Villa (Aston): Match thread

[coop]

Quite a few players have stunk the place out today which is worrying when we are coming to a vital part of the season.

[GUS]

That was possibly the worst match I have ever sat through. The passing was attrocious.

[bri]

jesus did that game just happen

[Mr T]

Despite the probable point this must rank as one of the worst performances of the season.

 

Good play from Pennant there*.

 

I can't remember us scoring for a while and we have never looked like scoring today (apart from that move then*).

 

Our attacking play is so far behind our main competitors. The scrooge like defence can't hide that fact over a campaign.

[Dirk]

Is anybody still in doubt that we lack quality?

[WeAreTheBest]

Bit of effort and we'd of walked that, lazy cunts. Pennant, Masch, Carra, Agger and Reina the only decent players

[Evil_Ways]

Urgh, that was one dire game, no one looked up for it, seemed like everyone was just waiting for the final whiste, during the whole 90 mins.

[DJLJ]

50 clean sheets for Reina. Looking on the bright side....

[theghost]

Anyone else convinced the forum going down was no coincidence?

[DJLJ]

Anyone else convinced the forum going down was no coincidence?

 

Conspiracy theories in the 9/11 thread...

[theghost]

Conspiracy theories in the 9/11 thread...

 

:lol: Good work.

[Newport]

I guess we're qualified for the World Championship in shit passing now?

[drewy]

Thank fuck Arsenal lost.

[Gods back]

That game was just painful.

 

Starting to have real doubts about Dirk,couldnt trap a bag of spuds at times,and sometimes workrate just isnt enough.

 

Having said that the service to him and Bellamy today was nothing short of woeful.And why we had 2 holding players for 55 mins i"ll never know.

 

At least 3 top quality players are needed this summer.

[Strontium]

Thank fuck Arsenal lost.

But the BS might qualify for the UEFA now :wallbutt:

 

I was so looking forward to them getting knocked out of the Intertoto by a bunch of Luxembourgish amateurs too.

 

 

90th minute before we get our first decent chance on goal.

And no surprises, it came from Robbie Fowler.

 

Did he run over Rafa's kids or something? Every time I've seen him this season he's done absolutely nothing wrong, but he's lucky if he gets 5 minutes at the end of a match. He should have had half an hour here, we would have won it.

[BatChainPuller]

Despite the probable point this must rank as one of the worst performances of the season.

 

Seemed almost identical to many other performances over maybe the last three years - lots of control, no goals - YAWN.

 

Without the likes of Garcia or Kewell we are clueless going forward. As you say elsewhere, we are desperately short of quality going forward, to state the bleedin obvious.

 

I just want the league to be finished - I'm glad I cancelled sly a couple of weeks ago.

[Captain]

I still don't see why some are wanking themselves silly over Mascherano. His distribution was diabolical.

 

I was going for a meal afterwards with a couple of friends who know my passion for the Reds. They were absolutly stunned when I suggested we should just leave with ten minutes to go.

 

"It's no rush, we can watch the rest of the game."

 

"I've had enough already."

 

By far our shittest performance of the season. Fucking hell.

[DT]

I still don't see why some are wanking themselves silly over Mascherano. His distribution was diabolical.

 

I was going for a meal afterwards with a couple of friends who know my passion for the Reds. They were absolutly stunned when I suggested we should just leave with ten minutes to go.

 

"It's no rush, we can watch the rest of the game."

 

"I've had enough already."

 

By far our shittest performance of the season. Fucking hell.

 

I watched the cricket instead of the final ten minutes of the game, so you're not alone with that feeling.

[biggaz]

Its alright for you fellas, iv just got home, £32 and then 2 hours traveling for that. Gerrard pissed me off the way he walked off dead slow, we wernt playin for time!

[Paul]

That was fucking horrible. I really feel for the away fans who paid and travelled for that.

[Owen]

I still don't see why some are wanking themselves silly over Mascherano. His distribution was diabolical.

 

It really wasn't. He got better as the match went on as well. Considering it was his first start in however many months I thought he did ok.

[Lapskaus]

There was no anger or frustration either today, that worries me, they seemed content with one point. SHAMEFUL

[Dirk]

We had five players who are, by trade, defenders and two defensive midfielders, plus the goalkeeper. That's 8 players from 11 whose instincts are to prevent goals, not create. Therein lies the problem.

[Neil G]

Painful. No ambition or urgency from either the manager or players today.

 

I'm worried that the club as a whole, manager and players, have subconsciously given up on league performances and decided to focus on Europe. Top four looks pretty safe, second place is out of reach, so why put in the effort and risk injury and/or exhaustion. I'm afraid we'll see that sort of performance in other league games before the season is out.

 

The only bright spot was Pennant, who again looked lively coming off the bench.

[coop]

I think Rafa thinks Bolton are not going to catch us and therefore doesnt want to risk any injuries on the build up to the Champs Lge.

 

There is a thread about missing Garcia and today once again showed us why he is important to us. He is the only player we have that has any kind of creativity.

 

Make no mistake about it Aston Villa are a poor side. We should have beaten them by a couple of goals without getting into top gear but we treated the game like a end of season encounter with nothing to play for.

 

Thought Fowler was unlucky at the end and he showed what its like to have a goalscorer on the pitch, they actually attack the ball instead of hoping the defender misses it.