Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread

[Steve67]

I don't like Dean's griping.  They were better than us throughout, don't blame the official because had they done their job properly, Whelan's blatant handball gets punished too.   

Dean can only coach the players he has and he cannot make those players take the right decision.  Quite what the fuck Elmo was doing with that header at the end was schoolboy poor.  Chester, Bree and Hutton were poor as well.  Our midfielder has huge holes in it and McGinn cannot do it all on his own. 

Kodjia, El Ghazi, Hourihane, Elmo, Whelan and BB are so very inconsistent that we seem to take two steps forward and one step back.  The defence needs fresh blood and we are absolutely desperate for a quality, mobile central defensive midfielder.  We were done by the better side today and that's hard to take as it's to a horrible slag side.  Lots of injuries to cope with but even with them back in, we are NOT at the top table yet in terms of quality. We CAN still make the play off's but we need at least three or four more players to come in.

[Edvard Remberg]

On the plus side, whelan, nyland, hourihane  mcginn, abraham and Kodjia all played well

Tho I agree with the above. Without jack we do lack technical skills in midfield

Nyland.?
Rooted to the line too often.
The corner they scored from was inside the 6 yard box.

Are you kidding? Jesus - blame where blame should be. Keeper was not at fault today, could have won us the game with that throw where hogan somehow stopped running

[Toronto Villa]

We never seem to do it when we've got a full house. Agree with poster above- very poor/non existent game management.

What’s the attendance got to do with it? If we had 36000 today would it have stopped our defenders making stupid errors?

[Edvard Remberg]

I don't like Dean's griping.  They were better than us throughout, don't blame the official because had they done their job properly, Whelan's blatant handball gets punished too.   

Dean can only coach the players he has and he cannot make those players take the right decision.  Quite what the fuck Elmo was doing with that header at the end was schoolboy poor.  Chester, Bree and Hutton were poor as well.  Our midfielder has huge holes in it and McGinn cannot do it all on his own. 

Kodjia, El Ghazi, Hourihane, Elmo, Whelan and BB are so very inconsistent that we seem to take two steps forward and one step back.  The defence needs fresh blood and we are absolutely desperate for a quality, mobile central defensive midfielder.  We were done by the better side today and that's hard to take as it's to a horrible slag side.  Lots of injuries to cope with but even with them back in, we are NOT at the top table yet in terms of quality. We CAN still make the play off's but we need at least three or four more players to come in.

Elmo's header might as well been a leeds player setting up his own player

[Villa Lew]

Apparently now 17 points lost, from a leading position, dreadful. Their winner, came from us having them trapped in their corner, a shocker from Elmo gave them a gift, whole defence were terrible today. Nearly everytime, it seemed, when we went forward, we gave the ball away. Leeds clearly the better team, they've got some very talented youngsters in their team.

Play offs at best 50 - 50.

[ChicagoLion]

What a load of shite. That fucking defence, utter bollocks. And bringing Bjarnason and Hogan on? Hope he never does that again. Pair of non-footballer twats. Raffle winners to play for a day.

I was ok with bringing Batney on if it as to add to get some extra legs in midfield, but he kept the same system and we were getting exposed so it made no difference.
Hogan is just a complete waste of a sub, particularly under those circumstances, awful decision.

[clash city rocker]

Hutton, Elmo, Whelan and Hourihane. Utter, utter shite.

Positives

None.

Negatives

Out played and battered senseless at home by an injury ravaged side, live in front of the nation in the 2nd division.

Smith. Utter inept. What part of 90 minutes of being bossed by Joe Allan made him think Connor "I'm not really here" Hourihane was capable of doing anything to stop Leeds and their movement.

The full backs; shocking. Hutton, while I appreciate he's on the wrong side, he is shocking.

Elmo. Never wear a Villa shirt again. Fucking chronic. Molested by an 18 year old.

To let Clark run fucking embarrassing. The header for the winner. Fuck off. Utterly fucking shit.

