Villa v Palace Post Match Thread

[eye digress]

Yeah there's clearly a problem on the flanks with our creative players. But isn't that where Unai earns his corn, getting a tune out of them?

[The Edge]

I'd like to see our form since January as a table because I don't think it's all that . We've had a softer set of fixtures to kick the season off too.

Since 1st January, we're fifth. So almost certainly good enough to qualify for the Champions League again.

In the immortal words of Homer Simpson. "How convenient. Facts schmacks. You can prove anything with facts"

[astonvilla82]

How about you all take the rest of the night off?

Just woke up, have I missed something, looks like someone cast the fishing line and caught a few big fish

[Demitri_C]

If we lose sunday its going to have signs of that famous Moscow episode

😂😂😂😂

What's  funny luke ?

Wasnt moscow the same reason resting players and utilising the squad then we didnt win the next game anyway? So i missed whats funny? Do share some insight

[astonvilla82]

Apart from the team selections, it's the fans who attended the game with children and paid good money who suffered,as previously mentioned wouldn't be surprised if future cup attendances are much lower  if we are in the same position concerning champions league involvement

[Demitri_C]

First time i think emery is telling porkies saying we were trying to win the game.

Bringing on three kids when we had cash and JJ on tbe bench for three experienced players suggests otherwise

I get it we have bigger priorities but i dont think we were bothered at all yesterday.  It was just to give players minutes who needed them. Its a shame because if we went through those players could get starts in next round too

[Jon Crofts]

I think I’ve seen it all now.

[LukeJames]

If we lose sunday its going to have signs of that famous Moscow episode

😂😂😂😂

What's  funny luke ?

Wasnt moscow the same reason resting players and utilising the squad then we didnt win the next game anyway? So i missed whats funny? Do share some insight

How do you manage to leave the house in the morning without breaking down? I can't remember the last time that the club was in such a good place yet you are consistently posting from some alternative Universe were Eric Black is over seeing a front two of McCormack and Gestede. Go and post in the Blues thread and cheer yourself up.

[The Edge]

First time i think emery is telling porkies saying we were trying to win the game.

Bringing on three kids when we had cash and JJ on tbe bench for three experienced players suggests otherwise

I get it we have bigger priorities but i dont think we were bothered at all yesterday.  It was just to give players minutes who needed them. Its a shame because if we went through those players could get starts in next round too

He may have used the game to give a few players a much needed competitive run out but to suggest that we wasn't trying to win the game is ludicrous and to accuse Emery of lying to the fans is offensive.

[Monty]

The funny thing is that it was two definite starting contenders, not returning from injury particularly, in Carlos and (less-so) McGinn who made the game-losing error. Carlos, we know he's got that in him, but he's been so good since Bournemouth that it counts as an unpleasant jolt. McGinn has often had peaks and troughs of form over the years, so at least we're in the position where we can rotate and not depend on him.

One issue though remains the right side of midfield. McGinn's out of form, fine, but so is Bailey, and Buendia's still clearly not as sharp as he'd like. What's the solution? Rogers can play out there, but Jhon and Ollie haven't exactly been incandescent as a partnership yet, and it'd limit Morgan's impact on a game. Tielemans in there to form that very narrow box midfield like he did in that great performance vs. Man City, especially now Kamara's coming back? Maybe, but Tielemans is like Rogers in his impact on our game, indeed their partnership is one of our very strongest assets. Not clear to me what we can do to address this weakness without disrupting the things that are going so well elsewhere.

[The Edge]

What was Eze's problem last night? He deliberately wound the Holte up with some strange gestures after he scored which is fair game but he contied his antics and appeared to spit on the floor in a gesture to them. When he was taken off he continued to behave like a twat by walking off the pitch with a silly grin at a snails pace. I've got no opinions on him as a person and I rate him quite highly as a player. As far as I know there's been no beef between him and our fans?

[Demitri_C]

If we lose sunday its going to have signs of that famous Moscow episode

😂😂😂😂

What's  funny luke ?

Wasnt moscow the same reason resting players and utilising the squad then we didnt win the next game anyway? So i missed whats funny? Do share some insight

How do you manage to leave the house in the morning without breaking down? I can't remember the last time that the club was in such a good place yet you are consistently posting from some alternative Universe were Eric Black is over seeing a front two of McCormack and Gestede. Go and post in the Blues thread and cheer yourself up.

So i asked you a simple question just a simple question that isnt rocket scienece to answer. But for some reason it seems abit difficult for you to answer

Yet you go on the attack and try to spin it to another direction. I dont understand what you are waffling about whats rudy and mccomark got to do with what happened in moscow?

Here's  a history lesson for you neither player was at the club under MON that was under a different manager.

MON rested players like emery did for moscow we lost then went and drew the last next game and we went out when we could have carried on maybe won that cup. So my point was if we lose sunday we could have at least had a few more senior players on the bench to win the palace game.

So again i ask you a simple question whats so funny? Its not hard to answer the question instead of mumbling some nonsense. And ill post where i want thanks.

[Demitri_C]

First time i think emery is telling porkies saying we were trying to win the game.

Bringing on three kids when we had cash and JJ on tbe bench for three experienced players suggests otherwise

I get it we have bigger priorities but i dont think we were bothered at all yesterday.  It was just to give players minutes who needed them. Its a shame because if we went through those players could get starts in next round too

He may have used the game to give a few players a much needed competitive run out but to suggest that we wasn't trying to win the game is ludicrous and to accuse Emery of lying to the fans is offensive.

Sorry i should have been clearer in my post i meant when we were 2-1 down and he bought the kids on. There was no intention to win the game at that point just give the youngsters some minutes. I agree with you it was about giving minutes and im sure the team he started with wanted to win

Saying its offensive is abit extreme though 🙂

[john e]

one eye on Sundays game against Spurs I feel
Unfortunately I don’t think losing games in a can’t be bothered way is ever good preparation for the next match

[LukeJames]

If we lose sunday its going to have signs of that famous Moscow episode

😂😂😂😂

What's  funny luke ?

Wasnt moscow the same reason resting players and utilising the squad then we didnt win the next game anyway? So i missed whats funny? Do share some insight

How do you manage to leave the house in the morning without breaking down? I can't remember the last time that the club was in such a good place yet you are consistently posting from some alternative Universe were Eric Black is over seeing a front two of McCormack and Gestede. Go and post in the Blues thread and cheer yourself up.

So i asked you a simple question just a simple question that isnt rocket scienece to answer. But for some reason it seems abit difficult for you to answer

Yet you go on the attack and try to spin it to another direction. I dont understand what you are waffling about whats rudy and mccomark got to do with what happened in moscow?

Here's  a history lesson for you neither player was at the club under MON that was under a different manager.

MON rested players like emery did for moscow we lost then went and drew the last next game and we went out when we could have carried on maybe won that cup. So my point was if we lose sunday we could have at least had a few more senior players on the bench to win the palace game.

So again i ask you a simple question whats so funny? Its not hard to answer the question instead of mumbling some nonsense. And ill post where i want thanks.

If you think yesterday and Moscow were the same then you are beyond help. We did what every other club in our position did. I guarantee that if we'd have played the 'first XI' last night and got two injuries to our better players (like Palace did) then you'd be on here bleating about Squad rotation. You're default mode is to be pissed off about something, anything.