Aston Villa vs Manchester United : Official Matchday Thread 06/11/2022 @ 2.00pm

Originally Posted by believe

Might be for the fans but I doubt there’s a team in the league who doesn’t think they’ll get something when they play us. The days of us beating teams in the tunnel are long gone.

Also, when was the last time you went to a game? Seriously.

That doesn’t make it not their cup final

The fact that we’re an easier touch is probably a bigger motivator. If anyone connected with United so much as sneezes, it’s headline news and we’re still the biggest news story, albeit, more often than not, in a negative way. Who wouldn’t want to be there for the schadenfreude that comes with watching your shit team beat a fallen giant, or being the shit team.

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

That doesn’t make it not their cup final

The fact that we’re an easier touch is probably a bigger motivator. If anyone connected with United so much as sneezes, it’s headline news and we’re still the biggest news story, albeit, more often than not, in a negative way. Who wouldn’t want to be there for the schadenfreude that comes with watching your shit team beat a fallen giant, or being the shit team.

Yup.

Crazy to think teams don’t raise their game when they play us and as you say it’s even more so these days when they’ll fancy their chances more.

We’re still the biggest club in England and players today would have grown up with us dominating through the 00’s and early 10’s, so why wouldn’t they see us as their cup final.

Originally Posted by believe

Might be for the fans but I doubt there’s a team in the league who doesn’t think they’ll get something when they play us. The days of us beating teams in the tunnel are long gone.

Also, when was the last time you went to a game? Seriously.

Haven't been to a game in years, as I've said on here more than once, but I still speak to other fans and I know United coming to town is still their biggest game of the year. Come to see United, you've only come to see United.....

You sound way out of touch.

Originally Posted by TripDownMiseryLane

Haven't been to a game in years, as I've said on here more than once, but I still speak to other fans and I know United coming to town is still their biggest game of the year. Come to see United, you've only come to see United.....

You sound way out of touch.

It would be nice if you could read what I post before you reply.

It’s such an arrogant attitude to have to think that we only get beat now because teams raise their games. Villa beat us because they were better and we were shit. Same as Brentford, Brighton and City. Saying that City must have raised their game because it was a derby after all.

You can be arrogant when you’re top of the table and everyone wants to beat you knowing realistically they won’t. When you’ve lost a quarter of your games it’s just clutching at straws.

Just because we're not the best anymore doesn't mean we're not the biggest. Opposition fans still relish beating us more than anyone i'd wager, as a general rule.

Not sure if that translates to players on the pitch though. We've not been good enough most of the time in the last few years for teams to need to raise their game.


We were absolute shit on Sunday, nothing to do with Villa being extra motivated because it was us. I imagine they wanted to impress their new manager but that would have happened against any team they played.

Originally Posted by TripDownMiseryLane

Haven't been to a game in years

Stopped reading there

Originally Posted by believe

It would be nice if you could read what I post before you reply.

It’s such an arrogant attitude to have to think that we only get beat now because teams raise their games. Villa beat us because they were better and we were shit. Same as Brentford, Brighton and City. Saying that City must have raised their game because it was a derby after all.

You can be arrogant when you’re top of the table and everyone wants to beat you knowing realistically they won’t. When you’ve lost a quarter of your games it’s just clutching at straws.

This. And even if teams do raise their game against United, that's the deal. We need players big enough to deal with it rather than moaning because Darren Journeyman-Shitc*** is suddenly desperate to put a shift in for the first time ever.