Villa 1 Man. United 2 Post match thread.

[eamonn]

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.

A bit childish, he's only human and he was a great player for us. Probably helps that I don't support England.

[VillaTim]

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.

that went out live on Sky too which was pretty hilarious

[astonvilla82]

Looking like Armageddon is just  round the corner

[Richard]

No consolation but 2 of their fans I've spoken to since the game thought we were the better team. If we can rediscover our killer instinct I'd bet on us finishing above them.

[Chico Hamilton III]

And Onana can blow all the kisses he likes towards the Holte in the middle of the game trying to goad Villa fans but nothing will ever be as funny as Martinez shagging the post in front of the Stretford End

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And Onana can blow all the kisses he likes towards the Holte in the middle of the game trying to goad Villa fans but nothing will ever be as funny as Martinez shagging the post in front of the Stretford End

He's absolutely shite as well. I've never seen a shorter or fatter keeper. He appears to waddle out to miscue a ball into the stands on a regular basis.

[RamboandBruno]

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

There is no impending or actual disaster, wind it in FFS.
And as for recent results, we’ve largely got what we deserved. Newcastle and Chelsea deserved to beat us, less so yesterday but we missed too many good chances.
As for the other games, we largely deserved exactly what we got, wins and draws. Your essentially saying we haven’t deserved the recent points we’ve got, because it serves your disaster narrative

[Risso]

And Onana can blow all the kisses he likes towards the Holte in the middle of the game trying to goad Villa fans but nothing will ever be as funny as Martinez shagging the post in front of the Stretford End

He's absolutely shite as well. I've never seen a shorter or fatter keeper. He appears to waddle out to miscue a ball into the stands on a regular basis.

He probably won them the game though yesterday, and was easily MOTM in my opinion. Unlike Emi who let their second goal go straight through him.

[eamonn]

McTominay's header was a bullet at point-blank range, I can't see many keepers stopping that. Our passive pressing letting Dalot cross a beauty of a ball and Cash being bullied in the air were far more culpable.

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And Onana can blow all the kisses he likes towards the Holte in the middle of the game trying to goad Villa fans but nothing will ever be as funny as Martinez shagging the post in front of the Stretford End

He's absolutely shite as well. I've never seen a shorter or fatter keeper. He appears to waddle out to miscue a ball into the stands on a regular basis.

He probably won them the game though yesterday, and was easily MOTM in my opinion. Unlike Emi who let their second goal go straight through him.

Our finishing won them the game. Even the save he makes from Ollie, he's already committed before Watkins takes the shot. Wouldn't sulrise me if he hadn't closed his eyes. Absolute gimp of a player.

[VillaTim]

McTominay's header was a bullet at point-blank range, I can't see many keepers stopping that. Our passive pressing letting Dalot cross a beauty of a ball and Cash being bullied in the air were far more culpable.

the only probelm with the goal was slack play in the build up, Moreno letting the cross come in, then Cash ball watching

[Risso]

It should never have been allowed to get to Cash/McTominay in the first place. I disagree about Martinez, watch it again. McTominay's not even in the six yard box so hardly "point blank", and Emi is just too slow getting his hands up.

[PaulWinch again]

Agree there’s carelessness around how we end up matching our defenders to attackers. One thing that bugs me a bit is I would expect DC to be front and centre for any physical challenges we face but he often isn’t.

[Risso]

Agree there’s carelessness around how we end up matching our defenders to attackers. One thing that bugs me a bit is I would expect DC to be front and centre for any physical challenges we face but he often isn’t.

Agreed. It should have been him on McTominay as the closest central defender. It was just piss poor defending all round.

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Centre halves are too far forward hence the isolation of Cash.