Aston Villa vs Man City Post-Match Thread

[Chris Harte]

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

On a bit of a tangent, at eight pages this thread seems rather light compared to its equivalent for other games.

Edit - nine pages still seems light.

[LukeJames]

BBC reported VP as "near empty". I actually think 23k is fairly decent considering the current situation and the fact this result was a virtual foregone conclusion.

23K was ok and probably much more than Smethwick had down the road however believe me it looked empty on three sides. The Witton End was packed to the rafters by City but Witton Lane looked like 1/3 full, the Holte had a few in centre but vast empty spaces on sides and top tier and top tier in Trinity was closed. So not a brilliant sight. We basically had 16K in space for 36K.

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

Who gives a fuck? They'll probably have it on a banner.

[QuintonVilla]

BBC reported VP as "near empty". I actually think 23k is fairly decent considering the current situation and the fact this result was a virtual foregone conclusion.

23K was ok and probably much more than Smethwick had down the road however believe me it looked empty on three sides. The Witton End was packed to the rafters by City but Witton Lane looked like 1/3 full, the Holte had a few in centre but vast empty spaces on sides and top tier and top tier in Trinity was closed. So not a brilliant sight. We basically had 16K in space for 36K.

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

Congratulations. You have just scraped the bottom of the barrel.

Excuse me? Olaf said probably much more than Albion had, I merely pointed out that wasn't the case, which is criminal for a club of our size. As I said though I don't blame the fans at all.

[spangley1812]

BBC reported VP as "near empty". I actually think 23k is fairly decent considering the current situation and the fact this result was a virtual foregone conclusion.

23K was ok and probably much more than Smethwick had down the road however believe me it looked empty on three sides. The Witton End was packed to the rafters by City but Witton Lane looked like 1/3 full, the Holte had a few in centre but vast empty spaces on sides and top tier and top tier in Trinity was closed. So not a brilliant sight. We basically had 16K in space for 36K.

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

There are a couple of caveats that you have to bear in mind; a) The Tesco Bags tickets were cheaper than ours i.e £10:00 for an adult and there's went to general sale which ours didn't due to the potential of Citeh fans getting in the home seats 

At the same time £10 is a lot for them, you can buy a house in Smethwick for that.

Good point well made...........

[dave.woodhall]

BBC reported VP as "near empty". I actually think 23k is fairly decent considering the current situation and the fact this result was a virtual foregone conclusion.

23K was ok and probably much more than Smethwick had down the road however believe me it looked empty on three sides. The Witton End was packed to the rafters by City but Witton Lane looked like 1/3 full, the Holte had a few in centre but vast empty spaces on sides and top tier and top tier in Trinity was closed. So not a brilliant sight. We basically had 16K in space for 36K.

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

Congratulations. You have just scraped the bottom of the barrel.

Excuse me? Olaf said probably much more than Albion had, I merely pointed out that wasn't the case, which is criminal for a club of our size. As I said though I don't blame the fans at all.

One match, possibly, for a number of reasons. Still, if it makes you happy.

[Des Little]

Let's be honest - if you can afford a tenner you can afford £15. It's hardly expensive. 17k home fans for a first team game is shit.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm old enough to remember when 17K was a decent crowd 

[olaftab]

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

On a bit of a tangent, at eight pages this thread seems rather light compared to its equivalent for other games.

Edit - nine pages still seems light.

Give it time there is lot of traffic around the Internet tonight!

[dave.woodhall]

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

On a bit of a tangent, at eight pages this thread seems rather light compared to its equivalent for other games.

Edit - nine pages still seems light.

Sorry Chris, I guess we're just not as popular as we used to be.

[Chris Harte]

Let's be honest - if you can afford a tenner you can afford £15. It's hardly expensive. 17k home fans for a first team game is shit.

Our average of 30000+ in the PL is excellent when you consider the crap we've had to watch over the last 5 seasons.

Something was always going to give eventually.

[olaftab]

I'm old enough to remember when 17K was a decent crowd 

I am old enough to remember when the opposition filled up the Witton End we had 50K in the other 3!

[Richard E]

BBC reported VP as "near empty". I actually think 23k is fairly decent considering the current situation and the fact this result was a virtual foregone conclusion.

23K was ok and probably much more than Smethwick had down the road however believe me it looked empty on three sides. The Witton End was packed to the rafters by City but Witton Lane looked like 1/3 full, the Holte had a few in centre but vast empty spaces on sides and top tier and top tier in Trinity was closed. So not a brilliant sight. We basically had 16K in space for 36K.

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

Who gives a fuck? They'll probably have it on a banner.

They'll erect a statue of the match ticket and have a commemorative dinner on 30th January 2051

[ianw3946]

Sinclair made Gabby look brilliant!

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.

[Chris Harte]

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

On a bit of a tangent, at eight pages this thread seems rather light compared to its equivalent for other games.

Edit - nine pages still seems light.

Sorry Chris, I guess we're just not as popular as we used to be.

I'm not suggesting its about the popularity of this site. But rather the lack of interest in the fixture. In the same way that the gate was light, clearly people aren't as interested in this fixture hence the (seemingly) lower than normal post count.

[wittonwarrior]

BBC reported VP as "near empty". I actually think 23k is fairly decent considering the current situation and the fact this result was a virtual foregone conclusion.

23K was ok and probably much more than Smethwick had down the road however believe me it looked empty on three sides. The Witton End was packed to the rafters by City but Witton Lane looked like 1/3 full, the Holte had a few in centre but vast empty spaces on sides and top tier and top tier in Trinity was closed. So not a brilliant sight. We basically had 16K in space for 36K.

Albion had 22k+ with 4k Peterborough fans so they had more home fans than us. That's what Lerner has done to us, less home fans than the fecking Albion.

Thats a frightening thought, what a state of affairs.