Swansea City v The Nearly Dead and Buried Aston Villa (R) Post-Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

Seeing as Gestede is our only option up front, the fact we aren't just playing two players outwide and putting in crosses all game is ridiculous.

I said the same in the match thread. That team selection today was atrocious.

But then again what was the alternative? Gabby? You're right if we are playing Gestede we need to cross the ball. But then if both wingers are injured it limits that option too. Gabby is a fat fucking waste of space and Gestede is hugely limited in what he can do. Ayew is an inside forward at best. Garde is really fucked in that department and it must be depressing to be a midfielder at Villa right knowing full well none of the forwards are any good at all.

[rougegorge]

There's not one player I'd be gutted to see leave.

ive been saying this for months.

Exactly. Why would I  want to see any of these players stay when they've heaped humiliation and embarrassment on the club and the fans, and subjected us to what will turn out as the worst season of our history.

[PaulWinch again]

Let this season end now. So bored of it.

[villadelph]

Remi needs to go now. Sorry but just not up to it.

Given the fact that Hollis essentially said no one is safe I expect he'll be gone soon. He won't be able to handle the style of play necessary in the Championship anyway.

Barring Jack and Jordan Amavi I don't really care who goes.

are those two benefiting by getting better the less they play?

Grealish has been dog awful this season and Amavi cost us multiple points by jumping out of physical contact early in the season

if they both spend the summer growing a pair then sure their ability will stand out in the second division

You mean the two kids that are better than anyone in our team?

[ciggiesnbeer]

Seeing as Gestede is our only option up front, the fact we aren't just playing two players outwide and putting in crosses all game is ridiculous.

I said the same in the match thread. That team selection today was atrocious.

But then again what was the alternative? Gabby? You're right if we are playing Gestede we need to cross the ball. But then if both wingers are injured it limits that option too. Gabby is a fat fucking waste of space and Gestede is hugely limited in what he can do. Ayew is an inside forward at best. Garde is really fucked in that department and it must be depressing to be a midfielder at Villa right knowing full well none of the forwards are any good at all.

Then he could have done a Del Bosque. When he had no forwards good enough for his team he just replaced them with a flooded midfield and turned his midfield into a rotating attack. Alternately he could have done the replacement by defenders and parked the bus by grinding out some nil nil draws or nicking goals from very drilled set pieces. The fact that not even our set peices have improved really is inexcusable.

Garde is meant to be a modern football manager. You adjust your tactics to what you have, drill your team the way you want, show some improvment over time. He has not done much of that at all unfortunately.

[charleeco7]

We have been shocking for years and kept up by a quality centre forward, something we no longer have

[Toronto Villa]

Off course he could have tried other things. It also goes back to what he found when he got to the club and exactly how much damage had been done to team chemistry? How responsive were the players to coaching? Did he have the talent to try new things? Not having a good forward really limits things. And when you throw in a shit goalkeeper and a CB and team captain who didn't give a flying fuck then trying to be tactically astute falls on deaf ears.

[villadelph]

Off course he could have tried other things. It also goes back to what he found when he got to the club and exactly how much damage had been done to team chemistry? How responsive were the players to coaching? Did he have the talent to try new things? Not having a good forward really limits things. And when you throw in a shit goalkeeper and a CB and team captain who didn't give a flying fuck then trying to be tactically astute falls on deaf ears.

I got the impression that he's been playing the "best" players given to him to make a point to Hollis. I don't think his current line-ups are what's best going forward considering our position but I'm sure he'll be gone in the summer anyways.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Four and a half months mate. You have got to show some improvement over that amount of time. Even if its "they are fitter" or "we now at least have good drilled set pieces" or "at least we play with an attractive style" or "at least we have a solid formation where everyone knows their position".

He has nothing to point to.

[PeterWithesShin]

Well we're definitely fitter than when Sherwood was here. It was ridiculous how unfit most of the squad looked even by the time he left after a quarter if the season.

[Smirker]

We want him out
Randy Lerner out
We just don't think you understand
From European nights
To going down without a fight
We want Randy Lerner out

Always think of Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart" when I hear that third line.

😂

[Ads]

I thought we played alright. Better than them anyway. We lack pace in midfield and a cutting edge.

Westwood his usual anonymous self, while hats off to Guzan for yet another goal he's gifted and with it three points. Them pair have got to go.

[jwarry]

a sad sight was sir Brian sat in the stands possibly wondering how did we get into this sorry mess thinking about all the great players that have worn OUR famous shirt and what they gave for the cause

Hang your heads in shame the lot of you

Possibly but don't forget the great man made his debut at 17 years old at our lowest ever period

[brian green]

The very worst position to have a truly shit, bag of nerves player is goalkeeper.  It permeates the whole side.  In the same way that a good keeper instills confidence, a bad one drains it away.

[Risso]

Seeing as Gestede is our only option up front, the fact we aren't just playing two players outwide and putting in crosses all game is ridiculous.

I said the same in the match thread. That team selection today was atrocious.

But then again what was the alternative? Gabby? You're right if we are playing Gestede we need to cross the ball. But then if both wingers are injured it limits that option too. Gabby is a fat fucking waste of space and Gestede is hugely limited in what he can do. Ayew is an inside forward at best. Garde is really fucked in that department and it must be depressing to be a midfielder at Villa right knowing full well none of the forwards are any good at all.

Gil one side, Sinclair the other. Would we have been any worse off with Westwood not on the pitch?