Abject Villa v Chelsea post match thread.

[London Villan]

Our narrow 4222 has been worked out. And Emery’s tactical set up at home in cup competitions has seen us win 1 draw 1 lose 3. That’s not ideal.

[andyh]

As bad as anything served up under Gerrard.
To coin a phrase, individually and collectively we were shite.
The only player who earned more than 3/10 for me would be Watkins.
Everyone else between 0 and 2.
To me, every single Chelsea player looked stronger, fitter and faster than our lot.

I never thought I’d see the day when Martinez would be beaten by a free kick from that distance.

Special mention for kamara……when he is bad he is fucking shocking. But it’s a thing with him. Every now and then he has an absolute stinker, but then comes back flying..let’s hope it’s the same again.

Oh well,it’s only the FA cup. We don’t do the FA cup anymore, do we ?

[kippaxvilla2]

Shite.

[VillaTim]

we've even made Jackson look decent. It's a tough night this

[Paul.S]

Terrible from start to finish. Both fullbacks caught out time and time again with no support from anyone in front of them.
We definitely have been sussed out because Chelsea used the same tactics as Newcastle did. They swamped central midfield, won the ball and exposed both fullbacks. Hopefully Torres is back for Sunday but we need a sitting midfielder to protect this defence without Konsa.
Emery will have to have a rethink and change something because that lot on Sunday play on the break. If we do the same then I fear for us.

They will tear us apart if we don't get our act together. They have players with lightning pace and they stretch the pitch. FFS

Without Torres we were weaker but without Torres and Konsa we are so vulnerable. We cannot send both fullbacks flying forward without some sitting in front of them. We don’t have a lot of speed to recover and they will tear us a new one.
Emery is a top coach and I’m sure he’s seen it and I await another tactical masterclass. Sunday is so important now, win and tonight is forgotten, lose and we could struggle to recover.

I personally think we haven't recovered from Boxing Day. It really flicked a switch in our heads.

We’ve been spluttering since Arsenal. We don’t have the squad to soak up any injuries but we weren’t the same before. That loss had Aston Villa written all over it, one I’d hoped we wouldn’t see for a while. We have fought for results since but tonight even that left us.

[astonvilla82]

I said to my Mrs before the start that it would be so Villa to fuck it up tonight and Sunday.

The next 2 games are massive. Win, with a good home draw in the next round, they had a fantastic opportunity to go deep in a competition and provide momentum for the most important league game of the season, (beat Manure and they pretty much guarantee 5th place barring a collapse).

What I didn't expect however, was a performance as bad as that. It was an absolute stinker. We made bang average Chelsea team look like Man City.

When we don't get the ball forward quickly, we are so ordinary and a number of players are simply not good enough.

You are right, Chelsea got the ball forward quickly from their area,we win the ball in our area and only a few players moved quickly enough to cause them any problems

[pauliewalnuts]

Although.

I see that Jackson, who has proven himself incapable of hitting a barn door from three paces, is playing.

Traditionally, we all know what would happen now.

*stabs self in face with large knife*

[curiousorange]

The slowness really fucks me off. We buy a load of pacy forwards and spend most of our possession thinking of ever more creative ways to keep the ball from reaching them.

[olaftab]

I am totally devastated. A pathetic gutless performance. For all their good work this season McGinn and Luiz were absolutely useless tonight. They were lethargic and looked totally out of place. Like League 2 hod carriers up against top artisan masons.

[olaftab]

Well for me top four takes priority. If we get that I won't care so much about tonight.

How does that work? Do you really think after these last two home performances we will do that?

[RamboandBruno]

Right, get Emery on, let's get the excuses out of the way.

Thats shit talk. It was utter garbage tonight but Emery has never made excuses.

[Nii Lamptey]

Absolutely shitting myself for Sunday.
Terrible all round tonight, but a special shoutout for Alex Moreno. That was one of the worst defensive displays I think I have ever seen from a Villa player, and we’ve had our fill of those!

Digne has been as big a miss as Konsa and Torres in my opinion. Moreno not the same player since his injury.

[Risso]

Right, get Emery on, let's get the excuses out of the way.

Thats shit talk. It was utter garbage tonight but Emery has never made excuses.

Well he did tonight. “We competed well.” Did we fuck.

[curiousorange]

I kind of think Moreno isn't really fit. Not an excuse for poor displays, but he was definitely rushed back.

[langleylions]

No need for any discussion about tactics / team selection etc etc ,, we outright threw that game tonight , and thats disgusting to the 42k that paid good money to witness a gutless show like that , you better win sunday emery cuz people by me on the holte are turning with these constant shit performances in cup games , you cant just switch it on and off when you like