Aston Villa v Chelsea Match Thread

[paul_e]

Defence is shocking. For me its Cash again, he does kind of seems to do his part but when I watch home closely it seems he really dosent - but what do I know. We also are dependent on Unais system to a degree and when it dosent work individual players seems a bit lost if they dont have strong character like Konsa and some.

I think this is incredibly harsh, the problems are in midfield not in defence, Galagher in particular is getting far too much space.

[SamTheMouse]

To be fair, there aren't many teams who could cope with losing their entire first choice defence. I'm not sure why more hasn't been made of our insane injury crisis.

[PaulWinch again]

We’ve got a massive problem when we go behind. Our game plan is set up to draw teams out, but they don’t need to. Instead we’re aimlessly playing into their hands.

[Chris_Jephcott]

This ref is a total prick too

[JUAN PABLO]

yellow card for that    wanker ref

[Stu]

67 years and counting...

Although it was nice to get into the 4th round for a change.

[Villan82]

To be fair, there aren't many teams who could cope with losing their entire first choice defence. I'm not sure why more hasn't been made of our insane injury crisis.

I have even seen our own fans play it down, it is absolutely crazy how little focus is on our injury woes

[SamTheMouse]

Defence is shocking. For me its Cash again, he does kind of seems to do his part but when I watch home closely it seems he really dosent - but what do I know. We also are dependent on Unais system to a degree and when it dosent work individual players seems a bit lost if they dont have strong character like Konsa and some.

I think this is incredibly harsh, the problems are in midfield not in defence, Galagher in particular is getting far too much space.

All season long, our approach has been to play a high line and squeeze the space between midfield and defence.

Since Torres got injured, I don't think we've caught the opposition off side even once.

[astonvilla82]

Chelsea breaking out and Villa doing is the complete opposite

[BC Villain]

The warnings about Emery being ineffective when he gets found out beginning to ring ever louder

[NorthYvillan]

The warnings about Emery being ineffective when he gets found out beginning to ring ever louder

??

[Villan82]

The warnings about Emery being ineffective when he gets found out beginning to ring ever louder

Unbelievable. The man has plenty of goodwill in the tank and I trust him to sort us.

[paul_e]

To be fair, there aren't many teams who could cope with losing their entire first choice defence. I'm not sure why more hasn't been made of our insane injury crisis.

I have even seen our own fans play it down, it is absolutely crazy how little focus is on our injury woes

To be fair it's what the squad is for so all there is to do is get on with things.

[Edvard Remberg]

The warnings about Emery being ineffective when he gets found out beginning to ring ever louder

It's more the mentality of the players

[wince]

The warnings about Emery being ineffective when he gets found out beginning to ring ever louder

??

Must have come out from under the bridge for a bit