Call yourselves supporters?

[itbrvilla]

Looking forward to the home leg as I'm escorting my Bradford City supporting mate and about 8 other Bantams from her house in Northfield to VP via the train. Dread to think what they'd have to put up with on the journey home if they do beat us.I'm beginning to get a little worried.

[Rigadon]

He's 22 years old. In essence he's an inexperienced young man who has gone up a division, in a new team, new players who at the moment are suffering badly. Quite what 'supporters' are doing giving him dog's abuse during a cup semi-final is anyone's guess.

We can't expect players like Bennett to be amazing, the problem is that he doesn't have anyone around him to encourage him; that his own 'supporters' turn on him is bizarre.

Think about when you were 22. How would you have coped? And before anyone throws the money/wages yhing about, it's irrelevant. Blame the manager for picking him, blame the owner but please leave the kid alone.

Have to agree with this.  Bennett in particular was shocking the other night but he's a young player out of his depth. 

[aev]

He's 22 years old. In essence he's an inexperienced young man who has gone up a division, in a new team, new players who at the moment are suffering badly. Quite what 'supporters' are doing giving him dog's abuse during a cup semi-final is anyone's guess.

We can't expect players like Bennett to be amazing, the problem is that he doesn't have anyone around him to encourage him; that his own 'supporters' turn on him is bizarre.

Think about when you were 22. How would you have coped? And before anyone throws the money/wages yhing about, it's irrelevant. Blame the manager for picking him, blame the owner but please leave the kid alone.

Have to agree with this.  Bennett in particular was shocking the other night but he's a young player out of his depth. 

I think this is a really good point Drummond.

After the game Dean Saunders was saying how the full backs are probably getting not guidance from the cb's as they are so young themselves and too busy concentrating on their own game. He used Dennis Irwin as an example of this, saying that he played agianst him in one of his early games and Pallister and Bruce were on at him all game to sit back and not bomb forward, closing off the space that Saunders were looking to run into.

[eastie]

The abuse Bennett got throughout the 2nd half down around us wouldnt have helped his performance, or confidence. Then at full-time the same people were giving him and Bannan abuse for not applauding fans who had spent the last 45 minutes laying into them.
The main reason i dont fancy us getting through in the 2nd leg is I can see our "supporters" turning on the team if we don't score early.

Bennett did applaud the fans, along with Lowton.

He did indeed and as posted earlier he got a lot of abuse but kept on applauding.  Fair play to him for that.

Also fair play to him for going on twitter and apologising for his display , whereas Lowton posted pics of himself baking cakes with his daughter and not a mention of the previous nights surrender.

[Dave Clark Five]

Looking forward to the home leg as I'm escorting my Bradford City supporting mate and about 8 other Bantams from her house in Northfield to VP via the train. Dread to think what they'd have to put up with on the journey home if they do beat us.I'm beginning to get a little worried.

I would suggest that they stop in the ground for a bit.

[Matt Collins]

He's 22 years old. In essence he's an inexperienced young man who has gone up a division, in a new team, new players who at the moment are suffering badly. Quite what 'supporters' are doing giving him dog's abuse during a cup semi-final is anyone's guess.

We can't expect players like Bennett to be amazing, the problem is that he doesn't have anyone around him to encourage him; that his own 'supporters' turn on him is bizarre.

Think about when you were 22. How would you have coped? And before anyone throws the money/wages yhing about, it's irrelevant. Blame the manager for picking him, blame the owner but please leave the kid alone.

Have to agree with this.  Bennett in particular was shocking the other night but he's a young player out of his depth. 

His performance was appalling. But it did look as though his confidence was shot. I hadn't considered that fans abuse night have been making it worse?

I don't go to many games any more and hats off to people who spend much more time and money than me following the side. Generally I think the away fans are incredibly vocal. But when you go into the pub before an away game there are clearly a few R-tards knocking about. Men of about 40 still acting like a 14 year old dickhead with all the humour and class of a pile of vomit.

[villajk]

I don't go to many games any more and hats off to people who spend much more time and money than me following the side. Generally I think the away fans are incredibly vocal. But when you go into the pub before an away game there are clearly a few R-tards knocking about. Men of about 40 still acting like a 14 year old dickhead with all the humour and class of a pile of vomit.

Always best to avoid the 'away' pubs.  We always have a per-arranged watering hole far from the madding crowd.

[Clampy]

I don't go to many games any more and hats off to people who spend much more time and money than me following the side. Generally I think the away fans are incredibly vocal. But when you go into the pub before an away game there are clearly a few R-tards knocking about. Men of about 40 still acting like a 14 year old dickhead with all the humour and class of a pile of vomit.

Always best to avoid the 'away' pubs.  We always have a per-arranged watering hole far from the madding crowd.

I was going to type something similar. Independent coaches normally take you to a pub en route. You get to have a pint of beer in a glass and you get to know the people on the coach you go with. Places like Fulham are fine because there's plenty of pubs to choose from and in fairness the Walkabout at QPR is normally good. Places like The Arkles can be a nightmare.

[N'ZMAV]

I went to Prague in 2008 to watch Villa. So many of our fans were morons. I will not ever watch Villa away in Europe again.
One prick decided to light a flare and throw it into a bunch of fellow Villa fans, why he's lighting a flare and throwing it anyway makes him an idiot, but to throw it into a group of fans, is idiotic.

[pauliewalnuts]

I pretty much never do aways these days. In fact, I haven't done one for at least 3 years now, but when I used to do them more frequently, I would always make a point of drinking away from the ground.

Pub selection criteria would be based on whether the pub was a good one, rather than proximity and whether it'd be "full of Villa".

As a youth, i was probably a bit different, mind, but I certainly never got the urge to throw beer everywhere, start fights, or act like a nauseating sociopath, which seems to happen at away days still.

[silhillvilla]

There are some twats who go to away games ang get all lairy throwing abuse at locals. Singing "so and so's a shithole I wanna go home" - quite frankly singing that at places like Fulham is just embarrassing

[N'ZMAV]

We should really sing "Aston's a shithole, I want to go home"

Also, when in Sheffield in 2011 for the FA Cup game, the Villa fans were singing "Sheffield's full of Paki's, I wana go home"....

Not good.

[Dave Clark Five]

I went to Prague in 2008 to watch Villa. So many of our fans were morons. I will not ever watch Villa away in Europe again.
One prick decided to light a flare and throw it into a bunch of fellow Villa fans, why he's lighting a flare and throwing it anyway makes him an idiot, but to throw it into a group of fans, is idiotic.

At least before the game 'all the Villa' corralled themselves into one pub. That left exploring the city to be more pleasant by far.

[PaulTheVillan]

We should really sing "Aston's a shithole, I want to go home"

Also, when in Sheffield in 2011 for the FA Cup game, the Villa fans were singing "Sheffield's full of Paki's, I wana go home"....

Not good.

I remember that. Couldn't believe it.

[glasses]

The abuse Bennett got throughout the 2nd half down around us wouldnt have helped his performance, or confidence. Then at full-time the same people were giving him and Bannan abuse for not applauding fans who had spent the last 45 minutes laying into them.
The main reason i dont fancy us getting through in the 2nd leg is I can see our "supporters" turning on the team if we don't score early.

Bennett did applaud the fans, along with Lowton.

He did indeed and as posted earlier he got a lot of abuse but kept on applauding.  Fair play to him for that.

Also fair play to him for going on twitter and apologising for his display , whereas Lowton posted pics of himself baking cakes with his daughter and not a mention of the previous nights surrender.

How dare he love spending time with his family!