Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[freshie]

McCoist summed it up when he said where’s the urgency from City and it’s all too easy for Villa.

Ally McCoist on comms makes any match infinitely more unbearable

 

[Blue Andy]

I Hate saying But Pep lost the dressing room, You can see it a mile off and players don't want the ball or want to play.
Forget the transfer window and bring in new players, the old ones will still be around creating trouble for the manager

Its nothing to do with the injuries or Rodri missing, it is more straightforward than an injury crisis, it's player power and loss of belief in Pep and his system, The Players want a system to suit the remaining players we have and not square pegs in round holes, Why have a top end Car and then put Ford spare parts in it,

Pep lost the plot weeks ago, it's still the same old system and we lose.
If you have a problem don't keep playing the same way because it will not work against every team we face

Enough is Enough
We want answers now, Somebody from the board or chairman has to step in and take control, if there are plans in place then let's here them, We need the answers to what we are watching because it's not good seeing players ghosting and fear the ball coming to them,

Haaland might as well not play because nothing is coming from him and did he even have a shot today ?

Pep lost the dressing room has to be the worst take on the current situation I've seen. Log off

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

If Pep is here at the end of January I'll be amazed.

Dog shit tactics.
Letting Gundo finger his arse so ge gets a game every week.
Thinking Rico is the next iniesta.
Suicidal high line with players slower than the titanic.
No faith in the youth.
And no subs until 80 odd minutes.

No wonder he is being questioned.

We are the easiest team in the league to play against.

Another prophesy with no credibility !

 

[Paleblue2]

Another hard watch, its almost as tough as under Pearce this.

 

[colorado blue]

What I'm baffled about is pep tactically subbing stones off for walker at ht when quite clearly gundo and silva were.poor again and struggling

Tactical or another injury ?

 

[skillman]

It’s like there’s no belief anymore. We go into games expecting to struggle rather than having the arrogance to think we should be winning.

Recipe for disaster!

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Why is it, that even though we’re playing away, against a decent team, we play such a high line and allow the home team to play on the counter?

Barmy!

 

[I'm Blue]

Pep obviously shares some of the blame but the senior players need to do their part too.
No fight!
No desire!
No concentration!
No pride!
If Pep changes the system and we drop deeper then the same players will still be doing the same shit we’re currently seeing, only closer to our own goal.
Only with even less goal threat than we have now.
Allowing the opposition to bomb forward more than they do already.
Putting us under even more pressure.
He can’t play the kids cos there’s not enough kids to cover every player currently playing shit.
We can’t even do the basics right so I’m not sure how he fixes it with the foundations crumbling in front of him.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t spend big in January cos the way things look I can see Pep walking at the end of season, if not before.
I can’t see us spending big if they think he’ll walk, they’ll wanna leave that to the next manager.
The players aren’t currently playing for the manager.
If they were they’d be showing more fight.
I said a week or two ago that Khaldoon should get the players in a room (without Pep) and ask them if they actually want Pep here.
If they do then they need to be told to show it!
If they don’t then they can leave as far as I’m concerned.
This isn’t going to be fixed this season, it may not get ‘fixed’ at all, without changing the manager or a large part of the squad.
The clubs planning or lack of has played a huge part in this situation also.

 

[RayCTID]

Started as an injury crisis, then a confidence crisis, now it’s a passion and leadership crisis. We have no one on the pitch leading us. Everton at home maybe our biggest game in a long time. We need a win and a performance now more than ever before. Forget about trophies we just need to win a few games and regroup. Can’t see us signing anyone until the summer while we have these charges hanging over the club. Pep has got to drop Gundo and Bernie for me. Not sure I would even play Haaland if we’re not going to get the ball to him then what’s the point because he doesn’t give us anything without the ball.

Losing Dias is a major blow. Not much we could have done and that performance doesn't seem to me we have folded like a pack of cards despite Villa being their usual energtic selves.

 

[freshie]

Great