Aston Villa vs Manchester United Match Thread

[SamTheMouse]

In what way is young ripping us a new one?

hardly mentioned Young on 5live

Too strong to say he's tearing us a new one, but Lowton hasn't stopped any of his crosses yet.

[Matt Collins]

Lowton does need to face up to young better. That's why he can't be trusted to play regularly. He gets completely square to the winger

We need a second and we can get one

[Matt Collins]

That was about fifty consecutive passes from us!

Grealish could thrive in a game like this

United are pretty open

[Astral Weeks]

There's bloody acres of space there in front of their back four, and no bastard running into it to give the man on the ball a pass.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Cissokho has no confidence to cross it. I guess that's what you get when you spend £2m on a full back.

[django]

Frustrating we don't pass the ball better when we're in dangerous positions but I'd rather we kept possession than simply lumping it in like we've done previously.

[Astral Weeks]

Cissokho has no confidence to cross it. I guess that's what you get when you spend £2m on a full back.

He should still be able to hit a decent cross every now and then.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Agreed 100%.

[Matt Collins]

Ciaran clark you're looking like the player I hoped you'd be. I'd given up

[rob_bridge]

Ciaran clark you're looking like the player I hoped you'd be. I'd given up

Me too

[Hampshire Villa]

Good first half performance. Need to go at them before they bring on the usual game changing subs!

[Astral Weeks]

The improvement has been astonishing since he started playing alongside Okore.

[Deano's Mullet]

So far so good but worried for the second half.  Young will dive and give them a dodgy penalty or they'll score from a free-kick. Please please please let us hold on, oh God of Football.

[Matt Collins]

Formation is working well. We look dangerous on the break. Should have got in on goal a couple of times more. A fantastic goal

Any chance of some of you miserable bastards cheering up and giving them a bit more credit?

[Tom_Mc9?]

Ciaran clark you're looking like the player I hoped you'd be. I'd given up

He's been so much better the last few games. Fair play to him - I think most of us thought he was more suited to going down a division. Needs to keep it up.