Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Post-Match Thread

[Richard E]

According to ITV news we won 1-0. Result!

I had a BBC notification on my phone that Ings had put us 1-0 up after 34 minutes, so we won 2-1. Yay!

[Drummond]

Great photos!!

Sid looks like he’s deteriorating unfortunately, maybe thats just the photo being deceiving.

Agreed, and sadly I thought exactly the same when I saw Sid.

He didn't really say anything to be honest, but the photo isn't deceiving at all. I felt the same.

My lad wouldn't have his photo taken, and didn't get the meaning of it all. However, he took the photos so all isn't so bad...

[dave.woodhall]

Great photos!!

Sid looks like he’s deteriorating unfortunately, maybe thats just the photo being deceiving.

Agreed, and sadly I thought exactly the same when I saw Sid.

He didn't really say anything to be honest, but the photo isn't deceiving at all. I felt the same.

My lad wouldn't have his photo taken, and didn't get the meaning of it all. However, he took the photos so all isn't so bad...

Let's not dwell on this one.

[Sdwbvf]

First half rubbish. Second much better. We were at our best after Buendia came on. He and PC work well in the same team.

Wilfred Zaha is a complete cockwomble. But we already knew that. Daughter off to taunt her Palace supporting friends on WhatsApp when we got home. Mostly about the cockwomble.

There was plenty to give hope there. But to say Luiz is a Brazil international tells me that Brazil are no longer the force they once were.

I enjoyed it. But I don't go very often and my last game was Watford so less said about that the better. The 40th anniversary stuff was fabulous. I remember watching Spink replacing Rimmer with horror as a 9 year old. Great to see even the Palace fans applauding them.

Oh and I liked the flags too. 🤣

[Villa Lew]

Looks like it's a toss up between us and Wolves who is gonna be last on MOTD.

[RichardBatchelor]

First half rubbish. Second much better. We were at our best after Buendia came on. He and PC work well in the same team.

Wilfred Zaha is a complete cockwomble. But we already knew that. Daughter off to taunt her Palace supporting friends on WhatsApp when we got home. Mostly about the cockwomble.

There was plenty to give hope there. But to say Luiz is a Brazil international tells me that Brazil are no longer the force they once were.

I enjoyed it. But I don't go very often and my last game was Watford so less said about that the better. The 40th anniversary stuff was fabulous. I remember watching Spink replacing Rimmer with horror as a 9 year old. Great to see even the Palace fans applauding them.

Oh and I liked the flags too. 🤣

Where was Morley? Did more than any other player to secure that trophy.

[Legion]

In Abu Dabhi.

[Pat McMahon]

The pre match events were wonderful and brought a tear to my eyes, particularly seeing how some of my heroes are ageing. The tribute was thoughtful, well organised and heartwarming. Tremendous. And we’ll done Palace fans for their applause.

The game was very poor. Palace are more physical and mobile than us and they won far more loose balls than we did but we definitely had the better chances. We struggled to keep meaningful possession and long balls to Watkins are fine for him to chase but not for him to hold up with his back to goal. It’s not what he does, and we just couldn’t build phases of attack.  And so often when we have the ball we have no wide options further up the pitch so we recycle backwards and inside, invariably to Coutinho, with 11 men in front of him.

The subs made a difference. I thought Chambers did well and he moves the ball on much quicker than Konsa and both Buendia and Ramsey gave us more drive going forward. On the negative side I thought Ramsey needlessly gave away the free kick for their goal - really daft when they have so many giants in their team.

One final point - make the players wear longer studs. For several games now we have players falling all over the place.

[Flin5tone]

Our players falling over has been a problem for some time now, bit bizzare

[Villan82]

MOTD didn't even mention our special anniversary.

[Pat McMahon]

MOTD didn't even mention our special anniversary.

They couldn’t find the time after the Mark Noble special tribute edition.

[Sexual Ealing]

MOTD didn't even mention our special anniversary.

This might count as sacrilege, and it's probably because, though alive at the time, I don't remember it, but I'm thoroughly sick of hearing about 1982. I'm glad that the lads involved got their plaudits, well-deserved as they are, and it was the ultimate achievement and must never be forgotten.

I can't help but feel, though, that the constant looking back impairs our future.

My apologies for any offence caused.

[LeonW]

MOTD didn't even mention our special anniversary.

This might count as sacrilege, and it's probably because, though alive at the time, I don't remember it, but I'm thoroughly sick of hearing about 1982. I'm glad that the lads involved got their plaudits, well-deserved as they are, and it was the ultimate achievement and must never be forgotten.

I can't help but feel, though, that the constant looking back impairs our future.

My apologies for any offence caused.

If Tottenham, Arsenal or West Ham had ever won the biggest prize in European football, believe me, we’d be hearing about it on a lot more regular basis.

I think there is a relevance to recognising and celebrating heritage; establishing the ‘bones’ of a club.

[SoccerHQ]

Disgraceful that Villa have the audacity to celebrate their finest moment in all of our lifetimes.
I'm amazed we didn't start hurling the plastic flag sticks in a Fatima Whitebread stylee at our heroes.

I read somewhere they originally planned for the 82 team to give the current side a guard of honour.  Glad that was kicked into touch.  However thought that was a good idea ought to be potted

They actually did that when they all returned in 2007 for the Sheffield United game.

I agree it was a nice touch from Gerrard if he insisted the current team did it. As far away as it seems currently it's something one day to aspire to again.

Also poignant as this is likely to be last time most of the group will be on the pitch at same time. Hopefully they'll still be all around in 2032 but you can't be sure especially with the news about Colin Gibson the other day.

[SoccerHQ]

MOTD didn't even mention our special anniversary.

This might count as sacrilege, and it's probably because, though alive at the time, I don't remember it, but I'm thoroughly sick of hearing about 1982. I'm glad that the lads involved got their plaudits, well-deserved as they are, and it was the ultimate achievement and must never be forgotten.

I can't help but feel, though, that the constant looking back impairs our future.

My apologies for any offence caused.

Can understand that viewpoint but it's not like we celebrate it every year (last time was in May 2007) and as I said in above post sadly many of them might not be alive to be on the pitch one more time in May 2032 so today was probably the last time we'll see them as a group gracing the hallowed VP turf.