Leicester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[aj2k77]

Hutton's not the greatest fullback we've had but he's a damn sight more solid than that fucker Bacuna.

[Matt Collins]

If we take a step back there are positives. They are in great form and yet we could easily have had four goals. That first half performance grew into a very good one. And two amazing goals. We've got three very talented attacking midfielders (maybe four with Veretout). I think Richards is doing really well and Lescott looked good though he did fuck up for the corner they scored from.

But the negatives are as expressed elsewhere. Such a needless defeat.

I never want to hear villa fans singing Ole again. Especially not against Leicester.

[ChicagoLion]

he's blaming player errors, not his own tactics!

Then the Guy is as fukin ddelusional as Lambert became, we go again

[mike]

This sums up why I've stopped bothering with the Villa like I used to. Thank goodness I've stopped checking the score until the end. We are the new Wigan and one year we will go down. Difference is that Wigan were a club that did well to play at that level and can be proud of staying up so long. Well done to Swansea, Stoke, Palace, Leicester, Southampton etc because you have had none of the massive advantages Villa have had - money, stadium, training facilities, fan base - but you've built a solid team which will most likely finish above the mighty Villa.

[Brend'Watkins]

If we take a step back there are positives. They are in great form and yet we could easily have had four goals. That first half performance grew into a very good one. And two amazing goals. We've got three very talented attacking midfielders (maybe four with Veretout). I think Richards is doing really well and Lescott looked good though he did fuck up for the corner they scored from.

But the negatives are as expressed elsewhere. Such a needless defeat.

I never want to hear villa fans singing Ole again. Especially not against Leicester.

I agree we should have had 4 goals.  It's probably the only way we could have won this game as we were spent after 60 mins.

[Matt Collins]

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood, speaking to BBC Sport: " I’ve never felt this bad. Ever. There was a lot of bad play there in the last half hour. The only way you can stop the momentum is to stop the opposition. We turned it over stupidly.

"What can I say? I’m gutted for everyone who’s associated with the football club. We have to stop letting in soft goals.Who cares if we played well? We lost. Totally lost.

"The players are as disappointed as I am. They are a good group.We just have to stop the errors -  sooner rather than later. We’ve got two big derbies coming up, so we’ll make sure we are right for them.We played some good stuff but we've come away with nothing."

[SamTheMouse]

What I don't get is when he tells Wilkins he's - frankly bizarrely - thinking of taking Gil off and bringing Ayew on, what the fuck does Wilkins say?

"great idea, Tim"?

Really?

The players have their share of the blame but Sherwood scares me to death with some of these shit decisions.

I was far from convinced by him before the season started but am less so, week on week.

I thought we were getting Wilkins. It looks more like we ended up with Phil Neal.

[London Villan]

It was won at 2-0. Shut up shop, bore them to tears, waste time, make some subs. We had 27 minutes to see out and hold on. Shouldn't be too difficult.

[aj2k77]

This sums up why I've stopped bothering with the Villa like I used to. Thank goodness I've stopped checking the score until the end. We are the new Wigan and one year we will go down. Difference is that Wigan were a club that did well to play at that level and can be proud of staying up so long. Well done to Swansea, Stoke, Palace, Leicester, Southampton etc because you have had none of the massive advantages Villa have had - money, stadium, training facilities, fan base - but you've built a solid team which will most likely finish above the mighty Villa.

They've all made solid managerial appointments mate.

We've gone from a relegated manager, to someone out of football with heart problems, to someone with 1 yr experience with a small club in the top flight, to someone with 6 months experience in the top flight.

For a club who have been in the top flight for a long time, with a huge stadium, good income, big fan base and fantastic honours list we don't half act like a fucking two bob club sometimes with how low we aim on the managerial tree.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sanchez and Grealish were completely non-existant in the second half.

I thought Grealish was one of the worst out there second half. Casually gave the ball away countless times and as for Bacuna, the less said the better.

[Steve R]

Sherwood still doesn't get it. He's just said the game was won at 2-0. His complete arrogance and stupidity to bring on Ayew to get some game time is unmatched. He blames the players for giving the ball away but fails to understand it was his tactics that put unnecessary pressure on them to begin with.

If that is what he genuinely believes then the same thing will happen again and again.

[GarTomas]

Very poor retention of the ball in the 2nd half.

[Sexual Ealing]

If Carlos Sanchez was a better player we'd have win. And obviously if Sherwood was a better manager we'd have won.

[aj2k77]

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood, speaking to BBC Sport: " I’ve never felt this bad. Ever. There was a lot of bad play there in the last half hour. The only way you can stop the momentum is to stop the opposition. We turned it over stupidly.

"What can I say? I’m gutted for everyone who’s associated with the football club. We have to stop letting in soft goals.Who cares if we played well? We lost. Totally lost.

"The players are as disappointed as I am. They are a good group.We just have to stop the errors -  sooner rather than later. We’ve got two big derbies coming up, so we’ll make sure we are right for them.We played some good stuff but we've come away with nothing."

Tip for you here Tim. Don't play Bacuna in the local derbies he's a fucking headless pansy. We need to be solid in them and give nothing away.

[Villafirst]

Pity Gana was injured today. I'd certainly play Okore at RB when fit - those 2 will make us a lot more solid. Nevertheless, he should have brought Clark or Veretout on for Gil not Ayew.