sha v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Matt Collins]

Amavi dreadful? I think he's been quite good, including in the air

[auntiesledd]

Right then, get on it from the 2nd half get-go Villa!

[AlexAlexCropley]

Going OK so far, scoreline is everything. And their fans are horrible.

I know we have some dickhead fans as well but the sheer number of there 'supporters' giving our guys verbal abuse when they take a throw in is astounding. The hate they must feel

Like 1984's fifteen minutes of hate-only forever in their cases

[Axl Rose]

Amavi dreadful? I think he's been quite good, including in the air

Me too. He's done very well so far.

[Desi]

The BEIN Sports 'pundit', in the studio, is Trevor Francis, who said, at half time, that the Blues player should have been sent off for his, high foot challenge, on Ayew.

[aj2k77]

Going OK so far, scoreline is everything. And their fans are horrible.

I know we have some dickhead fans as well but the sheer number of there 'supporters' giving our guys verbal abuse when they take a throw in is astounding. The hate they must feel

We've made them feel inadequate their entire history. It's a  deep rooted mental thing for them, as bad as we get we still are better than them and it hurts them to the core. They wish we didn't exist so they could represent Birmingham and not embarrass it. We are who they wanted to be but never could be because theyre shite and over the years it's manifested itself in thuggish behaviour, like a child with issues.

Fuck them, scum to the core, lets give them another chip on their shoulder to carry around along with the large portion they already have.

[Toronto Villa]

We need to ride the wave of their enthusiasm in the first 15. They are very average as a side so if we keep our composure we can grab a second and see this out.

[Risso]

Oh do get up Kodija.

[Ducksworthy]

A woman and her two children (one probably 20 the other maybe 12) have come and sat on the table next to me to watch the game. We're in the NW so someone else being arsed with this game is quite rare. They've all got northern accents but she declares they're here to support "the city" and calls the manager "Gary Rowlands".

Then the youngest son sighs and says "we should be supporting Man City, mum. You've known me longer than Dave."

She then informs me, who is trying really hard to not get into their family drama that ensued following that comment, that her new boyfriend is at the game and they're all there to support him. The kid says "some of us maybe" and then declares he quite likes Villa.

I've moved table to sit at the bar.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Shotton doing a dirty underhand job on Kodja

[CJ]

Sneaky knee in the small of the back

[PeterWithesShin]

Oh do get up Kodija.

Yeah it was only a knee in the kidneys, why would it hurt? 

[Marton]

Fucking dirty Shotton...and he is the one that hurt Adomah in the box earlier.

[PaulWinch again]

Come on Villa get a second.

[N'Zimidy]

Hutton you TWAT