Post match thread. Villa 1 Leicester City 2

[Steve67]

Really poor first half.  Better second half. 

[Rudy65]

We just didn’t look up for it even after we scored. Leicester looked comfortable throughout. We only looked decent after the subs. I’d have Ramsay, Sanson and Marvellous starting next week. It’s not as if we looked great before today. We haven’t

[villa for life]

Silly Smith stubbornly selecting Barkley instead of Nakamba lost us the game.

[Sexual Ealing]

You'd think they'd be keen to prove that they're not a one-man team.

[manic-road]

A painful first half performance cost us the game, huge gaps appeared between the defence and midfield and was so evident the shape of the team should have been changed sooner. Targett was excellent but to be honest Leicester were the best team and the majority of fans before the game expected them to win. Would like to see Ramsey and Sanson start in midfield for the next game because the McGinn and Barkley pairing isn’t working very well at the moment.

[cdbearsfan]

Meh. They were mostly excellent, we were mostly below par.

[taylorsworkrate]

Meh. They were mostly excellent, we were mostly below par.

I didn't think Leicester were anything like their best today to be honest

[Richard]

Leicester clearly tired and were there for the taking second half but Smith made the changes too late again.

[TonyD]

Definitely Ramsey and Sanson to start next week.

I’d drop Ross and McGinn.   

Also I think times up for AEG and Trez.  I play the kids instead. 

[German James]

I can't understand what Smith thought was going to happen in the 15-20 minutes between the time he should have used his subs and the time when he actually did. Barkley really shouldn't start again.

[Border villan]

Ollie has to get some support for all the knock downs he gets if we are to progress.

[PaulWinch again]

First half was a disgrace. Second half was marginally better.

The midfield trio are a problem at the moment, they have no energy or drive. We can’t keep picking the same midfield if it’s not doing the job.

[ktvillan]

Leicester looked tired and beatable last half an hour - shame we gave them a 2 goal start and waited too long to change things.

We're not going down, we're not getting top 4 with a lack of squad depth.  Time to give the likes of Ramsey and Sanson a run, they can't be any worse than Barkley, and McGinn and Luiz have been below par for a while too.  It will still have been a good season.

[Meanwood Villa]

I think we showed a fair bit of fight last hour. Hopefully this is enough to see us pick up points in some of the upcoming games without Jack.

[Taylor]

Expected a cricket score when they scored the second, so was genuinely pleased that we didn’t capitulate and made a fight of it.