Aston Villa vs Cardiff City Post-Match Thread

[Bad English]

As one or two others have said, you can't moan if the Villa faithful feel like belting out a song at the end of the game. I'm just miffed that they are singing an Oasis song. When I next come to Villa Park I'm sure I'll belt it out too if we have just spanked some team by two or three goals.

[auntiesledd]

Chester looked completely at fault for their goal to me, Micah Richards esque stuff running out to the ball leaving Lambert behind him

Westwood was completely at fault in that instance and Chester had to rush out and it was Hutton who was found wanting in not covering.

I agree with you completely, Olaf. Hutton must have started to bugger-off up the pitch when Westwood screwed it up. I understand that both our full-backs aim to get forward as much as possible, but shirley their defensive responsibilities should be at the forefront of their minds? Luckily the cock-up for Lambert's equaliser didn't cost us yesterday, but against a better side it could have been disastrous.

[auntiesledd]

Toshiba failed to impress for the U23's again this week and got pulled-off during the game.

[Old Kodjia]

Despite it happening right below me I didn't see what actually happened at the end of the first half when their player was seemingly out for the count and a Melee ensued, anyone help?

Yes, I was a tad perturbed by this.  It seemed to me that (I think it was) Jedinak won a strong challenge and played the ball back to the keeper.  Another of our players was there or thereabouts and the challenge by Jedinak appeared hard but fair.  It was right in front of Warnock and poor "football playing" Warnock was up in arms about a challenge.  This seemed to speak his thug players into life and they all became involved.

I couldn't quite work it out at the time but wonder if there was a sandwich and that is what upset Warnock?  I was focusing on Jedinak and he certainly didn't do anything untoward.

[not3bad]

I don't like this Oasis bollocks at the end though.

If they play DLBIA every time we win at home, I hope we're all thoroughly sick of it by the end of the season! You just gotta roll with it...

Here here! For this reason I want DLBIA played after every home game for the forseeable!

[UK Redsox]

I don't like this Oasis bollocks at the end though.

If they play DLBIA every time we win at home, I hope we're all thoroughly sick of it by the end of the season! You just gotta roll with it...

Here here! For this reason I want DLBIA played after every home game for the forseeable!

Is an awful song and just makes me scarper even faster on the final whistle

[Beijing Villan]

Rare trip back to Brum from Beijing. Took my brother along and bought tickets for K2 Holte End.

A joy to see three goals scored by the Villa only marred by Mr Pointy's slackness in gifting them their goal.

Last game I saw at VP was Villa vs Man City under McLeish. Our entire plan seemed to be Given hoofing it up to Heskey and our football was ugly and mindless. Nearly vowed never to go again.

But four years on we have the nucleus of a decent side. Playoffs should be well within our grasp.

Not sure that Grealish deserves all the praise that he is getting. Looks pretty, but needs more incisive results. Case in point, the penalty. Played for it and earned it, but I would rather he had a go at goal.

And I'll add my name to the list who don't want Oasis blasting out at the end.

[not3bad]

I don't like this Oasis bollocks at the end though.

If they play DLBIA every time we win at home, I hope we're all thoroughly sick of it by the end of the season! You just gotta roll with it...

Here here! For this reason I want DLBIA played after every home game for the forseeable!

Is an awful song and just makes me scarper even faster on the final whistle

So what if it means we've won again?

[not3bad]

What impressed me the most about Grealish was how cool and unhurried he was. When Cardiff packed their own half in the first half Grealish epitomised the intelligent approach Villa took to unlocking their defence.

[LeeB]

I don't like this Oasis bollocks at the end though.

If they play DLBIA every time we win at home, I hope we're all thoroughly sick of it by the end of the season! You just gotta roll with it...

Here here! For this reason I want DLBIA played after every home game for the forseeable!

Is an awful song and just makes me scarper even faster on the final whistle

So what if it means we've won again?

I'm not a massive fan of Oasis or the song, but I think it's almost a beautiful way for us to collectively bookmark the end of a terrible, well, era really.

[Clark W Griswold]

Despite the fact that Liam walks around like an orangutan that has shit it's nappy, I rather like Oasis, but I'm not sure they're the most appropriate at the Villa, there is no link between the two. If that's all we've got to complain about at the moment though, it makes a massive change from the past 5 years. I hope I'm not jinxing it but we do seem to be turning a corner.

[peter w]

Back to oasis. If it is going to be an end of game song only it will peter out eventually.

[TopDeck113]

In my mind "Don't Look Back In Anger" will always be the conclusion to what I consider to be one of the best TV drama series of all time. 

From 6:21
 

[dave shelley]

re DLBIA, my twopenn'th, FWIW is: I am angry, angry for what has happened to our club over the last six years or so.  It should never have happened; something I think we all agree on.  Mistake upon mistake being made on top of a disinterested owner unwilling to invest further.  I accept that the owner wanted out and it took longer than he and us wanted it to but, believe me, I'm still friggin' angry, whether we sing about it or not.

[Jimbo]

Last week we outplayed a team with a reputation for a good footballing side, this week we stood up to a cynical, over physical side and won the game. I think that shows the Bruce impact on the squad. Warnock is a dinosaur and a better ref would have stopped them by using his cards sooner but I got the impression that he just couldn't be arsed blowing up for half the fouls as it created work for him. You get a measure of their manager when your read that he waited for Grealish in the tunnel to confront him as though it was his own fault that they kept fouling him. This was about 5 minutes after everyone else had gone off as he had come over to the Holte, along with Gollini, to give his shirt to somebody in the crowd. He probably then laid into his own players for not kicking him hard enough. Wanker.

Gabby and Gestede for all their limitations did make a difference when they came on which again reflects well on Bruce because they didn't seem obvious changes to me.

As for Oasis at the end, if the club had asked fans for ideas of what song to play it would have been number 7,296 on the list. As it is, it happened spontaneously and now just seems to work, probably because, unlike the Twang song suggested above, everyone knows the words so can join in if they want. Not looking back in anger seems to me an appropriate approach for a club trying to shake of the effect of 5 years of neglect.

This.

About the Oasis song. Who wrote it, what team they support, what city they're from and whether they're shit or not is all irrelevant. The words 'don't look back in anger' are very apposite given the pitiful state L****r got us into. It was spontaneous. And it is very in-keeping with the understated irony and wit of Villa fans (remember Always Look On The Bright Side of Life?). We're moving forward now, and we're putting all that rubbish behind us without any bitterness.

If anyone can find a song by a Villa supporting Brummie band with a chorus that goes 'don't look back in anger', maybe we can try that one after the next win. Until then...