10 Man Sheffield United 1 Aston Villa 0 Post Match Thread

[Proposition Joe]

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. Come into a game versus a pile of shite, off the back of a really encouraging win, in a midweek game ... Villa still be Villa.

No one ever say "winnable game" again this season please.

[PhilVill]

Will be very happy with 50 points this season but next season, if the owners invest again, Dean needs to be under pressure as tonight was completely unacceptable, shite.

[taylorsworkrate]

We all knew there would be a drop in final third quality without Jack, but fucking hell!! This much?

[CT]

The most ridiculous post match thread title I have ever seen.

Agreed. Sums up the night. Shite.

[Risso]

Prince Philip!

[ez]

Our worst game of the season so far. As soon as we get within touching distance of the top our bottle goes. It's bloody frustrating.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

That was an absolute dogs dinner of a game. Well done to Sheff U, they absolutely stunk the place out but we didn’t look like ever getting a shot despite having one million per cent possession.

They certainly know how to grind, that was the most tedious game of football I’ve seen in a long time. I watched it all with French commentary too. 🙄

[rougegorge]

I almost knew that playing against 10 would make no difference. Unfortunately neither Smith nor the players show any tactical nous when playing against 10; it's not the first time this has happened.

There was hardly any attempt to get behind them; mostly lobbing in hopeful crosses...and moreover, this was against a team without any form, any confidence nor any great skill.

[Bad English]

Wank.

[taylorsworkrate]

Did Targett or Elmo attempt to overlap once tonight? When the opposition is down to 10 men the fullbacks overlapping should be a given.

[Jon Crofts]

Wank.

Unlike an egg.

[Steve67]

The most ridiculous post match thread title I have ever seen.

Agreed. Sums up the night. Shite.

Feel free to start one yourselves chaps!  It’s accurate based on comments made tonight.

[steamer]

Lot of work needed to move on
Never looked like scoring, apart from hitting the bar, the crosses in were dreadful.
Watkins bollocking Trarore  to get closer to the back post.
Allowing that bearded twat the time to sweep the ball across the pitch then leg it down the pitch to score.
Barkley should have stayed in the seats and Sansom was as weak as a kitten.
Dont start me on Davis, I normally stick up for Targett but he was poor as was SJM
only credit, Goalkeeper had little to do.
Konsa and Mings were reliable   

[SoccerHQ]

First half I was actually o.k with. We had chances while not playing great and they scored a good goal against the run of play, it happens.

Second half was largely abysmal. From the Watkins header just before the red to basically injury time we created nothing and about 20 minutes seemed to consist of Targett (having his worst game since late 2019) and AEM just hitting it out of play or straight into Ramsdale.

Only in injury time did we start doing some decent one touch moves to move them around and get corners and shots on goal.

There's no way we ever do 11 v 10 drills at Bodymoor as we're consistantly useless v 10 men when we're drawing or losing. Can't think of many other top level teams who have as bad a record as us v 10 men over last few seasons. Could be a good idea to start.

Certainly a defeat we'll look back at in 3 months with loads of regret. Let's hope Jack and Cash can return on Saturday.

[brontebilly]

Poor performance and even poorer result.  1 shot on target in 35 mins against the bottom of the table with 10 men.  We never looked like scoring and our crossing was absolutely, totally, completely shite.  1 cross in 95 mins that went anywhere near Watkins and he hits the bar - he’s a cracking player, but FFS have you seen another CF do that more than Ollie?

We need Jack back ASAP.

Bit harsh, thought we had a number of good scoring chances. Traore and McGinn in the first half. Traore, Konsa, Watkins in second half

I thought we lost a bit of patience to be honest, chasing it late on. McGinn dropping into the pocket too often with deep crosses to the backpost. Our crossing was very poor (Elmo in particular had a shocker) and I dont think our subs made the impact we were expecting (well maybe Davis did ok). A bit more imagination was required. Maybe Barkley and Sanson should have been demanding the ball more but neither of them improved us unfortunately. Traore continues to disappoint for me, almost a worldie of a goal but made constant poor decisions with the ball. Needs to come out of the team.

Really poor goal to concede but I thought we played reasonably well. Missed Jack obviously but also Cash badly. One of those nights. Red card was harsh I thought, similar to the game at Villa Park. Benefit of the doubt should be going to the defensive teams in those situations. Didnt do us any favours anyway as Sheff Utd practically camped inside their 18 yard box for the duration of the game.

Martinez 6, Elmo 5, Konsa 7, Mings 7, Targett 6, Nakamba 7, Ramsey 6, McGinn 7, Traore 5, Watkins 7, AEG 6. Subs: Sanson 5, Barkley 5, Davis 6