Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

We have won 4 of our last 27 home games, picking up just 21 points, scoring 21 goals and conceding 39. Fickle my arse.

That is pretty fucking shocking.

[Greg N'Ash]

I should add that I know people will think I'm papering over the cracks, but lots of people are saying we were shit tonight. I just don't see that.

We played ok in patches, the first half hour for example but its pointless if you turn to complete shit for 25 minutes every game.

[SamTheMouse]

Midfield and defence not good enough right now. Simple as that. Sure, they're all capable of playing a good match. Just not the same one, and that's been our problem all season.

We didn't sign the experience we needed in the last two transfer windows, preferring to rely on Championship full-backs and faintly promising youth to deputise for Dunne and the quite blatantly injury-prone Vlaar, and there's a better than evens chance we will pay for it with relegation.

The club hierarchy have taken a massive gamble, and from where I'm sitting, it was akin to betting your annual pay packet on Sad Jim in the 3.30 at Chepstow.

The fucking dickheads.

[silhillvilla]

At the end of the day we played ok but it could easily have been 1-3 or 1-4.
We never really looked like scoring other than the off the line . City really cantered to a win.

[aj2k77]

Played well, we have turned the corner since HT against Newcastle.

We have 7 winnable games left. UTV,

After years of wankers like O'Leary, Houllier and Mcleish trying to lower expectations it's finally happened if you think tonight was a good performance. The only good thing about it was the lack of another beating to ruin our already crap goal difference.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I see where you're coming from, Paulie, but two of those games were against City and Arsenal. I think if we put that level of commitment in against teams in similar positions to us - who must also be down in the lower parts of the league for a reason - we have a better chance of getting points. I think we'll get all six - stranger things have happened.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Delphs needless yellow means he will miss Reading and QPR .

[Tom_Mc9?]

Harsh yellow. A poor night for the referee. Not biased, just crap.

[silhillvilla]

Delphs needless yellow means he will miss Reading and QPR .

Ironic as he's finally started to deliver
He's the most booked PL player though

[aj2k77]

We have won 4 of our last 27 home games, picking up just 21 points, scoring 21 goals and conceding 39. Fickle my arse.

That is pretty fucking shocking.

Last 38 league games reads like this.

P38
W 5
D 14
L 19
G 32
A 71
PTS 29

[themossman]

Why don't we see after the reading game? As it is we have just lost 2 games that any sane person would assume we were going to lose, without being embarrassed in either of them. I think a lot of people have been calling them winnable on very flimsy evidence. So what if Southampton beat city? They are still in the shit, plus we beat them as well, so what does it prove?

[Irish villain]

We have won 4 of our last 27 home games, picking up just 21 points, scoring 21 goals and conceding 39. Fickle my arse.

That is pretty fucking shocking.

Last 38 league games reads like this.

P38
W 5
D 14
L 19
G 32
A 71
PTS 29

Our fans are beyond patient. We all deserve medals and t-shirts. What a depressing run that is.

[pauliewalnuts]

Why don't we see after the reading game? As it is we have just lost 2 games that any sane person would assume we were going to lose, without being embarrassed in either of them. I think a lot of people have been calling them winnable on very flimsy evidence. So what if Southampton beat city? They are still in the shit, plus we beat them as well, so what does it prove?

I haven't heard a single person call them winnable.

Southampton beat City, and are still in the shit, but not as much as we are.

When did we beat Southampton, by the way? I thought they'd taken six points from us.

[Clampy]

It was the game most of us wanted out the way and it was the result we all expected.

Roll on Reading.

[silhillvilla]

11 home goals
Reading have double that