Aston Villa vs Swansea post match thread

[paul_e]

I feel sorry for Jordan Ayew, and I've certainly changed my view of him over the past few games. From the very first match away at Bournemouth he has been played out of position for a large percentage of the time he's spent on the pitch. He's clearly got some ball skills but too many times today he seemed to have no-one in support when he had the ball. To cap it all, once Adama came on he had to move to the left to accommodate him. We need to be playing our better players in their best positions.

The left side of a front 3 is his best position I think, if you watch all the highlights of him a lot of his goals seem to come from there.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Ayew is feeling it hard, going by his post match comments:

"Every week it's the same thing, we play good football but we never win"

 

I saw him talking to his brother on the pitch after the final whistle and he looked unconsolable.

I feel for him. I feel for us.

[Rudy65]

I feel sorry for Jordan Ayew, and I've certainly changed my view of him over the past few games. From the very first match away at Bournemouth he has been played out of position for a large percentage of the time he's spent on the pitch. He's clearly got some ball skills but too many times today he seemed to have no-one in support when he had the ball. To cap it all, once Adama came on he had to move to the left to accommodate him. We need to be playing our better players in their best positions.

Exactly BC. I think there is a player in there. As for Gestade, he looks really, really poor. As I said a month or so ago, I can see Gestade back in the championship to Blackburn for £2m next season. unfortunately we might be playing against him

[Jimmy Buffett]

It feels like 1969/70 all over again.

[myf]

Some of Sherwood after match comments are very unprofessional and naive and shirking responsibility.
I think if a new manager came in he could actually get more from the players than Sherwood so its an excuse to say about players not being quite good enough. True honesty would be to admit Sherwood didn't get it quite right now cand again rather than blaming players.
Imagine Sherwood saying that
Instead he's defensive and somewhat arrogant in hius comments -

'I'm confident its good to be especially when some of the players out there aren't '

IN response to you must admit you're in a hole

'No I'm not . The club is in a hole'

Could those who went today say that villa were continuolosly on front foot and gave it a go ?? I'd like to know from people at game what the tempo and attacking impetus was like

Watched on tv and they looked ok going forward if a bit hesitant, as you'd expect after 5 defeats in the bounce. Gabby put a good chance wide, gestede fluffed a headed half chance and gabby couldn't quite get on the end of a bacuna low hard cross. Swansea were surprisingly quite open. . Ayew also smashed it straight at keeper from edge of box.

 We're just chronic at the back - slow and bad decision making. Giving the ball away and stupid fouls

[dutchvilla]

have they sacked him yet?

[four fornicholl]

conspiracy? randy certainly aint interested in us but JUST who is advising him?can he not see his investment going down the shithole?
"no mr lerner,lets give him another 10 games,if we lose 8 its ok,we then only need to win all our games(guessing a bit there)"
it is absolutely imperative we stay in the pl this season and for that to happen randy has to grow some balls,take the bull by the horns,get rid of tim (and others) and spend some dollar on a tactically aware manager who will keep us up,even if he can only piss with the cock hes got!!








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[Witton Warrior]

I could have gone to Stourbridge today in the FA Cup.
Walked up, had a couple of pints, watched them beat Kiddy 3-0 and walked home happy for a tenner...

[villan from luton]

Just look at who was not in the 18 today, Veretout, Clark, Okore and Kozak. Is the squad that bad? The manager is a fecking joke, that team selection was a joke and his lack of subbing a very tired left back was the last straw for me and cost us the game as Swansea started targeting us there

[LeeB]

I feel sorry for Jordan Ayew, and I've certainly changed my view of him over the past few games. From the very first match away at Bournemouth he has been played out of position for a large percentage of the time he's spent on the pitch. He's clearly got some ball skills but too many times today he seemed to have no-one in support when he had the ball. To cap it all, once Adama came on he had to move to the left to accommodate him. We need to be playing our better players in their best positions.

That's indicitive of our shit squad balance. We're trying to shoehorn our better players into three positions behind our one and only (according to the manager) centre forward, who happens to be shit.

Meanwhile, every single game we have to field a shit keeper, a shit right back, one shit centre half a a shit central midfielder.

That is why we're fucked.

[Jimmy Buffett]

Tried so hard to back TS, flying in the face of overwhelming opinion.

But when he says he has a fully fit squad to pick from and picks Lescott, Richardson, Gabby, Bacuna and Gestede to start, the game is up.

I mean, Gestede is an awful, awful player but for fucks sake, his ONE attribute is heading the ball in dangerous areas in the box. So his supply line today is what? Picking Richardson over Amavi is the final straw for me.

I don't actually think we deserved to lose today, but we've lost to the worst Swansea team I've seen in years.

We always find a way to lose, it's just in our DNA.

That team is gone. I don't honestly think there's an available manager out there who can save us. We're fucked, were as good as in the Championship and we'll need very sensible decisions to make sure we don't become the next Leeds / Sheffield Wed when the inevitable happens.

I'm gutted, and just sick to death of seeing us lose like this.

Absolutely...The fear of becoming a 'forgotten great' like Leeds and Sheffield Wed is staring us in the face. If we go down there is no guarantee that we will bounce back given the seeming dysfunctionality that is now part of our DNA

[cdward]

.... But what is unfathomable is the decision to buy an immobile striker with a poor first touch who is simply not suited to the way the rest of the side are set up. Just demonstrates a complete lack of clear thinking in the summer.

Sinclair was not even on the bench, we have a quality goal scorer who is being left out for Gestede and Gabby. More evidence of a clueless manager.

[Des Little]

What was that formation? I still don't know and I spent 90 minutes trying to work it out.

[villan from luton]

What was that formation? I still don't know and I spent 90 minutes trying to work it out.

We had four at the back, the middle two, first half I don't think Ayew, Grealish or Gabby had a Scooby what to do or where to be. Second half, Gabby was on the left, Jack just behind the plank up front and Ayew was more on the right and I think he did well.

[Yossarian]

What was that formation? I still don't know and I spent 90 minutes trying to work it out.

Whatever you want it to be. Just use your imagination.