Aston Villa v Liverpool Post Match Thread

[wince]

Good performance by villa though. Credit where credit is due

[SoccerHQ]

Think I'd rather have lost 3 or 4 nil way that panned out.

Shame as we played well for 80 minutes but it's a recurring theme that we hold our own against the top 6/7 for 3/4 of the game and then are completely out of our feet in last 15 minutes.

Always seems we've had a problem for years and years in not having enough bottle to see out these type of games, think John E said it on another thread the other week after Sheffield United beat Arsenal.

Still hopefully we can start picking up points over next 6 games starting at Wolves next week. Many were expecting our GD to take a hammering over these two games so that's one positive.

[PeterWithesShin]

Despite the defeat this game was full of positives. No Jack and we still held our own against the European Champions, a side who are unbeaten in nearly 30 league games and who before today were on a run of W18 D1 L0 in the league.

A year ago today we won at home to Bolton in front of less than 31k to lift us up to 13th Division 2. Today we gave one of the best sides in the world a game where it needed everything they had to beat us.

[JUAN PABLO]

gutted

got customers coming in and I just dont want to talk..exhausted and down as fuck.....

citeh didnt bother me but these fuckers do ...

[phantom limb]

I think our squad is generally good and the bench is usually decent, but I don’t think it’s of the overall quality to see out games like this against the better teams. If we can make a couple of quality additions in January that could change.

[PaulWinch again]

I bloody hate sport. It’s bollocks.

[wittonwarrior]

It's easier to just blame the ref. Mane should have been sent off in the first half, constant snide tackles by other players, unpunished etc etc.

But in the real world, very unlucky, Villa.

We were great, and with a little more composure would have scored a few more.

As for Liverpool,I hate everything about them from their fans to their manager, to their players, kit, their shit bands. Fuck off. It'll be a horrible day when they win the league.

Time for bed.

Take it your not a fan of the pride of Norway / Bristol etc

[PeterWithesShin]

Gutted. Smith really needs to learn how to make subs that alter tactics rather then just like for like replacements. We never learn.

So who should we have replaced our injured RB with apart from another RB? Who should we have replaced our clearly knackered striker with apart from with a striker?

[BoVillan esq]

Gutted. Smith really needs to learn how to make subs that alter tactics rather then just like for like replacements. We never learn.

To be fair, we are still not strong enough as a squad to be able to do that.  Hourihane is crap at defending but he replaces Luiz.  We need three or four players in January to make us stronger.

Agree with this, we need to go again in the next transfer window, we should attract even better players now because we look good contenders for staying up, in spite of today result, we need 3 or 4 players in.

[Unore Mans Villa]

Drug dealing on manor Road opposite the chippy by the tyres. Locals

[geolex]

Good performance by villa though. Credit where credit is due

stats say different

[SoccerHQ]

I think they were all over us. We hardly came out of our half. And they could have scored in other situations. Maybe I'm naive, but having watched this and been at the City game - if we don't attack and threaten sides - our defenders will make mistakes and that will cost us points. We need more pace and a decent threatening striker.

We've been fine against most teams in the league, the top 2 are just miles ahead of the rest and that's reflected in their intensity, mentality and of course the points tallies.

If we play like that against likes of Spurs, Arsenal and Man. United at VP we will take some points off those I'm sure.

[Unore Mans Villa]

Try before you buy I heard

[PeterWithesShin]

Try before you buy I heard

Fuck off.

[Uknowthescore]

I’ve had enough of Wesley he’s shit. The sooner we buy another striker the better.