What a bloody boring game.

0-0, about 1 shot on target, 40 minutes gone.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

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Just logged on to the text commentary. I must be a lucky charm as Villa has just gotten 2 goals in about as many minutes. That nice Phil Neville kindly putting through his own net for the 2nd. :-D

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Cr@p, now Van Nestles choc is coming on. 2 strikers, what a concept. Cmon Villa, DEEEE-FEND!!

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

The rest is history.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Also, bloody BBC commentator Man U. sycophant: Only Manchester United can turn around a game like this.

Yeah, right

Arsenal 1 - Newcastle 2

Leeds 3 - Newcastle 4

Tosser*

*(due acknowledgement)

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Stupid Villa.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

In fact I might even afford the lads an extra goal at Highbury. I'm feeling generous.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Why is everyone invading the pitch today? I can almost understand the Welsh getting a bit giddy but Man Utd winning a game of football surely doesn't merit grown men running up to Beckham and snogging him??

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

The way they started this season, it probably does. ;-))

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

"What a bloody boring game. 0-0, about 1 shot on target, 40 minutes gone"

HAHAHHAHAHAHHA

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Motson was completely pro-Manure

"What's the bet on a goal for Man Utd now Villa have 2?"

"What's the price for 2-2?"

"Now what's the price for 3-2?"

He was bloody supporting them. Why not just start singing songs about Ruud Van Nistelrooy ffs!

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Call me a traitorous owld git but I have nowt but admiration for the way manure won that game, and I'd be in 7th heaven if we were anywhere near as consistant.

Yes, we are as good, but only on an occasional basis. Until we can consistently put in the sort of performances they do, we'll stay what we are, also rans.

Villa didn't lose that game, manure won it and the second half more than made up for the sh1tty first half.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

I only saw the second half. When I realised both Nevilles and Chadwick were playing, I expected ManU to run on to Duelling Banjos!

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

I agree Bill, you have to admire them for the way they came back.

However, I wouldn't have minded seeing Man Utd go out this early.

It was bloody predictable though, as soon as Ole Gunnar "the gnome" Solskjaer scored you just knew who was going to win.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Oi, you traitorous owd git. I agree with you. Just like at Spurs and SJP, they turned it on when necessary. However, unlike at SJP, the home team had nowt to reply with when they pulled it level. Kinda nice, really ;-)

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

i'm more hacked off about the result at OT now than i was the other day.

Manure's defence was wideopen. There to be split open. What happened?

grrrrrrr

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

LOL Pilgrim - I know exactly what you mean. In fact I watched Deliverance again quite recently and the similarity is frightening!

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Like you Pit Bill, I don`t have anything but admiration for ManU. They did a damn fine job in the the second half.(:o) The team are a team to be proud of - what I find nauseating is the sycophancy and slobbering of the media/panel of experts/commentators....whatever! (:oQ

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Thanks Lynda - Of course Villa have Hendry too - I wasn't sure if it was a football match or a Hoe Down.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

This season has terrifying parallels with the season Man Utd won the Treble - they got beaten at home by Boro that season FFS: crap until about Christmas.

Loathe them or loathe them, you have to admit they are good. Having said that, try to sit back and absorb the pressure against Man Utd and you will lose, however good your defence is.

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Galaxy
The loathsome aspects you mention are probably more the reason why manure are so despised than anything they themselves do that's that much different from what every club does - except win everything in sight.

The worry for me is that they seem well on the way to being the football equivalent of Microsoft - so entrenched they'll never be shifted.

And won't we look sick when the demise due to Sir Asslick Funguson packing in, fails to materialise ? Where will the Premiereship go from there ? Crown green bowls is starting to look very attractive, despite the risk of contracting crown green bowels :-{E}

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

Did you have spaghetti for dinner tonight Gal? There's a bit stuck on yer chin

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

It was meant to be drool Screacher! (:o)

Pit Bill - you know, that doesn`t really bother me. Let`s face it, there there to be beaten, and somebody will eventually. What a standard to aspire to, as well. Blimey my grammar is awful tonight! (:o)

-- Anonymous, January 06, 2002

It was very foolish of the BBC to show how you can turn the commentary off. Football on the telly might become possible again without a pint of Gaviscon by the elbow. So long as they don't let that pillock distort the sound every time a rude song is sung so as not to upset the delicate ears of the armchair dwellers. They never seemed to be able to translate the Monkey Heed song so that would come through fine.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

I tried listening to the R5 commentary for a while in the first game but it was so out of sync I couldn't cope. Mebbes the crowd only version next time for me.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

"couldnb't sell all yer tickets for the FA Cup 'cos Villa are a Massive club"

I LOVE watching this team!! We might not win owt but it's great!!

BTW Dougal....36 years young this year and I STILL couldn't stay in my seat "area" :-)

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

LR, fair do's, but it's still not something one associates with your too-cool-to-move support. You'll win it all, though, chuck. Hopefully for the last time ;0)

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

"too-cool-to-move".....lol You didn't see me in a hideous jacket with my arms around RVN's neck then :-)

Fact.....a 7pm kick-off while we all met in Brum' by 1pm didn't help! **!%""@!@!

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

oooh, was that you?

Actually, I clearly heard the Villa fans singing "Who the f...k" to which your reply, "Shall we fill your ground for you?" which was quite good.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

Well....we have the piss taken by everyone at OT so it's always gonna be payback time..especially cup games with the increased allocation. Villa attempted to do us out of a few thousand tickets and it was only a couple of days ago that a thousand more were released to us.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

You must be made up: Leeds out, one of Liverpool or Arsenal to be knocked out in the next round...

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

Still gotta get past us, but, Dougal. :-{E}

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

i fancy it to be us them in the final

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

Wouldn't that be nice ?

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

Credit for the comeback, Man U went into another gear completely. But, 2-0 up Villa showed absolutely no bottle whatsoever. Gutless and cringeworthy. Belly up, they deserved to get a hiding.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002

If we get to the Final, half of Wales will be out supporting Craig Bellamy (they don't much like Giggs on account of how unfit he tends to be for friendlies). Man Utd won't dare win faced with those ragee gadgies.

-- Anonymous, January 07, 2002