Aston Villa v Leicester City Match Thread

[ez]

We'll make one or two substitutions but tactically nothing will change and that's  the problem.

[fredm]

And the female pundit got it dead correct in one sentence. Villa midfield not giving any cover whatsoever to the defence.

[Duncan Shaw]

We need to maybe try out Keinan Davies as striker with support for Watkins left side / wide support also bring Sanson into picture.
So Davies and Sanson on.

Really?!
We’re bad enough, without bringing on a ‘supposed’ striker who is proven to score about as many goals as our keeper!?

But the ball might stick up top a bit more to bring Ollie etc. into play

[SoccerHQ]

Today was always going to be tough.

Manager made the task even hard by what he selected at 1.05pm.

Chance to at least make some changes and make Leicester work a bit more second half but I suspect we'll sit on our hands and be 3 down by hour mark and then Trez will come on for Barkley.

[Rudy65]

Can Sky stop trying to blame the lack of Jack? More to it than that.

Thought the same thing

[NorthYvillan]

Can Sky stop trying to blame the lack of Jack? More to it than that.

Elmo replacing Cash has had a bigger impact

[danno]

Play three in midfield and we're screwed. First Lingard now Maddison, given the freedom of Villa park.

This is wholly on Smith, as much as I want to slate Barkley and a few others.

[villa for life]

No blaming the players today. It’s all on Smith

[taylorsworkrate]

Grealish being out isn't responsible for our non existent midfield or poor defending.

Leicester have some very good attacking players and we've made it like a training exercise for them

[NorthYvillan]

No blaming the players today. It’s all on Smith

?

[colin69]

As bad as we’ve been, with the right subs we could get back into this.

Won’t happen though will it??

[wolfman999]

We need to maybe try out Keinan Davies as striker with support for Watkins left side / wide support also bring Sanson into picture.
So Davies and Sanson on.

Really?!
We’re bad enough, without bringing on a ‘supposed’ striker who is proven to score about as many goals as our keeper!?

Exactly. Let’s face it, Keinan couldn’t hit the North Stand if he was standing in it, bless him.

[Steve67]

And the female pundit got it dead correct in one sentence. Villa midfield not giving any cover whatsoever to the defence.

She's right, we have been conceding far too many shots against us in recent weeks. 

[N'ZMAV]

No blaming the players today. It’s all on Smith

bit of both for me.

It's not Smith's fault the players can't pass to each other.

[Legion]

No blaming the players today. It’s all on Smith

Hardly.