Post-HAVING BEEN ON THE WRONG END OF THE FUNERAL ACTIVITY routine.

[Charlie8182]

No MOTD for me after a bad one, and in the main I don't even see the goals (including yesterday) but do follow the scores of other games after such as Arsenal.

I even finding myself counting down the minutes hoping to avoid a proper hammering when the games definitely a lost cause, a symptom of the 8-0 loss at Chelsea more than 10 years ago!

[paul_e]

Personally I try (and usually fail) to avoid the post match thread for a day or 2 and also try to overlook negative comments on threads about individual players, etc. I'm generally pretty positive about most things and I find myself wanting to shake people out of their wallowing in despair but at least some on here like to grip tightly to that are it just creates arguments.

I absolutely don't let it bother me away from here to the point where my wife and kids rarely know what the result of a game was from how I act, Newcastle was slightly different because we had my brother-in-law, niece and nephew down (from Sunderland) and they were a lot more upset about the result than I was.

[Sexual Ealing]

When we win I consume every piece of football media available. When we lose I do the opposite.

I thoroughly enjoy it when people lose their shit on here though. I'm looking at you here, Pixie.

[OCD]

I don't tend to read the post-match threads after a defeat and I might avoid some player threads if it might be a bit of scapegoating.

I tend to only watch MOTD on iPlayer and I can't get iPlayer working just lately so that takes care of that. But I'll go out of my way to watch it when we win whereas I don't after a defeat.

I always go over to my parents' for Sunday Lunch so the 2pm games come with a distraction. I can be a bit pissed off while I'm driving over there but once I'm over there, I'm playing with the dogs which generally shakes me out of it.

I was really pissed off after the Newcastle game but as bad as the collapse was, it was losing Mings that did for me. Think I slept through the evening with how shitty I felt afterwards. Saturday defeats are worse as I don't have the above distraction.

At the moment I'm telling myself that there's 38 games and Newcastle/Liverpool away are 2 of the hardest games of the season and most teams will lose those fixtures. I hate the international breaks and especially losing before one as there's such a long wait before the next game.

[Chris Smith]

It doesn't really bother me as much as it used to in my younger years.

Same here.

[Bad English]

I try to do something else. I might read a couple of newspaper or internet reports to get an idea what the biased incompetent Sky big ****** 5/6 loving journos objective, neutral press thought of it. I definitely read the post-match and various other red-hot scapegoat threads (you know, the gaffer, player X or player Y, the pitch, Bailey...) on here but it sometimes gets too much for me.

I don't watch any punditry as a) I'm in France so here is not much Villa comment to be had, and b) I don't give a shit what they say or think, be it positive, negative or total bollocks.

However, at the moment, I see no need to get too upset about a sporraning, as the PL season is a full 38 matches and we've only played 4.

If this were our tenth loss or something, I'd try to stay off HD on here and go in OT for the week. And I'd be looking forward to the next game and hoping we come out for the next game and FTF. Because as fans that is what we do.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I'm pretty well identical to the OP and I'm the same with test matches against the Aussies, particularly away games.

[Grande Pablo]

No MOTD unless there is something really controversial that caused the loss needing me to have the comfort of the pundits feeling sorry for us, e.g Jack's disallowed goal at Palace.

Diversion - I already watched more Johnny English than the 2nd half yesterday - it just was far more enteraining.  Then went straight out for a couple of hours to mow the lawns.

Fortunately I work in a small business with an unusual aversion to football, so there's no ribbing or 'banter' as the kids call it.  At 54, you won't catch me having such 'banter'.

[Clampy]

I don't dwell on defeats, I tend to get over them pretty quickly. Like others though, I don't watch MOTD if we've lost.

[SamTheMouse]

I usually shoot loads of zombies in the face.

[devilla]

Defintely no MOTD and the only football related media I will countenance is the usual Villa podcasts I follow and perhaps the post match thread. I'll be a bit grumpy for the rest of the day and the next morning it'll hit me shortly after I wake up that we got a mauling the day before.

Yesterday it eased it a bit when manure lost very late in their game. It always hurts more when there's an international break coming up because we don't get a chance to put it right soon enough. And I hate international breaks anyway.

[Legion]

I usually shoot loads of zombies in the face.

Ah. You live in Walsall?

[LeeB]

I usually shoot loads of zombies in the face.

That's France for you, and why were better off out.

[Meanwood Villa]

When we win I consume every piece of football media available. When we lose I do the opposite.

This. Also agree it is more stressful not actually being at the match. Which seems like it is the opposite of what it should be.

[Brend'Watkins]

I was acceptable of the result at the final whistle as we were poor overall. I try not to let it get me down and remain calm but everyone in the house can detect a mood change in me.  I'm snappy, and irritable for the rest of the day. It didn't impact my enjoyment of the Arse v ManU game though. I think ManU fans are suffering more than we are having thought at one stage they'd won it even though they put up a very good fight.

Definitely no Motd...not interested in living through that again.  Could only listen to Emery's after match interview this morning.