Aston Villa v Norwich- Post Match Thread

[Richard E]

I don't understand this "either side of 20 minutes argument".

No side plays for a full 90 minutes and for good reason; what happened in the second half was dictated by us having already won the game.

If we play well for the majority of the game and lose the doom mongers all come on here saying "games last for 90 minutes." Some people just always want something to moan about. If you are a Villa fan and you have not got an extra spring in your step today, why do you bother? 

[sirlordbaltimore]

A blessed relief

[Damo70]

I don't understand this "either side of 20 minutes argument".

No side plays for a full 90 minutes and for good reason; what happened in the second half was dictated by us having already won the game.

If we play well for the majority of the game and lose the doom mongers all come on here saying "games last for 90 minutes." Some people just always want something to moan about. If you are a Villa fan and you have not got an extra spring in your step today, why do you bother?

Exactly, if you are going to moan about a 4-1 win why bother. Obviously a couple of critical observations would be acceptable but how often do you see a top team perform poorly and win the game with a great five minute spell and a couple of quality goals. Yesterday we had a great twenty minute spell and scored four goals then strolled the second half like a top team would.

[paul_e]

I don't understand this "either side of 20 minutes argument".

No side plays for a full 90 minutes and for good reason; what happened in the second half was dictated by us having already won the game.

If we play well for the majority of the game and lose the doom mongers all come on here saying "games last for 90 minutes." Some people just always want something to moan about. If you are a Villa fan and you have not got an extra spring in your step today, why do you bother?

Exactly, if you are going to moan about a 4-1 win why bother. Obviously a couple of critical observations would be acceptable but how often do you see a top team perform poorly and win the game with a great five minute spell and a couple of quality goals. Yesterday we had a great twenty minute spell and scored four goals then strolled the second half like a top team would.

Were you describing Man City in the cup final there, that's certainly what I saw, 2 moments of pure quality in an average performance but as soon as they took the lead they killed the game.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Looking at our fixture we probably need to win 2/3 games out of:-

Fulham (H)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Palace (A)
Hull (H)

Difficult to see many points from Man City, Manure, Spurzz or Chelski.

[pauliewalnuts]

Looking at our fixture we probably need to win 2/3 games out of:-

Fulham (H)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Palace (A)
Hull (H)

Difficult to see many points from Man City, Manure, Spurzz or Chelski.

These things hardly ever work out that way, though. I couldn't see us getting anything out of Man City at home but we (remarkably) did. I couldn't see us getting anything from that match at half time, FWIW, the first half was so one sided.

Flip side, I couldn't imagine us getting nothing at home to Crystal Palace, either.

[eastie]

Looking at our fixture we probably need to win 2/3 games out of:-

Fulham (H)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Palace (A)
Hull (H)

Difficult to see many points from Man City, Manure, Spurzz or Chelski.

These things hardly ever work out that way, though. I couldn't see us getting anything out of Man City at home but we (remarkably) did. I couldn't see us getting anything from that match at half time, FWIW, the first half was so one sided.

Flip side, I couldn't imagine us getting nothing at home to Crystal Palace, either.

38 points should be enough with our gd and if we can't get 7 points at least from the last 10 then we will deserve to drop.

I would hope we can put a run together on the back of yesterday's win and pick up  a lot more points to be safe with a few games to play .

[danlanza]

Looking at our fixture we probably need to win 2/3 games out of:-

Fulham (H)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Palace (A)
Hull (H)

Difficult to see many points from Man City, Manure, Spurzz or Chelski.

These things hardly ever work out that way, though. I couldn't see us getting anything out of Man City at home but we (remarkably) did. I couldn't see us getting anything from that match at half time, FWIW, the first half was so one sided.

Flip side, I couldn't imagine us getting nothing at home to Crystal Palace, either.

We will beat Chelsea and Manure. You heard it here first.

[paul_e]

I'd only really write off points against Man City.  We've generally done pretty well against Chelsea and Tottenham and Man U aren't playing well enough to be games we should expect nothing from.  That said you'd expect 3-4 wins from the others really.  I think 43-45 points from here, which is less than I was hoping for but should see us safely in midtable with 3-4 games to go.

[olaftab]

Having just read todays ' Match Tread ' , more specifically the first 10 pages , I could,nt agree with you more , there are examples there aplenty to support your arguement Louzie0.........Godzvilla! .

What on earth do you expect to find on the match thread in the early stages of a game in which we had looked utterly insipid, disorganised, more clueless than ever, and had conceded on three minutes?

You can not draw any real conclusions from a match thread, it is entirely unfair. The reason it is full of people queueing up to jump off a bridge is because at that stage we looked absolutely awful. I understand that.

It is those struggling to be happy the day after a good result in a crucial match that I don't get.

I have read the pages up to 15mins or so and the reaction there is no different from how it was in the ground and completely understandable. We must not surgically examine all words written in a match thread in a particular phase of the match and judge supporters.

[eastie]

I'd only really write off points against Man City.  We've generally done pretty well against Chelsea and Tottenham and Man U aren't playing well enough to be games we should expect nothing from.  That said you'd expect 3-4 wins from the others really.  I think 43-45 points from here, which is less than I was hoping for but should see us safely in midtable with 3-4 games to go.

Yes, I was hoping for 50 this season but I think thats beyond us now - 45 should see us around 12th / 13th.

[Ads]

Spurs game could be anybodies. They may well have missed out on Misnomer League football and have zip all to play for. A bit like the Arsenal game under Houllier.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Looking at Norwich's fixtures they could do with picking up their points from their next 6 games, as their last 4 fixtures are:-

Liverpool H
Chelsea A
Man Utd A
Arsenal H

Yes, you can get points from them, but you wouldn't want to have to get 3+ points from those 4 games.

[eastie]

Looking at Norwich's fixtures they could do with picking up their points from their next 6 games, as their last 4 fixtures are:-

Liverpool H
Chelsea A
Man Utd A
Arsenal H

Yes, you can get points from them, but you wouldn't want to have to get 3+ points from those 4 games.

Their home form will decide their fate against teams around them - can't see them getting even two points from their last 4.

[olaftab]

Spurs game could be anybodies. They may well have missed out on Misnomer League football and have zip all to play for. A bit like the Arsenal game under Houllier.

I don't think so. I think it will be either ours or theirs. (Sorry)