Villa Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[Kevindxb]

Left it until now due to the usual knee-jerk shit. Weirdly, whilst disappointed we've not won the game, I'm remarkably sanguine. I know it's been a bit up and down this season so far in places, but the ups have shown me enough to not be too worried.

Onwards and upwards.

Yes that's very weird. Stoke beaten by Norwich today at Stoke (we drew), Cardiff failed to win their next two home games after beating us and yesterday we handed Villa their first home victory after they had lost at home to Geordies and Dippers. Still glad you remain 'remarkably sanguine'. We should have got nine points from these games ( minimum seven).

So true. Confuzzling, isn't it?

 

[East Level 2]

where has this myth come from that we couldn't score when Mancini was in charge.

Surely this is more down to us scoring 27 fewer last season when compared to our title winning season?

 

[BlueHalli]

If we played shit and lost, I'd be worried. We have been poor and outplayed against this likes of hull,stoke and Cardiff but since then, we actually looked really good. We should have won comfortably on sat and was so on top, we got complacent . I'm personally goin to put this one down to 'one of those games'. Yes, we've dropped points when we shouldn't but we can beat anyone in that league and it's up to us to now learn from it and press on.

I would say that that'll give us a kick up the arse but I said that about a dozen times last season .

 

[samharris]

Anyway, I don't see what you lot have got to moan about. Especially those who went.

£40 for a view of a............

The view wasnt much better for all the other City fans ;)

 

[cibaman]

Mancini's philosophy when we took a lead against a mid-lower table club was to defend the lead, score any additional goals by counter attacks.

Pellegrini's philosophy is to try to get a two goal lead.

Could it be that the players still haven't adjusted to the new philosophy? Caught between two stools?

It could be argued that Mancini's approach worked better against Villa, we won our last two games 0-1. But it was still a risky approach. We should have had a late penalty awarded against us last season and needed that magnificent Hart save to hang on to the points the year before.

Despite yesterday's result I still prefer Pellegrini's approach. 9 times out of 10 we would have got the two goal lead the way the two teams were playing. Yesterday was the 10th.

But could it be that we haven't quite got the balance right yet?

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Mancini's philosophy when we took a lead against a mid-lower table club was to defend the lead, score any additional goals by counter attacks.

Pellegrini's philosophy is to try to get a two goal lead.

Could it be that the players still haven't adjusted to the new philosophy? Caught between two stools?

It could be argued that Mancini's approach worked better against Villa, we won our last two games 0-1. But it was still a risky approach. We should have had a late penalty awarded against us last season and needed that magnificent Hart save to hang on to the points the year before.

Despite yesterday's result I still prefer Pellegrini's approach. 9 times out of 10 we would have got the two goal lead the way the two teams were playing. Yesterday was the 10th.

But could it be that we haven't quite got the balance right yet?

Sorry mate but the stats don't lie...Defeats at both Cardiff and Villa and a turgid draw at Stoke..Nothing to do with balance,it's because champs league is his and the clubs priority.

 

[BlueMoonie]

I don't buy the we lost because we rested players excuse

We scored two goals away at villa and let in 3, us losing that game had nothing to do with the players which pellers rested. The players which were left out most noticeably Aguero wouldn't have stopped us conceding 3 goals. Defensive errors cost us that game, 2 pieces of shoddy defending and a needless freekick. It happens move on and stop trying to point the finger.

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Re: I don't buy the we lost because we rested players excuse

We scored two goals away at villa and let in 3, us losing that game had nothing to do with the players which pellers rested. The players which were left out most noticeably Aguero wouldn't have stopped us conceding 3 goals. Defensive errors cost us that game, 2 pieces of shoddy defending and a needless freekick. It happens move on and stop trying to point the finger.

3 wins in 10 away from home tells me you are wrong.

 

[jimharri]

Re: I don't buy the we lost because we rested players excuse

We scored two goals away at villa and let in 3, us losing that game had nothing to do with the players which pellers rested. The players which were left out most noticeably Aguero wouldn't have stopped us conceding 3 goals. Defensive errors cost us that game, 2 pieces of shoddy defending and a needless freekick. It happens move on and stop trying to point the finger.

Aguero may well not have stopped the three goals, that is true. However; he may well have stuck away one or two of the chances that fell to other players yesterday. If we had got a couple of goals ahead, Villa's heads may well have dropped and we'd probably have won the game fairly comfortably.


P.S. Sorry about all the ''may well's''!

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Re: I don't buy the we lost because we rested players excuse

You could argue, that if Aguero had started, we might have scored more and therefore could've
afforded the 3 goals conceded.

BTW I don't.