Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

This is desperately poor football we are watching at the moment.
No creativity.
No control.
No defence.
3 points ahead of the rags who are having a shocker.
From the first minute of this game there was only going to be one winner.
Back to the drawing board to try and figure out where the fuck we go from here because if this carries on, we can forget about top 4 because I can think of 5 teams who are better than us.
 
Comically bad.
Piss poor recruitment is to blame.
No plan B cos the plan B isn’t good enough.
That bench tonight tells you that.
There’s not enough quality throughout the squad to fight for places and drive each other on.
By the time Kev’s back the gap will be too big to claw back imo.
I don’t see the squad depth and quality to do what we’ve done other seasons.
 
Just as they took all the flowers and plaudits in the summer, Peo and Txiki have to carry the can for this season
They fucked up big tine this summer, hollowing the midfield which has always been out greatest strength
Small squad, yes
Ludicrously small squad with two keepers and only two options on the bench, no
History tells you that most empires are brought down by internal decadence and complacency rather than external threats
Is that what we’re witnessing here?
Ps Lillo needs discussing as well
 
abu13 said:
Pep has changed the shape to try and accomodate Alverez and Haaland, but it just doesnt work, both are exceptional players but we are giving them crumbs to work with.

Pick one and stick Foden in the hole behind them.
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It does feel like it wouldn't hurt to get back to basics 4-3-3 for a bit. Everything is so narrow at the moment.
 
Poor performance and Villa played the game of their lives yet only won with a deflected goal.
A small squad and poor recruitment seemed to be costing us. I've always thought that the best way to play against us is to press high and run your bollocks off.
 
Even though Haaland missed a couple of defent chances and Villa's goal was a deflection, they were by far the better team and fully deserved to win.

We didn't look remotely like scoring a late equalizer, did we even create a single chance in the second half? Compare that to Arsenal and Liverpool who always look like scoring late goals.

I'm not that surprised we got outplayed when our midfield consisted of a central defender coming back from a long absence, a right-back who may or may not go on to be a good player and a striker. That's a massive drop off from the midfield that lead us to the treble (Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne) and it inevitably showed.

I think we also have to give credit to Villa. They have a top manager and have recruited very well. As Pep often says when he's criticised for not winning every single game, "the other teams are good too."
 
Theengelbert said:
Probably you’re right.. and I’m not one to flap but we really don’t look like the city of the last few years at the moment. I don’t think we have the quality we used to. Kev might save us
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Above anything else, Villa were better. It’s ok to not be the better team sometimes.
 
Won’t go down well here either but again another game where haaland is basically a passenger. For supposedly the best striker in world football I expect more from him. There is more to being a striker than just scoring.

If mahrez played with that effort he would be slaughtered
 
Jesus2020 said:
Villa played like it was a cup final. A lot of teams will do that against us, especially those in the top 4/6. Our players don't seem up for the fight.
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Don't really think that can be said for a side sitting above us in the table.

They outplayed us tonight. They have been good in other games too though.
 
Oh well never mind they can look forward soon to their jolly jaunt to the best and biggest competition in the world the fantastic club World Cup play like that and they’ll be on the next plane home after getting knocked out by the champions of Outer Mongolia or whoever..
 
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We all know deep down that you don't win every game but man, to make John Mckinn look like prime Zidane takes some doing. You don't mind losing by being outplayed by a better team but to lose when you are second to every single challenge is not ideal. Reminded me of the game away at Everton in Pep's first year it was that bad.

Not one player stepped up to cover absences. Lewis, Foden, Alvarez and Erling offered nothing. Pep needs to do some work and fast, the rest of the league will be rubbing their hands with us playing so slowly and backwards at the moment. Kev is needed because with only one knee he'd be better than that! And, we need him as the captain because when it got tough tonight Kyle went into a shell.

Rant over - it will be ok at the weekend.
 
This system only works with having the best players available. Pep tried it when he joined and it didn’t work. Last year Stones was a revelation and we had a Gundo in full swing as well as Kev. Pep needs to tweak it and I have no doubt that he will.
 
the defence is a total shambles at the minute, gvardiol is not a left back, akanji is not a midfielder, surely to fuck we still had enough players to play them all in their proper positions ffs, we were made to look like a fuckin mid table championship team!!
 
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