Aston Villa v Liverpool Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

I must mention the support today. Villa Park looked fantastic today with over 42000 there despite the early kick off (12.30) and match being live on telly. Well done all of us!

[JUAN PABLO]

The chances we missed - Gabby 2 yards, Benteke off the line, Weimann over the bar
Them - Suarez 1 on 1, coutunhio 1 on 1, Johnson post.

who had the one first half when Bannan gave him a lovely through ball

That fell to Rat boy , he tried to meg Guzan

I saw him nut meg Baker too but Guzan did brilliant to stop him .

[villan from luton]

Fucking lost today and probably deservedly so after second half, but lets continue to back the guys. I have supported Vills in the old third division asnd would again, but 3 wins will keep us up, lets back em.

[Smirker]

I must mention the support today. Villa Park looked fantastic today with over 42000 there despite the early kick off (12.30) and match being live on telly. Well done all of us!

Are you sure? Loads of spare seats from what I saw and it didn't sound too loud either.

I'm not knocking those who went but it didn't look that great on telly.

[Somniloquism]

I must mention the support today. Villa Park looked fantastic today with over 42000 there despite the early kick off (12.30) and match being live on telly. Well done all of us!

Are you sure? Loads of spare seats from what I saw and it didn't sound too loud either.

I'm not knocking those who went but it didn't look that great on telly.

The official attendance was over 42000. That will be on tickets sold. A good indicator on a full house is how many seats are visible in the upper trinity and it wasn't many.

[andyh]

Although the attendance was superb, i thought the atmosphere was very subdued.
The crowd were brilliant after our goal, but didn't really have a lot to feed off in the second half.

[Pat McMahon]

I must mention the support today. Villa Park looked fantastic today with over 42000 there despite the early kick off (12.30) and match being live on telly. Well done all of us!

Are you sure? Loads of spare seats from what I saw and it didn't sound too loud either.

I'm not knocking those who went but it didn't look that great on telly.

I was really disappointed in the atmosphere from half time onwards. We played badly but I felt that the fans meekly accepted the result too.

[Witton Warrior]

I must mention the support today. Villa Park looked fantastic today with over 42000 there despite the early kick off (12.30) and match being live on telly. Well done all of us!

Are you sure? Loads of spare seats from what I saw and it didn't sound too loud either.

I'm not knocking those who went but it didn't look that great on telly.

I said earlier the atmospere was strange for a (nearly) full house. The scousers didn't add much.
Only gaps I could see were extreme wings of the Holte Lower - not sure how that would not look great?

[PeterWithesShin]

I must mention the support today. Villa Park looked fantastic today with over 42000 there despite the early kick off (12.30) and match being live on telly. Well done all of us!

Are you sure? Loads of spare seats from what I saw and it didn't sound too loud either.

I'm not knocking those who went but it didn't look that great on telly.

It looked and sounded a lot better in the ground.

Second half was a lot more subdued though.

[aj2k77]

1 The Centre backs are crap, Vlaar included.
2 Bannan is terrible. Im no Bannan hater but physically he's appalling and technically crap too.
3 Benteke is our best out and out centre forward of the last 20 years for me. Imagine him with Yorke up front.
4 Sylla is scared to pass the ball forward more than 5 yards.
5 There is too much pointing at players making runs and not enough following them
6 The players don't take the game by the scuff of its neck, loads of indecisive half hearted attempts at tackles and passes. No one saying give me the fucking ball.

[Smirker]

I said earlier the atmospere was strange for a (nearly) full house. The scousers didn't add much.
Only gaps I could see were extreme wings of the Holte Lower - not sure how that would not look great?

I saw empty seats in the Trinity lower, not loads just here and there.

[Eigentor]

Most points have been made already: We can play well for spells, but our defence remains woeful.

Lowton's attempt at setting Henderson offside (Liverpool's first goal) was painful to watch, and so was Baker's headless dive which lead to the penalty.

Even so, Liverpool had 23 shots, so it's clear that we didn't do enough to deny them. It wasn't (as Lambert claimed in the post match comments) simply a case of conceding "two poor goals".

The mantra "one good half and one poor" may be applied again, but when Liverpool are trailing by a goal after half time, it shouldn't come as a shock that they will try to grab the initiative in the second half. In such a case, it would have been nice if we at least had the ability to close down a mediocre Liverpool side, but even with Sylla our midfield is too lightweight and inexperienced. And our defence is simply enough not good enough for the Premier League, both player for player -- and as a unit.

The team has potential, but is far from good enough for gung ho to work as a tactic for the entire 90 minutes. That's why we are in trouble.

[neo_Villan]

Henderson waltzed through a gap the width of the Mersey tunnel!

And who's fault was that? Why were BOTH CBs found wanting? Just shocking positioning and movement from them both all game.

[PaulWinch again]

1 The Centre backs are crap, Vlaar included.
2 Bannan is terrible. Im no Bannan hater but physically he's appalling and technically crap too.
3 Benteke is our best out and out centre forward of the last 20 years for me. Imagine him with Yorke up front.
4 Sylla is scared to pass the ball forward more than 5 yards.
5 There is too much pointing at players making runs and not enough following them
6 The players don't take the game by the scuff of its neck, loads of indecisive half hearted attempts at tackles and passes. No one saying give me the fucking ball.

Sylla does what he's been asked to do, press the opposition and keep the tempo going I think he's done very well.

[not3bad]

Yeah I though Sylla put a decent shift in today.