Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

I was not expecting anything but a defeat tonight. For the first time in my life of 58 years I put a bet on against City. Felt bad doing it but won £100. Get the players back Sunday, get a win and we will be back in the title race. It starts Sunday
 
I do feel as if the players, management etc have all let recent off field events affect them personally, really thought it would fire them up but its gone completely the opposite way. Something is fundamentally wrong and it's bizarre. Can only hope Kev can return to his best when he's back otherwise we're fucked
 
Not worried. We've had fitness and suspension issues ever since that Rodri red vs. Forest and unfortunately it's coincided with us having to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, and Villa. Think the last few weeks caught up with us a bit tonight. But despite how poor we've played tonight, and how disappointing the results have been recently, we're still only six points behind Arsenal. It should worry them that we're so far off it in terms of quality but still so close in terms of points. We're finally, finally getting a proper midfield back and there's a very winnable run ahead of us. Things will look very different by the end of January, beginning of February.
 
bringbackhorlock said:
Kovacic and nunes just not city players, we got worse when they came on, so slow and predictable
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There was a point in added time where we had bodies in the box and TWICE Kovacic decided NOT to play the ball into the box, rather he played t back. This is shirking responsibility
 
Pep has got a huge job on, firstly trying to raise morale as currently we look a dejected outfit and secondly to find a system that works with the players we have (not ones that we used to have).
 
Never seen a Pep team give the ball away so easily. Wtf has happened, the ball came of our post straight to Akanji and he just passed it straight back to Villa :(
 
therealsvenn said:
What is depressing is we don't seem to know what to do when we have the ball on the edge of the opponents box. We seem to always be looking to get around the back. Every team knows how we play. In the end we end up passing it back. For God's sake have a go and see what opportunities develop. We need to get Haaland more involved.
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The amount of passing back tonight was frightening, no fucker had any balls to try and play a ball through or put one over the top
 
BlueDan91 said:
I know it's temporary due to injury and suspension but to go from a midfield of Rodri, Gundo and KDB to Akanji, Kovacic and Nunes is criminal.

Villa a very very good team, we never really looked in it and had nothing going forward.

Hopefully our fortunes change soon, but we've been lethargic for a while now.

Time to work your magic Pep.
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What other midfield would you have picked today?
 
Poor performance, created very little and the better side won. We could have played all night and we would n't have scored. This squad needs strengthening in January.
 
The only good thing for me is that we now know the problems. Recruitment needs to be a lot better going forward.

Try and offload those not good enough and go from there.

A new playmaker and a new Rodri replacement or one that can play alongside him is needed.

Foden won’t be a CM under pep and neither will Jack. I have full faith in the club, we have got complacent and must improve or we will slide down the table.

This result could also kick start a comeback.

Atm it don’t look good for us this season in the league.
 
Haaland has to score. Missed chances from two yards are costing us and so too deflected shots going in at the other end.
Woeful tonight - on a par with Southampton in the EFL Cup. The frightening thing is the Rags are a win away from us and they have been in turmoil and dog shit all season! WTFIGO
 
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