Manchester Utd vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Witton Warrior]

Every week we are desperately shuffling a pack of players that are simply not up to the job.
Is Bennet better than Lowton, Tonev or Weimann, is Luna better than anyone?
The squad apart from 4 exceptions is average to poor - may as well roll a dice for all the difference it seems to make.

As several have commented I knew this result was coming but still feel really angry about it.
Received a mail this morning reminding me that I had not renewed my ST - bad day to do it!

[Theo]

We were definitely not as bad as against Stoke, even though it has been the same scenario... I think we played decent football, passed the ball well around the pitch, had chances, but with such a dreadfull defense at some point, and a lack of involvement at the front. Benteke missed a great chance that would have changed the game, he should have won a penalty but the ref decided otherwise. We have been unlucky, and they took the opportunities they had.

I am so disapointed by the result but not really by the team to be fair. And I like Tonev, his shots were not good, but he's got the pace, and at least he provokes really well and creates opportunities, he has got the will to do well. There's no other choice, we have to come back against fulham.

[Clark W Griswold]

We missed Holt today.

Titter.

Another laughably shit player.

Going back the the Bertrand comments, why the frig are we still giving him experience when we could give our own the experience. It hardly matters how does it, not going down but not going anywhere either.

[supertom]

The feelgood factor from Chelsea has well and truly disappeared. Here is one of those all too familiar tailspins.

That's the trouble, any time we look like building any sort of form it hits the skids. We saw it after Man City, after Southampton, after West Brom and then after Chelsea. Even if we win two on the bounce for example, we tend to then lose more in the next few weeks. What we're left with as such is a season in which we've won 9 in 31 games, and lost 15, almost half our games played. That's pathetic for Aston Villa football club.

I don't think that sort of record will ever change under Lambert. I know some might say we're mid-table, we're comfortable, but this isn't comfortable. Stoke are 10th, but they're a weak 10th. We're still too close to the bottom feeders. We're the loss of a key player or two from being in serious trouble next season too.

Problem is, those in positions of influence at the club obviously don't think it is. 

Seemingly so. Which is sad. Where Southampton sit should not be well beyond us and it just seems as if it is at the moment.

[john2710]

There's a simple reason why Gabby & Weimann get picked week after week & that's because the alternatives don't exist. The same can be said for practically every position in the team.

We are a poor side that are too easy to play against & I don't see that improving any time soon.

[martin o`who??]

Never a 4-1, missed chances, should have had a penalty, Fellatio or whatever it`s fucking name is should have gone for elbowing Vlaar in the mouth, fact is, we got what we expected in the end.

[Witton Warrior]

Oh and can we put the "we're better away from home" myth to bed now?
No away win since New Year's Day and the home points are equal

[achilles]

Very predictable but still very, very annoying!

[Ads]

I hate these plastic twats with a passion. Benteke wants shooting, how we didn't take at least a point against this one dimensional long ball shite. Benteke missed two sitters, nailed on absolute sitters. He also should have had a stick on penalty.

The defending left a lot to be desired, how Clark lost Rooney I have no idea.

I am raging. They are an awful long ball side, with that dirty ****** Fellani some how conspiring not to get sent off yet again.

I am really looking forward to Gerry whacking these pricks into the middle of next week. I have never known a score line flatter a side so much in all my days.

Big credit to our support, we kept right behind them. As for there's? There is a reason why I am steaming up the M602 without a care in the world; plastic fucking shite.

[Irish villain]

The feelgood factor from Chelsea has well and truly disappeared. Here is one of those all too familiar tailspins.

That's the trouble, any time we look like building any sort of form it hits the skids. We saw it after Man City, after Southampton, after West Brom and then after Chelsea. Even if we win two on the bounce for example, we tend to then lose more in the next few weeks. What we're left with as such is a season in which we've won 9 in 31 games, and lost 15, almost half our games played. That's pathetic for Aston Villa football club.

I don't think that sort of record will ever change under Lambert. I know some might say we're mid-table, we're comfortable, but this isn't comfortable. Stoke are 10th, but they're a weak 10th. We're still too close to the bottom feeders. We're the loss of a key player or two from being in serious trouble next season too.

Problem is, those in positions of influence at the club obviously don't think it is. 

Seemingly so. Which is sad. Where Southampton sit should not be well beyond us and it just seems as if it is at the moment.

We are massively underachieving. We are settling for less than we should.

[ez]

I expected us to lose today so i'm not too bothered about that although conceding 4 is a concern. Lose the next 2 games and start panicking.

[achilles]

Enough is enough.  Please can this season end now?

it will only be the same next season as this, or worse, with Lerner, Faulkner and Lambert at the helm. One year, we might even finish 10th, that would be exciting

Unfortunately that is the sorry state of affairs Villa have got themselves in and it isn't going to end any time soon.

[passitsideways]

Seemingly so. Which is sad. Where Southampton sit should not be well beyond us and it just seems as if it is at the moment.

We shouldn't be, in a general sense, but they've spent an absolute shedload of money the past two seasons since coming up, amounts we dream of these days. Say what you like about the manager, he deserves at least part of the criticism, but I don't think we're going anywhere higher than 10th while we're skint compared to a lot of other teams. Don't really want to hear this 40 million pounds stuff either, it's a totally different story to have to be spread that amount over a dozen players compared to four or five quality players.

[Chris Smith]

Hard to know what to make of that. We gave away poor goals but also missed several good chances. The score line in no way reflected the balance of play.

Really? I thought we were fucking shit as usual. I don't find it hard to know what to make of us at all or Lambert

Benteke could have had 3 and Clark had a clear header from a corner that he should have scored. We made plenty of chances but wasted them. So we were reasonably good going forward. Defensively we were dire but just to dismiss it all as 'fucking shit' is hardly conducive to any sort of proper debate.

[supertom]

It has to be said, we've given Rooney an easy ride way too often over the years, but this is up there with his easiest. He'll rarely score an easier double. Free header and a penalty. Merry crimbo Wayne. We'll send you a Granny in the post too, just to make your life even better.