Manchester Utd v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[VillaTim]

Fumble aside , Did we muster a single save from their rookie keeper , abject performance it really was , ending the season on a whimper and feels like the end of an era has closed sadly .

[Le Lapin]

We needed to play well and we didn't. As night follows day the 50/50 reffing decisions will never go for you in Old Trafford,  that is an absolute given and because of this we needed to play them off the pitch early and the team bottled it. Thought they just had to turn up for the three points. Hopefully it's another lesson learned for next season. We need to fight for every game. The right hand side of the team needs a major overhaul this summer.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Fumble aside , Did we muster a single save from their rookie keeper , abject performance it really was , ending the season on a whimper and feels like the end of an era has closed sadly .

Think it took until injury time to have a shot on target, pathetic really.

[PaulWinch again]

It was a dreadful performance, but if the correct decision is made. We’re 1-0 up against a fragile side. I suspect they don’t come back. All very frustrating.

[john e]

I’m not convinced we would have got a result even if the goal had stood

We were playing at Old Trafford where we’re bottle jobs, we were two nil up last season at half-time Still managed to lose 3-2 and that was with 11 men

anyone thinking we get the result if that goal stands hasn’t been looking at the history between these two clubs over the last 30 years, it’s unbelievable, truly unbelievable shit that we’ve took from them, we lose when we play badly we lose when we play well if they need a helping hand they always get it from the ref

I was there in the cup game when they went back about five phases to disallow a goal from Mcginn
I was also there when that gurning twat scored a last-minute goal, there’s many many other examples of how we fucked up against Man Utd,

Even this season at home they dragged us down to their level to produce the worst game We’ve seen this season at Villa Park and as usual we couldn’t beat them.
So anyone thinking we could hold out against them at Old Trafford with 10 men is it going against 95% of everything that’s happened when we play them,
I said before this game it’s a mentality thing, it’s still there, it’s not been sorted we’ll keep losing until it is
Maybe it never will in my lifetime


Yes the Ref didn’t help by not allowing the goal, but we’d have probably bottled it anyway, because that’s what we’ve always done against them

[Clampy]

As others have said, it was a bit like the Palace game. It also reminded me a bit like their final against Spurs. On paper, the Spurs midfield was way better but like yesterday, you wouldn't have noticed. The difference was Spurs got the break and kept them out.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I’m not convinced we would have got a result even if the goal had stood

Would have been nice to get the chance though!

[john e]

I’m not convinced we would have got a result even if the goal had stood

Would have been nice to get the chance though!

Of course it would

[caster troy]

I was too nervous to watch it, as good as we’ve been in the Emery era there is still a nagging feeling that in the do or die games we will bottle it. The referees mistake was clear but we shouldn’t have been in the position where it came down to that, 99/100 times the keeper picks it up, should we really be relying on a gift like that on top of Newcastle losing at home?

Another L without Mings too, it was always going to be a nervy occasion and we needed strong leadership. That one is on Unai I’m afraid.

[joe_c]

That was a shocking performance. 
0/10 for all including Emery.

Emery's villa record against ManUre is pretty shocking , he's been unable to lift the curse.

Literally beat them in his first game.

[john e]

That was a shocking performance. 
0/10 for all including Emery.

Emery's villa record against ManUre is pretty shocking , he's been unable to lift the curse.

Literally beat them in his first game.

Probably didn’t realise there was a curse then though
He soon caught on

[amfy]

I was too nervous to watch it, as good as we’ve been in the Emery era there is still a nagging feeling that in the do or die games we will bottle it. The referees mistake was clear but we shouldn’t have been in the position where it came down to that, 99/100 times the keeper picks it up, should we really be relying on a gift like that on top of Newcastle losing at home?

Another L without Mings too, it was always going to be a nervy occasion and we needed strong leadership. That one is on Unai I’m afraid.

Especially after Emi getting sent off, we needed Mings’ leadership at the back.

[john e]

I was too nervous to watch it, as good as we’ve been in the Emery era there is still a nagging feeling that in the do or die games we will bottle it. The referees mistake was clear but we shouldn’t have been in the position where it came down to that, 99/100 times the keeper picks it up, should we really be relying on a gift like that on top of Newcastle losing at home?

Another L without Mings too, it was always going to be a nervy occasion and we needed strong leadership. That one is on Unai I’m afraid.

Especially after Emi getting sent off, we needed Mings’ leadership at the back.

We haven’t had Mings at the back for the last few games and we won them all
I’m not denying his leadership qualities, but he’s also liable for a brain fart like everybody else in the back line,
He literally picked the ball up in the box at club Bruges and gave them a penalty ffs

[Beard82]

I really don’t understand the logic of - if we had won all our other games we wouldn’t have needed to win today.

The fact of the matter is we were fucked over by a referee decision that shouldn’t have happened.  How often do we see the other teams around scrap a win despite playing rubbish. 

Well we nearly did it but through no fault of our own it didn’t count.  And as a result we’ll be forced to sell players we don’t want to. 

I’m just as angry as I was yesterday - of course we should have played better but the fact is we did enough but it didn’t count.

[VillaTim]

I was too nervous to watch it, as good as we’ve been in the Emery era there is still a nagging feeling that in the do or die games we will bottle it. The referees mistake was clear but we shouldn’t have been in the position where it came down to that, 99/100 times the keeper picks it up, should we really be relying on a gift like that on top of Newcastle losing at home?

Another L without Mings too, it was always going to be a nervy occasion and we needed strong leadership. That one is on Unai I’m afraid.

Especially after Emi getting sent off, we needed Mings’ leadership at the back.

We haven’t had Mings at the back for the last few games and we won them all
I’m not denying his leadership qualities, but he’s also liable for a brain fart like everybody else in the back line,
He literally picked the ball up in the box at club Bruges and gave them a penalty ffs

Mings played at Bournemouth . And once he was subbed off the keystone cops defending returned