Comments on: Aston Villa 3 – 2 MAN CITY – MY THOUGHTS http://www.viewfromablue.com/2013/09/29/aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:54:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Roggie http://www.viewfromablue.com/2013/09/29/aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts/#comment-548738 Roggie Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:14:10 +0000 http://www.viewfromablue.com/?p=8396#comment-548738 Villas victory does not surprise me. City will win most or all of their home games but they don't seem to have the bottle for scrapping it out in away games. Mancini knew the importance of English players to scrap it out and it has taken Wenger several years to realise it! If P wants to fill his team with overpaid Brazilians and Spanish he needs some English players alongside them or they won't have the guts to battle it out in away games! That's what he has got at the moment! Plenty of skill and no guts. And I have refused to go to watch City this year as my own protest about Barry going to Everton. I firmly believe Everton will finish above City this year and Mr P needs to watch Barry playing for Everton to understand the mistake he has made!! Fernandinho can't swan around in English football and hope to get away with it. Nastasic is no longer protected with Barry gone! Nasri has been a revelation but can he keep it up in away games?? Richards and Lescott need to be brought back urgently for away games. Good luck against Bayern, I won't be there! I am so annoyed with what has been done to the team!Without Toure and Aguero they would be near the bottom of the league! Villa deserved to win from sheer guts and effort which is something City do NOT have this year!! Villas victory does not surprise me. City will win most or all of their home games but they don’t seem to have the bottle for scrapping it out in away games. Mancini knew the importance of English players to scrap it out and it has taken Wenger several years to realise it! If P wants to fill his team with overpaid Brazilians and Spanish he needs some English players alongside them or they won’t have the guts to battle it out in away games! That’s what he has got at the moment! Plenty of skill and no guts. And I have refused to go to watch City this year as my own protest about Barry going to Everton. I firmly believe Everton will finish above City this year and Mr P needs to watch Barry playing for Everton to understand the mistake he has made!! Fernandinho can’t swan around in English football and hope to get away with it. Nastasic is no longer protected with Barry gone! Nasri has been a revelation but can he keep it up in away games?? Richards and Lescott need to be brought back urgently for away games. Good luck against Bayern, I won’t be there! I am so annoyed with what has been done to the team!Without Toure and Aguero they would be near the bottom of the league! Villa deserved to win from sheer guts and effort which is something City do NOT have this year!!

]]> By: Alphie_Izzett http://www.viewfromablue.com/2013/09/29/aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts/#comment-548724 Alphie_Izzett Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:07:42 +0000 http://www.viewfromablue.com/?p=8396#comment-548724 Maybe I should have stated that I referred to the post of "Muffin" :-) Maybe I should have stated that I referred to the post of “Muffin” :-)

]]> By: Alphie_Izzett http://www.viewfromablue.com/2013/09/29/aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts/#comment-548723 Alphie_Izzett Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:06:04 +0000 http://www.viewfromablue.com/?p=8396#comment-548723 Make the most of it, I rather think that by the ned of next April you may be less cheerful. I rather liked the Villa blog which gave a very fair minded assessment of the game. It was entitled "A Stroll in the Park with mugging and robbery!" That sort of humour is good stuff, your attempt rather puerile.. Make the most of it, I rather think that by the ned of next April you may be less cheerful.
I rather liked the Villa blog which gave a very fair minded assessment of the game. It was entitled “A Stroll in the Park with mugging and robbery!”
That sort of humour is good stuff, your attempt rather puerile..

]]> By: Oldham Blue http://www.viewfromablue.com/2013/09/29/aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts/#comment-548686 Oldham Blue Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:38:06 +0000 http://www.viewfromablue.com/?p=8396#comment-548686 LOL at all the Villa fans on here referring to us as 'Citeh'. Basically we are having our accent mocked, BY MIDLANDERS, the f*cking nerve. P.S We used to be their bogey team when they were good and we were sh*t, and I remember their forums being far, far more arrogant than this article... LOL at all the Villa fans on here referring to us as ‘Citeh’.
Basically we are having our accent mocked, BY MIDLANDERS, the f*cking nerve.
P.S
We used to be their bogey team when they were good and we were sh*t, and I remember their forums being far, far more arrogant than this article…

]]> By: Barry'sboots http://www.viewfromablue.com/2013/09/29/aston-villa-3-2-man-city-my-thoughts/#comment-548682 Barry'sboots Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:01:52 +0000 http://www.viewfromablue.com/?p=8396#comment-548682 A rather dismissive article. Considering the amount of Arab money spent on that squad (and continuing to be spent on wages), I would be rather annoyed about the lack of clear cut chances created. I don't remember Guzan having a particularly good game and both Citeh goals were scrappy, particularly Dzeko's goal of his back/shoulder. And its a bit of a joke to call it a "5 across the back, bus parking, damage limitation strateg(y)". PL merely picked a formation that worked and matched up to Citeh's. That damage limitation strategy resulted in 3 goals you know (although I will accept that, on replays, KEA was marginally offside) whilst Citeh had very few clear cut chances! PL out-managed Pellegrini and the 11 in C&B managed to outscore and out-battle your 11. Please have the grace to accept this. And by the way, £30m for Fernandinho when Spurs paid £16m for Paulinho, a much younger Brazilian who does play for his national team, I just don't get? And James Milner is not, and never will be, a good winger BUT he is, or I should say was, a very good attacking CM'er. For all of your money I think you have an unbalanced squad and trying to squeeze them into a 4-2-2-2 formation will see Citeh struggle in Europe again - too many no. 9s and not enough proper width. Why not try a front 6 of: --------- Toure --- Fernandinho/Spanish guy --------- Navas ------------ Milner ------------- Nasri/Silva ------------------ Dzeko -------------------------- A rather dismissive article. Considering the amount of Arab money spent on that squad (and continuing to be spent on wages), I would be rather annoyed about the lack of clear cut chances created. I don’t remember Guzan having a particularly good game and both Citeh goals were scrappy, particularly Dzeko’s goal of his back/shoulder.

And its a bit of a joke to call it a “5 across the back, bus parking, damage limitation strateg(y)”. PL merely picked a formation that worked and matched up to Citeh’s. That damage limitation strategy resulted in 3 goals you know (although I will accept that, on replays, KEA was marginally offside) whilst Citeh had very few clear cut chances!

PL out-managed Pellegrini and the 11 in C&B managed to outscore and out-battle your 11. Please have the grace to accept this.

And by the way, £30m for Fernandinho when Spurs paid £16m for Paulinho, a much younger Brazilian who does play for his national team, I just don’t get? And James Milner is not, and never will be, a good winger BUT he is, or I should say was, a very good attacking CM’er. For all of your money I think you have an unbalanced squad and trying to squeeze them into a 4-2-2-2 formation will see Citeh struggle in Europe again – too many no. 9s and not enough proper width. Why not try a front 6 of:
——— Toure — Fernandinho/Spanish guy ———
Navas ———— Milner ————- Nasri/Silva
—————— Dzeko ————————–

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