Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy65]

I don't get it with Philogene, at all. Why were we so desperate to bring him back? Doesn't even look as good as Archer or Iroegbunam to be honest.

Should have signed Clarke instead. Really good in a poor Sunderland side last season

[Richard E]

Suboptimal.

[Demitri_C]

Poor recruitment.

Should have blown the budget on a right back, not a left back.

Additionally, too much money spent on players not actually helping the cause this year (out on loan).

Actually, no team looks really convincing this year. We could have had a real go… missed opportunity.

I like onana and glad we signed him but 50m?? That was too much for him on waht ive seen so far. Hw is really inconsistent

Im glad we got maatsen but we desperately needed a right back. Why we didnt get one ill never know. Honestly it makes zero sense to me.

Munich will kill us on that side Wednesday night

[Baldy]

We played like a team who didn't know whether to 'stick or twist'!!

The Bayern match has cost us 2 points already.

Sort it out Unai 

[Olneythelonely]

One of the very rare, truly shite performances. Where there are too many players to be critical of. Konsa and Carlos absolutely killed us with a mixture of laziness and lack of talent.

Ramsey offered absolute zero going forward. We looked like a mid table team without Rogers and Watkins on the pitch.

We had periods of control whilst creating nothing, then every single time we lost control we looked really, really vulnerable.

A turd of a performance.

[dicedlam]

Our defending was a massive steaming pile of shit. Absolute mare of a game for Konsa and Carlos not far behind.
Play with such complacency against Bayern and we will get slaughtered.

[brontebilly]

We wouldn't keep a clean sheet against Walsall at the moment and today was the day it finally caught up with us. Konsa/Carlos axis an absolute nightmare all game. Their goals came when we were in cruise control the game, I thought Ipswich had ran out of all ideas until the chuckle brothers combined for their equaliser. Ipswich were so poor at the back we should be scoring more than two, we overplayed a bit too much at times. Philogene looks nowhere near ready either.

Martinez 6 - two brilliant saves somewhat made amends for failing to stop the first
Konsa 2 - horrid. Tucking in far too narrow all game and gave the ball away constantly like for their second goal.
Carlos 2 - rubbish, idiotic free kick given away early on for another error strewn performance. Sent for a bag of chips for the equaliser.
Torres 7 - ropey at times when ran at but saved a certain goal and decent on ball
Digne 5 - solid defensively but we need a lot more going forward in that position. Emery should have started Maatsen today
Onana 6 - anonymous first half but much better after the break I thought
Tielemans 6 - bit of a lazy performance, would have brought Barkley on sooner for him
Bailey 6 - decent first half and assist but disappeared in second half, dummied himself twice
Ramsey 6 - poor first half but much better after the break. Needs to improve first touch
Rogers 7 - fine first half and unless he was injured that was a mistake to replace him so early
Watkins 7 - bullied their defence...until Duran came on and that killed his impact

Philogene looks way off it and Duran didn't make an impact today. Buendia, Barkley and Maatsen all did ok and will be disappointed they weren't brought on earlier

[RamboandBruno]

Very poor.

Wrong side selected and then followed by the wrong subs.

Onana weakness hopefully now obvious to all and Ipswich deliberate tactic putting the ball behind our full backs as called by Ashley Young. Konsa is not a right back!

In a really poor performance from most of the team, to single out Onana, who wasnt brilliant as no one was, but was no way near our worst player, just comes across as you trying to prove your point about him, that you’ve made several times for a number of weeks.

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins speaking to Sky Sports: "They always put a lot of pressure on us and we couldn't really implement our game plan. Ipswich were always on to us and it was a bit of a basketball game which is what they wanted but we didn't.

"It was a difficult game and I think a point is a fair result. We didn't get it right in the final third, we could have been more ruthless myself included.

"A point is a fair result but disappointing because there were a lot of opportunities for us. They kept putting pressure on us, they're here at home, the made runs in behind and we grinded the result out in the end."

On facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League in midweek: "Everybody is ready, there's a buzz around the club. Last year was special and this will be even better this year in the Champions League. You want to play in the best games in the world."

[devilla]

Everyone’s grumbling but two teams play football and Ipswich were superb. It may turn out to be a decent point.

We played some great stuff going forward and defended badly. Carlos is truly awful. No longer the Sevilla player.

Great stuff going forward? Really? How many shots on target did we have in the second half? I think you'll find it was a big fat zero.

One that I can remember, Barkley's piledriver, but that was about it.  Far too tippy tappy and not ruthless enough.

Yes, sorry forgot about that one. A fine effort it was too.

[john e]

And another thing everyone moaning about Cash before he got injured but now missing him like mad
Same goes for McGinn

[SoccerHQ]

And another thing everyone moaning about Cash before he got injured but now missing him like mad
Same goes for McGinn

Cashy has his flaws but the last month has shown that he knows the position compared to some of the others we've tried so for know he remains our best option there until we sign someone better.

Ned has potential but he has been unused for a month in the prem so clearly Unai feels he isn't quite up to this level yet.

We need a transfer window that results in Konsa only playing one game at five at RB. Instead it seems we're going back to playing him in four out of five games at RB due to one injury.

As we saw for the Ipswich second it weakens us in both positions as Carlos was abysmal one v one and we know that Kons is very good in that type of situation.

[brontebilly]

Everyone’s grumbling but two teams play football and Ipswich were superb. It may turn out to be a decent point.

We played some great stuff going forward and defended badly. Carlos is truly awful. No longer the Sevilla player.

Great stuff going forward? Really? How many shots on target did we have in the second half? I think you'll find it was a big fat zero.

One that I can remember, Barkley's piledriver, but that was about it.  Far too tippy tappy and not ruthless enough.

Ramsey put a pretty decent chance over just after they scored.

[Demitri_C]

Whats concerning for me is we rested a  majority of the team vs wycombe so should have been fresh for this one yet we were really bad. Lucky to get a point.

It did feel at times players were trying not to get injured foe the munich game. Not aggressive enough.

That midfield without mcginn really struggled

[Jon Crofts]

Bullied by Ipswich, comical defending from Carlos yet again.