Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

flapjack said:
it's almost like watching some kind of psychotic sprint race as their attackers and our defenders jostle to get into a sprint race, with the whole of our half to run in to....it really is kamikaze football, it worked when we dominated the ball with purpose but now we are just inviting it on
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It really is very frustrating when we can all see a reasonable possible solution. Playing slightly more defensively would draw the other team onto us and give Haaland and co a chance to break on the opposition.
 
HamannCheese said:
I've mentioned it before, and I hate repeating myself, but has nobody seriously considered they know the outcome of the charges? Surely it can't be shit form, injuries and a lack of drive at the moment?
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If they knew the outcome then so would the media. The only relevance of the 115 to the current situation is that dealing with the defence of those charges has taken the managerial eye off on-pitch responsibilities, especially player succession planning, even more so than has evidently already happened.
 
Palerider said:
Their first goal was just a simple through ball for a pre rehearsed routine. High line, time the run correctly and they are through. Even worse the second runner (the scorer) was 4 to 5 yards in front of our 'chasing' defenders. The high line with a slow defence is suicidal and is absolutely killing us. When we played Liverpool they just hit the ball over our defence towards the corner flags and beat us to it time after time.

Our midfield of Gundo, Kovacic, Foden and sometimes an overworked Lewis was also slow and lacked height and power. We need some muscle.

Grealish played well I thought and Bernardo ideally needs a real rest to recharge.

Haaland: He doesn't make his own goals, he is not great at link up play and he is not the hardest of workers. However he is a great goalscorer given the chances. The way we play is just not compatible with his strengths and it is a wonder he has done so well. We need to either change our style or change our striker.

Pep: I think he needs to accept that his tika taka tactics have been rumbled by teams just sitting back and waiting to break very, very fast when given the opportunity. Villa today had deliberately targeted our slow high line defence and so will/does everyone else. In some games, just high energy attacks for 10 minutes overwhelms us. It's a tough, tough ask to change heartfelt tactics at the end of your career but he will need to innovate and come up with tactics that do not end up with us passing the ball around a packed penalty area whilst Haaland is marked by two huge centre backs.
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The "tika taka", as you derridingly put it, is the guaranteed and proven way to completely nullify , tire and dominate the opposition, but it can only be done with elite and committed players - which we don't have at the moment. Pep still trying to play it, is probably his only option, given the player's indoctrination though, you can't just flick a switch and revert to 1990s united or Klopp Liverpool.
Unfortunately I agree with sticking with the blueprint - and not long ago we were wallowing and celebrating it being played by the other teams thoughout the club.
When Pep has the tools at his disposal there is nobody better, right now he's created a rod for his own back.
 
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kaz7 said:
Giant ego lol, i have read some bollocks today but really . Pep has earned an ego and to decide who to keep and who to sel!
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And the ones he's kept and the ones he's sold really are chalk and cheese right now.

Palmer > Gundo
Lavia > Stones
Porro > Walker

And Rogers today bossed us all over the park.
 
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