Aston Villa 2 vs 1 Smethwick Post Match thread

[FrankyH]

What was the beef with the Albion fan being escorted out of the ground at half time? Probably wasn't the wisest decision to get rid of him by walking him along the North stand lower!

Strange one that , they usually march them up between R block & Q block.The Steward got a standing ovation on his way back !

[Lambert and Payne]

What was the beef with the Albion fan being escorted out of the ground at half time? Probably wasn't the wisest decision to get rid of him by walking him along the North stand lower!

Every time an away fan gets thrown out they get taken through the north stand. Daft decision. Apparently he was spitting as stewards as he was being marched thats why he was getting such a hard time.

[pauliewalnuts]

More gems from that Bitters' Forum:

They are a massive club though at least our great little club had a go.

I am  bloody fuming   and feel sorry for the fans that went.

Been absolutely inconsolable tonight. Missus is worried. I'm fuming.

I hope Tony is in the shower tw@tting every last one of them.

tbf

ive read what you picked from there site, but theres more of there fans saying we were the better team and that basically they got what they deserved, sorry but I think Albion fans on there own site are in the main quite balanced.

There also seem to be quite a few of them who have sussed out Pulis and don't seem to happy with the playing for a draw, gamesmanship and failure to pass the ball about very much.

[ozzjim]

My laptop, halfway through a post on here with 10 to go gave up the ghost, so I have just watched the whole after match stuff on BT sport, who seem to put a decent after game thing on these days if you win!

I thought the team selection was a bit nuts, but fair play to Sherwood, they came through for him tonight. Gabby was everything we moan about him not being for 60 minutes, I would have got Sinclair on for him and played him right up with Benteke but it didn't matter. NZogbia was good first half at finding space between the lines, and Lescott could not cope with Gabby at all. Another night we go in 3 nil up and cruise through that second half.

Sherwood afterwards interestingly said that since he got here a lot of people have told him Gabby is finished, that he has lost this, or can't do that but in training he has been and Sherwood thinks he and Benteke are the best front 2 outside the top 6, just needs to get them believing.

I thought Lowton was superb tonight at left back, couple of great crosses on his right too. We are a better team going forward with him in the side, because he is a genuinely good footballer.

Okore scared the shit out of me all night, but I thought Clarke was a monster second half especially. He is fast becoming our number 1 centre half, which is amazing really.

If Tim can get the intensity of that first 35-40 minutes out of them every home game till the end of the season we will stay up. The other interesting thing he said afterwards was that to play the way he wants to he doesn't think they are fit enough yet, and it is something he is working on.

[flybo]

back home  and oh yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss 

[not3bad]

Don't think we deserved it.

I thought we 100% deserved it and we should have been out of sight by half time.

[Des Little]

When the ref gave that penalty I looked around and saw every human emotion imaginable etched on people's faces. Every single one. Sometimes in life there are moments that just cannot be described and that was one I'll never forget.

[ozzjim]

More gems from that Bitters' Forum:

They are a massive club though at least our great little club had a go.

I am  bloody fuming   and feel sorry for the fans that went.

Been absolutely inconsolable tonight. Missus is worried. I'm fuming.

I hope Tony is in the shower tw@tting every last one of them.

tbf

ive read what you picked from there site, but theres more of there fans saying we were the better team and that basically they got what they deserved, sorry but I think Albion fans on there own site are in the main quite balanced.

There also seem to be quite a few of them who have sussed out Pulis and don't seem to happy with the playing for a draw, gamesmanship and failure to pass the ball about very much.

I was amazed at how Stoke like they are already. They dropped to the floor when a Villa player was within a yard, tackled with their studs up all night and relied completely on set plays.

[Exeter 77]

We deserved to win and Pulis the Negative got exactly what he deserved as well. I had to turn my back on the penalty though.

[not3bad]

Never in doubt, fuck you stripey bastards and your tramp manager.

It seriously was justice for football. Stoke were bad enough with chavman in charge but having it in charge of the Baggies, proper fuckin shocker.

[gpbarr]

Sex or watch the game again on replay ........ replay it is ))

Marvelous

[silhillvilla]

When the ref gave that penalty I looked around and saw every human emotion imaginable etched on people's faces. Every single one. Sometimes in life there are moments that just cannot be described and that was one I'll never forget.

That last 2 mins of the game had more emotion than any night at the opera.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Thank fuck for that!

[SoccerHQ]

More gems from that Bitters' Forum:

They are a massive club though at least our great little club had a go.

I am  bloody fuming   and feel sorry for the fans that went.

Been absolutely inconsolable tonight. Missus is worried. I'm fuming.

I hope Tony is in the shower tw@tting every last one of them.

tbf

ive read what you picked from there site, but theres more of there fans saying we were the better team and that basically they got what they deserved, sorry but I think Albion fans on there own site are in the main quite balanced.

There also seem to be quite a few of them who have sussed out Pulis and don't seem to happy with the playing for a draw, gamesmanship and failure to pass the ball about very much.

I was amazed at how Stoke like they are already. They dropped to the floor when a Villa player was within a yard, tackled with their studs up all night and relied completely on set plays.

I have a lot of respect for Pulis but he is so limited away from home beyond belief.

They were probably the poorest visiting team I've seen here all season. Apart from the 10 minute spell with the goal they offered nothing going forward.

Did they even make a sub, you'd think at 1-1 when we were deflated he'd have put on Sessgenon for Brown Ideye who was hopeless.

[pauliewalnuts]

Delph paying his respects to Craig Gardner after the penalty.

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