Manchester City vs Aston Villa match thread

[Nii Lamptey]

I'd genuinely send Cash on to smash him and take a red card.

Absolutely - Cash and McGinn tag team. Nail the cheating fucker!

[PaulWinch again]

Much better to keep our powder dry until the summer and just urinate another fucking season right up the wall.

Yep we’re going to be quite to compelling prospect come the summer.

[SoccerHQ]

This little losing run (which will include next week, have no doubt) could be a tipping point. There's always a team that thinks they're safe who have a few crap performances which turn into a situation where they can't buy a win. I didn't think we were safe when the transfer window was open and I certainly don't think we are based on this performance by this squad.

We need two wins to stay up pretty much.

Got to call into question the complete mentality of the club if we end the season poorly.

We have a proven trophy winning manager for them to learn off so there is no excuse to just sack off the last three months of the season again as we did last year.

Today is going as badly as I expected and shows for all the stick Mings gets the other options aren't close to him.

[Richard]

4 4 2 is just totally the wrong formation for this team.

[Steve67]

Grealish kicked his own leg and Ramsey's knee looking at that last replay, and then he throws himself to the ground on his back.  A natural foul would have had him eating the grass, face down.

[Villan82]

Omnishambles.  Doesn't mater how good they are, we are lazy, in awe of them, can't control the ball properly.  Can't wait for the summer to come along but I just hope we don't get dragged back into a lower table scramble.  This is truly crap.  Ramsey on the right side of midfield does not work. Shove the process up your arse Emery, sort out the weeds.

Why are our fans not taking to Emery? I reckon 90% of clubs in our position be over the moon to get Emery?

I don't understand- genuinely baffled by some of our fans.

I love the bloke and am glad he's our Manager, but he's not playing he right system for the players he inherited and he also needs the time to fuck a lot of this shit off.

In my opinion getting Emery is one of the best things to happen our club since the 1990s. But I don't see that reflected on here- it baffles me.

If not Emery who exactly is going to get the patience to take us back near the top end of the table?

[baddowvillans]

How the fuck can commentators say he's being clever, he knows what he's doing, he throws his leg out without calling him a cheating c@nt? 

[wince]

Much better to keep our powder dry until the summer and just urinate another fucking season right up the wall.

Yep we’re going to be quite to compelling prospect come the summer.

Plus everyone knows we need players........£££££££ increase.

[HolteLower]

Fuck off Grealish. Celebrating all the goals and "winning" a pen. Fuck right off you wanker. Other than that in recent Villa style we have forgotten how to defend. Just pathetic. OK Citee are good but as been shown recently if you keep your shape and defend properly they can be stopped. But not by us.

[PaulWinch again]

How the fuck can commentators say he's being clever, he knows what he's doing, he throws his leg out without calling him a cheating c@nt? 

He used to do it for us all the time and not many complained.

[edgysatsuma89]

We can't move up the pitch because neither of our strikers can hold up the ball, it's fucking pointless. I really am at a point where I hate seeing them up top. They can't control a ball.

[ez]

We may not be able to compete with these but to not even try...

[tomd2103]

This could be an absolute trouncing...We don't look like a team in the same division as them and it looks like the players don't believe it either.  No leadership out there and we just look ragged.

[Rigadon]

Omnishambles.  Doesn't mater how good they are, we are lazy, in awe of them, can't control the ball properly.  Can't wait for the summer to come along but I just hope we don't get dragged back into a lower table scramble.  This is truly crap.  Ramsey on the right side of midfield does not work. Shove the process up your arse Emery, sort out the weeds.

Why are our fans not taking to Emery? I reckon 90% of clubs in our position be over the moon to get Emery?

I don't understand- genuinely baffled by some of our fans.

I love the bloke and am glad he's our Manager, but he's not playing he right system for the players he inherited and he also needs the time to fuck a lot of this shit off.

In my opinion getting Emery is one of the best things to happen our club since the 1990s. But I don't see that reflected on here- it baffles me.

If not Emery who exactly is going to get the patience to take us back near the top end of the table?

Mate, literally everyone thinks Emery is ace.  But we're losing 0-3 at HT against a cheating bunch of ****** (inc. a signifiant ex.).   You don't need to worry about the manager's popularity.   

[Somniloquism]

4 4 2 is just totally the wrong formation for this team.

That is what I don't get. Gerrard leaves and we play 4-2-3-1 and get some brilliant results under it with Danks and Emery. Then he seems to decide after the world cup that 4-4-2 is better and we start playing piss poor. Not a coincidence at all.