Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread

[David_Nab]

Horrific from Elmo and not for the first time

I also had that all 3 subs were hopeless when they came on meanwhile Leeds bring on an 18 year old who scores for them and causes constant problems.

Defence was shit but when likes of BB can't even pass in a straight line you are always inviting pressure also I have to question Smith a little by not doing something to counter the constant threat down there right hand side

[villa `cross the mersey]

VCTM jnr is celebrating his 18th birthday this weekend - thanks Villa for doing what you do so well and fucking  up an otherwise great weekend - promotion ? No fucking chance

[taylorsworkrate]

Deserved absolutely nothing from the game and got nothing.
Final score flatters us. Leeds should have had 6 or 7 today. Defensively we are an utter disgrace, any decent team will rip us apart and we will not be anywhere near going up this year unless there is a MASSIVE rebuild of the defensive unit in January.

Even then we are probably too far back now.

[PaulWinch again]

You’re not going to get promoted, auto or not, if you concede at least 2 goals every fucking week.

[Axl Rose]

So shit second half. Nobody comes away with any credit.

Leeds are 'mince' my arse. Slightly better than we are. We miss Grealish, hugely.

Fullback's are shit.

Fuming. Drunk. Fuck off

[ChicagoLion]

I think that Smiths use of subs was out of the Bruce playbook.
Some shocking decision making.
Nyland you are allowed to come off your line for corners.
Kodija, you are allowed to track back.
Bolasie, god gave you a left foot.
Hutton it’s not your fault but you are passed your sell by date.
Elmo see Hutton.
And Hogan totally pointless.

[eamonn]

Smith's in-game tactics as shite as Bruce's today.

[Toronto Villa]

Dean Smith even if he wanted to adopt a more defensive approach has just no options to work with. He’s having to use that useles cock Whelan because BB and Jedinak have both been out. He’s lost Grealish who took pressure off the back four by bringing it out and drawing players to him and soaking up time and pressure. And McGinn can’t do it all. The keeper is a fucking shitting puppy with no command of his penalty box or of the players around him. And our experienced defenders are just bollocks.

[PaulWinch again]

Both fullbacks constantly showed their wingers onto their stronger foot.

[garyshawsknee]

Gifted them 3 goals, but apart from patches they run the game, dominated midfield, exposed our weak full backs, centre backs not much better. Lots of work to do in the January transfer window.

[taylorsworkrate]

Dean Smith has to take some responsibility for not changing the system at half time. Yes we were 2-0 up but we were already being ripped to shreds and had been incredibly lucky not to concede numerous times.

He should have changed it at HT

[Toronto Villa]

Smith's in-game tactics as shite as Bruce's today.

What options did he have exactly? Not saying he couldn’t have done other things but when your experienced defenders make astonishingly poor decisions then what does it matter what tactics you employ?

[myf]

sickening. the amount of points we've dropped this year is incredible

[Jon Crofts]

2-0 up and we never looked comfortable.

I really hope Leeds fuck it up because their fans are worse than the noses.

[PaulWinch again]

Keeper has no command of his box, but in fairness part of that is the utter pathetic efforts from the defence. Jansson should never have won that header for their second.