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

[skillman]

Walker is a fucking coward. He’d rather slide and dive in than run back and track a runner.

Shit. And he’s captain!

 

[blue moony]

Peps turned into prime Ian Holloway

 

[Bluesince1979]

I think you're a reactionary, and you want him to be a reactionary. It's like the early parts of his career with us when people were saying he needed to get Big Sam in as a defensive coach. His "stubbornness" wins titles, more titles than any manager in the history of the game, and this is what the stubbornness looks like when playing with a depleted, tired squad. If you want 6 in 8 then this, what is happening right now, is a potential outcome in one of the 2.

I give up

 

[ScottSinclair]

Surely must hurt these serial winners to be this shit. Doubt we get a documentary this year

 

[madloaf]

We have to be the worst tackling team on the planet, I swear under 15 teams can tackle better.

Under 15 teams run. And try to score. There are many ways we're worse than an under 15 team right now

 

[M23 Citizen]

I know we love that kit....but has anyone considered that we can only play like a division 2 side when wearing it?

I don’t love that kit. It was shit in 1999 and it’s shit now.

 

[jamielowndes]

No matter how much we all don’t want it to be, it’s hard not to think this is not in some way linked to the 115. A downturn in form of this proportion is really hard to explain.

Mental exhaustion is just as much an issue as the physical. And the team is physically exhausted on top of that.

 

[RayCTID]

You don’t really believe that do you?

We have done a lot better than expected. 9 shots on their goal suggests otherwise.

 

[stan bowles]

Pep looks so passive...like games just pass him by. He used to be so animated and like he kicked every ball. Constantly in the ear of his players. Now he's just stays sat down dumbfounded by what he's watching.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Ortega has kept this from being an apocalyptic battering.