Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[BlueMonkey79]

So what is your explanation to this continues poor performance and results?

In my experience, when the 4 in a row comment doesn't get through, they come back with the "did you watch us under Pearce, Ball?" etc..

 

[RayCTID]

I think Pep‘s done, the players aren’t playing for him anymore

I doubt that. We would have been totally humilated if that was the case. 8-1 springs to mind. All our key players are either injured and out of form too.

 

[I'm Blue]

Has Pep said he's so so proud yet?

I hope not.
He usually protects his players but it’s time he called them out.
What’s the worst that can happen?
They stop playing for him?
Bit late for that.
Us dropping down the table doesn’t seem to be firing the players up so maybe Pep calling them out might do the trick.

 

[WestGorton]

We won 4 titles in a row because we wanted the ball and players wanted it so badly

Second to the ball all over the pitch today.

 

[The Blue Eh]

The lack of any pattern of play to our attack and defence is concerning. We have lost the one-touch build up from the back, and line breaking passes, as we used to do in prior seasons. This has been gradually degrading over the past two seasons. We now insist on the ponderous, multi touch approach that lets the opposition press us in the mid block and dispossess us at ease.

I imagine the lack of practice between games to keep the players fresh, and the fatigue (both mental and physical) from relentless games has played a part. But over reliance on those factors borders on making excuses and letting players and coaches off the hook.

 

[Fordyboy46]

I actually think we played worse here last year than today.

So we improved it by 3% today then?

 

[argyle]

We won 4 titles in a row because we wanted the ball and players wanted it so badly

Ah that was it was it?

Your tactical knowledge is wasted on here.

 

[eyalluvitt]

I actually think we played worse here last year than today.

Difference is we ain’t going 10 months unbeaten after this Villa park defeat

 

[madloaf]

Nowhere have I said its good

It's a fucking awful run. But people on here have lost their heads

I think the thing about the possession based football we used to play was that it had overlapping runs, through balls and a general urgency around scoring (i'd say apart from the last 6 months of last season, in which we bludgeoned people to death with it). This time it's possession with no purpose and comes with the added bonus of defensive suicide 4 times a game! I think that's probably what the original poster was getting at.

We're not playing the same football as 2017-2023 - its not even recognisable.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

And this post is absolutely bollocks haha.

At the moment what he is saying is true.
You sound like a bigger bollocks