Aston Villa vs Manchester United Pre-Match Thread

[Walmley_Villa]

If someone can remind lambert that a football pitch has two halves then we have a chance.

Also it has two halves.....under Lambert we have very rarely put a good 90 mins together, only 45 mins. He really should be kept out of the dressing room at half time.

[PeterWithesShin]

I won't be there. Even when I have a ST I often don't go to this one, it was the only home game I missed last season. I hate this game more than any other. I hate Manure more than other club, I hate their gloryhunting fans, I hate their Manc fans, I hate that no matter how good we are, no matter how crap they are, we never beat the bastards at home. We could be on our way to our 10th title in a row, they could be in the Conference and the fuckers would still turn us over in the cup. I really fucking hate Brummie Reds, classless gloryhunting wankers, give me a match going nose every day of the week.
Please Villa, beat these bastards, show that good can overcome evil.

[fredm]

Lambert should sit Gabby (and some others) down and show them where Rooney was when Sterling missed his goal chance (in his own penalty area) and where he was 25 seconds later when he was putting the ball into the net (in Pools penalty area).  That is the kind of effort required to win matches and until Gabby (and some others) start doing that on a regular basis we will continue to flutter around the relegation zone.

[rob_bridge]

Lose.

Get it over with.

Even Jimmy Greenhoff may score for them. Mickey Thomas and Stuart Houston to complete the rout.

[Witton Warrior]

Lambert should sit Gabby (and some others) down and show them where Rooney was when Sterling missed his goal chance (in his own penalty area) and where he was 25 seconds later when he was putting the ball into the net (in Pools penalty area).  That is the kind of effort required to win matches and until Gabby (and some others) start doing that on a regular basis we will continue to flutter around the relegation zone.

Absolutely!

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

Haven't been down much since April when we had our twin boys so this is only my second league game this season. This is one I always go to as I have a big Man Utd fan as a mate (shes a classic red - lives in London, parents from Mauritius, never goes to OT).  Villa 1-0 (a la Chelsea last season)

[cdbearsfan]

Comfortable Villa win. Fancy us to get five or six.

[pauliewalnuts]

This has been my least favourite fixture for years and years now. When i still had a season ticket, I'd frequently give my ticket up for someone else or take any excuse not to attend it, I hate absolutely everything about it.

That match in the Houllier year, the one with Bannan and Hogg in the middle, in which Albrighton scored, when we were two nil up with ten minutes to go, if I'd been able to get a data signal on  my phone, I'd have lumped near enough everything in my bank account on us not winning that game. Year after year it is a depressing kick in the bollocks.

Slight tangent, and not aimed at anyone on this thread at the moment, just a general point, but I'll never understand why Villa fans who pick and choose their games so often pick this one.

When I pick and choose, my first instinct is to pick one we're likely to get something out of, rather than one where year after year we get either fuck all, or exceptionally close to it.

[pauliewalnuts]

Anyway, 2-0 to us.

[Gareth]

We'll defend our 'nil' and be 'excellent' in failure to do so

I feel fortunate to have been at the never win anything with kids game...might never happen again!

[PeterWithesShin]

Slight tangent, and not aimed at anyone on this thread at the moment, just a general point, but I'll never understand why Villa fans who pick and choose their games so often pick this one.

When I pick and choose, my first instinct is to pick one we're likely to get something out of, rather than one where year after year we get either fuck all, or exceptionally close to it.

Same here. As finances dictate I have to pick and choose, it's why i'm doing Leicester and Sunderland and skipping this one. Plus Leicester and Sunderland will cost me the same as this one game would. No brainer for me.

That Hogg/Bannan game was the last time I was at VP for a game against them and i've had a ST nearly every year since then. The time before that was the game where Scholes scored that screamer.

[PeterWithesShin]

I feel fortunate to have been at the never win anything with kids game...might never happen again!

Last time I saw us beat them at VP was twice in the 92/93 season!

[silhillvilla]

Got myself into north lower for this . For nothing other than a chance to hurl abuse at brummie and Surrey reds . C***s

[Walmley_Villa]

90 mins of the Red Army singing dirge after dirge. Still at least they make a bit of noise.

[pauliewalnuts]

Slight tangent, and not aimed at anyone on this thread at the moment, just a general point, but I'll never understand why Villa fans who pick and choose their games so often pick this one.

When I pick and choose, my first instinct is to pick one we're likely to get something out of, rather than one where year after year we get either fuck all, or exceptionally close to it.

Same here. As finances dictate I have to pick and choose, it's why i'm doing Leicester and Sunderland and skipping this one. Plus Leicester and Sunderland will cost me the same as this one game would. No brainer for me.

That Hogg/Bannan game was the last time I was at VP for a game against them and i've had a ST nearly every year since then. The time before that was the game where Scholes scored that screamer.

I think those were my two last Man United matches, too.

That Scholes goal was one of the best I've ever seen at Villa Park. What a player he was.