Aston Villa v Manchester United Post-Match Thread

[LeeB]

http://youtu.be/g2amCQWoe00


No way is that a red card.

Jesus wept.

Professionalism has done wonders for English refereeing.

If you happen to support one of the Sky clubs.

[Jane]

Hopefully Gabby's red card won't get rescinded. I think we'll play much better in the next 3 games without him as displayed in the 25 minutes he wasn't on for.
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WTF???!

[claret and blue blood]

Can't believe some of the negative comments on here,we could have won that if Bacuna's shot goes in at the end,we had the courage to keep trying the passing and there was a 3 minute spell in the first half where we passed it around great.it's over to Lerner now, invest in 1 creative player costing more than 5 million and keep Delph and Vlaar and go for it . The squad is looking a lot better  :0)

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Lambert got the tactics and the substitutions right. Let's give him some credit. He's got lots of faults but the claim so many make that he's incompetent tactically is bollocks

Exactly what were his tactics. Counter attacking? The only real credit Lambert deserves is he had every single player up for today and they collectively put a massive shift in. Finally against Man Utd our players looked like men instead of boys but I hardly think he deserves any medals for the team trying to pass the ball.

[ashkar]

Great point. lambert new way is better. but a small point on the formation. dont think 5-2-3 is the same as 5-3-2. u need to keep possession when u play 3 centre backs, so u need 3 proper midfielders. weimann was the odd one out today and it showed. cleverley being suspended would have hindered the plans but bacuna would have been better than weimann in retaining possession. i think next week if we play 5-3-2 we will see the midfield trio of delph-sanchez-cleverley. benteke and gabby/weimann to play upfront.

[LeeB]

No one's calling for medals, just a bit of credit when he gets things right.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

No one's calling for medals, just a bit of credit when he gets things right.

I've given him credit, Lee, I just didn't see what his tactics were. Did you?

[Stu]

Never a red

What a terrible decision. I really hope we can appeal this.

[andrew08]

It's a simple game really you know. Benteke is back, he's scored twice, through goals made by himself, and we've got 4 more points than we probably would have had.

Had we had him all season we'd probably have the same points as West Ham!

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

It's a simple game really you know. Benteke is back, he's scored twice, through goals made by himself, and we've got 4 more points than we probably would have had.

Had we had him all season we'd probably have the same points as West Ham!

This is true, because West Ham are fucking shit. As are we. As are most teams in the league.

[ciggiesnbeer]

No one's calling for medals, just a bit of credit when he gets things right.

I've given him credit, Lee, I just didn't see what his tactics were. Did you?

He matched up with a back three and also continued his newly discovered obsession with possession.

Seemed pretty clear to me what his tactics were regardless of whether they were right or wrong.

[Rudy65]

Hopefully Gabby's red card won't get rescinded. I think we'll play much better in the next 3 games without him as displayed in the 25 minutes he wasn't on for.
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WTF???!

Gabby had a poor game

[silhillvilla]

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[steamer]

At half time I said double up on young, we did not, he played the cross and some twat scored. This Management Malarkey is easy.
I almost had a stroke after 10 mins when we gave them 80%+ possesion. The inevitable happened.
The Gabby incident is a joke, the commentators here struggled to see it as a foul, both players went for the ball, Gabby did not raise a foot.
Anyway, onwards and upwards, at least we did not loose.
As an aside why is it that their Knob end supporters are allowed to sit so close to the pitch and look like they are trying to invade it, despite so many stewards and cops are in front of them.
They do not do it at the shithole of nightmares so why do they think that they can get away with it at Villla Park ?
They do it because they are taking the piss.
As Aged as I am am my blood was boiling , i was trying to jump into the T.V Screen and teach them a lesson they learnt before about fucking about at Villa Park.
Sorry for the rant
They should only be allocated the elevated porrtion next year.
Happy with the point.

[CJ]

Traffic horrendous so only just back. Good performance and a great hard-earned point, in spite of the best efforts of Manchester's finest - Mr L Mason. When I saw the red card go up I actually cheered because I presumed Young had been sent off and he'd stayed down pretending to be injured to try and avoid it (or to try and get Gabby sent off instead of himself). I was literally speechless when it turned out to be Gabby sent off - his first ever red card in the league apparently. Young admitted to Guzan afterwards that he'd fouled Gabby. Presumably we'll appeal and it will get rescinded, although given that it's the FA and it involves Yanited, that's by no means certain.

Special mentions for Guzan, Vlaar, Clark, Okore, Delph, Sanchez and Benteke; Weimann worked hard but if you need someone to play midfield why not use Bacuna (who I thought did well when he came on) instead of playing Weimann out of position; Cissokho was decent; Gabby was unfortunate to get sent off but the team worked harder afterwards so he wasn't missed that much and we could have nicked it at the end - I'm still convinced Bacuna's shot went through the net not over the bar. Lowton must have smelled awful after the game as he spent most of it in Young's pocket.

The performance today even when down to ten men shows we did not miss, and do not need Cleverley. Manure can keep him