Manchester United vs Aston Villa Post-Match Analysis

[astonvilla82]

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.

sensible analysis

[Footy-Vill]

Nothing we didnt already know.

Olsen is monumentally shit.

Mings isn't far behind.

Our heads drop as soon as we go behind.

They had about 18 shots, 15 must have come from us fucking about at the back.

I enjoyed it though apart from the last 15 minutes or so.

Think if your listing players I'm astounded how you don't find McGinn , who was carried all game , the worst outfield offender and clearly unusuited to play the Emery way.
Mings was a sub so why picking on him before McGinn? Why?

[wince]

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.

Ridiculous.

Completely agree. Delusional opinion and makes us look like absolute entitled throbbers

[Footy-Vill]

I did think he made too many subs.

Get use to it. He'll do a lot of changes every match.

[TonyD]

I think Unai will be successful   But he really picked a bad start line up.

He brought on the right subs.  But didn’t take off the right players tonight.

Anyhow.   I think truly we will beat Liverpool on Boxing Day big style!!!!

[Rory]

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.

Had he started with Sunday’s team which was way way different to tonight’s team - then we would have won tonight.

With respect, Tony, you can't possibly say that definitively.

It's a game away to Man Utd, a game we wouldn't often expect to win and I think it's the brilliance of Sunday that has caused such a deep sense of disappointment. Perhaps we all got a little carried away.

If we had played the same XI as Sunday, then lost to Brighton, people would've been slating him for not rotating and saying our position dictates that the league should be our top priority.

Not great. Frustrating. But not a Bradford-style fuck-up either.

[Martyn Smith]

I presume Coutinho's non appearance even on the bench tonight means he's definitely done?

[Clampy]

I did think he made too many subs.

Get use to it. He'll do a lot of changes every match.

Do you still think he should have played Olsen?

[cdbearsfan]

I presume Coutinho's non appearance even on the bench tonight means he's definitely done?

He's injured, out until after the World Cup.

[paul_e]

I presume Coutinho's non appearance even on the bench tonight means he's definitely done?

If by done you mean out injured until Christmas as was announced at the start of the week then yes.

[john e]

The starting 11 was horrendous I couldn’t believe what I was seeing

apart from the fact half the team weren’t good enough and there was no creativity, for a manager that apparently likes to counter attack that must be the slowest starting line up in Villa’s history

[Martyn Smith]

I presume Coutinho's non appearance even on the bench tonight means he's definitely done?

If by done you mean out injured until Christmas as was announced at the start of the week then yes.

Ah. Missed that.

Carry on...

[FatSam]

If I was the manager I wouldn’t have swapped Emi for Olsen, because I know how bad Olsen is. Playing him is like giving the opposition a 2-goal start. He is worse than Nyland, and verging on Kalinic territory. Hopefully Emery now realises that he can’t be relied upon. It’s just a shame that it cost us our place in the cup.

A problem for us is that without European football we don’t play enough games to justify having a strong back-up GK. Teams playing in 4-competitions can afford to play their back-up in the lesser competitions. It would almost be better to get rid of Olsen and have a back-up who was content not to play unless Emi is unavailable. We can only play 50 games even if we reach the finals of both cups. Ederson has played nearly that many games for each of the last two seasons, so I don’t see the point in rotating. If you don’t progress in the cup, the potential fatigue that your first choice might experience is all academic anyway.

[Percy McCarthy]

Young has been consistently one of our best performers of the season.  Digne is returning from injury.  Bailey has had serious injury problems for 12 months. McGinn is our "captain".  Olsen Probably had cup fixtures in his contract, if not the gaffer needed to know if he is worth having on the bench.  Ings is a £20m striker that needed to show if he is worth retaining.  Those questions are now answered.  I don't expect to see those players in a Villa shirt again, barring injury.  I'd rather be out of the cup and still in the PL.  Without tarring him withh the same brush  Buendia isn't consistently performing.  How is the manager expected to know his squad without seeing them play?  Sack the manager?  How many times do you need to change the man at the top before you realise that the boots on the ground are the problem?  I think there are issues in the dressing room that need addressing, namely McGinn...

Some people are posting as if a single person has said “sack the manager”.

[eamonn]

I did think he made too many subs.

Get use to it. He'll do a lot of changes every match.

Can't wait. Five a game, every game please! It's the modern way and we want a squad that can compete.