Aston Villa (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[KDB4ever]

90% of our squad can just be gone. This performance is absolutely unacceptable and it's partially on Pep too, for playing the same dead squad over and over again.

 

[TinFoilHat]

San Marino have offered to play City in a friendly to boost their confidence for the World Cup qualifiers.

 

[Silvatoure21]

A small drop off yes...

But in case you've not noticed we've fell off a cliff.

He maybe not calling the team dogshit.

But that performance and the previous 11 have been dogshit.

It's not acceptable for where we are now..

We . Are . Not . Managed. By. Stuart. Pearce. Anymore.

And we are not owned by John wardle anymore.


There is high standards now and it's not about glory hunting.

I've always always said I could take The scum beating us 20 nil as long as I saw my team trying.


Not one person can say they have seen anything like the "team" trying in these last 12 games.

Coasting. Taking the piss.

They can hate the manager.
Hate the tea lady for all I care but you have to have to as an individual earn your wage and have your own pride in your work.

The "team" imho are taking the piss.

I agree but I think this team just isn’t giving the effort or has the physical stamina to do what made us so good in the first place. It’s not a tactical issue for me. It’s a capability to do what’s asked that’s the problem. What made us so good and what has lacked the last two months is the desire and will to press relentlessly, we don’t see the will to swarm 3 or 4 deep around the ball when we lose the ball. Not to mention the lack of creativity and the complete lack of ability to play out the back with ease. Which are all things that has separated us from the pack in the past seasons. Without these things our style of play is completely ineffective. Pep not having a plan b. No long ball after long ball to Haaland making runs, nothing. We are going to have to replace 5 or 6 easily

 

[MMA]

Seventeen games into the season - every team is exactly where they deserve to be - no ifs, buts, maybes - half way through the season the table the table does not lie. I wouldn't make excuses for Chelsea - they're in the bracket of spend, spend, spend until the team plays as a unit. 'Unprepared' because they were overloaded with eye wateringly expensive players is not an excuse. We won that game deservedly. Megabucks sides are judged on results.

Mental not having a full squad.

Worked in the past but not now all this working with a smaller squad.

The premier league is not la liga.
It's not the bundesliga.

You need a full 25.

Teams have caught up tactically and we have no competition for player places.

What we do have ( fuck injures) is a team coasting. Taking the piss.

Feel sorry for pep for the most part because he can't do fuck all when the 11 cross the white line , but he's not helping himself having a small squad not competing with each other in the hardest league in the world.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

This group of players has ran through walls to get the trophy haul and put our club on the map - guided by the greatest manager of our time

This squad and I'm talking about the experienced players have all hit a brick wall at the same time - for those expecting them to go at it every year and perform like they have over the last years (whilst being pushed to the brink by both the dippers and arsenal) do you not think at some point this would happen?

For those of us that lived through the "actual" shit times, this is nothing, but the final song of a team that brought success we never thought possible coming to its end.

Yes it hurts to see it, and this season is going to be tough, real tough which will only highlight those players that have come to the end of their journey and need to move on

Can't argue with that other than the club should have seen it coming to a certain extent.

We all knew Walker was done last season, we should have bought a RB.

And not having suitable back ups for either Rodri or Haaland is abysmal planning.

 

[Gesario]

It just goes to show that no matter how many days rest we have in between games it makes not a jot of difference to performance and fitness levels. We play better when we're playing every few days in my eyes, we're generally shit when we have a week's gap

Have taken my time today but it’s all really quite upsetting seeing how low we have fallen Two minutes before their 2 nd we actually got to the edge of their box where all that was needed was a cross onto the pen spot Said cross was provided by Grealish who put it into the side netting ???? That is fkin criminal and sums us up at the mo Its awful , no leaders , embarrassing That’s it really

 

[Lavinda Past]

Another couple of minutes in that FM Cup final we would have got a draw in 90 mins. Had some good conversations with Chelsea fans on the train back to the London hotel!! Got my programme handy!!!

I got to know the former Chelsea player, Colin Lee some years later. When I mentioned the match, he said that it had turned into a friendly kickabout for both teams long before the end, and that Doug Rougvie's own goal was intentional.

Unfortunately, it was a little less friendly in the car park after the game!

 

[Lee the Blue]

Safely back home from Villa Park after taking a scenic route.

We are a soft touch basically. Nobody dared go near Morgan Rodgers all day, and we keep conceding the same goal straight down the middle and our throats every week. Villa didn't really have to do much to win today, they just coasted and it was relatively easy for them.

Our Support was class as always but Pep can't keep asking knackered, old, unfit or talent deficit players to play his system as they simply can't do it.

We need at least 2 Midfielders immediately - one of whom has to be a Hold - and both need to be mobile, physical and be able to actually put in a tackle once in a while.

Walker is a car crash these days and just shouldn't be on the pitch until he's sorted his chaotic private life out, which has to be having an effect as his drop off is so stark. Gundo gets old manned at least 3 times in every game now & it's sad to see. Meanwhile John Stones "45 mins every 6 weeks" routine is a waste of everyone's time. He's been a gem for us and played his best ever game for us in the European Cup final, but the time may have come for him to depart with his contract up in 2026, at his age and with his injury record.

We don't currently have a single player playing well. Not a single one.

 

[AndyP68]

apart from Spurs we’ve not had a thrashing in terms of scoreline. Still a positive goal difference.

 

[Lavinda Past]

San Marino have offered to play City in a friendly to boost their confidence for the World Cup qualifiers.

We might have a chance over two legs and penalties.