Aston Villa vs Man City Post-Match Thread

[frank black]

It was all a bit Lambert today, lots of pointless and blunt possession. Mainly down to a severe lack of confidence, it's easy to take the simple option of a sideways, short or back pass (unless you are Gana)

Not sure we will get out of this rut unless we get a nice big slice from the lucky cake or a couple of genius signings.

[myf]

Just watched highlights.  Looked odd seeing away fans behind the goal. Witton looked almost empty.

it seems that will be the last time we entertain the mancs at least until late 2017. Hopefully,  the next time one of them visits VP will be more of a fortress and we'll give one them a game rather than a guaranteed fun away day

[class-of-82]

That must be the first time since 1967 that I have left a few minutes early,no matter if it was the cup or the league the basics mistakes etc just seem to be continually there.

Surely there must be some young kids we can blood in these games even if it's man city or Wycombe then the pain wouldn't be so bad but these are seasoned pros

Aaahhh well

[wittonwarrior]

First of all I think the 23,000 crowd with 6 thousand of them being Mancs tells you something is drastically wrong as if any of us needed telling.

As to the match itself, all four goals were preventable and that was the biggest let down on the day.  One  decent shot on goal  (second half free kick) is all we mustered unless we threw a barrage at them last 5 minutes which I missed.

Daft as it may seem I am so disappointed having departed our Holy Grail in such a lacklustre way this afternoon.

And why bring on Fat Gaby he offers nothing to top class football anymore.

[SoccerHQ]

It was all a bit Lambert today, lots of pointless and blunt possession. Mainly down to a severe lack of confidence, it's easy to take the simple option of a sideways, short or back pass (unless you are Gana)

Not sure we will get out of this rut unless we get a nice big slice from the lucky cake or a couple of genius signings.

It shouldn't be a lack of confidence surely, we've been unbeaten for 5 games which might not be much but is our longest unbeaten run in ages.

I didn't go but looks like we just got punished by a quality clinical team. Remember Wycombe had chances at 0-0 but couldn't score.

What's clear is under no circumstances should Clark and Richards ever be tried again as a defensive partnership. That and we can't score goals but that's hardly enlightened statement of the year.

[andyh]

Out of the cup means now means we can concentrate on relegation.

[QuintonVilla]

That today is why I said we may aswell have lost the replay against Wycombe. It was always going to be embarrassing on and off the pitch.

[croatian]

I know it's chalk and cheese, but I've played Sunday league football and it's equivalent in the UK, Australia, the Balkans, and East Africa. I was relatively crap, and I knew it, quite often I even had to pay for the privilege of wearing the shirt.

But we had pride. 

There were times we won matches that we really shouldn't have done.

Effort and pride.

[Percy McCarthy]

And why bring on Fat Gaby he offers nothing to top class football anymore.

If that was the criteria we'd only be sending out five-a-side teams.

[tomd2103]

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).

It was largely their reserves, but gulf in class in the final third was very apparent.  When they got in good positions, their final ball whether it be a cross or pass was good.  We just cannot seem to be able to beat the first man with our balls into the box. 

[john e]

Sat in the upper Holte with my little lad and felt like the place was sucking the life out of me

half empty stadium, hardly any atmosphere, football that Billy smarts would be proud of,
And to top the shit sandwich of with a shity tasting sauce I got home and my wife had bought my lad a Barca hoodie...oh ffs

[russon]

losers, boozers and jacuzzi users every man jack of them

[wittonwarrior]

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).

Thanks for pointing that out Tom - Got to say the Snake was outstanding for them - hate The Villa at 20:47pm right now.

It was largely their reserves, but gulf in class in the final third was very apparent.  When they got in good positions, their final ball whether it god a cross or shot was good.  We just cannot seem to be able to beat the first man with our balls into the box.

[exiled on the wirral!]

On the plus side we haven't got to fork out for another expensive Wembley trip...no match of the day tonight, I think it's the 92/93 season on VHS tonight..UTV

[tomd2103]

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).

Thanks for pointing that out Tom - Got to say the Snake was outstanding for them - hate The Villa at 20:47pm right now.

It was largely their reserves, but gulf in class in the final third was very apparent.  When they got in good positions, their final ball whether it god a cross or shot was good.  We just cannot seem to be able to beat the first man with our balls into the box.

Yep, as I say it was mainly their second string, but the reality is that every single one of them would walk into our side.