Aston Villa Silhouettes vs Manchester City Post-Match Thrashing

[hilts_coolerking]

A Pochitino may have come to villa ten years ago but not now.

We are, yet again, at the arse end of the table in the top flight. He will be waiting on a top four job.

In which case we need to find the next Pochettino.

[phantom limb]

Positive: We scored a goal.

Negative: Everything else.

Another positive: there wasn’t much traffic leaving the ground, I got home really quick.

[Villan82]

A Pochitino may have come to villa ten years ago but not now.

We are, yet again, at the arse end of the table in the top flight. He will be waiting on a top four job.

In which case we need to find the next Pochettino.

Indeed, maybe we should have done a Southampton, and got the next Poch, in instead of giving out Nigel Adkins a new contract? It would have been very harsh of course...though the warning signs were there.

[Ads]

Freddie is a very good player and I'd have started him, but when you have nobody upfront and it's not out of choice, you struggle.

A few of those there today were struggling 365 days ago at Wigan. You play poorly against that lot, while they play well, the outcome isn't particularly surprising.

We could have pressed better, maybe could have played this player. Reality is, there's no combination of players I'd could pick over the last 25 years that would make me, a positive and optimistic guy, think we could beat that lot. It seems everybody else, including the players felt the same.

[Jon Crofts]

Pathetic.

Ok, they're light years ahead of us, but we didn't even try.

Starting to worry that Smith isn't up to managing at this level. I really want it to work out, but it's looking more likely that it wont

Starting!  Ha ha good one.

[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11907297/record-breaker-aguero-helps-city-thrash-villa

[PaulWinch again]

Freddie is a very good player and I'd have started him, but when you have nobody upfront and it's not out of choice, you struggle.

A few of those there today were struggling 365 days ago at Wigan. You play poorly against that lot, while they play well, the outcome isn't particularly surprising.

We could have pressed better, maybe could have played this player. Reality is, there's no combination of players I'd could pick over the last 25 years that would make me, a positive and optimistic guy, think we could beat that lot. It seems everybody else, including the players felt the same.

Possibly true to beat them. There’s a huge chasm in between beating them and what we did though.

[wittonwarrior]

When you set up for a point at home that’s what follows and anyone questioning Reina coming before the match would certainly have changed their minds surely

[Holte End H]

but it's the same shite on the pitch every week.

What do you mean? Our last two performances (where we have played our first team) have been a 1-1 draw away against second in the league and a victory away against Burnley. We haven't been playing like that every week.

[avfcpg]

Didn't think we were nailed on to be safe by beating Burnley and don't think we are nailed on to be relegated by losing to the best footballing side in the league (when we are also missing heaton, mcginn and any forward of note).
Next 6 games will be crucial. This was always a free hit and Smith treated it as such I think. We were ok against Liverpool and lost, we were absolutely awful today and lost...meh, move on. But we need a forward to hit the ground running as a bare minimum.

[andyh]

Fucking disgraceful.
Obviously took to the pitch shit scared of the opposition.

Firstly Smith. He is massively culpable with his negative, anti football approach.
Then there are individuals. Hourihane, utter, utter piece of useless shit.
Hause, unable to pass a ball.
Luiz, constantly sloppy as a week old babies shit.
I can’t even be bothered to discuss the rest. They were all shit.
BUT, it’s the ‘scared of the opposition’  approach that is worse.

We wanted to be in this league. Why the fuck don’t we approach games like still do?

Oh, and a lack of a striker is not our biggest issue.
We could have Aguero in our team and he would we wasted.

Well,well,well pissed off tonight.

[tomd2103]

Our season won't come down to games against opponents like these, but the impact that this turd of a performance will have regarding our next two huge games is worrying. Those last two encouraging performances against Burnley and Leicester could be wiped out because of today. Everyone connected to that today needs to have a long look at themselves and get themselves right for Brighton.

Hauntingly reminiscent of the hiding Liverpool gave us at home during the relegation season.  If I recall correctly, we had picked up a couple of decent results going into that Liverpool game, but were done and dusted after the thrashing they gave us that day.

Hope that isn't the case with that result today.

[David_Nab]

Didn't think we were nailed on to be safe by beating Burnley and don't think we are nailed on to be relegated by losing to the best footballing side in the league (when we are also missing heaton, mcginn and any forward of note).
Next 6 games will be crucial. This was always a free hit and Smith treated it as such I think. We were ok against Liverpool and lost, we were absolutely awful today and lost...meh, move on. But we need a forward to hit the ground running as a bare minimum.

We have taken 1 point off the top 6 , we are also poor against the teams near the top in the championship under Smith.The problem is then the games against the lower league teams we cant afford to drop any points.

[VILLA MOLE]

Telling question on the real effort , how many bookings for foul / tackles today

[Clampy]

One to forget and in a hurry as well. It was utterly awful.