Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

oday was a dreadful match but than again I said the same thing two weeks ago v Stoke.
OK today was shockingly dreadful.
Shocking that we once again failed to  beat Wigan.
Shocking that we almost created no chances.
Shocking that playing at home we only had two corners and both in the second half.
Shocking that we dropped another two points.
Shocking that we have only picked up 42 points from 36 games specially after spending £30m  in January.
Shocking that we have picked up 2 out of 9 points  including 2 home games since GMAC has been in charge.

PLEASE Randy get rid of this Coach as soon as season ends PLEASE.
However no doubt someone will regard this a knee jerk reaction!

[frank]

If I watch another match like that I will start wondering whether I can really be bothered.

I found it a genuinely stressful experience.

I don't think I've experienced stress for some weeks now, Damon, just resignation, boredom and a mild interest in how Blackpool, West Ham etc are doing. That it should come to this!

[Irish villain]

Sacking this management team would not be a knee jerk reaction it'd be the only sensible thing left for Randy to do.

[luke25]

That was hidious, our movement off the ball is attrocious, what do we do in training all week? I can only presume we practice passing the ball from side to side because thats all we ever do. Ive never been so bored in a game of football in mu life, we'd be better off picking 11 of us for the remaining two games because those ****** are already on there holidays, At this moment in time I genuinly can't be arsed with it again next season.

[villaparkb6]

CACK!!!

[Karlos96]

Utter drivel I can't remember the last time I actually saw a decent game down there.  They were all shite apart from Reo Coker and Downing.  It's laughable how they make out the Premiership it the best in the world what a joke.  All I see is players on both sides who can't control the ball, can't pass to someone stood in bloody front of them, no movement, no bloody ideas.  The shitness of this season was summed up in one moment today - that fat tub of lard hoofing the ball 40 yards to give Wigan a corner.  There is serious work needed with that team needed from the management downwards.

[Chris Smith]

Not going to mention the game other than to say I was bored to tears.

Wanted to mention the lads in L2 who got off their arses and whipped up some atmosphere for the last 15 minutes. Well done, the players don't deserve you.

[Rigadon]

As witless a performance as Wolves, Sunderland etc etc etc etc.  Awful.

Depressing to see Albrighton look so lacking in confidence.  He shouldn't play again this season for his own sake.

[Percy McCarthy]

What we need is a manager that the players will be scared of.  This lot are piss takers of the highest order.

Exactly. Any side containing Bent, Downing, Ireland and Makoun, all busting a gut and playing to their full potential because they're shit scared of the manager, would be very good going forward. Then all we'd need is a solid base behind them.

[saunders_heroes]

Albrighton was a waste of feckin space, just like he's been since Christmas. We shouldn't play with two wingers, it puts too much pressure on the midfield.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

The only players worth keeping are Walker, Makoun, Reo Coker (conditional), Downing, A.Young (although he's off), Downing, Albrighton, Bent and Gabby.

Apart from most of the kids - Friedel, L Young, Dunne, Collins, Petrov, Pires, Ireland and Heskey can fuck off.

On this basis the squad needs a total overhaul.

It's going to be a massive job for the new Manager.

[saunders_heroes]

Not too fussed about Walker. Decent coming forward but crap at the back.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Not too fussed about Walker. Decent coming forward but crap at the back.

A winger trapped in a right back's body.

[Monty]

We got the tactics wrong first half and the personnel wrong second. The 4-4-2 we started with was like looking at some horrific parody of our MON-ball days - no movement, no options on the ball for the midfield two who were hopelessly swamped by Wigan's midfield three. Second half, Albrighton came on for Heskey and we went 4-2-3-1, but that didn't work as Ash spent so much time getting as far away as he could from the midfield two that we may as well have stuck with the same system - besides which, the deep midfield two had no creativity and, apart from Downing and possibly Bent, nobody seemed to have the intelligence to know how to move off the ball.

This situation cried out for a creative midfielder to come off the bench (or tbh, to start). And yet when G Mac looked at his subs the most creative player he saw was the same Robert Pires who'd essentially lost the game last week. If he didn't bring on Pires in that situation yesterday he was never going to bring him on - then why select him ahead of Bannan? I thought we were crying out for Bannan yesterday, someone to help keep the ball, dictate the tempo of passing and create chances. His non-selection was foolish.

[damon loves JT]

On that showing we will struggle to sell season tickets.