Villa v Man City Post-Match Thread

[Goldenballs]

Watching the replay of the Coutinho goal, it took a big deflection of Stones who'd totally stopped. If the game was still going on he'd have probably stuck his head in the way. Lino's still a ****** though.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

PaulWinch again, you're starting Match threads from now on. Great work, fella.

It doesn't affect the result. Nobody cares who starts threads.

I bet you walk under ladders.

[Skerra]

I’ve not been too complimentary about us this last week but, this is what I want to see from our team, some passion and commitment which we showed in abundance today. Same attitude in the next 2 matches and we could be mid table. PS..give Mings the captaincy back.

[coreyfeldman]

Young was absolutely incredible.

Motm, strong in the tackle, quick, positioning was excellent and he's a real leader on the pitch. I think cash has been poor this season and so young more than deserves to start whether cashy is back fit or not

[Goldenballs]

I agree, Mings should be captain.

Drops a bollocks here and there but he's our most natural leader.

[andyh]

Pleased with a point but with my misery arse hat on, I really don’t to see us celebrating a draw like we’ve won a bloody cup final.

[enigma]

even though Cro Magnon Man scored.

*chuckle*

[Percy McCarthy]

Weird game.  Lucky not to be further behind until Bailey equalised, then played really well and robbed of a winner by the officials.

Hopefully the penny's dropped with Gerrard over McGinn.  Anonymous again, improved after he went off.

Yes, but we were bloody good when he was there too. He didn’t have a bad game, but we looked better with Phil.

He was terrible.

[Villa in Denmark]

One minor gripe, but not sure if it's fair or not, my initial feeling was that martinez didn't do great for their goal.

Hey my friend have a beer! 👍

I thought his starting position was a step or two too far towards the near post. It's far easier to move forwards towards a near post ball than it is to react backwards to a back post ball.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Everyone rightly calling out the offside decision, but how about the huge short tug and Bailey getting choked both be non-calls? Disgraceful.

Right in front of the linesman too.

[Bad English]

PaulWinch again, you're starting Match threads from now on. Great work, fella.

It doesn't affect the result. Nobody cares who starts threads.

I bet you walk under ladders.

Only if there is no danger of something falling on me.

[Three Spires Villa]

Ashley Young was great, I thought.

He was

[Villa Lew]

Superb team performance, against a world class team, special mention to Ollie,Tyrone, Doug, Kamara,Ramsey but MOTM has to be Ashley, never thought he had that performance in him. Leon's goal was class, if he has a good run in the team now, I'm confident we will see the best of him.

[CT Villan]

Much better shape and tactics sacrificing Coutinho/Buendia.

Ashley was outstanding, he is very good against tricky, rather than fast wingers and has composure in spades.

I thought McGinn (for not tracking De Bruyne) and Konsa (for not tracking Haaland) were at fault for their goal. Our goal was a work of art, beautiful.

The officials were biased against us for the entire game - how Rodri didn't get a yellow for the shirt pull and the assistant for the 'offside' when the ball was passed backwards - criminal.

Hopefully we kick on from here.

[Brazilian Villain]

PaulWinch again, you're starting Match threads from now on. Great work, fella.

It doesn't affect the result. Nobody cares who starts threads.

I bet you walk under ladders.

I walk under ladders just to show it's superstitious nonsense but I still want 'PaulWinch again' to start the next match thread.