Man Utd vs Aston Villa post-match thread

[Nii Lamptey]

Got home last night fuming that we’ve succumbed to this lot again.
Just watched it back on Prime… Few thoughts…

- Normally like McCoist in co-coms, but that one-sided commentary was sickening.
- McGinn and Konsa both committed but hampered by being played out of position.
- Diego Carlos, Dougie and Jacob Ramsey REALLY poor last night.
- Lenglet and Donk didn’t let us down, but match fitness got the better of them as game went on, and should have been subbed earlier.
- Wan-Bissaka - Sign him up the second the window opens. I think he’d be the perfect option for our RB woes.

Still 3rd after half a season. Not gonna shit the bed, but need to start getting players back into form.

[Villan82]

Is it just me or are we always shit on boxing day?

[VILLA MOLE]

McCoist was sooo fucking pleased for them he even said it  , it was embarrassing

[oldhill_avfc]

Half way through the season and last night’s game confirm where we’re at.

Our manager and 10 of our first XI can compete with and beat the best.

But with a few injuries and suspensions the squad is very thin and as a result we’re vulnerable to the odd poor performance, especially away from home.

Stay as we are and we finish 4-6th, which is no mean achievement.

To improve, and I think there’s a consensus on this, we need to sort out the striking options - Bailey, Diaby, Zaniola, Buendia and Duran all have their good pints but from what I’ve seen none are consistent enough.

Back up full back and goal keeper are the next priority.

Midfield should be ok if Ramsey gets back to form and fitness, and Tim progresses.

I can’t see us sorting it out in January and I’m sure there’ll be ffp constraints, but no complaints given the progress over the past 12 months.

[Mister E]

The first time we’ve looked like old villa all season.  Very disappointing 2nd half.  But I’m still a believer mate. 

Apart from L'pool away.

[VILLA MOLE]

It has been a great year , but the manner of that second half is so frustrating..  They’re fans reacting like they won the league .   Wish we had just sat in and gone long for the counter

[ROBBO]

Sorry I can't see anything good about Duran.

[VillaTim]

Sorry I can't see anything good about Duran.

Bizarre Lange signing. Should not even be anywhere near this squad.

[Nev]

Is it just me or are we always shit on boxing day?

I can't recall our last win, but I remember defeats to Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, and a shocker away at Brentford in the Championship.

Yesterday was fucking shit from start to finish. Festive my arse.

[Villan82]

Is it just me or are we always shit on boxing day?

I can't recall our last win, but I remember defeats to Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, and a shocker away at Brentford in the Championship.

Yesterday was fucking shit from start to finish. Festive my arse.

Not Boxing Day but the 23rd December loss to Leeds in the Championship is another shocker. I remember a few bad Christmas results under MON too. The one that haunts me is Blackburn away in 1998

[Flamingo Lane]

McCoist was sooo fucking pleased for them he even said it  , it was embarrassing

One of the most nauseating things about last night's commentary was that in the first half the pair of them seemed to have so little interest in the football that they spent most of it engaged in 'bantz' and other inane chatter about anything except what was happening on the pitch. Come the second half, their excitement in the game knew no bounds, though from the one perspective of course. I should have turned the commentary off well before the end, so that even though we needed a goal, the final whistle at least brought the immediate relief of just turning it all off.

[pablo_picasso]

I have just seen a "Form is temporary class is permanent" on a Brummie red background on a Brummie Red mate's Facebook post.

My comment: "Yes, it is nice to see the mid-table teams getting a result against a weakened elite XI like the Villa."

This is why I hate losing to them.

All of my Devon & Brummie Red mates were silent as fuck while we were winning, & I took the high road & didn't take the piss (fear of us collapsing also being a factor), but as soon as they scored that third, the avalanche of arrogant, ignorant, gloating c**ts that texted me was unbelievable.

And bizarrely, a few Arsenal fans popped up & had a pop with the "bottlers" jibe.

Which shows an incredible lack of self awareness to go along with their ignorance, arrogance, snowflakeness & Tarquinesque c**ntness...

It also pisses me off that the new overrated version of Macheda scored twice & it just had to be their penny shop version of "Halaand" scoring his first league goal against us.

Do they score three if Digne didn't go off injured while they fucked about with the offside flag?

Im not so sure, but he did, & so did they, so chips pissed on right royally all the way around...

[London Villan]

We beat Palace in the Covid season.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Watching a repeat of the game and noticed that Prime are using an image of Aaron Ramsey in our starting lineup. And McCoist is probably the biggest fucking cock ever to hold a mic.

[Villa Lew]

When we went 2 up thought there was only gonna be only one winner, but amazingly, after then instead of us gaining confidence, the exact opposite happened and we allowed them to dominate us. I thought they did a good job on McGinn, almost every time he got the ball, there was a man tight on him, he lost possession more last night, than I can remember all season. What particularly had me shouting at the screen was right up to the last minute of the match, we were continuing to play it out from the back, when it was the direct approach that was needed.