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

[Bluemoonie92]

Surely Doku is a better option at RW than Bernardo.

Forgot he was playing

 

[mexico1970]

Gonna have to buy our way out of this mess.

Here's my worry about that mate, the rags tried it and failed in fact it snowballed their problem. Chelsea spent a fortune and are doing a little better but as yet have won fuck all.

What appears to be missing is many of our players aren't turning up for whatever the reason, that has to be rectified before we make a mistake and swell our ranks with what might turn out to be panic buys.

Just IMO mate.

 

[NptonBlue89!]

Why have haaland in the team if we won’t play to his strengths at least once…. Play a false 9 and change it up if your gunna be this stubborn about it try something…. If not start maybe feeding him a bit earlier our counter attacks not that we have many are slow boring and predictable… gundog needs a break he’s fucked he was signed as a bit part player he plays every game and it shows!

 

[MichaelBBack]

Still time.

Jack having another good game, past the point of repeating how valuable he is to the squad... Phil showed one or two little glimpses of last season Phil, which we desperately need. Cash is a twat and I'd want Doku running at him and Jack moved across to the middle. Bernie a bit pointless this whole game. Gvardiol good going forward but looks utterly clueless at times at the back. Haaland so isolated, you really just want us to at least try a ball over the top every now and then, just to give him something to chase...

 

[I'm Blue]

They're gonna have to post better banter than that if they want me to start paying for a TV License.View attachment 140982

That’ll be John the Irish dipper.

 

[Newmoston1212]

One of the biggest concerns again is Foden. Euros has killed him off. What has happened to him

 

[kaz7]

I see your a happy clapper

Tbf you are a fucking pain

 

[Tricky_Trev]

What is our actual intention when we have the ball? What are we trying to do in order to score? This football is insipid. Pep has to take a lot of the heat now, it’s gone too far for him to be absolved from any criticism.

 

[ballbag]

One of our better shit performances so far. Still look like shite at the back. Like watching 5 year olds forming one big massive huddle of kids running after one ball and completely oblivious to everything else going on around them.

 

[Gumzy97]

What’s mad is our best creative player this season is still Kev. He’s also the most creative in the league. Even though he half fit.

 

[Ajm1985]

pep will eat their balls
1-3 city

After our second half in the derby, I wouldn't count on it.

Saying that, and despite how abject we are at defending as a team, we are getting a little joy. Grealish is having a good game.

 

[journolud]

Going exactly as I knew it would, plenty of possession, no threat and Villa will inevitably get a second on the break or when we fuck up

 

[Tb1981]

on pep again this
Change the midfield or keep losing
Gundo , kovacic, bernado and Lewis offer nothing at
Just keeps playing them
Apalling again, but we expect it now

 

[MCFC1993]

Brilliant support !

I love the team, players and manager. It's not going against them to say it's playing out exactly as expected. They've been better, it's just realism.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

It genuinely feels like we're trying, and the lads haven't given up on Pep. But fucks all seems to go our way at present.

Corners are abysmal, I'll concede that. He isn't going to change it drastically how we play, so it just might be down to the lads getting a bit of confidence from somewhere, somehow.

We're still in this. Kev and Doku could be key from the bench if they're needed. But I don't think we can afford to go 2-0 down.

 

[YatesA]

Gundogan should never start again, he is totally done at this level. why not just give mcatee a chance

 

[Chak19]

Btw can someone tell who is playing on the right wing ?

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

Buy Onana. We need a midfield.

He’s a crap goalie FFS

 

[vicblueman]

The manager is the problem not just the players during this drop off .
Regardless of the success we have achieved he doesnt have a divine right for no criticism.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I thought we played ok but only really when Villa scored and sat back. I think if Villa had kept playing they would have caused us lots of problems.

The start was a fucking joke and that save was brilliant.

The goal once again was too easy. What Stones doing today I don’t know but that must be on Pep.

Grealish playing well but his end product is still lacking on the whole bar one good cross.

Bernado and Haaland absolutely invisible.