Match Thread | Aston Villa vs. Man City (21/12/24)

[Mr Blue Moon]

We’re allowing ourselves to be bullied by teams. Need a Rodri/Fernandinho type to give them shit back with interest

 

[decmancity]

You think he is not trying ? He is a winner not a wimp

Oh no I dont doubt it, hes just finished. an old man playing a young mans game. He must just have some comprimising photos of pep to keep getting picked.

 

[Don Karleone]

Gundo has to come off if we want any chance of getting something

 

[ufo]

pep will eat their balls
1-3 city

 

[Bluemoonie92]

And you're surprised?

Like watching a primary school team all chase the ball

 

[madloaf]

Need a moment of magic from Phil - nothing else happening. We are getting slower and less inventive by the week.

I think he has to play first.....oh wait ..he is playing.

 

[jollylescott]

We are getting outmuscled by almost every team we play.

 

[Gazza]

Too many ditherers in the team at the moment. If we don't attack faster, up the tempo, Villa will just wait for the moment to pick us off again.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

These players are trying. They genuinely are.

But they’re being asked to deploy tactics which are so detrimental to our chances of winning a football match.

 

[TonyM]

We are so tame and confused in attack again. Our tactics are old and our players are worn out.

Does Pep really think that we will score by continuing to do the same thing match after match?

Our methods rely these days on random individual moments of brilliance rather than a team at its top. That is typical of midtable PL teams.

We won't challenge again until either Pep changes his tactics or we get a new top manager.

This has very little to do with injuries imo. The injuries just exposed it to us imo.