Aston Villa v Liverpool Post-Match Thread

[NiiLamptey]

Didnt think a liverpool win was fair result... just the laps in concentration for the first and penalty, you cant argue with decision, but that doesnt imply they destroyed us...

Our first 11 looks good to me and made a good account of themselves... Its ideas going forward when teams sit back we look clueless

[ROBBO]

Bannon should not have started the second half, totally useless and the manager has to take some of the blame for not ringing the changes earlier. Suarez was the difference without him Liverpool would be a very ordinary side.
Apart from Bentekes effort thought we were toothless going forward second half.

[Rigadon]

Unprofessional and naive. Days like this I dn't think we deserve to stay up when you see the fight from teams like Wigan and Southampton who take on the top teams and really go for it....for 90 minutes

That is what worries me.

We beat Reading and QPR but we never look like pulling off the sort of surprise result other teams around us can.

I dread to think this could go to the final day and the loser goes down, because I'd back us to lose that one, every time.

To be fair, all we have to do is to beat the teams around us to stay up.  If we can win the 6 pointers, we will survive. 

I've had about enough of Bannan in midfield.  His strength is supposed to be ball retention but he gives the ball away so often when under pressure.  Same for El Ahmadi.  What is the point of him?  I really don't know. 

[PaulWinch again]

Didnt think a liverpool win was fair result... just the laps in concentration for the first and penalty, you cant argue with decision, but that doesnt imply they destroyed us...

Our first 11 looks good to me and made a good account of themselves... Its ideas going forward when teams sit back we look clueless

They didn't destroy us, but they didn't need to they were unbelievably comfortable.

[cheadlevilla]

There are 5 players in that team that are good enough to play for us... The other 6 can bugger off to Notts County or some obscure club in Europe. If we do stay up we will need massive surgery

[VillaAlways]

First time Liverpool have come back to win since December 2011.Villa always happy to oblige

[PaulWinch again]

Bannan could easily of cost us with his idiotic lapses in concentration and Baker did.

[Greg N'Ash]

Very disappointed. Liverpool are always a team that can be got at, but we seemed to forget everything that worked well in the 1st half. Same story we've had for most of the season, Surely Lambert's had enough time to address the constant fucks ups?

"Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error"

[Billy Walker]

Unprofessional and naive. Days like this I don't think we deserve to stay up when you see the fight from teams like Wigan and Southampton who take on the top teams and really go for it....for 90 minutes

Wigan lost 4-0 at home to that lot a few weeks back!

A disappointing result - I was sure all week we would win this match  but Wigan's result putting us in the bottom three yesterday created a bit of nervousness to our play once more.

It's a cliche but we simply need to regroup and get ourselves focused again.  It's a mental battle and players, supporters and everyone connected with the club need to remain strong.

[rob_bridge]

We ppppppppp pick ourselved up and go again

[Steve R]

I was waiting for Agbonlahor to score. He  usually does when I'm sitting here thinking 'take him off he's been useless'.

Liverpool pressed us well and did a good job of finding space themselves. We should still have gone in at h-t 2 or 3 ahead.

It would help if the centre of the defence didn't part like  the red sea at regular intervals.

Ah well, not terminal. We still have plenty in us to stay up.

[Billy Walker]

We ppppppppp pick ourselved up and go again

We most certainly do.

[brontebilly]

Not often we would create 4 goal chances of the likes we created today. 2 sitters missed and Gerrard's clearance from Benteke's header was remarkable. We have some desperately poor footballers in our side and one of them cost us 2 points today. Liverpool didn't seem that bothered either to make things worse. Starting Bannan ahead of Delph is stupid but agreed with others, I don't see the point of El Ahmadi at all.

[avfc_1874]

Baker's naivety/over-commitment cost us.

Taking off Weimann pretty much muted our attacking play.

[PaulWinch again]

Bennett was decent today. File El Ahmadi under Holman in that he's absolutely pointless and criminally just ambles around doing nothing.