Aston Villa v Leicester City Post Match Thread

[Drummond]

We are £200m away from a top 4 place

That would be fucking cheap.

[RamboandBruno]

Think we played a lot worse lately and won. 3 individual errors cost us three goals. Thought we played some very good stuff with the ball at times creating lots of chances. Without the ball we were a mess though, tactically all over the place. Kamara had a horror show for two goals but offered no protection to their counter attacks either. Far too easy to get at our centre backs throughout.

While Coutinho showed nice touches, we can't get away with a trio of Bailey, Buendia and Coutinho without the ball. Thought Emery went far too attacking at half time. Moreno showed what we can offer going forward for the rest of the season though defensively he will need to improve. Luiz and Buendia were very good. Ollie led the line well, missed his easiest chance but very sharp for our first.

Yet another example today unfortunately as to how we urgently need a centre back comfortable of stepping into midfield and passing through the lines. See Konsa just after half time when they should have scored.

Martinez 6, Young 5 (Cash 5), Konsa 5, Mings 5, Digne 4 (Moreno 6), Luiz 8, Kamara 3, Buendia 8, Bailey 6, Ramsey 4 (Coutinho 6), Watkins 8. Duran showed a couple of nice touches and pace.

This is a spot on summary

[Legion]

Their first goal was a shambles of an embarrassment inside a calamity. Shocking.

[Risso]

Scores out of 10

Martinez - 3
Young - 5, Cash - 4
Mings - 2
Konsa - 3
Digne - 3, Moreno - 3
Kamara - 1
Luiz - 5
Buendia - 6
Ramsey - 2, Coutinho -5
Bailey - 4
Watkins - 5

There is a lot of nonsense in here and a couple of points of truth. Martinez??? Luiz?? Watkins??? I agree Bailey was poor and the big lad did more in 5 mins and all that.

If you think as 5 as a player having an average game where they don't do much of note, Watkins scored one but missed several. Martinez was partly to blame for the first goal, and any keeper letting in 4 has generally had a bad game, howver poor the defensive lapses. Luiz was pretty average I thought, certainly nowhere near as bad as Kamara, who we'll have to put it down to a one off bad game hopefully, but it was as poor a midfield display from him as you're ever going to see. Two goals directly his fault and did nothing right all game.

[SoccerHQ]

We are £200m away from a top 4 place

I'd like us not to be 200m away from being a 9th place team one day.

[frank black]

We are £200m away from a top 4 place

I admire your optimism

[ROBBO]

Playing from the back is fine if you have quick defenders with good foot skills, we don't. Martinez's posturing is starting to annoy me as good as he is.  Thought Buendia had a fine game but Watkins again had to take that extra touch that a natural finisher wouldn't. All in all it wasn't a disaster, just stupid individual errors cost us, Kamara especially.

[clash city rocker]

We are £200m away from a top 4 place

That would be fucking cheap.

Agree.And out of our reach. Still might make a cup semi final one day.

[frank black]

I enjoyed large parts of todays game, but we basically gifted them a couple of goals and weren’t clinical with our finishing.

[Risso]

Agree.And out of our reach. Still might make a cup semi final one day.

Hold your horses. The 4th round would be a start.

[Brazilian Villain]

And that is why my Dad dreads us having players featured on Football Focus.

[RamboandBruno]

Scores out of 10

Martinez - 3
Young - 5, Cash - 4
Mings - 2
Konsa - 3
Digne - 3, Moreno - 3
Kamara - 1
Luiz - 5
Buendia - 6
Ramsey - 2, Coutinho -5
Bailey - 4
Watkins - 5

There is a lot of nonsense in here and a couple of points of truth. Martinez??? Luiz?? Watkins??? I agree Bailey was poor and the big lad did more in 5 mins and all that.

If you think as 5 as a player having an average game where they don't do much of note, Watkins scored one but missed several. Martinez was partly to blame for the first goal, and any keeper letting in 4 has generally had a bad game, howver poor the defensive lapses. Luiz was pretty average I thought, certainly nowhere near as bad as Kamara, who we'll have to put it down to a one off bad game hopefully, but it was as poor a midfield display from him as you're ever going to see. Two goals directly his fault and did nothing right all game.

Not long home and need to look back at the highlights, but i dint think Martinez could of done much about any of the goals. I thought Luiz was really good today and Beundia was bad at all. Watkins missed a sitter first half but dont think he did much wrong with the Coutinhio through ball. Anyway, its is what it is, big mistakes from two decent players cost us.

[clash city rocker]

Agree.And out of our reach. Still might make a cup semi final one day.

Hold your horses. The 4th round would be a start.

I love dark humour.

[levico]

Thought I’d calm down before posting but that clearly is not going to happen for many days.

No criticism of the manager but it did look to me that we were trying to play his system but we don’t have the quality to achieve it.

[PaulWinch again]

That is unacceptably shit - sort it out.