Aston Villa v Manchester City Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

How are we playing ?
No tv at home so need you lot to keep me informed please. Ta muchly. UTV.

Pretty well to be honest.

[Fergal]

some good stuff here, if only we had a bit of composure and and and...

[Risso]

Benteke doing well up front.

[Rigadon]

Solid start.  We need to keep it tight, aggressive and up-tempo and hopefully their defence will make a mistake or two.

[Lastfootstamper]

Booing Milner? Idiots.

Missus at work, no babysitter, so my seat is being occupied tonight by somebody that I stopped taking with me, whenever my brother was unavailable, because he just used to hurl abuse at milner when he was playing for us. Reckoned he was shit.

[Ross]

How about some luck tonight? Would be nice

[citizenDJ]

Delph has done really nicely.

I agree. I had a right old rant about Delph a few weeks ago, and have to admit I'd just given up on him. Since then, he's got much better and has gone a very small way to suggesting that he is learning, which in turn means that maybe, just maybe, Lambert is capable of improving players.

I'm far from convinced about that last bit, though.

[PaulWinch again]

Well played lads, good ball and good work N'Zog and Gabby.

[Fergal]

A few wisely few million spent in the transfer window would have seen us piss to safety.  If we go down for the sake of that mismanagement it will be criminal...

[PaulWinch again]

fuck off the line.

[Ross]

Ooooooh nearly.

[citizenDJ]

Ooh! Off the line from Benteke's header. Close, but Tevez in the way.

[Fergal]

feck, off the line..

[Rigadon]

OOOPPHH.  Close.

[Risso]

Great play Gabby, and so unlucky.