Manchester City vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread.

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Played well, much better than I expected us to given what was at stake for them and for us.

Incredibly well organised until their 1st goal. I felt they'd run out of ideas completely and were snatching at half chances.

Watkins ought to score in the 1st half, he has to score in the 2nd.

Absolutely disappointed to lose, but there seemed no way to check that momentum when the 1st went in. The crowd had been entirely silenced, ae were leaving when we scored the 2nd.

Interesting that the sovereign wealth boys brought on a player whose leaving at the end of the season rather than bench boy.

Surprisingly good performance, an all together unsurprising result. Plenty to work on and with.

Their fans hurling smoke bombs into us when the 3rd went in and then breaking their own goal posts, while singing about a Liverpool player that retired years ago. As much class as they have European cups. Amazing to be joined on the tram by Man City fans too. "Not interested, we've won it that often". Old Trafford is the other way.

[KevinGage]

Wouldn't get shot of him.

He's been below par this season, but another three goals would have been a healthy overall return for a forward in the modern game.

I'd like to see another option brought in this summer to challenge him. And I don't mean Keinan Davis (much as I like him).

[Small Rodent]

We made them work fucking hard to win that & anyone who says anything else is talking shite. I've no criticism of the team or the manager for today's result. We are not strong enough to last 90 minutes & that started long before Gerrard arrived

I'm certain the spine of the team will be replaced next season & we'll be a much tougher prospect.

Yup. It was annoying to me rather than hand wringing.

[Allan C]

I was proud of our team today, City had to work harder than in any other game this season to get a result . Their quality told in the  end but let’s not forget that we should have been at least 3-0 up and possibly 4-0 but for poor finishing from Watkins. On top of that his return pass to Phil when we 2v2 was worse then Sunday League standard. Some need to bare that in mind when blaming Gerrard.

[Goldenballs]

Man City and Liverpool get late goals not because of desire or mentality or character, its because their benches are far stronger than everybody elses.

Roy Keane knows that better than anybody the absoloute tool. Because back in the 90s Man Utd had players on their bench to bring on who would start every game for all but 3 teams in the league.

Today they brought on Englands best player in the last tournament, and their top goalscorer from last season.
In contrast when we tired we had Nakamba and Ashley Young to turn to.

Only going to get worse with five subs

Can't believe we voted for that shite.

[Flin5tone]

The club should come out tomorrow AM and reverse the decision of targeting the poor after that shambles

[AV82EC]

The club should come out tomorrow AM and reverse the decision of targeting the poor after that shambles

WILMA!

[astonvilla82]

Man City and Liverpool get late goals not because of desire or mentality or character, its because their benches are far stronger than everybody elses.

Roy Keane knows that better than anybody the absoloute tool. Because back in the 90s Man Utd had players on their bench to bring on who would start every game for all but 3 teams in the league.

Today they brought on Englands best player in the last tournament, and their top goalscorer from last season.
In contrast when we tired we had Nakamba and Ashley Young to turn to.

Only going to get worse with five subs

Can't believe we voted for that shite.

same here

[nick harper]

We made them work fucking hard to win that & anyone who says anything else is talking shite. I've no criticism of the team or the manager for today's result. We are not strong enough to last 90 minutes & that started long before Gerrard arrived

I'm certain the spine of the team will be replaced next season & we'll be a much tougher prospect.

Yup. It was annoying to me rather than hand wringing.

Agree, we also played only 72 hours before and it showed when the first went in. We were great on the break - Watkins lacking composure again, but I would argue that most sides would struggle when Man City up the intensity to the levels they’re capable of and with a title at stake.

[four fornicholl]

Grealish humping and cuddling Richard’s??? WTAF!! Sad bastards

[Brazilian Villain]

We made them work fucking hard to win that & anyone who says anything else is talking shite. I've no criticism of the team or the manager for today's result. We are not strong enough to last 90 minutes & that started long before Gerrard arrived

I'm certain the spine of the team will be replaced next season & we'll be a much tougher prospect.

We didn’t collapse.

They needed to win and have the mentality and players to attack tired players.

That is all.

I really can't believe some of the comments here but I agree wholeheartedly with the two above.

Would have been nice to win but knew things would get tricky as soon as they scored. A goal changes the momentum and increases their belief just as it did when they conceded 3 in 4-5 mins to Madrid. I also think that if Liverpool had scored their second before we conceded, the result may well have been different. Their crowd would have become more nervous and it would have fed through to the players.

[wince]

The club should come out tomorrow AM and reverse the decision of targeting the poor after that shambles

What they doing? Recreating the bomber offensive over Europe? How are they targeting the poor? Do you mean we should have kids for a quid?

It was shambolic at the end today, I admit  and a lot of the posts on here are written in absolute heat of the moment. However, they had a league to win, we didnt. Their bench was better than ours, they have bought their success. We have had a shit start to the season with a group of players who looked as shit as they did under smith.

One question though, what if the club did come out and it was PM?

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We made them work fucking hard to win that & anyone who says anything else is talking shite. I've no criticism of the team or the manager for today's result. We are not strong enough to last 90 minutes & that started long before Gerrard arrived

I'm certain the spine of the team will be replaced next season & we'll be a much tougher prospect.

Absolutely, I get people are annoyed but there's some ridiculous comments being made.

[Jon Crofts]

The club should come out tomorrow AM and reverse the decision of targeting the poor after that shambles

Give it a rest.

[PaulWinch again]

Disappointing reversal, because we were doing great. The quality for both our goals was sublime.