Villa Vs City Post Match Thread

[kaz7]

Do tell. The silence is deafening…

Not sure what you mean?

He did say pre-match that any result would be a good result after sevilla game,wrong attitude for me to go into a game with the bottom team but it's all water under the bridge now anyway

 

[cibaman]

why cant the doc come on like they do in rugby

Its a bit easier to treat a player in rugby without them getting in the way of the play, or of the players getting in the way of the medics. The ball has usually moved to a different part of the pitch to where the injured player is being treated. The ref will stop the play if they get too close to the player being treated, or if its a very serious injury..

In football, because of the way that the ball pings about the pitch, it could become a bit chaotic.

 

[lasereyes]

The one positive for me was the clean sheet and lack of sloppiness at the back which is often a feature of our play when we don't win. The West Ham home game was a worse result because that was thrown away before we even got started. I still expected us to beat Villa though. We now have three harder away games and will have to play a lot better than that to win those.

Agree with all this. They didnt have a single decent chance. No wonder Joe Hart fumbled the throw in from Gestede as his limbs had probably seized up through an hour of inactivity. West Ham was also a worse result as we were playing at home.

 

[lasereyes]

Not sure what you mean?

He did say pre-match that any result would be a good result after sevilla game,wrong attitude for me to go into a game with the bottom team but it's all water under the bridge now anyway

I think he was trying to big up Villa to prevent the team getting complacent. Cant seriously imagine he came to Villa Park looking for a point.

 

[Phil1]

Not sure what you mean?

He did say pre-match that any result would be a good result after sevilla game,wrong attitude for me to go into a game with the bottom team but it's all water under the bridge now anyway

It's a load of bollocks and had no bearing on the result. I've seen a couple of posters try and bring what was in essence Kompany not belittling the opposition as a reason for not winning and it's bizarre.

 

[pete1970]

Sir Bacon Face
Lol
Me winning ?
Not a regular occurrence but i will bear ot in mind

 

[pete1970]

It not ot! Eek

 

[Budworth Blue]

Really disappointed to read many of the comments in this thread.

It's what I have heard over many years from Liverpool and Utd fans after games they had not won.

Was really lucky to be in Seville last Tuesday for one of the best City performances ever, against one of the worlds top club teams, as confined last night against RM.

The criticism against MP is not fair - it was not his fault that a number of our players on the day could not finish from very close range.

With a little more luck we could (and should) have won by 3 or 4 goals.

We are still top of the league and into the next stage of the CL and last eight of the C1 cup.

MP and all the backroom staff deserve our full support.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Sir Bacon Face
Lol
Me winning ?
Not a regular occurrence but i will bear ot in mind

It not ot! Eek

Nurse, nurse... he's got out again.

 

[Ducado]

Really disappointed to read many of the comments in this thread.

It's what I have heard over many years from Liverpool and Utd fans after games they had not won.

Was really lucky to be in Seville last Tuesday for one of the best City performances ever, against one of the worlds top club teams, as confined last night against RM.

The criticism against MP is not fair - it was not his fault that a number of our players on the day could not finish from very close range.

With a little more luck we could (and should) have won by 3 or 4 goals.

We are still top of the league and into the next stage of the CL and last eight of the C1 cup.

MP and all the backroom staff deserve our full support.

I am with you on this the negativity has been really over the top

 

[pete1970]

Its ok they caught me,phew

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

We seem to have the mindset that it doesn't matter if we have a slow start in prem games because we can blow anyone away in the 2nd half,it's a very bad habit we have had for a few years,i wonder if the Aguerooooooooo moment has given us that feeling that we will win in the end anyway
It's something we need to change,a fast start yesterday and an early goal and villa might have folded

Agree with this. Didn't we start last season trying to play intense football for the first 10 mins of a restart? I think we also have a quick start philosophy for part of Mancini's tenure too.

Since we've never been able to maintain an intense start to a half for many successive games I wonder whether it's a mentality thing or whether the players are under instructions to play with a lower intensity (given injury issues?).

 

[marshymcfc]

Some fans have such low standards. We have the potential, the target, to be the top team in the world. Managerial performances like that are unacceptable and should be called out as such.

Top of the league, qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare (in the hardest group) and quarter finals of the League Cup (being one of the few 'big' teams remaining).

It was a bad day, but we didn't lose and it's still in our hands. Only a week ago our manager was being praised and now he is being slated. There are plenty of big games to come and shocks along the way.

 

[Ric]

You can always tell within ten minutes of a game which City have turned up, and the early warning signs were there on Sunday. We were sloppy in possession and lacked a cutting edge.

It's a game we should've won and represents a missed opportunity with Arsenal dropping points. Maybe the performance in Sevilla took it's toll, or maybe it was just one of those days.

Regardless, we're still top and with Silva and Aguero back soon there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

 

[Sergio Picasso Aguero]

You can always tell within ten minutes of a game which City have turned up

So true, seen that lethargic look to the team so many times before.

 

[southstand117]

You can always tell within ten minutes of a game which City have turned up, and the early warning signs were there on Sunday. We were sloppy in possession and lacked a cutting edge.

It's a game we should've won and represents a missed opportunity with Arsenal dropping points. Maybe the performance in Sevilla took it's toll, or maybe it was just one of those days.

Regardless, we're still top and with Silva and Aguero back soon there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

Can anyone really be optimistic about him remaining fit though? If he was fit Sunday we'd have won that game no doubt, we desperately need him to remain fit for the remainder of the season, I just don't think he will be.. Unfortunately

 

[chris63]

Otamendi again?

Not really, maybe i was a little harsh. He seems to be settling in nicely.