Aston Villa vs Manchester City Match Thread.

[wince]

I think SG’s pre match speech was along the lines of ‘come on lads, I’m going to get the push if we don’t play well today’…shows how much they are not behind him

For hod sake give it a rest and actually support the team. It’s bloody boring hearing it now

I actually always back them, so your comment is totally unplaced..tongue-in-cheek remark meant in jest..keep up

Yeah hilarious. We all hate Gerrard  save it for the Gerrard Out thread and actually support “ your” team

Too right, the players may be reading these comments as they play!

Stubbsy, we are going to lose because of your shit support. FFS!

And Hod will be mad.

[pauliewalnuts]

I wonder if that was our good half.

[PeterWithesShin]

We jest, but those notes they pass from the bench, it's telling players we said on the match thread that they were playing shit.

[coreyfeldman]

Ash has been phenomenal since he came on

He has, he is the real leader we need

We look much calmer as a team with him on the pitch

[AlexAlexCropley]

Get Bailey off for Archer and I think we win this one

[Villa Lew]

Well done Villa, City no shots on target.

[Nelly]

Credit where it's due, we didn't create a lot but considering the opposition, that was a good half. We looked fairly organised and the defence has been much improved.

[pauliewalnuts]

This isn't meant to sound negative but after that hard fought first half, the most Villa thing ever would be to conceded inside the first three minutes of the second half and totally collapse.

[Nelly]

Get Bailey off for Archer and I think we win this one

Buendia for Ramsay too.

[kippaxvilla2]

Gerrard In!

[Duncan Shaw]

Get Bailey off for Archer and I think we win this one

Why?  He hasn't been given a decent ball yet?

[Goldenballs]

Done really well, defended like beavers. Not often they go in at HT having had 0 shots on target.

[jwarry]

Good half Villa. We didn’t create anything but neither did they.
They will now step it up and open up and then Phil or Emmi can undo them - he said I’m blind optimism

[edgysatsuma89]

Can't manage to watch the game so don't know how well it's going (apart from the odd comment) but fair play, did not expect no goals conceded at half time.

[citizenDJ]

That was a really decent first half - at least in terms of organisation and concentration. It’s actually given me a spark of hope! Not for this game so much, but maybe for the next few games.

Kamara looks like a really excellent player, and he and Luiz seem like a very promising pair in midfield.

Some good stuff!