WBA v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[silhillvilla]

When did we last come from 0-2 down to draw 2-2? I genuinely don't remember

Arsenal boxing day 2008 springs to mind

Blimey that zat knight goal was never 5 years ago ! Scary

[Clampy]

Did anyone else who was there remember the pitchside announcer say during that half time competition thing 'we've scored two goals against Villa', then dragged out Paul Scharner to tell everyone about his winner at Villa Park.

[pauliewalnuts]

I just drove past the pub the Albion fans apparently attacked, there seem to be about 3 tiny windows damaged, they are even shit at breaking stuff.

The funniest bit is that they walked into the pub, shouted "where's the Villa fans?", decided they'd spotted them and threw some bottles at them.

At which point, two coppers who happened to have been sat in the pub at the time, stood up and arrested them.

I don't mean this in a childish "your firm is not, err, very naughty" way, but really, what utterly shit hooligans.

[olaftab]

Greg Nash would be like a breath of fresh twat.

Brilliant...however you know that never happens!

[Irish villain]

When did we last come from 0-2 down to draw 2-2? I genuinely don't remember

Arsenal boxing day 2008 springs to mind

Blimey that zat knight goal was never 5 years ago ! Scary

I know, I remember around that time being scared to think it was five years since we almost made the CL in O'Dreary's first season. Where the heck are the years going?

[Jimbo]

I just drove past the pub the Albion fans apparently attacked, there seem to be about 3 tiny windows damaged, they are even shit at breaking stuff.

The funniest bit is that they walked into the pub, shouted "where's the Villa fans?", decided they'd spotted them and threw some bottles at them.

At which point, two coppers who happened to have been sat in the pub at the time, stood up and arrested them.

I don't mean this in a childish "your firm is not, err, very naughty" way, but really, what utterly shit hooligans.

The Rose Villa isn't really known as a moody Villa hoodies pub, is it? Those Albion fans must be so thick they think that just because it's got 'Villa' in its name, it's the Hardcore HQ. By that rationale, the City Tavern should be wary when the bitter birds are at home to Leicester in the Championship.

[olaftab]

I hate to bring it up but I refer to the introduction of Van Nistlerooy with just 25 minutes left against us in the Cup all those horrible years ago.  Ferguson had no intention of bringing him on because he was trying to preserve him for the league but when they went 2-0 down on he came.  That was management genius - what Lambert did wasn't apparently.

Yes remember that. It was  double subs with VNR and Keane coming on and whole atmosphere on and off the pitch changed. Last night to see 3 subs lined up to come on as early as the 55th minute sent a shudder around the ground. It was a signal that we mean business. I see that the whole media is mentioning the Lambert move and some last night were comparing him to AVB and his inert subs on Sunday.

[PeterWithesShin]

Wenger did the same against us with Fabregas. He was crocked but he was still brought on with half an hour to go and got them the win.

[eastie]

I once saw mourinho make 3 changes about 20 minutes into a game during his 1st Chelsea spell- genius or madness?
I suppose it does take balls because to use all 3 subs with so long to go leaves the possibility of ending up with 10 men if an injury occurs- now we really must kick on and beat the mackems.

[silhillvilla]

I expected the trio of subs to have an impact but not quite such a massive immediate influence on the game. It totally threw them and the few fans they had in the stadium.

[eastie]

Wenger did the same against us with Fabregas. He was crocked but he was still brought on with half an hour to go and got them the win.

I remember it well, we looked comfortable and 0-0 and lost 3-0 after fabregas changed the game.

[eastie]

I expected the trio of subs to have an impact but not quite such a massive immediate influence on the game. It totally threw them and the few fans they had in the stadium.

Yes all 3 had an impact and Delph looked very assured as usual , the subs changed the game against Cardiff too with bacuna released to go forward when Lowton came on .

[olaftab]

I expected the trio of subs to have an impact but not quite such a massive immediate influence on the game. It totally threw them and the few fans they had in the stadium.

I see you are posting much better now than you did last night after the match.

[Damo70]

The gist of their forums are that a draw was a fair result. Also that Lambert's substitutions and tactics second half were spot on and Clarke failed to react. They don't like Popov and I think Sessegnon has some making up to do with them. They also cite the non availability of Foster, Ridgewell and Jones.

[eastie]

The gist of their forums are that a draw was a fair result. Also that Lambert's substitutions and tactics second half were spot on and Clarke failed to react. They don't like Popov and I think Sessegnon has some making up to do with them. They also cite the non availability of Foster, Ridgewell and Jones.

Dixie popped in earlier and said similar - a  good game and fair result.