Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[denislawsbackheel]

Worst performance of the Pep era.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Won’t go down well here either but again another game where haaland is basically a passenger. For supposedly the best striker in world football I expect more from him. There is more to being a striker than just scoring.

If mahrez played with that effort he would be slaughtered

But the problem is he makes all kinds of runs into the channels or runs where we can play him through and the team don't get their heads up and see it. His hold up play is pretty good but we don't utilise it, so what are you expecting him to do exactly?

when we are playing slow pedestrian football from the back, then any striker is going to be isolated and not in the game until you put on their toes. if the players actually picked their heads up and sometimes see the runs he makes, then he could do much more.

He gives plenty of options but our players are so hellbent on keeping possession that they only look for the nearest man and ignore his movement

 

[awest]

Every time we win the treble the shit hits the fan.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

1-0 actuslly flattered us. I see no reason why Villa can’t be title contenders …look at the form since Emery came in

Rodri best not ever pick up a long term injury else we’re fucked

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Back home from a funeral, saw the score.

Christ.

Don’t watch the game. 1-0 flatters us.

 

[ancoats]

FUCK ME

just seen United are only 3 points behind us

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

I was dreading this game after Rodri and Jack got booked and Doku went off injured, managed to be even worse than I anticipated.

John McGinn looked like Zidane ffs

 

[Beanhead]

Dissgree.. key players to come back and being enough points of the top to lump the pressure on them but with more than ample time to reel them back in. All depends on us. If we can find a quick turnaround. Absolutely zero reason to think we couldn’t be within 3 points by Christmas and top by end of Jan. it all depends on us though.

Bollocks.. typed this forgetting about world club comp.

Put everything I said back a month!

 

[urban genie]

Need to sort out the 8 & 10 roles as we are too weak in midfiled and short of goals when haaland isn/ fed.

kovacic and nunes are not showing any promise yet and alvarez/lewis get pushed off the ball too easily at times.

the subs made us worse but at least he used some for once

 

[SamBlue]

I'm not even sure they were that good. They just did the basics well and won by a deflection.