Leicester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[The Edge]

I think it's all been said about TS bizarre choice of substitutions and tactical naivety when staring victory in the face. I'd just like to register my opinions on a couple of players. Firstly Guzan. Sherwood knew he couldn't trust him after his calamitous performance v man c last year, used Given thereafter yet for some reason chose not to replace in the summer.Guzan repaid his manager by allowing a fuckin midget to mug him off for the winner v Leicester.Second Sanchez. 99% a quality player but again T'S knows he can't trust him not to make a costly mistake EVERY game. Thirdly.Ayew.He @ 12 m? WTF?

Is Bono as much of a c*** in real life as he is on the TV?

[The Edge]

Couldn't give a shit about Bono. All I care about is AVFC

[fredm]

We've got enough coaches on board I firmly believe during game one of them should be sat up in the stands to get a better view of the play than being sat in the dugout where let's face it you can't see brilliantly the bigger picture.
I'd rather Robson or Wilkins in the stands with an earpiece into the dugout.

I'm still bloody fuming over this one. Pathetic.

Been saying this for donkeys years.  The perspective of how things are panning out on the pitch must be so much clearer from a seat higher up then being stood at ground level.  It doesn't have to be the manager, as he can still be stood down there shouting at the players, but could be the trusted lieutenant who can then relay his views down to the manager.  If I recall JG when he got his touchline ban said it opened his eyes sitting up there and gave him a completely different insight into what was happening on the pitch.  However, all managers are actors really and think they have to be in the public eye at all times so you won't see many in the stands.

[Chris Jameson]

Couldn't give a shit about Bono. All I care about is AVFC

Might be worth changing your username as it will cause havoc on here with people's internal jukeboxes.

[Dave]

As somebody else commented, we were caught yesterday with not good options from the bench.  Having lost Gana, we had no defensive midfield cover for Sanchez and Westwood who would tire as the game progressed.  Sherwood should have had a plan for this eventuality as it would have been a high probability.  Rightly in my opinion, somebody commented that Veretout being thrown on in that position would have been the equivalent of throwing Ayew into the game.  We are still short in central midfield when we have injuries, so there has to be another plan. 

How is that then? If you're happy to accept that we were missing additional presence in central midfield, why would putting a highly-rated, energetic central midfielder on be the equivalent of putting a wide-forward on?

Clark (as you mention) and Richardson have both played that position for us in the past as well. Ayew didn't come on because there was no central midfield options on the bench, he came on because Sherwood didn't think that the central midfield needed strengthening.

And a minor point - we didn't necessarily need to replace either Sanchez or Westwood, we needed to give them additional help. Veretout running around or even Richardson just chasing Mahrez would have made things much easier for them. See West Ham last night. 2-0 up after an hour, take off Lanzini and stick another defensive midfielder on. See the game out at 2-0.

[Chris Jameson]

Just as I was calming down I saw a quote from Sherwood congratulating Ranieri on "making the changes". I'm sure Leicester feel the same way about Sherwood.

[Des Little]

We've got enough coaches on board I firmly believe during game one of them should be sat up in the stands to get a better view of the play than being sat in the dugout where let's face it you can't see brilliantly the bigger picture.
I'd rather Robson or Wilkins in the stands with an earpiece into the dugout.

I'm still bloody fuming over this one. Pathetic.

Been saying this for donkeys years.  The perspective of how things are panning out on the pitch must be so much clearer from a seat higher up then being stood at ground level.  It doesn't have to be the manager, as he can still be stood down there shouting at the players, but could be the trusted lieutenant who can then relay his views down to the manager.  If I recall JG when he got his touchline ban said it opened his eyes sitting up there and gave him a completely different insight into what was happening on the pitch.  However, all managers are actors really and think they have to be in the public eye at all times so you won't see many in the stands.

I'd had 6 pints and was stood right at the back of the stand and even I could see the problem.

[Holte L2]

I think it's all been said about TS bizarre choice of substitutions and tactical naivety when staring victory in the face. I'd just like to register my opinions on a couple of players. Firstly Guzan. Sherwood knew he couldn't trust him after his calamitous performance v man c last year, used Given thereafter yet for some reason chose not to replace in the summer.Guzan repaid his manager by allowing a fuckin midget to mug him off for the winner v Leicester.Second Sanchez. 99% a quality player but again T'S knows he can't trust him not to make a costly mistake EVERY game. Thirdly.Ayew.He @ 12 m? WTF?

Is Bono as much of a c*** in real life as he is on the TV?

Sanchez was doing two peoples jobs in the middle of the park after Leicester brought another winger on.  All the more reason why we should have brought Veretout on.  I still don't see why Westwood is getting regular football.

[Percy McCarthy]

Anyone watching MNF on Sky would just have seen Carragher give us a proper schooling on tactical naivety at 2-1 up... Westwood so recklessly attack-minded it's illogical, gap to Sanchez huge and meant our individual errors in giving balls away for 2nd and 3rd goals were compounded. That's where Wilkins on board should be our strength, recognising and preventing that

I've recorded it. I had a feeling we'd get slated.

[The Edge]

Couldn't give a shit about Bono. All I care about is AVFC

Might be worth changing your username as it will cause havoc on here with people's internal jukeboxes.

[The Edge]

It's a nickname. Relates to my surname. It's never been a problem before. I might have told change it rather keep answering non Villa related questions. 

[ChicagoLion]

It's a nickname. Relates to my surname. It's never been a problem before. I might have told change it rather keep answering non Villa related questions. 

Yeh.     Why not change it to Bono?

[mr underhill]

cut it out U2.

[Big Dick Edwards]

cut it out U2.

Please

[villa `cross the mersey]

cut it out U2.

made me chortle