Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Stoned Rose]

Great

He gets injured shaking his dick after a piss.

Love him but he needs fucking off now.

 

[red 2 hats]

Great

Been a great player for us, the best English centre half of his generation, but time and injuries wait for no man, needs fucking off.

 

[Mr HJ]

I don't know the full story on Alvarez and Palmer etc so I can't say what happened. But we never ever talk about another striker unless it's a back-up for Haaland. Now which striker do you know who is a regular at their current club is going to come as a back-up? The mind boggles.

It's a very fine line - Pep always likes a small squad and is very loyal to his favourites. We lost those players and couldn't attract some because when we were winning everything they couldn't see themselves getting as much game time as they wanted. Fast forward - we have to be careful that from the outside it looks like something is seriously wrong and the natural conclusion is we may have some big problems with the 115 heading our way. Hopefully not the case but for the first time Pep looked shell shocked and his usual high energy is not there. Hugo Viana has one hell of a job on his hands.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Rogers and Palmer are clearly good enough for us. It was arrogance and complacency on our part that we let them go.

Harrwood belis is better than akanji. Has a better fitness record than stones.
Doyle is better than gundo.
Lavia would easily get in out midfield.
Delap would be an excellent alternative to a sulky haaland

Etc etc etc

 

[applejuice]

How does Stone manage to play two games in a row in a week, with England ????

They sat deep...

 

[inchy14]

Foden needed a goal, but otherwise the next three games (Everton, Leicester West Ham ) will determine whether this is just a perfect storm or something drastically worse.

Even worse, there was a move towards the end when Doku pulled it back, but everyone had run to the far post.
That was actually a good cross but his teammates were hiding behind defenders, too scared of taking responsibility.

It’s a good cross if it’s to someone. He never fucking lifts his head up to see where they are and creates fuck all.

 

[Ajm1985]

What the fuck are ‘Field Tilt’ & ‘Def Action Height’…. Nonsense

Great analysis

 

[deegee33]

Reminds me of the joy I had watching City in my younger days........I'm 69.

 

[vicblueman]

We’re winning the next 3 ( Everton, Leicester, West Ham) and everyone’s gonna applaud Pep for turning it around.

Draw
Win
Draw

 

[SilverFox2]

This is what I don't understand ? Rodri is missing and not one player in the squad can play there ?
So what should any good manager do is change the system, pack the defence and midfield and become hard to beat and play against, So what if we stink the place out and look ugly, make us hard to beat at least

I think that's sensible.
We simply don't have a Rodri to organize our midfield so why play a system that is risky without him.?
Teams are no longer afraid of City so concentrate on defending then we may be the ones benefitting from a breakaway goal.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

They've not downed tools. They are fucked, some players have lost all ability and rational in decision making, haaland is a passenger and Kyle walker has been responsible for 75% of our losses from individual errors and shit defending. The system doesn't work unless every piece is working, just like peps first season.

Mentally exhausted imo.

But our experts on BM obviously know so many more factors ( not you btw BA )

 

[Eccles Blue]

The Boys in Blue did give in. I can say no more about that, sorry.
However the fans in Blue did not give in they supported until the bitter end. Thank you fans, thank you.

I shall now retire and just ponder on what has happened.
I will not though condemn the team or Pep. To me they have still got a lot left in the bank from the past few years.
They are City as I am City.
We’ll be back soon. :-)

John Boy I am sorry you are injured again. I’m still on your side though. :-)

 

[Blue Bogey]

kinda symbolic & deserved that an ex- academy player embarrassed us....90% of BM users, City fans in general & the important people at city saw it only as a tool to make money....the new shinning toy in the next transfer period was always more important...kinda funny that now fans want to give the youth a chance when it`s too late...besides Bobb our "diamonds/best" are gone & other clubs in the uk have closed the gap

The ones who thought we should sell the academy players were the ones who did not watch the players in the academy and couldn’t foresee that they may come good. You could probably include the first team coaches in that.

Wilcox did a fantastic job as football director of the academy now he is at United.

Some decisions are being made at club level that are very baffling.

 

[Jocks Y-Fronts]

I think he played there v Juve and wasn't great.
He's had maybe 2-3 good games in the last 18 months.

Grealish is shite. Does nothing. Poses, shimmies and passes sideways or backwards. Why is he laughing when we are losing and his contribution is nil

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Bernardo too, for the fifteenth game on the trot

I thought he tried but time is catching up with him.

 

[levets]

Great analysis

Are you any more clued up on this? Never heard it before.

 

[Norman kneejerk]

Harrwood belis is better than akanji. Has a better fitness record than stones.
Doyle is better than gundo.
Lavia would easily get in out midfield.
Delap would be an excellent alternative to a sulky haaland

Etc etc etc

Also Porro we showed no interest in keeping just seemed to be an investment

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Or play McAtee

Apart from the experience level, he could provide a different aspect, so why not ?

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Haaland is a superb goal scorer when the side is purring but he’s a very limited footballer. He’s also lazy and soft as shit for a big lad.

Imagine Tevez in that game today. He’d have been everywhere and run his bollocks off making a proper nuisance of himself. Haaland is far too easy to play against.

Perfectly summed up.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Boring, insipid, shit football we're churning out now and there looks to be no end in sight. You just don't see where the goals are coming from, Foden's today was lucky as it bounced up off a defender. We're a real fucking mess and Pep seems absolutely clueless how to turn it around. I think he'll walk soon if these players fail to show any more effort as it was woefully lacking today. Are they really playing for Pep anymore?

I think half of them know their time us and aren’t arsed by the look of it, Pep has to adapt now or never, if he walks leaving us in this mess people will question whether he is a cheque book manager or can actually coach, I know he reinvented football but he had to have the right players (by buying them) now is when a coach really earns his cash, seeing our frailties addressing them by changing to use what we have, he is not doing this, has he lost the dressing room because of this, possibly, everyone keeps saying wait until January, what if we don’t buy anyone, where the fuck are the goals and leadership coming from?