Manchester United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Analysis

[andyh]

Is it possible our defence were so shit because they had no confidence in the clown between the sticks?
Olsen has been shit every time he has been involved in a game.
McGinn was awful.
Augustus Gloop or whatever the fuck his name is was shit.
Chambers was shit.
Konsa was shit.

And I am Tyrone Mings’ biggest fan, but tonight highlighted why he isn’t going to the World Cup.

[DrGonzo]

What the fuck is wrong with managers….?

This is on our manager.

Unai picked an absolute stinker of a team and formation.

The high of Sunday is matched by the low of tonight.

Unai REALLY fucked up tonight.

So pissed off. 

If the players chosen tonight aren't good enough to play at this level then the outcome is that they should never step onto the pitch in our colours again.  Emery has given them an opportunity to show their worth, they failed.  Olsen, McGinn and Ings were utterly anonymous tonight and I will happily wave them goodbye in January.  At what point Olsen realises that, as a 'keeper, he is allowed to actually catch the ball might be the tipping point for his career.  Ings did a remarkably good impression of McGinn and vice versa. Disappointing result, however if lessons have been learnt then that might be for the best on the long term, out of the Milk Cup being preferable to relegation. 

If Emery isn't allowed to test his squad at the highest levels then he will not know their capabilities.  Let's just hope he has learned what he needs to about his resevres.

[TonyD]

Only one person to blame for that tonight and that's Emery.  Said he wanted to win a trophy, yet blatantly surrenders his first opportunity to do so with an utterly ridiculous team selection against a United side there for the taking. 

Are you taking the piss

Some of the comments on here tonight have beggared belief.

No he right.  Unai picked a Gerrard team formation

[TonyD]

What the fuck is wrong with managers….?

This is on our manager.

Unai picked an absolute stinker of a team and formation.

The high of Sunday is matched by the low of tonight.

Unai REALLY fucked up tonight.

So pissed off. 

If the players chosen tonight aren't good enough to play at this level then the outcome is that they should never step onto the pitch in our colours again.  Emery has given them an opportunity to show their worth, they failed.  Olsen, McGinn and Ings were utterly anonymous tonight and I will happily wave them goodbye in January.  At what point Olsen realises that, as a 'keeper, he is allowed to actually catch the ball might be the tipping point for his career.  Ings did a remarkably good impression of McGinn and vice versa. Disappointing result, however if lessons have been learnt then that might be for the best on the long term, out of the Milk Cup being preferable to relegation. 

If Emery isn't allowed to test his squad at the highest levels then he will not know their capabilities.  Let's just hope he has learned what he needs to about his resevres.

You don’t test a winning team with a 5/6 week break window.

He should have played Sunday’s team.

Not playing Martinez was criminal.  Worse was not bringing him on. 

[TonyD]

Chambers was dire

[Stu]

I'm convinced we win that with a proper starting 11, especially at the back. Not impressed with Unai tonight. He has over a month with most of them to work out if they are good enough, not chucking away our best chance of a trophy. As for Olsen, he's shit, Steven Wonder knows he's shit, it doesn't take another shambolic first team performance to find out he's shit.

You must be on the wind up you silly sausage!

Why. They were shit. They put out a worse 11 tonight than they did on Sunday and our best 11 beat them comfortably. We were poor defensively with possession but they were too shit to do anything first half. Only person that picked that side is the manager. I'd be saying the same if it was Gerrard so i'm not gonna be a hypocrite and not say the same about a manager I like. And Olsen is staggeringly shit. And it's easily the best chance we'll have to win a trophy this season considering it was for a place in the last 16 with a bunch of the Sky favourites already out.

Absolutely not taking that post at face value!

[TaxDodger]

I think Olsen has now overtaken Gollini and makes it on the bench for my worst ever Villa team.

[TonyD]

I'm another who thinks he made a mistake tonight.  We were on a high after Sunday, why not try and keep that going with the team that performed so well?  The replacements for the starting XI aren't anywhere near as good in many cases and it has cost us tonight. 

It so bloody obvious from 7pm when the team was announced

[Small Rodent]

I thought it was a great game second half.

Even though I only saw it as I wandered through bars of my local reading out pub quiz questions.

Olsen was weird…made some saves and also big fuck ups. He’s very worrying.

A cup run and win would be lovely, but 3 points against Brighton is so important I can see why players were rested.

If we were on just 18 now instead of 15, I bet the line up would have been different…that slight difference.

But that’s obviously only my take on things. And I’m wrong most of the time (except for music, political allegiance, and music and music).

[TonyD]

I'm convinced we win that with a proper starting 11, especially at the back. Not impressed with Unai tonight. He has over a month with most of them to work out if they are good enough, not chucking away our best chance of a trophy. As for Olsen, he's shit, Steven Wonder knows he's shit, it doesn't take another shambolic first team performance to find out he's shit.

You must be on the wind up you silly sausage!

Why. They were shit. They put out a worse 11 tonight than they did on Sunday and our best 11 beat them comfortably. We were poor defensively with possession but they were too shit to do anything first half. Only person that picked that side is the manager. I'd be saying the same if it was Gerrard so i'm not gonna be a hypocrite and not say the same about a manager I like. And Olsen is staggeringly shit. And it's easily the best chance we'll have to win a trophy this season considering it was for a place in the last 16 with a bunch of the Sky favourites already out.

Absolutely not taking that post at face value!

Why?  He is 100% right

[Rory]

If anyone thinks we aren't going to go through games like this over the next 12 months then they are rather naive. The big difference is that after 12 months and heavy investment we hadn't made any progress under the previous manager, he wasn't called out straight away and neither should the new boss.

Agreed, Nev.

[Steve67]

Is it possible our defence were so shit because they had no confidence in the clown between the sticks?
Olsen has been shit every time he has been involved in a game.
McGinn was awful.
Augustus Gloop or whatever the fuck his name is was shit.
Chambers was shit.
Konsa was shit.

And I am Tyrone Mings’ biggest fan, but tonight highlighted why he isn’t going to the World Cup.

Agree with every word.  Not a single defender at Villa will be in the first team in 18 months.  We will rebuild and get stronger but tonight showed all the frailties that we have and I am so pleased we have a Manager who will see this for himself.  Unusually, even Chambers was shit tonight as well and I have no idea what is happening to Konsa.

[Risso]

PWS is absolutely spot on. One of Man City and Liverpool definitely out in the next round, and Man U now have a relatively straightforward home game against a Championship club.

[The Edge]

Only one person to blame for that tonight and that's Emery.  Said he wanted to win a trophy, yet blatantly surrenders his first opportunity to do so with an utterly ridiculous team selection against a United side there for the taking. 

Are you taking the piss

Some of the comments on here tonight have beggared belief.

No he right.  Unai picked a Gerrard team formation

The starting 11 he's being slated for went in at half time 0-0. We were pretty much at full strength when the collapse happened. Our new manager has a 4 year contract and is being paid a lot of money to sort it out. It's going to be a bumpy road ahead but he needs time. Crucially he needs to look at his squad in competitive matches before he starts the rebuild. Rome wasn't built in a day.

[Stu]

Already caning the manager nine days and two games into his appointment. Four days ago we beat these c*nts comfortably at home in the league for the first time since 1995. Criticism of team selection at this point is thoroughly and utterly mental.