Watford v Aston Villa post match thread

[clash city rocker]

I've been going to Villa Park for the last 50 years. The last 30 apart from odd exceptions have been nothing to write home about. These days teams like Burnley,The fuckin dingles and Bournemouth look down upon us. A massive fan base we have but a decent football team we dont have. I am getting fuckin tired of it now.

[ktvillan]

Smith sounds like a dead man walking in that interview - clutching at the straws of too many games (same for everyone Dean) injuries (same for everyone Dean) dodgy decisions and poor use of VAR can't disguise a series of tactical and motivational abominations.   

Fuck no to Dyche - Too much like hoofball for my taste, solid-ish but dull as ditchwater.

[brontebilly]

Dyche is a ginger Allardyce really. Can't argue with his results but the football is really poor and wouldn't be welcome at Villa Park.

Only saw first half, two poor sides with both number nines missing complete sitters the only notable moments. Until we kindly handed Deeney the opener. I don't think Smith will or should survive after that result but the new manager has some job to keep that rabble in the division.

[The_ads]

Smith sounds like a dead man walking in that interview - clutching at the straws of too many games (same for everyone Dean) injuries (same for everyone Dean) dodgy decisions and poor use of VAR can't disguise a series of tactical and motivational abominations.   

Fuck no to Dyche - Too much like hoofball for my taste, solid-ish but dull as ditchwater.

Not sure this is a time for pretty football triangles. It’s a time for back to the walls fucking fighting to stay in the division

[Nastylee]

What's most concerning is that we resemble nothing of the team that ran Spurs and Arsenal ragged at times with high tempo football. Yes, we gave chances away but we were a threat in every game and goals almost guaranteed. Now we still give chances away but don't look like we're ever going to score. We go behind and it's curtains. What has changed so much?

And, off topic but that Pukki offside decision is ludicrous.

[andyh]

WM post match interview

https://audioboom.com/posts/7464671

That really is poor from him.  I know he's under pressure but whinging about perceived injustices helps absolutely nobody.  He does it too much.

One of the worst interviews I have heard from him (if not THE worst).
Ranting and rambling, having a dig at the interviewer. He’s lost the plot.

[curiousorange]

I wouldn't exchange the playoff win, but how many times do the winners do this? If you go up automatically, it seems to me, it's because you're well ahead of the pack because of teamwork, an ethos and a settled squad. The playoff winners are the ones still standing in the prizefight.

[GXVilla]

Just back. Only consolation is how quick I can get home from there! We were physically dominated by them. They worked harder than us and we’re happy to foul when they had to whereas we are too nice.
Desperately need a Capoue type in midfield and also a proper leader. Heaton was the only you could here talking today.
A few of them didn’t look up for the fight today. Don’t think sacking the manager is the answer but we do need to do something quick as we’re heading down without a whimper at the moment.

[Taylor]

What's most concerning is that we resemble nothing of the team that ran Spurs and Arsenal ragged at times with high tempo football. Yes, we gave chances away but we were a threat in every game and goals almost guaranteed. Now we still give chances away but don't look like we're ever going to score. We go behind and it's curtains. What has changed so much?

And, off topic but that Pukki offside decision is ludicrous.

John mcginn and Tyrone Mings

[Rudy65]

Just back. Only consolation is how quick I can get home from there! We were physically dominated by them. They worked harder than us and we’re happy to foul when they had to whereas we are too nice.
Desperately need a Capoue type in midfield and also a proper leader. Heaton was the only you could here talking today.
A few of them didn’t look up for the fight today. Don’t think sacking the manager is the answer but we do need to do something quick as we’re heading down without a whimper at the moment.

How did the fans react at the end and during the game toward DS and the team?

[myf]

A very sad end to 2019. it's been a fucking disaster since he signed the new contract.

heard a few rumours about Smith being too soft on the players and the squad not being too fond of Terry either.

Jan is huge.

[SoccerHQ]

I've been going to Villa Park for the last 50 years. The last 30 apart from odd exceptions have been nothing to write home about. These days teams like Burnley,The fuckin dingles and Bournemouth look down upon us. A massive fan base we have but a decent football team we dont have. I am getting fuckin tired of it now.

We need to start thinking bigger. That dosen't mean we can just click our fingers and world class managers will come running to us if we sack DS as they won't but you can eventually get to that level through stages. Dean Smith is stage one as he promoted us. Now we need a manager who can keep us up and then establish us as mid table team, that person may not be a popular appointment.

Then you can get to stage where you can attract a really good manager like Everton have. I know they were below us when they got Ancelotti but that was just a case of a mid table club falling below their potential so different perception to us from outside the club.

I'll bang on about it but as a club we never seem to believe we can attract game changing players as ultimately they help lift you up the table. The cry during the MON era was we rarely signed top level players like Spurs did with Van Der Vaart. For every Young or Benteke we sign who do develop into excellent players, we've signed four poor ones who've quickly faded into obscurity.

The difference between these owners and the last ones are if they actually go out and do these things rather than endlessly talking about it. Being in the premier league gives you that advantage we won't have this time next year if we carry on as we are.

[Roysmert]

*Villa badge torn asunder gif*

Save it.

[Skerra]

Pathetic interview. As they say, in life, if you don’t accept that you personally have a problem then you can’t even start to put it right.

[Nastylee]

What's most concerning is that we resemble nothing of the team that ran Spurs and Arsenal ragged at times with high tempo football. Yes, we gave chances away but we were a threat in every game and goals almost guaranteed. Now we still give chances away but don't look like we're ever going to score. We go behind and it's curtains. What has changed so much?

And, off topic but that Pukki offside decision is ludicrous.

John mcginn and Tyrone Mings

The rot started way before the Saints game. McGinn looked a shadow, Mings stopped defending. It's not helped but there were signs before these two went off.