Aston Villa post match - 2-1 loss

[Fightforever]

We need a manager in by Saturday that team selection was attrocious. Mendy and Ndidi in the same midfield will never work Puel tried that for years.

[Foxdiamond]

3 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

The stench of decay hangs over our performances.

 

Who amongst us thought we would hold out for a point?

 

If you did, you probably haven't watched us since the Pandemic.

 

 

Sums us up

[Md9]

Surely nacho has to start he is the only one of the 3 tht actually scores any more. Bournemouth is the biggest game we have had for years win and we stand a small chance lose and it’s over and can’t see us coming back from that 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

We can't afford to be missing gilt-edged stuff like that Souttar header early on when we're so prone to folding like a house of cards in the last ten minutes of games. Lost count of how many times this has happened over the past couple of seasons, flakiest side in the bloody league.

 

Whole world and his dog knows Vardy can't be starting games any more let alone getting 70 minutes; it's not disrespectful to concede that at 36. Castagne looks lost 90% of the time, Ndidi is barely a shadow of himself from a few seasons ago, considering he's meant to be relatively conservative and reliable with the ball Mendy has a rancid habit of simply passing it to the opposition about 20/25 yards out, and the energy and bite, arguably the main positives of KDH's game have gone out the window, the guy looks like he's running in sand half the time.

 

Barnes was good and I thought Kristiansen was alright bar the odd moment. Faes played some alright passes.

 

But we are doomed, unfortunately. Absolutely none of this lot are up for it.

[RowlattsFox]

I can't believe anyone thinks that was better than anything under Rodgers. In fact it was a typical Rodgers game. 

[Kitchandro]

We need a motivator to come in before the next match or we are done.

 

These two caretakers are absolutely useless (negative line-up and no changes for 70 minutes) and the players are lacking in any self-belief or fight. Which has been drummed into them for a long time.

 

We needed the antithesis of Rodgers tonight and we got pretty much the same thing. We are just waiting to lose.

 

If that antithesis doesn’t walk through the front door before the next match, there will be no picking this team up after.

[blueharmie]

It's like watching death creep up on an old relative.

 

This is grim .

[yorkie1999]

Terrible footballers , ten men and still trying to play it out from the back! How Fvckin dumb can you get? And why even start a past it stricker who spends the whole game pointing at the grass. 

[Gevans_97]

Not a lot can change in 48 hours. Villa 3rd in the form table since Nov. 2 points from safety. That was crap but let’s not give up. Long way to go folks. 

[RobHawk]

Let's just beat Bournemouth and rejoin the positivity train. 

 

That feels alot more painful because we thought we had the pen at then end, which was rightly chalked out. 

 

I saw alot more desire from the players tonight, maybe too much in kdh case. But the villa are flying in the league, and I thought we deserved at least a point. 

[moore_94]

Graham Scott can suck my nut sack

 

Every 50/50 or where he didn’t even know like that foul towards the end he tried to give to them

 

How they didn’t get a single yellow card that game as well is unbelievable

[elvisfmcfly]

3 minutes ago, mowmacrefox said:

Leicester players hold your heads in shame

Is that the opposite to hang your head high?

[Diffco]

2 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

I'm struggling with so many things, I'm sure Ndidi was once the most courted CDM in Europe after Kante.

 

KDH was our next local superstar.

 

Castagne was Mr reliable

 

Wtf is happening 

Brodgitis of the brain 

[purpleronnie]

One of the problems is whenever its a close game we never look like the team that will go on to win it, the opposite in fact we always look like losing at the end, its a poor mentality that perpetuates throughout our squad which doesnt bode well for the run in.

[21st Century Fox]

I hope Brendan had a nice evening.

 

[jayfox26]

This season is grim. Next season with no Maddison, Tielemans and probably Barnes is utterly terrifying. We have some seriously bad players 

[Fox85]

4 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

KDH was going to be subbed the next time it went out of play. It went out on PA that he had been subbed.

It was to late....

 

This stage in the game during a relegation battle if a player is booked in the 2nd half they need to be subbed off immediately.

 

Only amatuers would gamble and keep playing them.

 

 

Edited 4 April 2023 by Fox85

[Buzzell]

We are fvcked.

[Chrysalis]

Thread started before FT?

 

Anyway,  I think is a lot of work to do, can see the defensive organisation has improved, and the more direct play been beneficial, but confidence is so low and the red card made us go all in defensive.

 

Need more games than Top has given us, Rodgers sacked about 20 games too late.

[Nod.E]

Just play Maddison through the middle. Play Ricardo right wing if that's what we need to do to facilitate it. Don't play N'didi, especially not with Mendy. And play Iheanacho. 

 

Give us a fighting chance from the start.

 

Why can most fans see these things but Rodgers and now the caretakers can't?

[Leicesterpool]

Just shows what happens where you leave it too late, Villa sacked Gerrard sitting 17th 2 points above bottom. Now 9 games to go there sitting just six points off 4th! While we did nothing for months, and still second from bottom. 

 

Even if we performed a miracle and stayed up, next season will be worse Maddison and Tielemans gone. Can't see us getting any decent replacements with the limited means.

Edited 4 April 2023 by Leicesterpool

[CrazyKopCorner]

Let’s face it the majority of this team have been crap. Apart from Barnes and Maddison the rest have been between crap and atrocious. 

[Nalis]

Why would the players be motivated?  The decent ones will leave in the summer anyway and the crap ones are stuck on juicy contracts regardless of what leave we're in

[Tom12345]

5 minutes ago, jim5000 said:

Unless we get an amazing manager is, the squad just don’t have the ability.

 

Crap defence, poor set of keepers, without Tielemans the midfield is championship standard, and our only decent forward - Nacho - can’t get a game.

They still don’t see it. As soon as you put Ndidi in the squad, any midfield turns into championship standard because everyone has to compensate for this player who cannot control the ball, who cannot pass and as I mentioned in many previous posts who likes to jog around next to opposition players and hide behind them so his teammate cannot pass to him. 

 

Any manager or management team that puts him in, like today, immediately loses my confidence.

[Mike Oxlong]

The Rogers teams have been the biggest bunch of bottlers I can remember in my time supporting the club. Mentally weak and making the same mistakes time and again.