Villa v Palace Post Match Thread

[Matt C]

Mings and Kamara got some valuable minutes and came through it unscathed, so that’s a big positive. It’s probably the only one but it’s a positive.

[ROBBO]

In our position of important games to come any club would have saved their better players, I may be one of a few but I really don't think that this competition holds much prestige. We got to see  three senior players get a run out, two performed well so thats a big plus going forward.

[Perthvillan]

I do get what Unai is trying to do but even though we had 10 changes from the Bournemouth game and the game was a pretty ordinary affair for the most part, I felt that at the 60th minute with the score at 1-1 and still up for grabs that three quality subs would have made all the difference. Palace were not that great either with almost their first choice X1. If Watkins, Ramsey and Tielemans playing half an hour prior to Spurs on Sunday wouldn't have been asking too much in my opinion.
When Palace got their second goal we just went through the motions until the end.
I grew up with the League Cup victories and even the loss in the final in 1971 as Div 3 team as great memories.
I feel badly for the fans that turned up.
If the club don't take this competition (and FA Cup) seriously why should the fans.
90 mins for Mings and Kamara were the only positive for me.



I feel for the fans that went last night.

[LeonW]

Kamara was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch. Quality really shone through.

McGinn was bright and involved.

Mings giving out to people not doing the right things was a joy to see. Great to have him back. Good performance back.

Duran made some good runs.

Nedelkovic looked bright but overran it a few times.

Philogean was pretty much non-existent. A crap performance.

Carlos with his customary one big mistake a game.

Bailey; was poor snd yet another game where his finishing was atrocious.

Maatsen poor. In fact, our left hand side generally was poor apart from Mings

Gauci looked very shaky but grew into it and made some good catches in the second half.

Bunedia too light-weight. Looks mainly down to match sharpness. But he’s not shifting Rodgers.

[sid1964]

Only saw the 1st half - but the 3 players who returned from long injury lay off, for me all struggled - Mings and Buendia both need to find another club next summer and I would not be surprised if Kamara wants to leave next summer, to get regular 1st team football (I cannot see him getting in the side ahead of Onana, Barkley or Tielemans).

It will be interesting to see what the attendance was last night, from the TV there did not seem to be many empty seats (well done to all that went).

[rooboy316]

The 11 on the pitch should have had enough to beat palace, and is pretty much the team I’d expected Unai to send out. These are all players who needed minutes and/or experience.

My only issue with the selection was we should have had some quality to come off the bench should it be required.

Still, a poor performance overall and a bit disappointing that some players like Philogene and Maatsen, who are pushing to be in the starting 11, didn’t make the most of this opportunity.

[Demitri_C]

The morning after. It was shite but it was obviously low priority for unai. He and teh club wants us to continue in CL next season so rotation is key.

I just would have liked to have seen a stronger bench. Like spurs ans city did.

It did show to me though there are players who for me are struggling and i cabt see them being here next summer

[Nev]

The team plays in the image of it's manager and for all the swashbuckling victories we have seen with Emery, when a match isn't a priority you can see it in the teams approach. It's an undeniable pattern and along with GA+, the disregard of the clubs supporters and sundry other modern facets of Football these days it's an absolute crying shame.

[Demitri_C]

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

It would be really annoying as we just gave away a chance of a trophy for nothing. Hopefully the rested players can bring the 3 points home

[PaulTheVillan]

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

We are 4th dickhead

LOL

Terrible form. Sack the manager. ETH is available.

[LukeJames]

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

😂😂😂😂

[PaulWinch again]

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

It would be really annoying as we just gave away a chance of a trophy for nothing. Hopefully the rested players can bring the 3 points home

Resting players last night isn’t really about Sunday it’s a longer-term way of trying to manage workload.

[Clampy]

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

😂😂😂😂

I know.

We've got three away games in 7 days starting Sunday. We have to use the squad.

[The Edge]

The most exasperating moment of the entire game was Jaden getting himself into a great position on the left of the area and then fannying around with it instead of at least trying to get a cross in

Which highlights a problem that really needs fixing in the transfer window. Bailey's form is worrying and doesn't seem to be getting and better. Philogene doesn't seem ready and we've sold Diaby. With the benefit of hindsight that seems like a bad decision.

[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.

Jesus wept give it a rest while you. I'm not going to be the umpteenth person to point out our current PL and CL positions as it seems you're immune to positivity .