Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Isn't Delph only on 9 yellows?

[stubbsyandy]

No, hes got ten I think PWS

[PeterWithesShin]

I make it 6 in the league and 3 in the LC?

[Damo70]

We definately should have had a penalty and I thought that aside from the goal we looked a lot more solid and a lot less jittery at the back.

[Steve R]

I make it 6 in the league and 3 in the LC?

It was Delph's 10th according to SKY, and that's good news about Benteke

[aj2k77]

Definitely 10 bookings. 6 in the league and then both Bradford games, Man City and Tranmere in the cup.

[not3bad]

Thought Gabby was indicative of the Villa display last night.  He huffed and puffed and didn't get much change from an efficient Man City defense.  Overall our lack of quality was exposed but if Ciaran Clark hadn't fucked up like he did we would have been well worth the point. 

I've seen people say they can't see how we could beat Reading and QPR but to me that's silly because these two matches will be a world away from last night's opposition.  Besides, have you forgotten West Ham and the victory we should have had over Everton? 

[Pat McMahon]

I hate slagging off ref's and blaming them for our own shortcomings, but that ref last night was totally in awe on Man City.
At one point he appeared to apologise to one of their players for giving US a free kick.

Definitely, one of those who favours the big boys !     

I can't agree with that I thought the ref did okay. I haven't seen any replays but from my seat in the holte I didn't think it was a foul on Clark for the goal, I didn't think it was a penalty at the end and I thought he was pretty fair throughout.

My thoughts too Mortimer. I love having a pop at refs but couldn't do so with any gusto last night. I think Clark had already slipped by the time Dzeko made contact and I never even appealed for a penalty.

The initial error was avoidable, but I actually thought Clark was more at fault for retreating to the line for their goal (well played to him for having the desire to get back) rather than pushing out and reducing Tevez' angle, giving him the whole goal to aim at.

[Clampy]

I've seen the penalty claim back since and it was definatley a foul. The linesman would have been in a great position to see it.

[fredm]

Unfortunately when playing the likes of Utd and City etc, you're never, ever gonna get the rub of the green from the officials. It's a sad fact. It's been that way for decades now that the "big boys" seem to get most of the decisions.

Put it this way, if that had been Man U playing at OT with Rio instead of Clark and Wayne instead of Benteke, what decisions do you think would have been given?

[olaftab]

It appears that some on here have developed a real deep we are shit and Clark is rubbish mentality that they are not able to distinguish right from wrong. As Clark turned with the ball Dzeko got there too late and tripped him making him fall over. In any other case it would have been foul except the wanker of ref who probably thought Villa defender City forward that can't be a foul and treated us like crap. Amazing thing is posters on here also go with well Clark is shit so it must be his fault!

[Matt C]

I thought we were OK. Save a silly individual error we would have got a point. There's been some moderate improvement in performances recently and while I accept it could hardly have got much worse, it gives me hope.

It's all about the next two games - win them and we're suddenly in a very different position while losing them isn't worth thinking about. 

[supertom]

Unfortunately when playing the likes of Utd and City etc, you're never, ever gonna get the rub of the green from the officials. It's a sad fact. It's been that way for decades now that the "big boys" seem to get most of the decisions.

Put it this way, if that had been Man U playing at OT with Rio instead of Clark and Wayne instead of Benteke, what decisions do you think would have been given?

Without question it would have been a foul in the first instance and a pen in the second. That is of course unless Mancini outbid Ferguson for the refs favour.

[bertlambshank]

It appears that some on here have developed a real deep we are shit and Clark is rubbish mentality that they are not able to distinguish right from wrong. As Clark turned with the ball Dzeko got there too late and tripped him making him fall over. In any other case it would have been foul except the wanker of ref who probably thought Villa defender City forward that can't be a foul and treated us like crap. Amazing thing is posters on here also go with well Clark is shit so it must be his fault!

Sorry posters don't fall into line with what you think.I will write what you want to hear next time.I am so sorry.

[Risso]

It appears that some on here have developed a real deep we are shit and Clark is rubbish mentality that they are not able to distinguish right from wrong. As Clark turned with the ball Dzeko got there too late and tripped him making him fall over. In any other case it would have been foul except the wanker of ref who probably thought Villa defender City forward that can't be a foul and treated us like crap. Amazing thing is posters on here also go with well Clark is shit so it must be his fault!

Sorry posters don't fall into line with what you think.I will write what you want to hear next time.I am so sorry.

Aftab might also like to take the matter up with Lambert who also criticised Clark:

"The goal is a mistake,” he said.
 
“I wouldn’t have minded if someone had put one in the top corner with a bit of skill. But it’s a mistake by us."