*Official Match thread* Aston Villa v Manchester United Nil 15/12/13

Originally Posted by MUFC_91

Past tense? Is he dead?

hopefully.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

hopefully.

Well played

Originally Posted by MUFC_91

Magnificent. Could watch that all day

Originally Posted by Ethers

Magnificent. Could watch that all day

Same. Couple of other pearlers from that match



Rafael ffs... 'Im having some of this!'

And this little smile



Brilliant.

Pat. Superb.

Not sure if it's been noted on here but Cleverley was superb today, always available, kept the ball moving, made some great blocks and deserved his goal.

More of the same please

Originally Posted by dragflick

i remember pissing myself at that at the time.

the situation had just about been diffused and then rafa came ballooning into shot.

How could you forget this

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Well next up are West Ham (h), Hull (a) and Norwich (a).

They are 3 of the weakest teams in the league so nothing less than 9 points will suffice.

Obviously with that said I fully expect us given this season's current form to make a complete £#%&!ing pig's arse of them and make all 3 of the teams look like 1970s brazil team.

hull beat liverpool. west ham beat cardiff twice and slaughtered spurs. even norwich drew with everton before being £#%&!ing spanked by everyone.



I'm sick of this looking ahead at fixtures shit. we were supposed to best southampton and cardiff and newcastle and everton and....

we shouldn't be thinking about going on a run. we should be thinking about the next league game and not risking anyone breakable against stoke.

and nothing else. the idea we'll be unbeaten for the rest of the season and win the league is even too far-fetched for henchers and the toe-the-line gang.

The serial under achievers in the squad played well today, good for them, good for us. More of the same please Danny, Tony and Tom. Raphael was a giant, Rooney's long passing was out of this world, mad Pat still making too many errors, Villa were gash.

Fingers crossed for a nice run now. If only to put the shits up the others and get some confidence back.

I thought we were poor but got better as the game went on. It's a dirty shame that rooney has to hold midfield at Manchester United.

I thought fletch coming on showed just how shit we've become. He looked like platini compared to what we had.

Originally Posted by jem

hull beat liverpool. west ham beat cardiff twice and slaughtered spurs. even norwich drew with everton before being £#%&!ing spanked by everyone.



I'm sick of this looking ahead at fixtures shit. we were supposed to best southampton and cardiff and newcastle and everton and....

we shouldn't be thinking about going on a run. we should be thinking about the next league game and not risking anyone breakable against stoke.

and nothing else. the idea we'll be unbeaten for the rest of the season and win the league is even too far-fetched for henchers and the toe-the-line gang.

wowsers, that's probably your first ever sensible football post

Originally Posted by armchair

I thought we were poor but got better as the game went on. It's a dirty shame that rooney has to hold midfield at Manchester United.

I thought fletch coming on showed just how shit we've become. He looked like platini compared to what we had.

thought it was more a sign of how moyes will rotate the players during the xmas busy spell tbh

getting 2-0 up so quick and then managing the rest of the game is the perfect scenario

carrick will be eased back in and the likes of welbeck will be used so that rooney doesn't have to take all the kicks while RvP is out

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

thought it was more a sign of how moyes will rotate the players during the xmas busy spell tbh

getting 2-0 up so quick and then managing the rest of the game is the perfect scenario

carrick will be eased back in and the likes of welbeck will be used so that rooney doesn't have to take all the kicks while RvP is out

one slightly encouraging thing was we effectively had three in midfield a lot of the time.

Originally Posted by dragflick

Same. Couple of other pearlers from that match



Rafael ffs... 'Im having some of this!'

And this little smile



Brilliant.

Bloody love Evra.

Originally Posted by armchair

one slightly encouraging thing was we effectively had three in midfield a lot of the time.

one of them wasn't kagawa though

was hoping to see rooney playing ahead of kagawa v wham, though welbeck's goals today need rewarding with a starting place in the next league game

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

wowsers, that's probably your first ever sensible football post

I wonder how many times you've said that, dope.

I made the same comments before the games we didn't win too.

Originally Posted by armchair

one slightly encouraging thing was we effectively had three in midfield a lot of the time.

I should applaud this, but I don't want rooney dropping deep. liked tony v coming inside, though.

killed me that rooney was one of the three but that was tempered by not being overrun in midfield. freaky that rooney was often the deepest.

Originally Posted by armchair

killed me that rooney was one of the three but that was tempered by not being overrun in midfield. freaky that rooney was often the deepest.

almost worth it for the three passes to valencia. but not quite.

Originally Posted by jem

I wonder how many times you've said that, dope.

blimey, how to take a compliment

Throb v jemmers - reminds me of the Iran-Iraq war for some reason