've seen that enough to be offside in the past so why not now? The pundits on MoTD seemed to be ignoring this fact.

And why was their keeper not sent off for handball? Has that particular rule changed now?

I agree, I feel that some poster are so used to moaning now that they just can't help it 
Reading some of these posts, it's as if some wanted us to lose. I mentioned it before, and others have too, we've been on the end of worse.
Terry on Gabby which ultimately led to their 3rd is the freshest.
Yes, I felt their Keeper could have gone, it would have been pretty harsh though.

[Ad@m]

I've started to think that a point against Bolton would be a pretty good result. I'd call Childline, except I'm 41 this year.

That's what the Samaritans are there for...

[Ad@m]

Incorrectly disallowed? His arm was offside. I've seen that enough to be offside in the past so why not now? The pundits on MoTD seemed to be ignoring this fact.

And why was their keeper not sent off for handball? Has that particular rule changed now?

I agree, I feel that some poster are so used to moaning now that they just can't help it 
Reading some of these posts, it's as if some wanted us to lose. I mentioned it before, and others have too, we've been on the end of worse.
Terry on Gabby which ultimately led to their 3rd is the freshest.
Yes, I felt their Keeper could have gone, it would have been pretty harsh though.

Re the keeper, I always go back to when Michael Oakes got sent off for handball outside the box when he'd actually dropped it in time.  I don't see how yesterday's incident was any different, except for the fact the Sunderland keeper was still holding the ball when he got out of the box.

[Legion]

MotD Highlights

[Legion]

Other Highlights

[Legion]

Pube-head

[fredm]

I think he picked a team yesterday of 2 centre forwards; two wingers and an attacking midfielder purely and simply so that he could turn round and say "I am not a defensive manager".  Personally I think that team was all wrong and should have had another midfield player in at the expense of a winger so that would give us greater solidity in midfield and Ireland should have been playing further forward so that he was able to nip the ball through to Gabby and Weimann.

As it was we were often overun in midfield as shown by Ireland having to clear one off the line!!

[Gregorys Boy]

POSTIVES
It was the first match me and Mum had been to together in years and we had a good day.
The youngesters once again showed a lot of promise.
Wigan lost.
It is one more point closer to staying up.
We at least tried to play good football rather than just going direct
Heskey made an impact after coming on

NEGATIVES
The response to O'Neill
We showed Sunderland too much respect
Our passing was not good enough
We looked nervy at the back
The final cross was not good enough
There was no cutting edge up front
The pace of our game needed to be better
We faded as the game went along.


As far as 0-0's go I still think it was a decent game, but it was not good enough from our point of view, with them having  nothing to play for it was a good chance to secure our league status, and by only getting a draw it keeps the preassure on.