Aston Villa v Brentford Post Match Thread

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Good post? The whopper couldn't have been any more patronising.

[avfcpg]

Why oh why would anyone post that on an opposition forum and expect to be given anything less than a well deserved fuck off tablet.....

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Not all away fans on here are as bigger bell ends as the Brentford bloke. Sendo the West Ham fan was always ok.

Mind you, the Stoke fans were a bit special. Withington Red remains my favourite.

[PeterWithe]

Point 1, don't underestimate your opponents - Most Villa fans expect us to fuck it up no matter who we are against
Point 2, don't expect an easy ride - We're in agreement that we aren't good enough to get promoted right now
Point 3, give the opposition some credit - To be fair, we've been the better team in nearly every game and the standard is pretty shit.

I couldn't agree more, the standard of teams is worse then I thought it was going to be, that we have only amassed seven points says it all.

On the debate about the forwards, I'd put McCormack and Gestede on the bench, the former doesn't look sharp enough and, in my opinion, Jack and Ayew are among the best players in the division so they start no matter what.

[mr underhill]

trawl back through various threads and there are plenty of people who insist we will be/should be spanking teams like Brentford. We haven't and won't without ( amongst many other things)a formation that actually contains a midfield.

[Monty]

Also, if we've spent that much money on players who weren't worth it, isn't that another reason for us to be annoyed at the management? With the money we spent we shouldn't be 17th. That's just how it is.

[The Edge]

Ah, the traditional response to an outsider or newbie. I'd forgotten why I hadn't missed the place. Nottsbee, if you are a Brentford fan, well done on the performance. You deserved all three points after our second half willful capitulation. But it is presumptuous thinking we don't get the Championship. We've spent this whole decade being shit against every level of opponent. No-one who's seen us over this time goes to Villa Park expecting anything.

Underestimating opponents? Have you met many Brummies? No-one would bat an eyelid if we replaced "Prepared" with "I told yer we'd bluddy lose". But it doesn't really matter if we as fans swan about being arrogant dicks as it's the players and management that need to learn that lesson. We've seen zero swagger from either since O'Neill flounced off so no-one who could affect the result underestimated you. We were just not very good.

Overpaying vs bargain buys? Did you notice our midfield when you scored? Bargain buy Westwood and home grown Gardner. Ask 10 Villa fans what they think of this pairing and at least 9 will answer the same. But if Ryan Woods plays like that every week, or even once a month, we'll swap. I wonder if he needs the space usually granted opponents at Villa Park though. Meanwhile, did you see what £11m Kodjia did to your defence all game?

Credit the opposition? As I said, you deserved all three. But none of us came to see the opposition. Villa have a massive advantage - financially, historically, in experience and facilities - over much of the division. When we say we should use it we are attacking ourselves and our own shortcomings, not disparaging the rest.

Your Cup Final? Alex Ferguson used to get his teams to raise their game at Villa Park. He and they never failed to mention it. You only have to listen to the great opposition players who've beaten us to know it's a place any player who can overcome nerves gives their all. We've seen it for over a century. You'd think our players would realise it by now. It's not about how the Villa are doing at any given time, it's a real ego boost to perform there.

Thanks for the invite to Griffin Park. Last time I was there I saved a penalty. It was during the McLintock era, when Keith Millen was learning from Micky Droy. About 2am me and a mate broke in via the flats they were building on Brook Road. There was a half deflated ball on the pitch so I got my one and only moment of glory at a League ground. Despite being in goal (and stoned) I still showed more attacking threat than Villa managed in the second half on Wednesday.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

Applause!!Great stuff mate.

[The Edge]

Re the so called advice from the "Brentford" fan.
Reminds of the Small heath & Ollbeyun fans on the radio taking the piss and saying it's hilarious to watch us struggling because "all villa fans thought they would piss the league and bounce straight back" Well I don't know any villa fans that were saying that. Quite the opposite really. It's just them obsessed twats trying to make out that we're arrogant and "that's why everyone hates villa" Truth is they are all know when things do get back on track and the Villa bandwagon starts rolling again they will have to crawl back under a rock and keep quiet again.

[Jimbo]

Not so much a traditional response to an outsider, rather an appropriate response to a chippy, sanctimonious, self-righteous, patronising tool telling fans of a club he obviously knows very little about, on a site he knows nothing about, how to behave.

A lot of the people on this site followed Villa when we were in the old Third Division. Most when we were in the Second Division (including me, and we finished second to Millwall that season).

In recent years we've been knocked out of cups by the likes of Bradford, Millwall, Sheffield United, Leyton Orient, Luton and Christ knows who else from the lower leagues, so I doubt very many of us will be lording it over the division we now find ourselves in. Especially since we're among the bottom rungs of it.

Football is full of bravado, that's what it's all about on match days. Even shit like Albion sing about how great they are. It goes with the territory. But in the sober light of day, when people go onto this forum to discuss their club, the last thing they need is some smug, holier-than-thou rat's cock telling them how they should conduct themselves in public.   



 

[dave.woodhall]

Why oh why would anyone post that on an opposition forum and expect to be given anything less than a well deserved fuck off tablet.....

Because on here we're better than that, unless they deserve it.

[chrisw1]

Does anyone else think that De Laet could just be Hutton in a wig....there doesn't seem to be any significant improvement!

That's my view as well but no one around me in North Stand or on here agrees.

I do, I was incredibly dissapointed with the signing and not seen anything since to change my mind.  And to be honest, with our backs against the wall I would still prefer Hutton.

[Chris Jameson]

Not all away fans on here are as bigger bell ends as the Brentford bloke.

Mind you, the Stoke fans were a bit special.

That Stoke fan (Bunny?)was a massive bell end, never trusted him.

[mr underhill]

aren't all Stoke fans massive bell enders?

[Richard E]

Does anyone else think that De Laet could just be Hutton in a wig....there doesn't seem to be any significant improvement!

That's my view as well but no one around me in North Stand or on here agrees.

I do, I was incredibly dissapointed with the signing and not seen anything since to change may mind.  And to be honest, with our backs against the wall I would still prefer Hutton.

Exactly what the bloke next to me was saying on Wednesday night and I'm not sure he was wrong.

[aj2k77]

I met a Stoke fan last season who reckoned they'd now become a big club because they signed Shakira, I reminded him they'd only finished in the top half of the 1st division about 5 times in half a century and signing willow doesn't change that.