Sunderland v Rock Bottom Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[cheltenhamlion]

Just watched MOTD (I didn't bother with a stream of the game). The first was the kind of fluke we simply don't get. The second was poor defending. Holy shit though, the third?

[richard moore]

Watching Match of the Day it's utterly embarrassing

They should be ashamed

I certainly am ashamed of the club at the moment and that's why I never watch it these days. Well done for being less of a bad loser than me and watching it though. And for those such as Frank who still travel all that way to places like Sunderland, I take my hat off to you.

[Meanwood Villa]

Some reflections yesterday from a fans' perspective (the players' performance was typically abject, cracking goal aside):

there was a lot of gallows humour and comments about the inevitability of defeat pre and during match but nothing gets the blood pumping like a goal and the giddy optimism in the aftermath where you think "we can win this". We've been so starved of  anything good this season that it's going to be an explosion when we finally do bloody win. I hope those of you at Wycombe next week get to enjoy it.

I've never noticed a more muted atmosphere before an away game. Perfectly understandable of course but it makes me wonder how bad it's going to get at VP for the rest of the season. The solution is straightforward- players, give us something to shout about.

What is this chant of "we want our Villa back" all about? My mate said last season when we were romping away with it up there the chant was "we've got our Villa back". Are they only "our" Villa when they're good? Sadly we all know that's not the  case, they're ours through thick and thin and this is about as thin as it gets. Anyway, daft chant.

[QuintonVilla]

The second and third goal summed up our whole season and summed up why we're already down. The second one Lescott barely even made an attempt to block it and Guzan was beaten at his near post, not for the first or last time this season.
The third though, just wow. You will not see a funnier or more shambolic goal than that this season, even my father in law who isn't a massive football fan text me during Match Of The Day saying "good defending by the Villa!". Bacuna's throw, Guzan's pass (how many short passes of his have cost us this season?!), then they were trying to waste time in the corner and still scored from it while 6 of our players stood watching around the box. I know they're not very good but things like that make the fans think they've stopped trying.

As for Guzan, is there a worse keeper in the league? Maybe Boruc who is a bit dodgy? His distribution and decision making is awful, look at the passes out at Palace, Chelsea, yesterday. I know the defenders were partly to blame for those goals aswell but you just don't do that, especially when your defenders are crap. He doesn't save anything any more, if a team has 2 or 3 shots on target, they will score 2 or 3.

[villasjf]

On another thread I read about the clangers we make now I can't get a mental picture of our rampant lion on the badge being replaced by a clanger.

[martin]

It's not Garde's fault. It's not the crappy team's fault. Lerner, fuck off you useless parasite.

[Bad English]

Blimey! Martin!  How are things in Japan?

[richard moore]

It's not Garde's fault. It's not the crappy team's fault. Lerner, fuck off you useless parasite.

Tut, tut, tut

[Locko]

It's not Garde's fault. It's not the crappy team's fault. Lerner, fuck off you useless parasite.

Where is the like button when you need it. This whole festering shit heap falls ultimately to our distant, disinterested custodian. Happy New   year all, Lerner excepted, I hope his cock falls off.

[stuart445]

If we'd have had a competent striker (Kozak) on from the start we might well have scored first which as the first goal is all important might well have seen the result reversed.

You could clearly see it they were playing well until they got the the box where they were reluctant to put it into the box. It's obvious that even the players think Gestede is shit so why he keeps picking him I have no idea.

[Clampy]

Amidst all the shit, Christ did we score a terrific goal today.

Despite the crapness of the last few years, we've scored some absolute stonkers in that time.

All those who went yesterday deserved to see a goal like that, it was just superb.

[olaftab]

Amidst all the shit, Christ did we score a terrific goal today.

Despite the crapness of the last few years, we've scored some absolute stonkers in that time.

I can't rembember a goal as good as today's in absolutely ages. It deserved to be a winner.

Kept away from any football but just saw the goals on SSN. That was a brilliant goal the sort you will see from Barca, Real and man city etc. That combined with two against Leicester are amongst the best goals scored in the PL this season. It's a same we employee paper boys in our defence.

[Tony Erdington]

It's not Garde's fault. It's not the crappy team's fault. Lerner, fuck off you useless parasite.

Where is the like button when you need it. This whole festering shit heap falls ultimately to our distant, disinterested custodian. Happy New   year all, Lerner excepted, I hope his cock falls off.

No it is the managers fault, it is the players fault BUT ULTIMATLY IT IS LERNER THE RETARDS FAULT.

[aj2k77]

You look at the goals we have to score to get any, bloody screamers or solo jobs, then compare it to some of the goals walked in against us and the effort needed to score against us. Bloody shocking defence and midfield.

[olaftab]

So it's easy to work out our position from the effort it takes for us to score and with ease that opposition score against us!
Position in table=1 brilliant goal/3 easy goals