Villa v Palace Post Match Thread

[Rory]

I'm not going to overreact, but it is dispiriting to go out of yet another domestic cup.

It's not as simple as getting angry at team selection or individual mistakes, it's just the general apathy that seems to pervade our whole approach - from manager to players to some supporters.

The last ten winners of the League Cup have been:

Chelsea
Man City
Man Utd
Man City
Man City
Man City
Man City
Liverpool
Man Utd
Liverpool

All of those have won (or in Man City and Chelsea's case, bought) the League and the European Cup multiple times since we last won anything at all.

If they don't consider it beneath them to put the required effort in to win the League Cup, I don't see why we should.

[Gareth]

Wasn’t a great performance but equally wasn’t dreadful.  Certain players were below par or didn’t take their chance but seeing Mings and Kamara well on the way to being available in the upcoming games was great to see.  As a game I thought it was pretty competitive on the whole…we definitely missed a bit of composure on the ball.  Results next week will answer whether we were right to rest so many players…some like Rogers / Teilemans absolutely needed a break…

Gauci for both goals looked very odd in the way he was beaten….suspect the fact he isn’t Martinez is a millstone round any keepers neck.

Ned did ok…loved the pace but needs more composure on ball

Carlos hopefully got one of his 5/10’s out of the way tonight.

Mings tired a little bit did pretty well…was glad to see him holding his face when he was writhing around on the floor…relief when he got up.

Maatsen wasn’t at his best and his combo with Philogene wasn’t great

Kamara showed signs of his quality - massive addition to the squad again

McGinn ran and ran but some of his distribution wasn’t up to scratch

Bailey was ok but probs needed to be subbed 10-15 mins earlier

Philogene was pretty ineffective

Buendia was very poor, for me was one who improved significantly whilst being injured…suspect we have outgrown his ability

Duran good finish and worked hard

Of the subs Jimoh-Aloba and Bogarde in DM role looked decent

[PeterWithe]

Ignoring the strength of the team, we didn’t look like one coached by UE. Passing was both slow and careless with little zip. We were caught so often wanting too much time to either control the ball or to decide where to pass it.

A few returning players got some valuable game time but a few others did themselves no favours, particularly the attackers.

[Risso]

Don't think Gauci could have done much with either goal tbh.

Other than try to save them, perhaps?

[Ads]

The Bayern win has papered over a lot of cracks . Our form is distinctly average and nowhere near good enough .

Yeah before tonight wasn’t it just the one match lost this season, and top of the champions league?

Terrible form.

I said distinctly average which it is - domestic form -
Palace 1-2
Bournemouth 1-1
Fulham 3-1
ManUtd 0-0
Ipswich 2-2

Last 5 league games we’re 5th in the league on form

I wouldn't waste your time on Coopers Injury. He's the most boring troll we've ever had and he's been banned twice before.

[VillaTim]

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.

[Rory]

I just wish we didn't bother entering this or the FA Cup. Just don't bother.

Feeling the same, Ads.

After the two dropped points at the weekend, this now feels like two poor results in a row instead of just the one, and I would've been more confident going into Sunday had we just not entered and not had to play tonight.

Which is kind of the opposite of what football should be about.

[Ads]

Oh do fuck off you boring troll.

[Rory]

Oh do fuck off you boring troll.

How dare you! 😉

[Ads]

Oh do fuck off you boring troll.

How dare you! 😉

Haha not you, the one man Jermaine Beckford fan club, that's going to great lengths to talk us down. Then when posters in good faith, waste their time pointing out he's chatting absolute fucking shite, he moves the goal post to lure somebody else in. I honestly don't get the fucking point anymore.

You're alright though Rory.

[cdbearsfan]

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.

[Rory]

Oh do fuck off you boring troll.

How dare you! 😉

Haha not you, the one man Jermaine Beckford fan club, that's going to great lengths to talk us down. Then when posters in good faith, waste their time pointing out he's chatting absolute fucking shite, he moves the goal post to lure somebody else in. I honestly don't get the fucking point anymore.

You're alright though Rory.

Haha, you too mate.

[VillaTim]

 I just wish we didn't bother entering this or the FA Cup. Just don't bother.

thats one of the saddest most pathetic things I've ever read on here . Pathetic mentality .

[coreyfeldman]

 I just wish we didn't bother entering this or the FA Cup. Just don't bother.

thats one of the saddest most pathetic things I've ever read on here . Pathetic mentality .

Have you looked in the mirror recently?

[dave.woodhall]

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