BWSL 2022/23 Aston VIlla vs Manchester City

4 previous games v them we won all 4 with 17-0 scoreline.
This team has regressed so badly and will be no where near top 3 under Taylor. Should have replaced him in the summer but owners dont seem bothered with the WSL.
Playing out from the back is fine when you have the players to do it like our mens team but this team looked like they had never played the game before. God knows what he does in training
They don't look like they're even seriously drilled to do this stuff, and if that's the case when he's in his third season as coach when is it going to happen?
Think it would have been a totally different outcome if he'd have started with Deyna instead of Bunny, also Raso should have started.
Not to defend the choice too much but Shaw could and should have had us 1-0 up a few minutes before Villa's first, except she was stationing herself so deep that she had to cover an extra 10 or 20 yards and couldn't reach Hemp's cross from a tap-in. Can't see how that wouldn't have changed the game tbh.
 
Think it would have been a totally different outcome if he'd have started with Deyna instead of Bunny, also Raso should have started.
The team had just gone 3-2 up and then he takes Kelly off and it goes back to shit. The back 5 were quite appalling in and out of possession. I know it's 1 game but Houghton looked very poor.
Still, losing a midfield of Stanway, Walsh and Weir shows City will struggle for top 3 or 4
 
Threadbare in central midfield and no decent striker to hold the ball up and finish. Feel a bit sad for the likes of Hemp having to watch good players depart and the team disintegrate around her. The whole set up seems, at best, very complacent.
Hemp and Kelly are probably checking that their passports are up to date and ready for that January 2023 transfer window.
 
Shit happens, but it's how you respond. Worst thing for me about today (and there were a few) is that after going 4-3 down we created nothing and Villa looked more likely to score. Really disappointing.

It's not all on Taylor, he did t misplace the passes and play like shit in goal. But his subs were a bit odd and we lost all shape when chasing the game. Poor.
Yep you are right the last 10 minutes plus injury time was a disgrace.

Don't kid yourself about Taylor - Villa were missing key players, we had no injury concerns yet he picked the wrong side to start - yet we came out second half and suddenly Kelly (& others) turned up and was starting to cause them problems so clueless takes her off. Our defence as a unit (inc the keeper) were so poor - imagine what will happen when we play a top side. This was a chance for him to lay down a marker of the future - Why bring in Losada to control passing and not play her. Why tell your fullbacks to charge forward and don't even think about positioning, why change the team just when things start to click..In short we lost this game due to an inept coach and players not buying into a system he wants to play. It would be like asking Fleetwood Town to play the Pep way against Bayern Munich and hope they win - just play to your strengths.

Greenwood & Steph lost possession so many times by dithering on the ball and 2 of their goals came directly from errors in slow build up. This team will do nothing until they change the coach. The club backed him above players and that is turning out to be a bad call. TAYLOR OUT!
 
Trying to mirror the mens team too much, without the players to do so. Too many uncomfortable with the ball at their feet. Passing along the back four with 30 secs to go is ridiculously stupid. Without Hemp & Kelly we’d be in deep trouble. Can’t lay it all on Taylor, he’s not responsible for Morgan going walkabout, Roebuck playing like she’s never played in goal before and Shaw being bang average. Long season ahead
 
Our next match is on Sunday 25/09/22 and we are playing…….
CHELSEA (Away)
Could be rather interesting…………
 
The team that started today hadn't played together at all in pre-season or either of the CL qualifying games. We needed more control in the middle of the park yet Losada was an unused sub. Looked absolutely bereft of ideas other than give it to Hemp and let her run down blind alleys. We have regressed so badly.
 

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