Aston Villa v Swansea City Post-Match Thread

[Richard E]

If people aren't allowed to boo, then the cheering is meaningless. Wearing a Poppy in November would be meaningless if it were compulsory.

Its getting to the point where wearing a poppy in November is compulsory given the opprobrium that gets heaped on anyone in the public eye who does not. Good point - if you're allowed to cheer but not boo it is like (in a very very minor way) being in North Korea. 

[Pat McMahon]

I've said for a while we need experience and a greater physical presence - since before xmas last year. One other element to this is that Lambert needs to ensure we have a sufficient number of strong characters in the club, players who will seek the ball and not hide even when playing badly. We don't have enough of them.

Re the booing, I think there has been very little this season. There was an outbreak against Palace on 80 mins when Baker just hoofed a ball 50m to their keeper with no Villa player within 25m of the ball and again after their goal. Against Swansea what sounded like booing from where I was sat in the North Stand was their fans shouting "hoof" when one of our playmakers launched a speculative punt upfield..

We have playmakers???!!??

Guzan, Baker and Clark to name but three.....

[andrew08]

I boo'd them onto the pitch against Swansea in an attempt at an ironic statement of my personal blind loyalty.
In the same way I put a bet on Bowery and Tonev to score first,last or at all.

I will do the same at Sunderland as my new 'lucky' gesture seeing as we didn't lose.

[Legion]

I'm on a self-imposed exile from starting pre-match threads.

[rob_bridge]

I boo'd them onto the pitch against Swansea in an attempt at an ironic statement of my personal blind loyalty.
In the same way I put a bet on Bowery and Tonev to score first,last or at all.

I will do the same at Sunderland as my new 'lucky' gesture seeing as we didn't lose.

Did they appreciate the irony after you explained it to them?

[andrew08]

I don't think they can hear me from the Upper Holte, but I'm sure Culverhouse would!

[JUAN PABLO]

It's the players fault.

and the managers

hes bought them and hes suppose to motivate them and get them to pass the ball.

[silhillvilla]

Booing is fine with me as long as it's warranted. Ironic cheers are ok too (see Weimann substitution on Saturday). There are 2 blokes near where I sit who are currently trying to out do each other in terms of Luna venting. I've found it quite entertaining as there generally hasn't been much else to chuckle about during the home games.

[Dave Clark Five]

Re the booing, I think there has been very little this season. There was an outbreak against Palace on 80 mins when Baker just hoofed a ball 50m to their keeper with no Villa player within 25m of the ball and again after their goal. Against Swansea what sounded like booing from where I was sat in the North Stand was their fans shouting "hoof" when one of our playmakers launched a speculative punt upfield..

We had a free kick on the halfway line, facing the Holte End. Baker did not know what to do with it as he had been told to cut down the hoofing. Problem was, it needed hoofing straight into the Swansea area.

[Hampshire Villa]

If people aren't allowed to boo, then the cheering is meaningless. Wearing a Poppy in November would be meaningless if it were compulsory.

Sorry don't get that logic at all!