Match Thread | Aston Villa vs. Man City (21/12/24)

[69FACUPfinal]

Completely. I've not forgotten how good we've been, but watching us do this twice a week isn't enjoyable no matter what the clappers say.

Agree. I am constantly effing and jeffing at the TV. So frustrating. How must the players feel?

 

[Stelea]

Got to get Gundogan off. Fucking useless. Playing with 10 men

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Absolute nonsense. He's had service. He's just lazy and puts zero effort and expects the balls to just magically find him

Lazy comments from a pure ****

 

[bellsouth]

Lucky to be only 1.

Jack is fighting

Tactics are shocking again & hurting us

Not sure what the tactics are, pass to Jack but then what, no one is moving for him, we are powder puff. No chance of scoring 1 goal let alone the 3 we’ll need to win

 

[Vester]

Surely the youngster couldn't do any worse, they might actually be fit to move

Of course they could. Our EDS would probably lose 8-0 against Villa.

 

[Sky Blue]

Honestly it could be 1938 all over again!! ( I wasn't on the planet then, but obviously know the atats). The way it's going, it could well be a distinct possibility. City doing the work themselves for the Red cartel clubs!

Get a grip.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Not as bad as I thought it would be. Not really good enough either.

Foden needs to find shame. Prime Kev or Dave would grab this type of game by the balls.

 

[WestGorton]

Buy Onana. We need a midfield.

 

[MMA]

Gundogan has stolen a living from us

Not his fault.
He doesn't pick himself.
Some other geezer does that..

 

[ufo]

Put him in gundos place.

but we lose that protection from the wing

 

[Bluesince1979]

Go ahead and criticise the club and the players. I'm not stopping you.

Seems a bit mardarse and entitled given what this team has achieved.

It's just one season too many for some players.

‘Entitled’

Where my bingo pen

 

[handsofstone]

KBD for Gundgoan I guess, honestly don't see us turning this around we are more likely to concede next than score

Can Pep not motivate these guys anymore?

Has a big half time team talk

 

[Chak19]

Totally winnable game just like the majority of games we've lost in this run, it's just so annoying.

 

[Blu1]

We are so tame and confused in attack again. Our tactics are old and our players are worn out.

Does Pep rely think that we will score by continuing to do the same thing match after match?

Our methods really these days on random individual moments of brilliance rather than a team at its top. That is typical of midtable PL teams.

We won't challenge again until either Pep changes his tactics or we get a new top manager.

This has very little to do with injuries imo. The injuries just exposed it to us imo.

100% sadly

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

We’ve created a few half chances but nothing really clear cut. We might get back into it but not sure we can get through the game without conceding another. I can’t see us winning this game but we might snatch a draw.

 

[super_city_si]

We really have a team of wet napkins. Incredibly weak physically in every position on the pitch

This is a big part of it. Rogers ran over 3 players. He didn’t even have to use skill. Literally ran over them.

 

[Zenmanc]

I don’t see how Haaland stays on for 2nd half. It’s a luxury we can’t afford

Hope you don't bet much.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Doku on that wing and moving Grealish into the middle for Gundogan seems the obvious move.

Can’t wait to see it happen in the 87th minute when we go three down.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

1-0 from that half isn’t bad but I just have no faith we’ll show up any differently in the second half

There’s just zero cohesion to our play. Old, tired bodies that can’t move into space quickly enough for our passing game to be effective, and are easily outran and outmuscled when we lose the ball

 

[RobinHood]

Target Cash.