Aston Villa vs Man City Post-Match Thread

[Karlos96]

Not long been back I was expecting a loss but they just have to go and embarrass themselves don't they?  That third goal is one of the worst you'll ever see and the fourth wasn't much better.  It's painful watching that team they literally have no idea how to create chances and if Lescott and Okore aren't our centre half pairing our defence goes to shit, especially with bloody Guzan playing as well. 

I would rather just play the kids now at least they will have some pride, I would be quite happy never have to watch Westwood, Bacuna, Clark, Guzan, Sinclair, Gana and Richards again.  Not good enough any of them can't wait for the summer I really hope we have a major cull and fuck them all off.

[Dan England]

Two positives from that game.

1) confirmation that Guzan is appalling. Could have done better for three if not all of the goals. Hopefully that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt.

2) Confirmation Westwood is dire. No attacking nouse or desire.  Being hooked at ht hopefully means that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt. 

[Karlos96]

Two positives from that game.

1) confirmation that Guzan is appalling. Could have done better for three if not all of the goals. Hopefully that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt.

2) Confirmation Westwood is dire. No attacking nouse or desire.  Being hooked at ht hopefully means that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt. 

Agree completely I hope we never have to see either of them again.

[AV82EC]

Two positives from that game.

1) confirmation that Guzan is appalling. Could have done better for three if not all of the goals. Hopefully that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt.

2) Confirmation Westwood is dire. No attacking nouse or desire.  Being hooked at ht hopefully means that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt. 

Agree completely I hope we never have to see either of them again.

Probably resting Westwood for Tuesday (runs and hides)

[olaftab]

Two positives from that game.

1) confirmation that Guzan is appalling. Could have done better for three if not all of the goals. Hopefully that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt.

2) Confirmation Westwood is dire. No attacking nouse or desire.  Being hooked at ht hopefully means that is his last appearance in a Villa shirt. 

Agree completely I hope we never have to see either of them again.

And despite that back pass proof that Gana is a very good player.

[Chris Harte]

Wasn't able to go today and, in truth, had I not had another obligation I probably wouldn't have been sufficiently motivated to do so anyway.

Looks like the cup run ended in a similar vein to last season.

[Richard E]

Words fail me for their third goal.

I can think of plenty of words for it, but sadly none of them are repeatable.

[LeeB]

So it's about quarter to six on FA Cup Round 4 day and we've just limped on to page 2 of the post match thread. What the bloody hell is happening to us? The club is in such a mess it's unbelievable.

What is there to say that hasn't been said with increasing regularity over the past 5 years though? There's only so many ways you can say Westwood is wank, we go again or everything will be alright.

If you made a sound cloud of phrases I've uttered over the last 4 years, I reckon "FFS Westwood" would have the largest font size.

[Clampy]

Played ok in patches but Man City didn't really have to try too be honest. The 3rd and 4th goals were a bit of a mess. I just hope it hasn't killed any confidence they had built up in the previous games.

Oh and it was feckin freezing.

[clash city rocker]

Thanks Mr.Lerner for producing one of the worst Villa sides I have ever seen. Not just one of the worst in technical terms but one of the most fkin gutless teams ever to pull on the beautiful shirt. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth unlike many of us. YOU  found a toy that was a treasure, a love,a way of life to some of us. With your total ineptitude,  lack of caring, total lack of responsibility, total lack of ownership and total lack of love for this club you have reduced us to a  backpack daily newspaper comic strip. You are a complete and utter arse hole.  BRIGHT future my fkin arse...Villa till I die...that's me ..how about you ?

[aj2k77]

There's probably about 10-15 players who just want out now so this nightmare can end for them. They know they aren't good enough for this level.

[Chris Harte]

Thanks Mr.Lerner for producing one of the worst Villa sides I have ever seen. Not just one of the worst in technical terms but one of the most fkin gutless teams ever to pull on the beautiful shirt. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth unlike many of us. YOU  found a toy that was a treasure, a love,a way of life to some of us. With your total ineptitude,  lack of caring, total lack of responsibility, total lack of ownership and total lack of love for this club you have reduced us to a  backpack daily newspaper comic strip. You are a complete and utter arse hole.  BRIGHT future my fkin arse...Villa till I die...that's me ..how about you ?

Great rant.

[croatian]

Thanks Mr.Lerner for producing one of the worst Villa sides I have ever seen. Not just one of the worst in technical terms but one of the most fkin gutless teams ever to pull on the beautiful shirt. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth unlike many of us. YOU  found a toy that was a treasure, a love,a way of life to some of us. With your total ineptitude,  lack of caring, total lack of responsibility, total lack of ownership and total lack of love for this club you have reduced us to a  backpack daily newspaper comic strip. You are a complete and utter arse hole.  BRIGHT future my fkin arse...Villa till I die...that's me ..how about you ?

Great rant.

Aye, spot on.
I honestly think we're gonna struggle in the Championship with this gutless shower, and I don't just mean the players.

[frank]

We're almost certainly down so we might just as well field our strongest team in the cup just to show that we still have pride and determination. Playing Guzan is the strongest sign that we're not taking the competition seriously. What has Sinclair done to merit a starting place?  Why replace central defenders who were solid last week?  Westwood is a slightly different case. I would normally agree with those who say he should never play for Villa again, but he did actually play well against W Brom and probably deserved his place.

We don't expect to avoid relegation but let's at least play our best team and show some fight.

[gpbarr]

Men vs boys
$176m (their starting 11) against $40m (our starting 11). Its a money game these days.
No real drama.

We know what the problem is - we have 5 genuine PL level players - Amavi, Okore, Veretout, Gueye, and Ayew (not surprising these are the most valuable players in our squad) - the rest need to be sold or retired. We need to build a new team around Remi and those 5 (& pray they stick around at the end of the season).