Aston Villa v Southampton Post Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.

[jwarry]

Beginning to think we weren’t going to bother with this

[villadelph]

what now..?

Southampton looked a team that was motivated, and has Chelsea next.

We can't even muster up the gumption to come out of HT with some urgency, so we certainly don't look up for a good ole' relegation scrap.

Its frustrating to watch players out of position in a failing formation week in week out.

I don't know where we go from here, tbh. I just hope we can find a way to scrape some points together and not have a shit December for once.

[LukeJames]

Their heads have dropped, thats unnaceptable.

[themossman]

Their heads have dropped, thats unnaceptable.

One things for sure, we miss Mings’ leadership on the pitch. Without him and McGinn we're a bunch of bottling no marks.

[clash city rocker]

Yes,there were times I'm sure you knew,
When I bit off more than I could chew.

[Kimaster1976]

I left as soon as the 3rd went in.

From the 1st minute you could see there was no urgency no fire, the belief has gone.

Smith is throwing out the same players in the same positions in the same system week after week and hoping magically it will change. Exactly what he did last season during the slump. Absolutely no imagination or ambition to try something different to try get us out of this.

We looked liked a team that was going down today.

[jwarry]

Deano has a history of bad result periods but usually comes through them. Will he get the chance at VP.  Who knows an injection of new blood in the transfer window could be the tonic needed

[brontebilly]

Their heads have dropped, thats unnaceptable.

One things for sure, we miss Mings’ leadership on the pitch. Without him and McGinn we're a bunch of bottling no marks.

Both of them were in poor form in recent games, McGinn particularly. The hiding Leicester gave us seems to have shell shocked players and management. Complete lack of character being shown on the pitch and sideline.

[AVH87]

Go and get Big Sam, now. It's the only chance of making us hard to beat and with it a hope of staying up.

[auntiesledd]

Frankly, it sounded like like we deserved everything we got. Sod the contract extension: we need a new manager in to sort this otherwise inevitable & rapid return to the Championship. Dreadful.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We have 10 players on the pitch that wait for Grealish to do something. To allow this to happen is first and foremost Dean's fault. We're not going to start winning again until this mentality changes. We bought a load of players in the summer that had potential and were to be developed. All I'm seeing are passengers.

[Five Villa Tattoos]

I don’t think the owners will trust Dean with the transfer window budget.
Sad to say but I don’t think I do either.

[Nev]

Not good enough. It was obvious after 10 mins. Negating your best player will get you the sack.
What a shame.

[Risso]

Ings was the best player on the pitch. Our defence was utterly appalling.