Aston Villa vs Man Utd Post-Match Thread

[Monty]

Be nice if we could have just one referee who wasn't a fucking coward when it came to sending off opponents.

Three games in a row!

[TopDeck113]

A yawn-fest after the Lord Mayor's Show.  A missed opportunity to get some revenge for the years of home humiliation.  They won't be in such a sorry state the next time they visit Villa Park.

[malckennedy]

Interesting to see that they’re slapping themselves on the back for their “improved” performance and a point while we’re fucked off with our poor performance and two dropped points. The balance between the two clubs hasn’t half shifted.

[VILLA MOLE]

We really should have run those old centre halves ragged , so fair play to jonny evans the old git

[Risso]

I don't think we're going to be top 4 again this season, we just haven't got the squad for it.

[SoccerHQ]

Pretty poor fare. I think Emery got it wrong today, a high tempo would have destroyed them, far too pedestrian. Cash looked ropey, Bailey is nowhere near fit, Carlos did well again and the set plays were utter wank. A point gained as we were that poor. Hopefully some of the lads can start to come back to fitness and by the end of the month, we may start to see a first 11....

I do think we get sucked in too often v Man. United starting off at pedestrian pace and taking very few risks which actually allowed them to grow into the match.

We showed more attacking ambition in first hour v Bayern than today.

Maatsen needed to come on with Duran.

[manic-road]

A flat performance but I thought without threatening much we were the dominant side second half, I think losing Onana and JJ through injury from Wednesday weakened and as it looks like Bailey is struggling on with an injury.

I thought Barkley had a decent game.

[Dante Lavelli]

Funny feeling. I’m not sure I’ve experienced a game v Man U where we were the favourites.

Annoyed we didn’t win, but it’s worth remembering how far we’ve come.

Thank you Emery.

[Stu]

That Evans getting a 10 minute live interview after the game before getting the POTM award was laughable. Then their manager got a minute before Sky moved onto the next match. Absolutely mental really; look how well the underdogs did.

[SoccerHQ]

I don't think we're going to be top 4 again this season, we just haven't got the squad for it.

How many more players do we genuinely need for the squad? We have two top class CFs capable of scoring 15 + this season, Kamara will be back soon so that adds to our impressive cast of CMs and if Maatsen is allowed to play more that's two really good LB options.

It's only really RB and CB we're light for the level we're at.

I think more of a problem currently is we're building up the squad but seems there's only really 12-13 players that Emery really trusts to start prem games.

If we hadn't picked up injuries in the week we'd have probably more or less started the same 11 as Bayern so I do think we need to start trusting our difference makers off the bench a little more.

[VillaTim]

Injuries piling up and some tough games ahead , juggling the ECL and EPL is a major challenge for us. More disappointed with the Ipswich result than this one if i'm honest . Hopefully Kamara Mings Buendia McGinn all close to returning

[Steve67]

Flat performance as expected really.  We just need to find that consistency, particularly from Bailey and Rogers.  We didn't look like scoring at all and the final ball in didn't help.  A clean sheet though and another point.

[coreyfeldman]

I don't think we're going to be top 4 again this season, we just haven't got the squad for it.

strongly disagree, really struggling with injuries at the moment and we're 5th still without really clicking yet either. much more to come from this team this season

[rougegorge]

I don't think we're going to be top 4 again this season, we just haven't got the squad for it.

Finishing in the top 4 will be hard, although I think our squad is better. I'm not sure that the strongest team we can put out is better than last season though.

Rogers had an off day and held on to the ball too much, and overall a draw was a fair result.

[olaftab]

I don't think we're going to be top 4 again this season, we just haven't got the squad for it.

I think we have a very good chance. Our main rivals are Chelscum and Spuds and they have Thursday night burden and other issues with their squads if not similar issues.