Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Monty]

Fucking, I just hate Villa.

I was born in 1990, I don't really remember the 90s League Cups. However - I remember the worst FA Cup final in history, I remember the Vidic-Terry diumverate of fuck in 2010, I remember the Bradford debacle, the Arsenal debacle, the Olympiakos debacle, the Crystal Palace debacle.

And now this fucking shit. It's always something. I suppose the atrocious Anderson decision (reminded me irresistibly of Gerrard's red on Boateng some 25 years ago) makes a bit of a triumvirate of fuck, albeit from an absolute homer of a ref rather than a craven sycophant. But it's also a shiteshow. What in the fuck Digne, a reliable and experienced player, was thinking...We managed turn a 0-0 into a 0-1 with that shit.

I'm just sick of it. I'm sick of our biggest games being always our worst performances. I'm sick of our bad form whenever the business end happens, whether our coach is one of the best in the business or Tim actual Sherwood (sorry Unai, your Europa League magic is no match for The Curse). I'm sick of it always being fucking something, we never just have a nice, good day. And I wouldn't mind as much if we never got close, it's the endless fandancing that annoys me. Like, for Christ's sake Salome, either take it off or put it all away and stop bothering me.

No problem with Forest, proper club, not their fault they got that ref, I'm sure we'd be happy as anything with the roles reversed and I can't blame them. It's not like they're Chelsea.

At least there's the second leg. Lol.

[DC1874]

Last season I called us "The New Spurs" because we have become the stereotypical "Bottlers" - but I suppose it could be worse? Although our "nearest and dearest" have the shout that they were the last West Midlands team to win a trophy :-(

[brontebilly]

Last season I called us "The New Spurs" because we have become the stereotypical "Bottlers" - but I suppose it could be worse? Although our "nearest and dearest" have the shout that they were the last West Midlands team to win a trophy :-(

It's half time!

[itbrvilla]

Terry's tackle on Milner comes to mind.

[curiousorange]

Mentality is just something that can't be coached. You earn it through putting everything on the line to win. How many Villa players since those League Cups can you say we've had that applies to?

Turn up, get the flags out, have a picnic and go home skint. That's how Villa do things. If we ever want it to stop, next week has to be the time, because if we don't do it then, we never will again.

[ez]

What concerns me is the lack of chances we created, again.

[fredm]

On Andy Reid’s argument that Anderson won the ball and it was just a coming together between two players: What the actual fuck?Anderson went over the top of the ball with his studs up and went into Watkins’ ankle
With his full momentum. That is the definition of being out of control.

Would have been a red in the Premier League.  I'm still a bit puzzled by the process of the penalty award.  He clearly gave a goal kick, so for a penalty to be awarded, they had to overturn the goal kick decision first and I'm not sure how they could do that.

As said above, the referee gave a goal kick award. As far as I am aware the VAR has no decision to make regarding goal kicks or corner kicks. Therefore how come the VAR got involved when the referee had made the decision that the ball went out of play and awarded a goal kick.

[Smirker]

Predictable negativity to an OK result.

We'll win the second leg comfortably.

See you after the second leg.

[cdbearsfan]

I do not and WILL NOT believe that Monty is ten years younger than me.

[dave.woodhall]

In fact win fuck all again and I'm going to question "what's the point?"

Bye.

[The Man With A Stick]

We're a different beast at home.  We'll be fine next week.

[RamboandBruno]

Predictable negativity to an OK result.

We'll win the second leg comfortably.

See you after the second leg.

Exactly this.

[Goldie.7]

Predictable negativity to an OK result.

We'll win the second leg comfortably.

See you after the second leg.

If he plays Rogers in the middle and picks old man Digne again next week, I wouldn’t be so confident, to be honest.

[pauliewalnuts]

It is highly annoying and would be just so, fucking so Villa, to manage to fuck this up.

However, it's only 1-0, and turgid though we were at times, and have been away for a long while now, it was very nearly 0-0. We can do Forest at home, no doubt about that.

We just need to fucking deliver and get it done. No more final (or final minus one) hurdle fuck ups, Villa.

I don't see us ever having a better manager than this one, and better owners than these, so if we still manage to not win anything this season, or not qualify for the CL, I reckon we all just find a new hobby.

Because that, too, would be SO Villa.

[aj2k77]

We show no nous going forwards. Massive up hill battle now because they'll put everyone behind the ball and hope we get edgy and make a nervous mistake.