Post Match Thread Villa

[DomL]

The result sucks, but tonight was more than football and the crowd did us very proud.

We are dealing with a crissis and we have a back four which is liely to conceded due to age and its pace.

It was unfortunate arbeloa had to go off he sounded like he was doing well.

We need all this stuff settled and for Rafa to have a normal season, like the top three with his first targets got and a secure mind knowing that he stays.

We played some decent stuff today better than alot of times this season.

Cant wait for next season, alot of stuff now will really pay off i.e. Babel playing up front cant wait.

[kemm1]

Kemmo you probably have some contacts down there in Louisiana who practice that voodoo stuff

[AFII]

We need one of these to take off this vodoo spell that we've got:

The opponents know that we are bad in the air and they use it. Rafa corrected it with the Skrtel sub.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Kuyt plays on the right of a 4-3-3 for Holland that's the only explaination that I've got for keeping him on, otherwise I don't have a clue.

No, neither me. It's not a position which he plays well or looks comfortable in.

[andyhanrahan]

we're carrying too many passengers at the moment ( Kuyt Kewell Benyouan Aurelio) a team can carry maybe one player a game but at the moment its ****in ridiculous

[david291177]

how the **** was that rafas fault?
we were unlucky and should of won, give rafa a ****ing break

[carrsim]

no matter what we think of the yanks (not having invested etc), they are still standing over a very hefty loan and have given rafa an awful lot of money,

you mean after rafa earnt the club an extra 80m with 2 brilliant champions league runs and after the premier league signed the most lucrative deal in history?

on top of our player sales?

not really when you look at it like that

[Dan]

Too weak, too small and in Finnan's case too slow and too old.

[Death Defier]

You know, we seem to have the luck of a team battling relegation just now. Couldn't believe what happened there especially after we had that spell where we looked untouchable. Bad bad luck, but do you make your own?

[copper]

SG Post-match interview

Steven, how much of the events of this week affected the players and distracted them?

"Well it's not just this week, you know, it's been going on for some time now. It's certainly not helping the players, but I've gotta be careful what I say about the situation, but it's certainly not helping the team."

How much as players do you know what's going on at that level?

"We know what's going on but as players you've got a job to do on the pitch and you try and put what's going on off the pitch in the back of your mind, but sometimes it's impossible when it's everyday."

[Kaip]

still feel as though we lost

[Gazzla]

Tim Sherwood and McClaren, what a pair of complete cunts

[bigfooty]

this isn't last season mate it's this season, and he obviously left kuyt on to try and score

Why are we leaving players on the pitch to try and score to boost their confidence instead of actively going out and trying to win games?

[kemm1]

The opponents know that we are bad in the air and they use it. Rafa corrected it with the Skrtel sub.

Yes and bad defending had something to do with their deflected goal. :whatever:

[kemm1]

No, neither me. It's not a position which he plays well or looks comfortable in.

Well he doesn't look comfortable anywhere on the pitch does he.