Whelan. You're too slow on the ball and too slow off the ball. They ran between the lines all day long. And you, Whelan, you pedestrian twat, are fucking past it against sides who can move the ball.

Kodjia-why the fuck was he taken off? He was keeping their full back occupied and he never crossed the half way line.

Utterly shocking display.

Automatics gone. We have Bruce to thank for that as the ridiculous imbalance of the squad is being laid bare.

We've also had to have a counsel of perfection given how woeful we were under Bruce.

Leeds deserved that, but we opened the door for them.

Play Offs are the only hope. That depends on a left footed centre half. Get fucking Chester on the right side. Get that keeper gone and get a pair of full backs.

Big ask. Thanks Bruce, you c***. And fuck off Smith for that shite today and all the other c***s on the pitch. Happy Christmas you fucking shower.

Positives....the arsehole Bruce is no longer here in body.

[ChicagoLion]

On the plus side, whelan, nyland, hourihane  mcginn, abraham and Kodjia all played well

Tho I agree with the above. Without jack we do lack technical skills in midfield

Nyland.?
Rooted to the line too often.
The corner they scored from was inside the 6 yard box.

Are you kidding? Jesus - blame where blame should be. Keeper was not at fault today, could have won us the game with that throw where hogan somehow stopped running

I am a bit old fashioned regarding goalkeepers, corners and the 6 yard box.
It’s basics.

[ChicagoLion]

I don't like Dean's griping.  They were better than us throughout, don't blame the official because had they done their job properly, Whelan's blatant handball gets punished too.   

Dean can only coach the players he has and he cannot make those players take the right decision.  Quite what the fuck Elmo was doing with that header at the end was schoolboy poor.  Chester, Bree and Hutton were poor as well.  Our midfielder has huge holes in it and McGinn cannot do it all on his own. 

Kodjia, El Ghazi, Hourihane, Elmo, Whelan and BB are so very inconsistent that we seem to take two steps forward and one step back.  The defence needs fresh blood and we are absolutely desperate for a quality, mobile central defensive midfielder.  We were done by the better side today and that's hard to take as it's to a horrible slag side.  Lots of injuries to cope with but even with them back in, we are NOT at the top table yet in terms of quality. We CAN still make the play off's but we need at least three or four more players to come in.

Elmo's header might as well been a leeds player setting up his own player

Maybe Nyland did not shout.

[PeterWithesShin]

We never seem to do it when we've got a full house. Agree with poster above- very poor/non existent game management.

Our record in games with over 40K since we were relegated is W5 D1 L1 plus a draw in the play-offs.

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Blame Smith or Terry for the second. Why the fuck was Hutton and not Abraham marking their only threat in the air. That wasn't the keepers fault.

[Toronto Villa]

Blame Smith or Terry for the second. Why the fuck was Hutton and not Abraham marking their only threat in the air. That wasn't the keepers fault.

Isn’t that the captain’s responsibility on the pitch though? And Hutton had been marking Jansson and got away with two decent penalty shouts.

[CT Villan]

The whole team was culpable for the poor defending, particularly in the second half. Elmo, Hutton and Chester managed to take the shitness to a whole new level though, but neither winger provided much cover either. Too many times we gave the ball away very cheaply and invited Dirty Leeds to run at us. Many of our better players ran out of steam towards the end, not surprising given how much chasing we were doing and Leeds' superior fitness.

Was surprised he brought Hogan on instead of Albert and I do wish he would have given O'Hare some time in Jack's spot.

The January window is of crucial importance and hopefully we get it right this time.

[Ads]

Blame Smith or Terry for the second. Why the fuck was Hutton and not Abraham marking their only threat in the air. That wasn't the keepers fault.

Isn’t that the captain’s responsibility on the pitch though? And Hutton had been marking Jansson and got away with two decent penalty shouts.

No, it's the person whose organised them's job. I.e. the manager.

[AlexAlexCropley]

We never seem to do it when we've got a full house. Agree with poster above- very poor/non existent game management.

What’s the attendance got to do with it? If we had 36000 today would it have stopped our defenders making stupid errors?

Did you read the post ?