Man Utd vs Aston Villa post-match thread

[Dave]

Normal service resumed.

Yet another troll.

He's not exactly the first person tonight to suggest that we shit the bed more often than not when we play this mob.

So maybe reconsider your tone.

[brontebilly]

Appalling second half performance, or to be fair after the first 30 mins. No impact from the bench either. Real chance for a statement win against a very average team and bottled it really. Sickening.

Martinez 7 - solid saves
Konsa 6 - dealt with Rashford comfortably but poor on ball
Carlos 5 - at fault with a stupid pass for one of their goals, bit brain-dead at times with unnecessary fouls
Lenglet 7 - very good first half with an assist, maybe could have cleared their second
Digne 6 - solid enough until limping off
Donk 7 - very good first half and nice goal. Limited obviously but kept it simple
Luiz 3 - a passenger tonight, bullied off ball constantly, not sure if speculation/hype has gone to his head
Bailey 6 - brilliant start but didn't protect ball well enough after, did force a great save
McGinn 5 - anonymous at 10 really bar set pieces, awful touch crucial for their winner
Ramsey 4 - continues to offer very little
Watkins 5 - little impact

Moreno 4 - roasted by Garnacho, all subs were hopeless really but we didn't seem to have any shape last 15 mins or so. Bit Lambert v Bradford

Emery 5 - nothing wrong with team but failed to make tactical changes required to take back control

[PeterWithesShin]

Pau and Kamara play and i'm convinced we'd be top having won the last 2,

[Exeter 77]

The last two games have shown how important Kamara and Torres are to the way we play. Kamara drops deep to allow the full backs to push the opposition wide players back and while Langlet hasn't really done anything wrong Torres' passing range gives us a different dimension.

[MalcolmP]

We are half way through the season and 3 points off 1st place. Top four performance in terms of points gained in calendar year 2023. Calm down everybody.

[IFWaters]

Think our squad is looking really stretched ATM. Hopefully have Pau back, Lenglet did ok and Moreno should get a run out next time. Kamara and Tielemanns are a big miss in the middle and Diaby needs to turn up. When Watkins hits a bad patch Duran isn't the answer.

[Pat McMahon]

We were out tonight so I only saw the second half. At 2-0 I was hoping to frustrate them and hit them for a third but all I saw was a team that looked hesitant, nervous and unable to retain meaningful possession.

The warning was there with the disallowed goal and we then decided to go into meltdown - starting with a shite ball by Carlos to Luiz who was outmuscled and boom , we concede and then crumble. None of the players played well in the 55 minutes I saw but the collective falling apart was really worrying. I saw zero leadership and a serious lack of game management. Worryingly not a single substitute arrested the decline.

[Forge10]

Normal service resumed.

Yet another troll.

Not at all. 51 year old Villa fan, been watching since 79. Season ticket since 1980, anything else you know about me?

[Small Rodent]

£120 win by putting a safety bet on at half time,

Every fucker in the pub thought I was an idiot… I live in London so, yes they are idiots., but they don’t know the history of Villa.

[john e]

People saying we didn’t protect the two nil lead
That’s the very reason we lost because we went to protective

On top, total domination, 2.0 up and then sat back and fucked about with no conviction
Didn’t no one tell them the history of this game we’ve seen this film many times before

[Exeter 77]

What was Digne's injury?

[Steve67]

Don’t know what’s more embarrassing

Their fans or Emery’s subs

Stupid post.  What's he supposed to do with the players we have out?

I thought that the narrative (see Spurs and Newcastle fans) is that we don't bleat and whine about players being missing because that is why we have a squad of players?

Our bench meant we had to play Dendonker and Emery brought on big Tim.  Who else is there?  Yes we have a squad, but no Buendia, Kamara, Tielemans.  Let's blame his subs when he has the chance to select from a fully fit squad eh?  Not sure what this has to do with Newcastle or Tottenham as I don't follow them.

[PeterWithesShin]

Everyone in the country bar 2, maybe 3, clubs would give their left bollock to be where we are.

[AV82EC]

Meh. Really poor second half, Unai left his subs far too late and let us get overrun. We also absolutely lost the midfield and every second ball in that second half. Far too passive and we let it get away from us.

Annoying but onto Saturday.

[wolfman999]

Why does he keep shoving Konsa out wide to RB to play a mediocre pairing at the back. Konsa is the best defender and the most comfortable on the ball out of those 3 and they get keep getting the shirts.  It's costing us.

Only have one right back in the squad and he was suspended.