Aston Villa v Chelsea Match Thread

[andyh]

This is bad as anything Lambert, TSM or Bruce served up.
Awful, awful, awful.

[Taylor]

Absolutely outclassed. We’re down.

[FatSam]

Fuck me. He does know he can mix the tactics/formation up during a match doesn’t he?
I knew the second he took Davies off for Samatta we’d lose this. Having trouble to get the ball to stick up there with Davies... NO chance with Ally.

Agreed.

[Rigadon]

This is properly one sided and has been for all 77 mins so far.

[SoccerHQ]

We've got no idea what to do now have we? Just got to take some risks and push the FBs up a bit more even if it means we'll concede a third.

Probably says a lot of our squad that AEM is probably the best bet off the bench. Will get a few crosses in that Samatta may get on the end of.

[Steve67]

Our substitutions are a bit like taking off Laurel and Hardy, to bring on Cannon and Ball. 

[Stu]

It's amazing that we managed to spend well over a hundred million to buy precisely zero players that frighten the opposition. Sure I saw the Chelsea full back light a cigarette when he saw Trezeguet was coming on.

The reality is that £100m wassn't enough. Spending three times that is what is needed to stay up and then hope FFP won't fuck you.

Also having a manager that doesn't insist on one up front constantly, backed up by a weak midfield that offers no cover to a poor defence.

[cdbearsfan]

Here comes Abraham for the clinching goal(s)

[andyh]

Any manager should be ashamed to see his team ‘play’ like this.

[CT]

No risks anywhere?

Are we just seeing this one out?

This is as weak and feeble as 2015/16.

[aev]

Really disappointing performance. Chelsea are good but we are miles away.

[taylorsworkrate]

Utterly shit players and a clueless management team clearly are not making for a winning combination

[Risso]

This is bad as anything Lambert, TSM or Bruce served up.
Awful, awful, awful.

I agree, it's absolutely dismal stuff.  No cohesion, no passing, no identifiable tactics. We were getting pissed all over with this 4-3-3 before lockdown, and we're getting done again.  Unacceptable from Smith.

[ez]

To be honest, at half time I'd have taken the draw.

[Nev]

It's says it all that I didn't think we were in the game when we were ahead.....