Stripies v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Phil from the upper holte]

'Today's other game featured Aston Villa. But never mind that, here's Mark Lawrenson wanking into a sock'

Very good

[KevinGage]

'Today's other game featured Aston Villa. But never mind that, here's Mark Lawrenson wanking into a sock'

'Bad day at the office.  He'll want to forget about that.'

[PeterWithe]

Well whilst a point is welcome I still can't see where a win will come from in the last two games. I think we are relying on other games, even though we're not, if you know what I mean.

[robbo1874]

leadership? more like a wee timorous beastie

Haven't the baggies their own website?

[damon loves JT]

No, they don't have the internet in the 1950's

[andrew08]

Nice to hear the confidence of the albion fans on the Metro on the way back......and when we stay up it would be a good time to fill our collective boots on finishing above them next year.

I would even now only take one member of their staff in exchange for a Villa person. That would be the manager, none of their players would get into our team.

[supertom]

Nice to hear the confidence of the albion fans on the Metro on the way back......and when we stay up it would be a good time to fill our collective boots on finishing above them next year.

I would even now only take one member of their staff in exchange for a Villa person. That would be the manager, none of their players would get into our team.

Olssen, Odemwingie (more goals than Gab and Emile combined), Mulumbu (could get in our CM easy at the moment and he's average), Foster maybe (Given's been good, Fosters been excellent this season), Ridgewe...just kidding.
But yeah, we should be finishing higher than a team with their squad. The sad part was that in some spells they played football we could only dream of...and it wasn't even that impressive on the eye. Hell, 5 passes strung together is something we can only dream of these days.

[olaftab]

Watching the highlights on MotD and it's clear that our forwards have no confidence to apply a decisive finish when clearly in positions where scoring is easier than missing or getting a save out of the goalkeeper. N'Zogiba twice, Heskey and Agbonlahor many times were guilty of that.

This is the most worrying aspect of our team at the moment. It means that coupled with noddy tactics and an uncertain defence we will not win any of the two remaining matches.
Our survival is in the hands of others.

[PeterWithe]

I thought Albion played some nice stuff as well, I think it was two very well matched teams. Our worst season in donkeys years and their best.

[Ron Manager]

Sorry chaps I should know this but who was that bloke next to K Mac?  Apparently McCleish went straight to him in the tunnel before the game started.  Seemed slightly familiar but I cant put a name to him.

[olaftab]

He is and Albion steward and McLeish was asking for last minute tactical advice!

[Eigentor]

As a positive, the narrow line up, as much as I don't like it, did stifle the Boggies.

So it was a decent game plan. Picking Heskey, not Weimann. Choosing a narrow line-up, stifle the opposition and battle through to an away point. It's not the actions of a manager that's completely useless and out of his depth.

It's just not the kind of expertise Villa are looking for in a manager when we're playing WBA.

[danlanza]

As a positive, the narrow line up, as much as I don't like it, did stifle the Boggies.

So it was a decent game plan. Picking Heskey, not Weimann. Choosing a narrow line-up, stifle the opposition and battle through to an away point. It's not the actions of a manager that's completely useless and out of his depth.

It's just not the kind of expertise Villa are looking for in a manager when we're playing WBA.

Great.We have become a team that goes out to stifle?WTF!If that is the best we can do,stifle the Bagshite then we may as well fucking pack it all in now!

[mikeb1982]

As a positive, the narrow line up, as much as I don't like it, did stifle the Boggies.

So it was a decent game plan. Picking Heskey, not Weimann. Choosing a narrow line-up, stifle the opposition and battle through to an away point. It's not the actions of a manager that's completely useless and out of his depth.

It's just not the kind of expertise Villa are looking for in a manager when we're playing WBA.

Great.We have become a team that goes out to stifle?WTF!If that is the best we can do,stifle the Bagshite then we may as well fucking pack it all in now!

This season, yes. Get rid of McDick, survive this season and move on to better things

[Malandro]

Mulumbu (could get in our CM easy at the moment and he's average),
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I'm not sure if it was a poor game for him, but I thought he was the worst player on the pitch (Unless you actually bother to include emile)