Villa Vs City Post Match Thread

[Marvin]

We did lose because of poor forward play, but you can't expect midfielders to be good at playing that position. We've made it work in the past, but today, it simply didn't work, and you wonder why Ihenacho wasn't given more of a chance, given how well he played in the last game he started. After all, we were against the bottom club. The Delph substitution was confusing to me too. He's not a game changer, and it's not as if we needed him to help us control the midfield, because we were completely dominant.

Thankfully Spurs did us a favour. It's worth mentioning Villa played pretty well. Typical of us to get them just after their new manager comes in.

Villa just wasted time. They were rubbish

Delp was a late sub. Hardly a big influence on the game. Toure was gone by then having done nothing. We were without SIlva, Aguero and Nasri so I don't think there really were that many match-changing options available. Pellegrini had a choice of Iheanacho or Navas for Bony and Navas turned out to be a good move. With hindsight he could have put Iheanacho on earlier but the bigger point is that the players we had out on the pitch didn't play at the level they are capable of and I don't think that had much to do with Pellegrini

 

[homerdog]

That was a lazy and unacceptable performance, not good enough IMO - WTF was the referee doing allowing Guzan's blatant time wasting though, it took him until nearly the 80th minute to warn him!

 

[big gaz]

Just because kelechi scored a last min goal against palace, doesn't make him the answer to our attacking failings today. We were poor to man attacking today, and kelechi didn't do anything to change it either, because as a team we weren't good. Anyway, We should of had enough without an 18year old striker. yaya was poor kdb was poor sterling was poor, kolorov was poor, navas and sagna were poor, Fernandinho was unrecognisable.
Bad day

Navas was was poor, ffs pick on someone else.( he missed the first 20 mins of dross )

 

[coleridge]

Maybe not you, but pre match a lot of the posts said 3 in midfied, same as Sevilla.
It didn't work and fuck me, it's Manuel's fault for not having hindsight.

Foresight, you mean.

 

[roypaulknewmyfather]

Can't claim to know what the management were thinking, didn't really fit what I think I know about the game. I'm giving benefit of doubt to them, there must be a reason why Navas came on not a central forward player. Whatever, we created chances to win the game but didn't take them. As I said earlier that = don't win. Still top, have seen all supposed threats. Not worried by anyone.

 

[PragueBlue]

Navas was was poor, ffs pick on someone else.( he missed the first 20 mins of dross )

I'd ignore him. He clearly has no understanding of football.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Foresight, you mean.

No i meant hindsight, because that is what we all have now.
I understand what you are saying though. But my original point was
most were saying go with the 3 in midfield and now moaning when the manager does.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Maybe not you, but pre match a lot of the posts said 3 in midfied, same as Sevilla.
It didn't work and fuck me, it's Manuel's fault for not having hindsight.

Hindsight's got nothing to do with it. He set the team up to defend solidly and counterattack on Tuesday, because the occasion and opposition demanded it, and it was absolutely the right thing to do. Today we were up against piss poor opposition and we were always going to dominate possession and territory. Going with an almost identical formation and team selection then was a mistake obvious before a ball had even been kicked

 

[Bluep*ss]

Just because kelechi scored a last min goal against palace, doesn't make him the answer to our attacking failings today. We were poor to man attacking today, and kelechi didn't do anything to change it either, because as a team we weren't good. Anyway, We should of had enough without an 18year old striker. yaya was poor kdb was poor sterling was poor, kolorov was poor, navas and sagna were poor, Fernandinho was unrecognisable.
Bad day

You are 'avin' a larf!!!. .....Navas was our best player......8 out of ten for me.

 

[dasein]

Dsaein
The post means to tell people on here to STOP FKN MOANING!!!

Alright cool your boots
I agree in the main, but I also think we can moan if we want to, after today's performance we have a right to moan, just like we have a right to boo the champs league tune.

 

[Rösler von Stretfordbömber]

Wednesday: "Pellers is fucking brilliant. Fernando behind Yaya and Fernandinho allows us to turn the latter two loose and it is just devastating! Finally he has learnt what we all here knew all along! Navas on the right at all times! This is the way forward!"

Today: "Three holding midfielders! Worst manager in the league! We only won two years ago because of Stevie G's slip! Fucking moronic not to sub on a 19 year-old with 1 league goal to his name! WTF with Navas coming on!?!?! Can't wait for Pep."

And I'd wager you could find double digit numbers of posters expressing both of the above paragraphs. Just some of the most spoiled, reprehensible, raggish shit I have ever heard in my life on here today.

 

[Scully]

Foresight, you mean.

Sometimes a bit of 'insight' can be most useful too.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Foresight, you mean.

I like you.

 

[west didsblue]

Just because kelechi scored a last min goal against palace, doesn't make him the answer to our attacking failings today. We were poor to man attacking today, and kelechi didn't do anything to change it either, because as a team we weren't good. Anyway, We should of had enough without an 18year old striker. yaya was poor kdb was poor sterling was poor, kolorov was poor, navas and sagna were poor, Fernandinho was unrecognisable.
Bad day

Thought Navas was our best player today. If not for poor finishing and lucky saves he'd have had two or three assists.

 

[kas_tippler]

FFS Villa used to be champions of Europe!!!!

 

[momo88]

i expected the new manager syndrome that what happened.

could have nicked one earlier villa would be open to get dicked but didnt happen.

so hopefully the players will show up against liverpool next time who just lost at home to palace !!

 

[dasein]

I'd ignore him. He clearly has no understanding of football.

I was actually saying the team were poor to a man today, and I'm not wrong. I didn't actually single out navas, I put him and sagna together saying they were poor, what I really should have said was they were ineffective on the right

 

[Rorz88]

Ill take a draw today, had a horrible feeling going into the game that with their new manager, something bad would happen! Ok we played poor but we didnt lose at the end of the day.

Tuesday would have took alot out of them

Onwards and upwards boys!

 

[coleridge]

No i meant hindsight, because that is what we all have now.
I understand what you are saying though. But my original point was
most were saying go with the 3 in midfield and now moaning when the manager does.

I appreciate your point. With Aguero, Silva and Nasri out, MP didn't really have any option. Was always going to be a difficult game after qualifying for the CL next round.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Hindsight's got nothing to do with it. He set the team up to defend solidly and counterattack on Tuesday, because the occasion and opposition demanded it, and it was absolutely the right thing to do. Today we were up against piss poor opposition and we were always going to dominate possession and territory. Going with an almost identical formation and team selection then was a mistake obvious before a ball had even been kicked

i agree. But most of the earlier insulting posts, were from people who said in the pre-match thread,
that we shouldn't change and go with the 3 in midfield. That's who i'm criticising.