Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

Well maybe not miles more but they are top. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53170215

I'm delighted we are near the bottom of this list

Especially given how many players we signed last season.

Given how well we have started that makes that number even more wonderful relative to a number of other clubs on that list.

[Bad English]

I got in from our village wine festival in a fairly advanced state of wine-tasting and promptly inspected the intricate detail of the fibres on the settee for a few hours so I didn't see the game.

Great stuff! UTV! FTCMF!

[PaulWinch again]

It’s just a joy to be a Villa fan at the moment. Our first 11 is a genuinely exciting team.

[Smirker]

I am so proud of our team.

It is high time we started enjoying football again.

Amazing.

[Axl Rose]

It’s just a joy to be a Villa fan at the moment. Our first 11 is a genuinely exciting team.

Absolutely spot on.

I watched Match of the Day 2 earlier...where were the examples of Jack's sublime skill to release Targett in the first half, and the time he cut though Leicester's defence and fed the ball to Barkley?

Pathetic highlights and pathetic pundits.

Oh well, another victory!

[Ketzster]

I actually thought it was a very good game between two very good teams. No it wasn’t like the games we’ve seen this season but it was a game where both teams played properly and it took great moment to win it. Whilst it wasn’t as exciting as the Liverpool win, in some ways it was more pleasing as Leicester were much, much harder to break down and on the night a far better team than Liverpool. For some reason I was pretty confident we were going to score because they kept getting into the same position but couldn’t find the final pass for somebody to get a shot away. Thankfully, eventually it came. It’s an absolutely extraordinary transformation from the 4-0 before lockdown and it shows how far the team has moved on. The great thing is it doesn’t feel like a fluke because they finally look well coached

[paul_e]

I'd say it was the first game that felt like a 'normal' premier league match rather than the bizarre gung-ho games we've been seeing, that's a credit to both teams and managers.

[Smithy]

Slightly off at a tangent. Saw recently that Klopp's nett spend over the time he has been there was about £100m, which I thought was pretty good for the team he has assembled.

The wage bill must be horrendous though.

Klopp has recouped over £400m in player sales since he joined, and spent about £500m.  He's spent about £100m a season, and been lucky to have inherited players like Coutinho who could generate vast sums of cash (hell, even players like Solanke, Ibe, Brewster, Ings are all in the 15-20m category).  Klopp has clearly done a BRILLIANT job, but the idea he's done it on a relative shoe-string is misleading.  He's used the money generated by sales really well, but he did have that money to spend.

[Hookeysmith]

And to think he loves the club as much as we do and he is ours!!!

Jon Moss was useless - usually too fat to keep up with play and the fact that in most games 3-4 repeated fouls by the same player usually warrants a warning at 3 and a yellow at 4

Ineachio made 11 fouls before he was taken off - no card

I genuinely felt a few players on both sides would get either sent off or hurt as the tackles flew in.

Fair play to our lot - they really dug in, refused to be intimidated and just seemed to ware them down by not letting them really have a sniff at our goal.  All those knobheads stating it is that Vardy was out - Ineachio actually has a higher scoring record against us.

I thought SJM was MOTM

To think we have 7 starters who are English and a Scot in the engine room - just like the old days

[rjp]

Agree with that. The influence of Shakespeare into the coaching staff is having a positive impact.

I have visions of Dean Smith and John Terry reading Hamlet now

[Hockley Lion]

When is the last time Villa started a season with 4 straight wins?

1930/31

We finished 2nd and set the record for most goals in a season. Pongo scored 10 in those 4 games.

And Man-ure were religated. Too much to hope for.

[Somniloquism]

Slightly off at a tangent. Saw recently that Klopp's nett spend over the time he has been there was about £100m, which I thought was pretty good for the team he has assembled.

The wage bill must be horrendous though.

Klopp has recouped over £400m in player sales since he joined, and spent about £500m.  He's spent about £100m a season, and been lucky to have inherited players like Coutinho who could generate vast sums of cash (hell, even players like Solanke, Ibe, Brewster, Ings are all in the 15-20m category).  Klopp has clearly done a BRILLIANT job, but the idea he's done it on a relative shoe-string is misleading.  He's used the money generated by sales really well, but he did have that money to spend.

And Benteke. I think to say "he has only spent" is a red herring as such as a lot of players have been let go for less money etc and so the Lallana or Lovren money is given to him as a net spend, but the fact they went for a lot less is not taken away from Klopp.

But also he is lucky he had TAA coming through and inherited Milner, Henderson, Origi, Gomez and Firminio. Don't get me wrong, he bought correct players but a large chunk of the Spine was there already. I actually thought he inherited Robertson as well but I don't think Klopp bought him as a main starter really and he is playing well above what most people assumed he could do initially.

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A very tight game between two sides who looked very well organised, with two energetic presses denying room in midfield and limiting chances.

First half Konsa and Mings on a few occasions were sloppy  but overall, our defending was excellent. We have a real warrior mentality. Targett with a couple of excellent strong tackles in quick succession, Cash and his attitude is exemplary.

If anything shows how far we've progressed from when I trudged away down Filbert Street in the driving rain 7 months ago, it was that professional foul by Matty Cash on Barnes. Just smart, taking a tactical one and showing our snidey side. We are not a nice team to play against, as out of possession we squeeze and condense space and with Watkins setting the tone up front, we press as well as anybody.

I felt second half we got a grip of the game and were the only side who looked a threat. It was us in the last 10 mins still breaking from midfield, but not in a cavalier way either.

The goal summed up the quality we now have, Chouhdry got dragged out once, but those yards was all it needed. We have match winners in a number of players now, although Grealish continues to astound.

[The Edge]

And to think he loves the club as much as we do and he is ours!!!

Jon Moss was useless - usually too fat to keep up with play and the fact that in most games 3-4 repeated fouls by the same player usually warrants a warning at 3 and a yellow at 4

Ineachio made 11 fouls before he was taken off - no card

I genuinely felt a few players on both sides would get either sent off or hurt as the tackles flew in.

Fair play to our lot - they really dug in, refused to be intimidated and just seemed to ware them down by not letting them really have a sniff at our goal.  All those knobheads stating it is that Vardy was out - Ineachio actually has a higher scoring record against us.

I thought SJM was MOTM

To think we have 7 starters who are English and a Scot in the engine room - just like the old days

Had a quick look in on a Leicester forum earlier and several of them seem to think we were over physical, whinging cheats. Can't have been watching the same game as me. They mercilessly got stuck into Jack.

[Ads]

We are shithouses. We will rough you up, we will get in the refs ear, we will moan, we will go down easy, we will put a cynical one in. Long may it continue.