Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[citizenDJ]

Started off better than usual, got steadily worse as the game progressed, and ended up as completely awful as we usually are.

[Rigadon]

Lots of effort, little quality and the usual defensive clanger dropped.  Topped off nicely with a mindless booking for our best player that sees him out of the next two, crucial games. 

We are enjoying special times, aren't we. 

Two things that will stand out for me are Lowton's marking at a City corner and his outrageously bad corner at the end.  He's been pretty good this season at times but is going through a nightmarish run of form.

Clark isn't good enough and I'm not even surprised anymore.   

[VillaAlways]

We just didn't look like scoring. The lack of confidence is really apparent. One shot on goal was it?

[charleeco7]

Plenty of effort but no real quality and done of the defending at times is totally comical. The Delph booking at the end could really cost us. You could see he was losing his head with 15 mins to go and should have been taken off.

We should have had a penalty against Benteke though.

[Irish villain]

Can't wait for the season to be over.

Either way.

Becoming cannon fodder for other teams really pisses me off.

[aj2k77]

At least they'll be more games like this to come. Teams are not gonna have that much to play for soon so we could produce a few shock results and beat Fulham, Sunderland, Stoke etc. Shite performance anyway.

[frank black]

Delph played well. He's no use sitting in the stands though....plonker

Lose to Reading and beat QPR. Me thinks this is going to the last game of the season.

[paulcomben]

Lots of effort, inadequate quality, ref gave us nothing then took out Delph for the two huge upcoming matches.

[Kent Villian]

Could have played all night but never looked like scoring - but it was not a thrashing so now 'we go again' in the next 2 MUST WIN games!

[kippaxvilla2]

Fucking useless prick Clark.  I never thought I would hear myself say the words, 'shit we are without Delph' who was the best player by a country mile.  Gabby crap - how does he keep conning us every week.  We have reached the moment in the season boys and girls - the Charlton 1987 moment.  The next two games WILL determine our fate.

[VillaAlways]

Didn't really look like scoring but at least we kept the score down.

It comes to something that a 0-1 loss to City almost feels like a win and no doubt that's how Lambert will spin it.

[PaulWinch again]

It was idiocy from the manager not to bring Delph off to protect him. We simply have to win the next two games, nothing else will do.

[Steve R]

We were playing a team that has lost only three this season. We took the game to them for periods of the match and did not deserve to lose.

At he end of it all Man City won with a debatable goal, and we should have had a penalty of our own.

[aj2k77]

Would you start Bent against Reading assuming he's back?

[kippaxvilla2]

We pick ourselves up right about now and go again brother, right about now, we pick ourselves up right about now, we pick ourselves up and go again, pickpickpickpickpickpick right about now we pick ourselves up and go again, the funk so Villa.