Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[ktvillan]

Would many high end Championship sides swap their back four for ours? I doubt it. We can talk about giving it a go, but if it wasn't for Guzan we'd have been battered. Also to lose 1-0 to that goal, perfectly sums up our problems this year.

Indeed, if they'd come and played like they can and stuck 5 past us you'd probably say ok that's what they are capable of.  But despite them almost getting three, they were not that good, and Guzan plus some last ditch defending looked capable of keeping them at bay.   The last thing you need in that situation is to gift them a goal.  And that's why a walking cock-up  like Clark should be nowhere near the first team.

[TonyD]

Didn't expect too much from the last two games. The next two are the money games.

[kippaxvilla2]

Am I dreaming or did Lambert just say Clark has been playing a really high standard this season?

[ez]

looks like we're heading for at least 9 home defeats. is that worse than last year? Im just gutted we've got a game sat when Im out on the piss. bound to spoil the day

Apparantly we have now conceded the same amount of goals as we did in the whole of last season.

[nodge]

Shaun Teale doesn't mince his words does he?

[pauliewalnuts]

Most people seem to think that Lowton, Westwood and Baker have been respectable this season. Bennett was presumably pretty good in the Championship so I don't think that all of a sudden that it'll be beyond him. Delph's been our best player so far this calendar year. Clark's had some pretty hairy moments but again, not good enough for the Championship?

Lowton, Westwood, and Baker are all promising players, and have all had decent matches, our problem is that they're all starting matches togehter, week after week, when they're not ready to do so. They're going to struggle in the championship, let alone the top flight, if they're thrown in like that.

Clark is a decent footballer, but he's no centre half, in any division. Bennett looks fecking awful, like a child who has wandered onto the wrong pitch. I've no idea what he was like for Boro, but on what I have seen this season, I'd imagine he was no Ashley Cole.

[silhillvilla]

So 14 home games and weve scored 11 goals
Abysmal

[Greg N'Ash]

Would many high end Championship sides swap their back four for ours? I doubt it. We can talk about giving it a go, but if it wasn't for Guzan we'd have been battered. Also to lose 1-0 to that goal, perfectly sums up our problems this year.

Aye. the goal was totally avoidable. Just fuckwittery that the manager doesn't seem to be able to stamp out

A Cruyff in stoppage time as the last defender against Man City, are you NUTS?!

heh indeed. You couldn't make it up.

[PaulWinch again]

Shaun Teale doesn't mince his words does he?

What's he said?

[silhillvilla]

Shaun Teale doesn't mince his words does he?

Where is he on ?

[kippaxvilla2]

Shaun Teale doesn't mince his words does he?

What's he said?

'Tha' fooooking useless.'

[ciggiesnbeer]

Happy we didnt get thrashed. Honestly this Villa team, owner, manager have beaten the hope out of me. I am just numb. I genuinely enjoy watching a serie a game more than the premier league now, its just too painful to be reminded of how fast our decline has been.

[nodge]

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[villadelph]

Most people seem to think that Lowton, Westwood and Baker have been respectable this season. Bennett was presumably pretty good in the Championship so I don't think that all of a sudden that it'll be beyond him. Delph's been our best player so far this calendar year. Clark's had some pretty hairy moments but again, not good enough for the Championship?

Lowton, Westwood, and Baker are all promising players, and have all had decent matches, our problem is that they're all starting matches togehter, week after week, when they're not ready to do so. They're going to struggle in the championship, let alone the top flight, if they're thrown in like that.

Clark is a decent footballer, but he's no centre half, in any division. Bennett looks fecking awful, like a child who has wandered onto the wrong pitch. I've no idea what he was like for Boro, but on what I have seen this season, I'd imagine he was no Ashley Cole.

Without being surrounded by enviable pros! How can you learn to play properly if you look to your left and right and you see two young mercenaries that haven't got a clue?

[kippaxvilla2]

Gary Neville spot on as usual.