Aston Villa v Leicester City Post Match Thread

[Clampy]

I think with some fans, they have a player they don't like and they jump on anything they do wrong. Watkins was fine yesterday, his goal was a very good finish.

[simboy]

That performance was so sloppy, not something I expected under Emery. Once we went one up I thought we would control the game and win comfortably. Once Emi sold Kamara down the river, Kamara didn’t play his get out of jail card, choosing to try to beat two rather than off load the ball, I thought, well one mistake,  it’s Brighton again.

However, it seemed to knock the stuffing out of Kamara, he became tentative to the point that he was poor for the third goal and got substituted for Dendonker … probably the ultimate insult to him.

At the moment if Kamara doesn’t play we don’t play properly defensively. We look the team Gerrard had at the start of the season. He really is very important to this team.

Add in a hatful of chances we missed - Watkins and Bailey the most obvious, but Ramsey had two opportunities he does better with most days as well as Buendia - and Mings having an awful game it really was an opportunity missed.

I suspect we will play better in the next two even though we may get nothing out of them. But so frustrating.

[Astnor]

Very disappointing result of course, so on the positive side;
- As stated above, Watkins a good game again and got his scoring boot on at least, encouraging
- Buendia very good game
- Konsa still a very good defender (IMO, a personal favourite of mine)
- we are set up to dominate game ISH with a ballplaying central midfield (even whwn they and CB where at fault for goals against - they did dominate for most of the game ish?)
- We have a good manager (every sign of it IMO) and probl the most important thing now
- We do look like a proper team
- Very lovely to be able to watch us in proper colours at Villa park - even by some muddy rivers (thank to all that did PM me)

[PeterWithe]

If you make 4 unforced mistakes in a game, you lose it.

[ChicagoLion]

Criticising Watkins for his performance today is ridiculous. Sure he missed his easiest chance.

The bold bit is why the criticism is justified.

Every forward misses chances. Watching back the highlights here, Bailey's miss at start of second half was arguably worse. Watkins had a very good game today.

I agree with this, Watkins has 3 in 2 games, the first half chance was a bad miss, the second chance with the through ball from Coutinho, wasnt easy and i dont think it was a bad effort from him. Crazy someone asking why cant he score them all, who does, 100 million pound forwards perhaps. Watkins played well and is on good form.

Do you mean the open goal when he couldn’t sort his feet out?
The Coutinho chance was because he took a touch as opposed to getting his shot away.
His all round play was good, I like his endeavour and commitment but these chances show his limitations.

[PeterWithe]

I agree, a heavy touch and bad decision making. And he had one of his better games.

[Clampy]

Criticising Watkins for his performance today is ridiculous. Sure he missed his easiest chance.

The bold bit is why the criticism is justified.

Every forward misses chances. Watching back the highlights here, Bailey's miss at start of second half was arguably worse. Watkins had a very good game today.

I agree with this, Watkins has 3 in 2 games, the first half chance was a bad miss, the second chance with the through ball from Coutinho, wasnt easy and i dont think it was a bad effort from him. Crazy someone asking why cant he score them all, who does, 100 million pound forwards perhaps. Watkins played well and is on good form.

Do you mean the open goal when he couldn’t sort his feet out?
The Coutinho chance was because he took a touch as opposed to getting his shot away.
His all round play was good, I like his endeavour and commitment but these chances show his limitations.

This is an example of the kind of thing I mean. No praise at all for his goal but focusing on the one he missed. He's not going to score with every chance he gets.

[Axl Rose]

My dearest dad, sitting in the Holte Lower, really enjoyed the match. He's Leicester through and through, but I know he loves us more than those c untish crisps.

Trying and failing to play it out from the back aside, he thought we were superior to Leicester, loved Buendia and Moreno, and can't believe they took all three points.

[Clampy]

My dearest dad, sitting in the Holte Lower, really enjoyed the match. He's Leicester through and through, but I know he loves us more than those c untish crisps.

Trying and failing to play it out from the back aside, he thought we were superior to Leicester, loved Buendia and Moreno, and can't believe they took all three points.

That's great. Hope he enjoyed his day.

[Axl Rose]

Cheers Clampy.

He goes almost every season to this fixture. His mate gets him tickets somehow, and my dad reckons it makes him feel closer to me, seeing as though I've been living abroad since 2003

To be honest, going to Villa Park with my dad is the main thing I miss about home.

[Brend'Watkins]

From the off we were too casual, then, became arrogant to the point complacency set in. Leicester didn’t win this match we lost it, gave it to them. Thought Bailey was poor throughout, not once did he beat his marker and capped it by missing a great chance.

[Villa Lew]

Typical Villa chance to get into the top half, and we blew it, but at least we can take some positives from the match. Could have done with the points with Man City, Arsenal coming up and then Everton away, which now is gonna be a lot tougher than it would have been a few weeks ago.

Regarding kicking towards the Holte in the first half, yes it has benefited in a couple of games, but as a general rule we're always gonna win more matches kicking towards the Holte in the second half. When it's a tough game, going into the last quarter of a match, looking for a winner it's always gonna benefit us more, that's why it's called our 12th man and why we've always done that in our history and every other club in the country does it.

[ChicagoLion]

Criticising Watkins for his performance today is ridiculous. Sure he missed his easiest chance.

The bold bit is why the criticism is justified.

Every forward misses chances. Watching back the highlights here, Bailey's miss at start of second half was arguably worse. Watkins had a very good game today.

I agree with this, Watkins has 3 in 2 games, the first half chance was a bad miss, the second chance with the through ball from Coutinho, wasnt easy and i dont think it was a bad effort from him. Crazy someone asking why cant he score them all, who does, 100 million pound forwards perhaps. Watkins played well and is on good form.

Do you mean the open goal when he couldn’t sort his feet out?
The Coutinho chance was because he took a touch as opposed to getting his shot away.
His all round play was good, I like his endeavour and commitment but these chances show his limitations.

This is an example of the kind of thing I mean. No praise at all for his goal but focusing on the one he missed. He's not going to score with every chance he gets.

Ok, he took the chance well,.
 Looking forward to all the praise from you for  the good posts people make.

[PeterWithe]

 Bailey as usual blew hot and cold but he beat his marker to create that first minute chance and then again to force that first half save from the edge of the box. Pretty poor second half mind

[The Edge]

Criticising Watkins for his performance today is ridiculous. Sure he missed his easiest chance.

The bold bit is why the criticism is justified.

Every forward misses chances. Watching back the highlights here, Bailey's miss at start of second half was arguably worse. Watkins had a very good game today.

I agree with this, Watkins has 3 in 2 games, the first half chance was a bad miss, the second chance with the through ball from Coutinho, wasnt easy and i dont think it was a bad effort from him. Crazy someone asking why cant he score them all, who does, 100 million pound forwards perhaps. Watkins played well and is on good form.

Do you mean the open goal when he couldn’t sort his feet out?
The Coutinho chance was because he took a touch as opposed to getting his shot away.
His all round play was good, I like his endeavour and commitment but these chances show his limitations.

Totally agree CL. We all love his workrate, commitment etc but how many times can we ignore his total lack of ability to put away easy chances? He missed that absolute sitter to put us 3-1 up which would have been a mountain for Leicester to climb. I've watched it half a dozen times now and I still can't fathom how he failed so badly.