Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[claretandbeer]

Visited my dad's grave in Witton cemetery on (what would have been) his birthday prior to kick -off.And the Gods shined on us. I'm one of those who thought we played quite well in the first half against an outstanding side but as for those 3 mad  second half minutes and the mayhem that followed ... stunned and several stages beyond delighted.

[olaftab]

We were out played for large parts of that game and Citeh should have been out of sight by half time, in fact our best player was the linesman.

However they did not put us away and they got stung for their complacency and you can bet some of them had at least one eye on the CL game this week.

No we were not outplayed for large parts of the game. Our best player WAS Bacuna. How many clear cut chances they had? They had an eye on CL...do me a favour.... You make it sound like as if it was a very lucky 1-0 win. Presumably you watched the game. They took the lead twice and we came back twice and then beat them.

[Legion]

I would. It back a competition over who could out do the next person with utter bollocks such as "record defeat" or "1-7" and "I would snap your hand off for a 0-2 defeat" not to mention "I am glad I fucked my ticket off!1!" style posts.

Craven cowardice of the worst kind, not fucking worthy of the majesty of Aston Villa Football Club.

Overly negative and possibly melodramatic.

I am not talking about people predicting defeats or being concerned about what Man City can do to sides; that is legitimate discussion.

I am referring to the utter shite that came from the same old faces that you wont see until 5 o'clock next Saturday and only of we'd lost.

That's not mellodramatic at all. I dont want this to sour the mood further and believe I have made my point.

I was referring to those posters you were on about.

[walsall villain]

I would. It back a competition over who could out do the next person with utter bollocks such as "record defeat" or "1-7" and "I would snap your hand off for a 0-2 defeat" not to mention "I am glad I fucked my ticket off!1!" style posts.

Craven cowardice of the worst kind, not fucking worthy of the majesty of Aston Villa Football Club.

Overly negative and possibly melodramatic.

I am not talking about people predicting defeats or being concerned about what Man City can do to sides; that is legitimate discussion.

I am referring to the utter shite that came from the same old faces that you wont see until 5 o'clock next Saturday and only of we'd lost.

That's not mellodramatic at all. I dont want this to sour the mood further and believe I have made my point.

Each week we get posters predicting giant wins or catastrophic defeats, ignore them, I do.
Most games there is one goal in it, that's the reality.

[Ads]

Its all well and good saying we were outplayed, but what did Guzan do? I struggle to recall a meaningful save he made.

Kompany is a great centre half, hilarious defending for the third aside, but he has a short memory considering the handball from last season that effectively knocked us out of the game at their place.

Also, Nasri not only looks like a lesbian, but he is a snidey, whiney little shit house too.

[Steve R]

I'm afraid to watch the highlights in case el Ahmadi is given offside. Wrong tactics, wrong team,right result. Bollocks to it all. We deserved it because we scored the better goals.

Back to 4-3-3 next week, three wins on the trot since I dunno when.

[Ads]

Sorry Legion, I misunderstood your post, I thought you were saying that I was overly negative etc.

[eastie]

We were out played for large parts of that game and Citeh should have been out of sight by half time, in fact our best player was the linesman.

However they did not put us away and they got stung for their complacency and you can bet some of them had at least one eye on the CL game this week.

No we were not outplayed for large parts of the game. Our best player WAS Bacuna. How many clear cut chances they had? They had an eye on CL...do me a favour.... You make it sound like as if it was a very lucky 1-0 win. Presumably you watched the game. They took the lead twice and we came back twice and then beat them.

To be honest i thought we were very poor 1st half and city should have had the game won , 2nd half we had a go and played much better - the result is the main thing and the manner of the victory showed guts to come from behind twice and win , we played much better at Chelsea and lost, so we deserve a bit of luck.

[Charlie8182]

An away banker, it might only be 0-1 but City will win.

These days Man U, Man C, Liverpool, Arsenal and now Chelsea and even Spurs never have an off day at Villa Park, but sometimes do at places like Southampton and Norwich 

This was my quote for the pre-match thread - and I'm so glad I've been proved completely wrong, a massive well done to the boys!!

[Ger Regan]

I'm afraid to watch the highlights in case el Ahmadi is given offside. Wrong tactics, wrong team,right result. Bollocks to it all. We deserved it because we scored the better goals.

Back to 4-3-3 next week, three wins on the trot since I dunno when.

What would the right team and tactics have been then?

[rob_bridge]

Can we now stop comparing us to when TSM was in charge.

[olaftab]

Part of your body can be onside, but you can still be offside. It is where the most advanced part of your body which you can legally score with that matters.

Correct.

So can you knee be offside if you foot is behind it and kicks the ball into the net?

[villan from luton]

I have seen us from the third division to the glory days and the demise and the ups and downs since. Days like today are why we support this great club of ours. The image of Weiman in front of the best stand in English football is superb.

[Ads]

I think Lambert saw how Cardiff beat them, by sitting deep and keeping discipline and replicated it. Man City struggled to play through us because of how organised we were. Time and again they tried to draw Vlaar out to feed a midfield runner into the space and we denied them.

It wasn't always pretty, but it proved effective.

[Ger Regan]

Part of your body can be onside, but you can still be offside. It is where the most advanced part of your body which you can legally score with that matters.

Correct.

So can you knee be offside if you foot is behind it and kicks the ball into the net?

Yes.