Aston Villa -1 Jon Moss’s Liverpool - 2 Post Match Thread

[villa for life]

Buendia should have started. Chambers as well.
Gerrard will reflect. He’s learning just as Smith was. Gerrard is a quicker learner though…

[berneboy]

Buendia over Coutinho at the moment for me.

Me too.

Me too

[steamer]

lots to be positive about against a team challenging on 4 fronts
Their 2nd annoyed me the most, we fuck about with a throw in going forward , lose the ball, on the back foot and that fucker who always scores against us scores.
Not bothered if Phil stays or goes, great skill and little finish Thumbs up for Emi from me
think Chucky could be very good
Marvellous, exactly that in breaking up play , but poor with distribution
Onwards and upwards
Final mention for the clown in black ,does he really not like us or is he just crap
Not a single yellow issued, I think

[RichardBatchelor]

I think he retires at the end of this season, the bad news is he's lined up for a top spot at the PGMOL.

Looked like he had already retired tonight. He was very poor. It’s unusual to hear so many pros call him out as well.

He was truly dreadful in the first half but didn’t notice a lot wrong in the second. By pure fortune really, none of the three goals came from a Moss blunder so ultimately little harm done perhaps.

[bilsim]

Watkins has a massive technical flaw in his game in that his first touch is abysmal 9 times out of 10.

Exactly this, for all his running and hard work... His touch is nowhere near good enough to be a consistent threat in the top half of the table. Paper talk of a 50m bid from the kit stealers in summer... I'd snap your hand off.

[Big Ming]

Marv won the ball well a couple of times but then gave it straight back with poor passing, one of which nearly cost a goal.The
His Achilles heel.

[boozey182]

We were set up really well, and got into them from the off. We have them a proper game and should have got something out of it, which I wasn't really expecting to say.

But I won't understand that first substitution as long as I live. Doug had been brilliant further forward and we had two DMs that could have come on if Marv needed a rest. Within minutes Carney and Doug get into a mix up and we're chasing the game, with Doug now hamstrung in front of the defence. It was a massive error from Gerrard, which is such a shame as he'd got us playing really well.

He'll learn from that I'm sure, but it's very frustrating because Liverpool were very vulnerable tonight.

On the whole, very promising, but very frustrating. Need to keep this momentum up.

[RichardBatchelor]

Marv won the ball well a couple of times but then gave it straight back with poor passing, one of which nearly cost a goal.The
His Achilles heel.

Some of his interceptions and game reading was brilliant, as you say, if only he could pass he’d almost be a Kanté / Makelele figure.

[brontebilly]

I thought Gerrard should have switched shape sooner from the diamond setup to one to contain Trent a bit more. Klopp called that out just now. Chucky was a waste of a sub and it also moved Luiz from a position he was doing well in. For a finish he had to swap McGinn and Chucky.

Klopp also whinging about offside for our first goal. To be fair , goal like that goes against us and we would be fuming.

[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/football/a-villa-vs-liverpool/report/446608

[Brazilian Villain]

Or we lost narrowly to arguably the world’s best team and if not indisputably the second best, who could bring Henderson, Thiago and Mo Salah off the bench when we had one proven talent there in Buendia. I doubt it’s team selection, with all due respect.

Exactly, going toe to toe with one of the best teams and managers in the World and feeling hard done by. Klopp has been there for 6.5 years whilst just over 3 years ago we were below Blues in the Championship. It takes time and money but really feel we're moving in the right direction.

[ChicagoLion]

Watkins has a massive technical flaw in his game in that his first touch is abysmal 9 times out of 10.

Exactly this, for all his running and hard work... His touch is nowhere near good enough to be a consistent threat in the top half of the table. Paper talk of a 50m bid from the kit stealers in summer... I'd snap your hand off.

Exactly and then look at Ings missed chances.
Neither good enough

[Pat McMahon]

Buendia over Coutinho at the moment for me.

Me too.

And so say all of us. Pisses me off when he played so well on Saturday and is then dropped for the next game - it can’t exactly make Buendia feel he is integral to the team.

[Villa Lew]

Delighted with the performance, effort and commitment against a world class team. Digne and Luiz were both excellent. Apart from a couple of sloppy passes, Marv did very well, particularly since this was his first start for 6 months. Now need to get a minimum of 6 points to finish the season off and finish in the top half for the first time in a long time, maybe even nip a point off City, who knows.

As for Moss, thank god he's retiring, should of happened 30 years ago.

[ROBBO]

Luiz played well until he was moved back then he was dreadful, Ings takes up great positions but his touch of a couple of years ago is no longer there, he could have been the match winner. Buendia needs to start and Coutinho needs a full pre season. In the end they had more control but i did see signs that next season we will be a better outfit.