Aston Villa v Man City Match Thread

[BC Villain]

Great start, but yet again far too passive.  Ball retention woeful yet again.

[bilsim]

 Man City have the best squad in world football but my God they are a horrible, dirty side.

[john e]

I know everyone loses against Man City

But I’ve seen plenty of teams do more with the ball against them then we have
Rabbits in headlights for most of that first half

[eamonn]

Get Keinan on to Hulk them up. Make it stick and give Citeh something to think about. Maybe Barkley for Nakamba too. Nothing to lose, Ross might come good with pressure off.

[cdbearsfan]

Luiz for El Ghazi would be my choice but happy to give it ten minutes and see how it goes. Bring Davis on for a defender with ten minutes left if we are still behind.

[darren woolley]

We can get something in the second half I would bring Davis on.

[Steve67]

I’d like to see us bring on the second forward at half-time. Do something brave.

[cdbearsfan]

You'd have to be mental to take Traore off when we're playing against ten men.

He's been hopeless.

Hasn't been great, still our most likely player to stretch them and make something happen.

[andyh]

How many player would they have to lose before we could compete.

Well, they did give us a head start

[Nev]

Great to have good old football back.

[Sexual Ealing]

They're obviously too good for us, but there's always a chance. Totally agree with the calls for Davis, and retain hope that Dean will break the habit of a lifetime and make a change at HT.

[Skerra]

Traore would have to start stretching his legs before being able to stretch the City defence!!

[andyh]

If luiz commits to a tackle, they don’t score that second goal

[Sexual Ealing]

Ashley Preece on Twitter: "Keinan Davis being put through his paces by Paddy Moore, Villa's fitness coach. Davis is the only sub out at half-time. Expect to see that change. #AVFC"

[AlexAlexCropley]

If luiz commits to a tackle, they don’t score that second goal

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