Match Thread | Aston Villa vs. Manchester City (26/10/25)

[jimharri]

Just a reminder chaps; if you feel you absolutely have to post score updates from other matches, there's a dedicated thread for that in the general forum. This thread is for folk who want to moan about the City match. Thanks.

 

[vicblueman]

Wake up stones FFS

 

[BlueNomad]

Way too much undue criticism. For the first 15 we were pretty good. Nuñes fouled at the corner and Haaland should have scored. Villa are a decent side playing at home.

You are in the wrong thread!

The “sensible” thread is that way >>>>

 

[Dax777]

They have zero fear of us taking the ball off them on defense. its annoying

 

[Luke The Blue]

Peps gonna go 2 down isnt he then decide to make subs.

 

[hertsblue]

Looking at the HT highlights we need to improve our threat at set pieces

We are probably the worst team in the PL for attacking set pieces. Arsenal, Dippers, Brentford etc all are great and score from them, i have no idea why Pep doesnt do any work on them. In a tight game like this, they can be a game changer

 

[DavidWhitesUnderpants]

NO CHANGES?!?!?!?????!!! Crazy even by Peps standards

Is anyone really surprised ?

 

[stan bowles]

ffs Bernardo...wake the fuck up.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Stones is so fuckin slow making decision

 

[roach3]

I don't think we played particularly badly, villa has just put on an unreal half, like they always do against us for some reason. Even our best version would struggle to cope with it when the opponents literally do everything perfectly.

Utter bollox this, you’re letting us of the hook because villa are playing better than us? How about we grow some bollocks and play quick accurate forward passes instead of taking the easy option and playing back or sidewards, peps selection hasn’t helped
But we are second to almost every ball and our wingers are gash. Midfield weak basically any team would have a chance against us today.

 

[chesterbells]

He has been our most industrious attacking option. Our biggest problem, though, is our press and our ability 1 v 1 defending them. They are dribbling against us out of the back :(

Oh for a bit of Nigel de Jong in there!

 

[AirbagsOptionalTheReturn]

Is O’Reilly or Alt-Nouri on the bench as that’s the first sub I would make - get Josko off

 

[Semper aggressus]

Of course no changes

Give it 80 mins, then Cherki and Marmoush will be asked to work miracles.

 

[deano ou812]

No changes? That's about right

80-85 min mark probably

 

[citymad]

Be nice to see our fullbacks running the game for for once.

 

[balotellishaircut]

They offered 70M pounds not 43.

They offered £43m pounds, the media wanted you to think they offered £70m

 

[MellowJoe]

What is it with these Villa players?

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

great camera work Sky

 

[johnny crossan]

another gem from Bill Leslie
"Scored from superbly crafted set piece" - it was actually a misplaced pass that connected with Cash's swinger.

 

[Mancity1980]

Changes will only happen if:
1) we go 2 nil down or
2) it gets to 70 mins

Let’s hope it is option 2.