Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 3 Post Match Thread.

[Exeter 77]

We created enough chances to get something out of the game. The defence seemed far less assured with Olsen behind them as if they didn't trust him. Olsen did make some decent saves but his positioning and anticipation frighten the life out of me so I can quite understand that. His starting position just doesn't seem high enough to sweep up through balls but the defensive high line just made this appear to be a bigger issue.

[Clampy]

I thought the defence played far too high up the pitch really. That didn't help.

[Nii Lamptey]

The performance in that defeat was still head and shoulders above any of the bile we played under Gerrard. I hate losing to that lot, but how anyone can slate the team after that performance, considering what we’ve been served up in recent years, is beyond me.

McGinn is the player who seems to have benefited the most from the change at the top. Played himself into a bit of form since Unai has come in. Not his biggest fan, but credit where it’s due 👍🏼

[Sexual Ealing]

I thought we did alright, certainly seen us play far worse. There was some inexplicable miscuing from Bailey in particular and Olsen gives the defence a panicky feel from kick off. But the result was in the balance till the last ten minutes against a team and squad who are much stronger than us.

Play to that level against most sides in the league and we’ll be fine 12th.
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FTFY.

Edit: ah fuck it!

[ChicagoLion]

The performance in that defeat was still head and shoulders above any of the bile we played under Gerrard. I hate losing to that lot, but how anyone can slate the team after that performance, considering what we’ve been served up in recent years, is beyond me.

Maybe people are just a bit Fed up of another plucky loser performance.

[Villa Lew]

I've seen enough from the performance to be optimistic , particulary in the 20 mins or so after half time. Watkins' header was as good as I've seen him score, hopefully that will boost his confidence, 3rd goal obviously killed us. Looking forward to having Golden Gloves back hopefully on Sunday, which will give the back 4 more confidence.

Looking at the next 4 league matches, after Spurs, I would be disappointed if you don't at least get 3 wins out of them.

[Clampy]

And a shout out to the knob In front of me who got arsey with a misplaced pass from Mings after 80 odd minutes when he hadnt put a foot wrong all game. A few words were exchanged but I wish he hadn't come back when he fucked off when the second goal went in. Twat.

[Risso]

They've got pace in Darwin and Salah, so we didn't play Cash, who is our quickest defender? If Darwin had brought his shooting boots the scoreline would have been much worse.

[ChicagoLion]

What I did not understand was playing a high line with no press.

[Axl Rose]

And a shout out to the knob In front of me who got arsey with a misplaced pass from Mings after 80 odd minutes when he hadnt put a foot wrong all game. A few words were exchanged but I wish he hadn't come back when he fucked off when the second goal went in. Twat.

They're everywhere I'm afraid, Clampy.

But don't agree that Mings didn't put a foot wrong. He wasn't awful, but he wasn't great, either. Concentration levels leave much to be desired.

I do think that he needs a spell alongside Carlos when he's fit to return, however.

[brontebilly]

Both Pundits Owen and Ex Arse guy who I don not like were trying to be polite at half time saying, Watkins tries hard, they both love him but at best he is an average finisher. Not good enough.
Go along with Bronti scorecard except for Luiz who I would give 4 and Watkins who only gets a mention because of his goal.
Commentator said, best cross of the game and Watkins could not miss
Townsend also right, team full of players who deserve to finish 12th
Money to be spent wisely on players that can make a difference if we expect any different outcomes

Thought Luiz had a decent second half after a brutal first half. Great ball in for the goal. Thought our midfield two had a very strong 20 mins or so after half time.

[Hillbilly]

Surprised by the relative criticism of Luiz and praise for McGinn. Admittedly Luiz should not have gotten into a foot race with Salah but McGinn really should have buried that chance that he headed into the ground. Pretty much on par with each other.

[john e]

bloke in front of me said at half-time we were good for a goal, but Liverpool were
 good for two or three, I think that’s probably about right

I thought 1-3  was probably a fair reflection, but we did create some good chances which was a positive

Maybe it would have been a different game if we had Martinez, Cash and the injured Carlos back in the defence, that day will come so I’m not too disheartened

[Clampy]

And a shout out to the knob In front of me who got arsey with a misplaced pass from Mings after 80 odd minutes when he hadnt put a foot wrong all game. A few words were exchanged but I wish he hadn't come back when he fucked off when the second goal went in. Twat.

They're everywhere I'm afraid, Clampy.

But don't agree that Mings didn't put a foot wrong. He wasn't awful, but he wasn't great, either. Concentration levels leave much to be desired.

I do think that he needs a spell alongside Carlos when he's fit to return, however.

What exactly did he do wrong though?

[django]

I thought we did alright, certainly seen us play far worse. There was some inexplicable miscuing from Bailey in particular and Olsen gives the defence a panicky feel from kick off. But the result was in the balance till the last ten minutes against a team and squad who are much stronger than us.

Play to that level against most sides in the league and we’ll be fine 12th.
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FTFY.

Edit: ah fuck it!

Yeah that’s about right. Play like we did today against most teams and we’d probably achieve one of our best positions in the table this decade.

Room for improvement obviously, places where we could improve the squad, undoubtedly. Want us to be better than we are? Hell yeah. But I don’t see
this performance as any kind of low tide mark or cause for any major concern at all. We were pretty decent, which is a stage we’ll be at for a while between being shit under Gerrard and European champions under Emery.