Villa 1 Man. United 2 Post match thread.

[The Edge]

The dive was incredible too from Rashford. Cheating bastard.

When you get Roy Keane AND Gary Neville saying that it was never a free kick to begin with and that Casimero was offside from it you know you have a case. But just add it to the list as dodgy decision goes in favour of Man Utd No654

[brontebilly]

Emerys record against ten hag has been abit poor to be honest

Played 5
W 1
L 4

Emery tactically owned EtH last night. Old Trafford we collapsed but last night was a far superior performance. Hard to know how they possibly got 6 points off us over two games.

[Risso]

By scoring 5 goals to our 3.

[Percy McCarthy]

I'm going to watch the whole game back again to be sure I wasn't blinded by matchday bias but I felt we were really good.

In another day Watkins' header, or McGinn's shot would have gone in and their header would have gone straight into Martinez. But it didn't and we're left rueing another kissed opportunity to beat these fuckers.

It meant an awful lot to them to win.

I thought SJM’s miss was worse than Watkins’. When the ball flashes across like that, battling to get in front of the defender breathing down your neck, a striker will just concentrate on getting a good contact, which most times will be enough to score. McGinn just concentrated on power when he had much more time and goal to aim at.

[Drummond]

all well and good playing well etc and saying things like "on another day we win that" , but that is a game we had to win or at least not lose. It's a huge momentum shift. Absolutely gutted as you can sense what happens now . Hopefully Kamara is back soon but again knowing how things go it's 2-3 weeks out which turns into 5-6 weeks.

Have to agree with you tim. It was a must not lose game. The resultis a complete disaster.  Had we beaten Newcastle it wouldnt have mattered as much but we lost that one too.

We cant keep trying to remain positive and hope for miracles. We have been playing shit since the city game and had some fortunate results. We wernt as shit yesteeday as a attacking sense but the finishing and defensive work has been absymal. 8 goals conceded in last 3 home games. Thats simply not good enough.

Also the set pieces at times were championship level. What the hell are we doing in training?

Were all our previous wins at home the aforementioned 'miracles'?

[Ads]

Emerys record against ten hag has been abit poor to be honest

Played 5
W 1
L 4

Emery tactically owned EtH last night. Old Trafford we collapsed but last night was a far superior performance. Hard to know how they possibly got 6 points off us over two games.

It's not the sort of thing that inspires long term confidence of repeating results, hence why we're the only top 8 side they've beaten away in 2 years I guess. I'm telling you, Satanic Black Magic bullshit.

[eamonn]

Aston Villa 1-2 Man Utd: Why Villa will still make the Premier League's top four - Stephen Warnock - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68269251

A very considered article; I like Warnock.

He does come across as a cut above some of his contemporaries. Compared to some of the other clowns out there and I'm looking at you Micah Richards and Danny Mills he's practically a genius.

I do like him but there's a smack of "I did extra research last summer and saw how good this team is coached and therefore I think they'll be amazing".

I think it's human nature to be influenced by being impressed but it only tells part of the whole picture. We're coming up against teams with better squads who also have (in the main), world-class coaches. So although it's nice to see a decent pundit batting for us, I take it all with a pinch of salt, just as I do the less-informed pundits who will say our challenge is over.

[SoccerHQ]

Can you imagine how we would be if we did not two regulars at the start of the season, two very important players, then we seem to have had more than our fair share of injuries during the season that seems to go on for ever. In spite of that we still have a good chance of Europe.

Brighton, Newcastle and Man. United had endless injuries this season unless people actually assumed Man. United signed Johnny Evans to be a first choice! Chelsea aswell and we won at Spurs when they had half their first choice team missing for various reasons.

Does feel though that many of those sides are getting most of their players back and will finish strongly while we will certainly be limping to the finish line if Kamara and Konsa injuries are more serious than they look, we won't finish CL if those two are out for next two months.

I guess one thing now is we will see how good Tim and KHH actually are under premier league pressure and whether they can be genuine first team players for next season or they'll be the next ones to sacrifice to pay the FFP bills. Sooner or later we need to find that out rather than just seeing them come off the bench for the odd minute or two.

[Chico Hamilton III]

 Not much to smile about yesterday but the round of boos that went up when Southgate’s face was shown on the big screen was funny.

[PeterWithe]

Yeah it was, I automatically boo-ed as a kind of Pavlovs Dog reaction, when my daughter asked me why I couldn't tell her. Instinct I guess as he'll probably do something to piss us off again soon.

[London Villan]

We are also playing against players who have won things - this is all new to most of our lot...

[Rigadon]

Yeah it was, I automatically boo-ed as a kind of Pavlovs Dog reaction, when my daughter asked me why I couldn't tell her. Instinct I guess as he'll probably do something to piss us off again soon.

Advising Jacob Ramsey he needs to be playing CL football, or some such. 

[Drummond]

Not much to smile about yesterday but the round of boos that went up when Southgate’s face was shown on the big screen was funny.

Yep, enjoyed that, and the speed with which it was taken down when the booing got louder.

[Brend'Watkins]

Bitterly disappointing result but very encouraging performance compared to Wednesday night.

As someone else mentioned our recent inability to defend set pieces is a big concern and highlights our need to have decent Central defenders. Being without Mings is one thing, being without Mings and Konsa is crippling. if those two play we don't concede either of those goals.

[Demitri_C]

all well and good playing well etc and saying things like "on another day we win that" , but that is a game we had to win or at least not lose. It's a huge momentum shift. Absolutely gutted as you can sense what happens now . Hopefully Kamara is back soon but again knowing how things go it's 2-3 weeks out which turns into 5-6 weeks.

Have to agree with you tim. It was a must not lose game. The resultis a complete disaster.  Had we beaten Newcastle it wouldnt have mattered as much but we lost that one too.

We cant keep trying to remain positive and hope for miracles. We have been playing shit since the city game and had some fortunate results. We wernt as shit yesteeday as a attacking sense but the finishing and defensive work has been absymal. 8 goals conceded in last 3 home games. Thats simply not good enough.

Also the set pieces at times were championship level. What the hell are we doing in training?

Were all our previous wins at home the aforementioned 'miracles'?

Well how about the more recent ones

Lucky not to lose vs sheff utd

Struggled against Burnley

Lost to newcastle

Lost to chelsea

Lost to united

Not exactly impressive is it? Also Ten hag hadnt beat a top 9 side away from home until yesterday.  That result was a disaster