Aston Villa v Southampton Post Match Thread

[clash city rocker]

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.

No fuming way

If it comes to a change, and I hope it dosnt(yet) I hope the club has more ambition then “Big Sam”

Big Sam....I'd rather have Frankie goes to Hollywood in charge.

[phantom limb]

Soft goals, an early injury, misplaced passes, players constantly caught out of position, I could go on. It astounds me how we’ve managed to become progressively worse by every week, I bet everyone else can’t wait to play us. I just hope that was rock bottom, because if not then we are 100% going down.

[john e]

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.

No fuming way

If it comes to a change, and I hope it dosnt(yet) I hope the club has more ambition then “Big Sam”

Big Sam....I'd rather have Frankie goes to Hollywood in charge.

Relax,  not going to happen

[hilts_coolerking]

Can't expect to pick up points if you only play well for 10-15 minutes late in the second half.  The rest of the match we were diabolical.

[steamer]

Dreadful
As I said in the match thread this team with these tactics is going down.
No pace, no passion and quite a bit of missing skill
Southampton played us off the park
Redmond looked like Messi.
I hope Dean can turn the next two games around, if not we need a plan B
However, I decided today that there is a big world out there and after a lifetime of planning around, who ,what,where and when the Villa are playing Maybe I need to be a bit more passive in my support and a bit more active in other pursuits.
Groundhog day is maybe too much to continue enduring.

[ChicagoLion]

This has been coming.
Same players same formation same tactics same result.
Unless something changes we are down.

[adrenachrome]

Can't expect to pick up points if you only play well for 10-15 minutes late in the second half.  The rest of the match we were diabolical.

Jack's goal after 75 minutes was our 3rd shot on target.

[Proposition Joe]

Happy f**king Christmas Villa. You do this to me every f**king year. Cheers.

Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without Villa ruining it. It's a tradition up there with the Queen's speech and repeats of the Father Ted episode where they get stuck in the Lingerie department.

Apologies in advance for using the N word, but we just never seem to be able to change the narrative. Doesn't matter the owner, manager, players, it's always the fucking same.

Maybe we should accept we're already down. I recall the quote from Lt. Speirs from Band of Brothers (and real life): The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function

[RamboandBruno]

From the first minute today Southampton pressed us all over the pitch and we couldn’t cope. So many players we’re shit, but El Ghazi looked lost, Luiz didn’t turn up to play until last 15 mins then looked ok. Wesley huffed and puffed and at least showed that he cared, but never looks like scoring.

Smith has to stop playing grealish on the left, he’s completely wasted out there.

I like Smith a lot and all this talk on Big Sam and the like is just nonsense or at least it should be. However he does need to show some tactical nouse. From the sound of his interview on WM earlier, McGinns injury is a bad one, so he could be forced into a tactical switch around.

Can’t say I’m looking forwards to the Norwich game 🥺

[Stu]

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.

Yikes

[clash city rocker]

Dreadful
As I said in the match thread this team with these tactics is going down.
No pace, no passion and quite a bit of missing skill
Southampton played us off the park
Redmond looked like Messi.
I hope Dean can turn the next two games around, if not we need a plan B
However, I decided today that there is a big world out there and after a lifetime of planning around, who ,what,where and when the Villa are playing Maybe I need to be a bit more passive in my support and a bit more active in other pursuits.
Groundhog day is maybe too much to continue enduring.

With you on that one. Surely more important  things in life.

[exigo]

Christ we've become slow, predictable and so easy to defend against. Leicester was the first time our heads dropped, Sheff United was the first time we looked like a relegation side, today was the first time we looked like we didn't know how to get out of this mess.

[Taylor]

Happy f**king Christmas Villa. You do this to me every f**king year. Cheers.

Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without Villa ruining it. It's a tradition up there with the Queen's speech and repeats of the Father Ted episode where they get stuck in the Lingerie department.

Apologies in advance for using the N word, but we just never seem to be able to change the narrative. Doesn't matter the owner, manager, players, it's always the fucking same.

Maybe we should accept we're already down. I recall the quote from Lt. Speirs from Band of Brothers (and real life): The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function

Ha ha. I always loved that line too.

[Goldie.7]

This has been coming.
Same players same formation same tactics same result.
Unless something changes we are down.

Also, if we're losing at HT, don't expect any proactive changes during it. Changes only happen after the opposition have further increased their tally and the game is pretty much over.

[RichardBatchelor]

That was dreadful. Played like a bunch of strangers, and were awful defensively. I never want to see Douglas Luiz in a Villa shirt again - he’s appalling and doesn’t seem to be bothered. Wesley is more likeable but comically inept at times. Guilbert had a horror show but I’d let that go as he’s had a good season. Trezeguet is only interested in scoring. Two free-kicks wasted and just heads for goal like the kid at school we all played with, albeit with more ability. Anwar was anonymous. Engels looks poor without the Emperor alongside him

Positives: only three minor ones I can see: Jack’s goal shows he hasn’t lost the magic. Kodjia wasn’t too bad and thought Nakamba, despite an error for 3-0, played with more heart than the rest.