Leicester City (0) vs Aston Villa (0) Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

I just watched the last twenty minutes.

i thought we looked pretty good.

[The Edge]

I was really looking forward to the start of new season. We had a Villa supporting manager and captain. They were going to fly the famous colours into Europe. Now we're limping over the line without either man at the club and the most exciting thing I'm looking forward to is seeing the drawings for the ground redevelopment. I'm underwhelmed to say the least.

[exigo]

The collective groan at 2pm walking towards the ground said it all.
Gerrard talks a good game, then plays the same old same old. If Bailey's the best trainer of the week, the rest must have been awful.
Get Chambers back in, give Konsa time to get his confidence back. Get Buendia back in instead of Bailey. Start Iroegbunam instead of Luiz. Give Chrisene some game time.
For the love of McGrath, get players in who can do more than hold the shape for an hour and hope for the best.

And as ever, does anybody know what the thousands of Leicester plod are actually prepared for? Full-scale nuclear war? Alien invasion?

[Ads]

A full scale cavalry charge I presumed. Saw fewer horses at Aintree the other week.

[rougegorge]

Leicester were a bit worse than us and we weren't great. I didn't see a lot of promise though from that showing apart from avoiding a defeat.

The team can't be tired in comparison to Leicester, but the fortnight off didn't make much difference apart from a clean sheet, and the defence did ok.

Every time the substitution board came out, everyone presumed it would be Bailey. He must be showing some form in training, but how he stayed on was a mystery.

[Legion]

It’s pretty obvious there’s a confidence issue - unsurprisingly - I wouldn’t say it’s all down to tactics. Getting a point away is a step in the right direction.

Broadcasting that they are all shit and will be flogged in the summer might have something to do with it.

Did he say that? Or words to that affect

From today’s post match interview.

“We’ll try and get as many points on the board as we can and try to finish in a position from which we can build,” he said. “Then we can look for the right players to try and have a strong pre-season.”

I’m not overly enthusiastic about wholesale changes although accept that we need reinforcements in key positions, Gerrard certainly needs to get more out of the present squad and work with what he’s got.

Perhaps he's a cheque-book manager?

[Beard82]

It’s pretty obvious there’s a confidence issue - unsurprisingly - I wouldn’t say it’s all down to tactics. Getting a point away is a step in the right direction.

Broadcasting that they are all shit and will be flogged in the summer might have something to do with it.

Did he say that? Or words to that affect

From today’s post match interview.

“We’ll try and get as many points on the board as we can and try to finish in a position from which we can build,” he said. “Then we can look for the right players to try and have a strong pre-season.”

I’m not overly enthusiastic about wholesale changes although accept that we need reinforcements in key positions, Gerrard certainly needs to get more out of the present squad and work with what he’s got.

Perhaps he's a cheque-book manager?

In his G Nev interview he did talk about how at rangers they had to replace the whole team - which in PL terms is a big investment as we’ve spent like 350m to get this far

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

It’s pretty obvious there’s a confidence issue - unsurprisingly - I wouldn’t say it’s all down to tactics. Getting a point away is a step in the right direction.

Broadcasting that they are all shit and will be flogged in the summer might have something to do with it.

Did he say that? Or words to that affect

From today’s post match interview.

“We’ll try and get as many points on the board as we can and try to finish in a position from which we can build,” he said. “Then we can look for the right players to try and have a strong pre-season.”

I’m not overly enthusiastic about wholesale changes although accept that we need reinforcements in key positions, Gerrard certainly needs to get more out of the present squad and work with what he’s got.

Perhaps he's a cheque-book manager?

Well him and his team clearly aren’t coaches.

Edit. Well they obviously are but not too great, especially given the funfair surrounding Beale.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Funfair would be more enjoyable!! 🤦‍♂️

[LukeJames]

The amount of attacks that ended with Watkins first touch.

I only managed to watch about 20 minutes of the 2nd half and this pissed me off. He cant hold up anything.

[Nelly]

The amount of attacks that ended with Watkins first touch.

I only managed to watch about 20 minutes of the 2nd half and this pissed me off. He cant hold up anything.

Second half when he managed to actually turn someone from a throw in, burst forward and had one defender tracking him, he somehow managed to bounce the ball off his weaker foot and ended up falling over.  He has to be one of the least confident players I can remember at Villa. Remember when he spanked one into the corner against Liverpool in that 7-2 game? Where did he go.

More to the point, what are the coaches doing to help him? Or is he just going to be replaced?

[Sexual Ealing]

The amount of attacks that ended with Watkins first touch.

I only managed to watch about 20 minutes of the 2nd half and this pissed me off. He cant hold up anything.

Second half when he managed to actually turn someone from a throw in, burst forward and had one defender tracking him, he somehow managed to bounce the ball off his weaker foot and ended up falling over.  He has to be one of the least confident players I can remember at Villa. Remember when he spanked one into the corner against Liverpool in that 7-2 game? Where did he go.

More to the point, what are the coaches doing to help him? Or is he just going to be replaced?

I fucking hope so.

[Risso]

Me too. He was full of running today, just had zero quality. He got past a defender, and his resulting shot nearly went out for a throw in.

[LeonW]

Some positives from today; got an point away to a good side, kept a clean sheet, stopped the losing run and got some development time for some of the youngsters. It’s a good result and hopefully we can build  on it in the remaining games.

Some of our players are clearly lacking confidence. Sometimes I think supporters just expect players to turn the confidence on just because they’re playing. Not playing won’t necessarily help someone get their confidence back. I hope Bailey gets a run of games so we can see more of what he can do. He might not work in the SG system but think we need to see more before making that decision.

[Ads]

Agreed again. Say what you like about Gabby, and there's much to say, he had a knack for finding a goal in big games and when we needed it. I never have much confidence at all in Ollie finishing, even his penalty the other week I thought he'd miss.