Villa Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[PragueBlue]

Still can't believe we lost this, hope the away hoodoo is sorted out quick, Wednesday can't come soon enough.

Trouble is that , unlike today , we'll be playing a good team then ...

if not a great one !

Yeh, well the bad teams seem to be the ones we struggle against. It either must be that players can't handle pressure away from home or arrogance, infuriating if it is the latter, as we should have learned our lesson by now!

We've only played poor teams so far. It will be interesting midweek to see how we do against quality opposition..

 

[Anonymous]

Trouble is that , unlike today , we'll be playing a good team then ...

if not a great one !

Yeh, well the bad teams seem to be the ones we struggle against. It either must be that players can't handle pressure away from home or arrogance, infuriating if it is the latter, as we should have learned our lesson by now!

We've only played poor teams so far. It will be interesting midweek to see how we do against quality opposition..

We defend against Bayern the way we did in that 2nd half today and they'll crucify us ...... todays defeat can't have done much for our confidence.

 

[PragueBlue]

Yeh, well the bad teams seem to be the ones we struggle against. It either must be that players can't handle pressure away from home or arrogance, infuriating if it is the latter, as we should have learned our lesson by now!

We've only played poor teams so far. It will be interesting midweek to see how we do against quality opposition..

We defend against Bayern the way we did in that 2nd half today and they'll crucify us ...... todays defeat can't have done much for our confidence.

They don't seem to have hit the same heights as last season under their new manager either and we're a different best at home.

 

[NoahCity]

Yeh, well the bad teams seem to be the ones we struggle against. It either must be that players can't handle pressure away from home or arrogance, infuriating if it is the latter, as we should have learned our lesson by now!

We've only played poor teams so far. It will be interesting midweek to see how we do against quality opposition..

We defend against Bayern the way we did in that 2nd half today and they'll crucify us ...... todays defeat can't have done much for our confidence.

On the other hand, if we play like we did vs. United...

 

[bluethunder]

we are piss poor vs smaller teams. the players like to play the big games though. there's a big problem with the squad's mentality. a solution must be found.

the players i'd get rid of and replace are milner, dzeko, rodwell and garcia . we should have no time for players who sometimes play well and sometimes play like shit or players who need baby sitting.

 

[NQCitizen]

Still can't believe we lost this, hope the away hoodoo is sorted out quick, Wednesday can't come soon enough.

Trouble is that , unlike today , we'll be playing a good team then ...

if not a great one !

Yeh, well the bad teams seem to be the ones we struggle against. It either must be that players can't handle pressure away from home or arrogance, infuriating if it is the latter, as we should have learned our lesson by now!

Utter complacency. Followed by uncontrolled panic (when we concede a suprise goal we often seem to concede another soon after) Not helped by a manager who removes your most important player as soon as you go ahead.

When we outplay a team and get a good outcome early we run away with it (newc, the derby).

When we outplay a team and dont capitalise - we throw it away spectacularly.

 

[Bluekiwi]

The ups and downs of City fans - from ecstasy to gloom.

Villa's tactics totally outsmarted us - they lulled us into a sense of complacency with the ineptitude and our defence just switched off as they had so little to do. But the dumb bugger with the red and yellow flag was hopeless making many wrong calls which seemed to favour the home team - their first goal.

But our defending was shocking. Needless foul in a very dangerous position (result second goal). Centre backs asleep when their goalie actually managed to kick the ball down the middle of the pitch instead of his usual touch finding punts - third goal.

Villa players and fans will wake up shortly and realise they didn't dream the result - it actually happened. Play crap and still get the points - only City can be so benevolent.

But what really annoys me is that we could have put an even bigger gap between us and the rags.

Oh well, that's life for a City fan.

I personally didn't think the pairing of Dzeko and Negredo didn't work very well. Thoughts??

 

[NoahCity]

The ups and downs of City fans - from ecstasy to gloom.

Villa's tactics totally outsmarted us - they lulled us into a sense of complacency with the ineptitude and our defence just switched off as they had so little to do. But the dumb bugger with the red and yellow flag was hopeless making many wrong calls which seemed to favour the home team - their first goal.

But our defending was shocking. Needless foul in a very dangerous position (result second goal). Centre backs asleep when their goalie actually managed to kick the ball down the middle of the pitch instead of his usual touch finding punts - third goal.

Villa players and fans will wake up shortly and realise they didn't dream the result - it actually happened. Play crap and still get the points - only City can be so benevolent.

But what really annoys me is that we could have put an even bigger gap between us and the rags.

Oh well, that's life for a City fan.

I personally didn't think the pairing of Dzeko and Negredo didn't work very well. Thoughts??

omfg

 

[mancity1]

We've only played poor teams so far. It will be interesting midweek to see how we do against quality opposition..

We defend against Bayern the way we did in that 2nd half today and they'll crucify us ...... todays defeat can't have done much for our confidence.

They don't seem to have hit the same heights as last season under their new manager either and we're a different best at home.

Not much joy on the horizon for any of their opposition if they do.

The talk about focusing on CL at the expense of the premier league makes little sense to me and more like a veiled excuse for our sub standard results in the league to date.

The best way to prepare for Bayern would have been to win at Villa.

 

[ws01]

Watched the game again and still feel absolutely gutted. To lose like that when you've completely bossed the match is extremely painful.

Surprisingly though with the way we played I'm really confident facing Bayern. We'll get them IMO.

What the team and coaching staff need to do is sit down together and pinpoint exactly what needs to be done to address our away form. Brutal honesty is required here. Whether that entails changes to preparation, game tactics, etc I don't know, but something must be changed because it isn't working.