Manchester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

Our entire team cost less than their left back tonight

And that, in the wider sense beyond this evening, is the problem.

[Vic the Villian]

I don't know nothing to play for could have had a go and attacked putting the wind up them and then losing 5 - 2 but no not Lambert lets park the bus and lose 4-0 and how Lambert can pat Bertrand on the back beats me, lets just hope we don't buy him because he is no good for Chelsea

[Nastylee]

Not going to lose any sleep over only managing 3 points off the champions this season. I suggest some of you do the same.

Difficult at the best of times but with our attacking options severely tested it was always going to be a hang in and hope performance against a team that has scored 100 goals this season.

I get that Man City will be champions and that they have a world class squad built at vast expense.  I get that.

But that has nothing to do with how desperately poor we are and how badly our club is being run.  That's why I feel so low; getting thrashed by Man City is just a symptom.

Well get used to it. Until we invest in a PL squad we will struggle. The squad has been stripped of quality and currently has too many key players missing. Simply put, it can't cope. Without investment we will exist simply to survive.

[supertom]

Oh I think Lamberts a goner. We're safe, we could be a bit more adventurous, a bit more gung ho and try to win with no pressure on us but we never looked like trying.
I suspect we'll see another negative and dour line up against Spurs. It'll have shades of McLeish who's approach to his final game was atrocious. He didn't even try to win a game that was probably our first pressure free game of that whole season.

Spurs are really inconsistent. Sometimes very good, sometimes pretty shite really. Man City are miles apart in quality so Spurs shouldn't hold anywhere near the same fear factor. Go for it, and try and win Lambo. At least see out your final game (likely) looking like you want to win and leave on a high.

[Nastylee]

If we'd gone for it and got thrashed 8-0 like at Chelsea would you have been pleased?

[brian green]

Spot on Hilts.   The defeats are the symptom of the sickness, not the sickness itself.

[Villa in Denmark]

Not going to lose any sleep over only managing 3 points off the champions this season. I suggest some of you do the same.

Difficult at the best of times but with our attacking options severely tested it was always going to be a hang in and hope performance against a team that has scored 100 goals this season.

I get that Man City will be champions and that they have a world class squad built at vast expense.  I get that.

But that has nothing to do with how desperately poor we are and how badly our club is being run.  That's why I feel so low; getting thrashed by Man City is just a symptom.

Well get used to it. Until we invest in a PL squad we will struggle. The squad has been stripped of quality and currently has too many key players missing. Simply put, it can't cope. Without investment we will exist simply to survive.

Without investment we won't survive.

[hilts_coolerking]

If we'd gone for it and got thrashed 8-0 like at Chelsea would you have been pleased?

Of course not.  But I would have been a little happier if it had been 6-3.

[Nastylee]

If we'd gone for it and got thrashed 8-0 like at Chelsea would you have been pleased?

Of course not.  But I would have been a little happier if it had been 6-3.

Of which there was no guarantee by simply 'having a go'.

[supertom]

If we'd gone for it and got thrashed 8-0 like at Chelsea would you have been pleased?

Not particularly. They're not fantastic at the back though so I'd have fancied us to at least get on the score sheet had we picked a braver line up and pushed forward more.
The saddest part was that even at 2-0 we just sat back as if we were still playing for a 0-0. It was pathetic. We livened up briefly when Robinson came on.

[silhillvilla]

Did well to get out of there at just 0-4
If CiŁy had got an early goal that could have easily been 9 or 10.
Pretty woeful really overall .

[hilts_coolerking]

Setting out to not get beat too badly is basically a TSM tactic.

[mr-villa]

Bacuna had two chances to get a challenge in on Toure for the 4th goal and bottled it on both occasions, he should have hacked him down first time but just ran across him instead.

[hilts_coolerking]

If we'd gone for it and got thrashed 8-0 like at Chelsea would you have been pleased?

Of course not.  But I would have been a little happier if it had been 6-3.

Of which there was no guarantee by simply 'having a go'.

Well talking of no guarantees, where did 8-0 come from?

[supertom]

If we'd gone for it and got thrashed 8-0 like at Chelsea would you have been pleased?

Of course not.  But I would have been a little happier if it had been 6-3.

Of which there was no guarantee by simply 'having a go'.

It is possible to stay disciplined at the back and still offer some attacking threat in a game though.
Particularly once we finally went behind we just kept on with 10 men behind the ball.