Aston Villa vs Chelsea Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

3 clean sheets in 27 league games is woeful.

[Percy McCarthy]

Any visiting manager should say ‘go at them from the start, they play warm-up football until they go behind’.

[Goldie.7]

Get Rogers and Cash off immediately, but I suspect Ramsey will be hooked first. Same old, same old...

[SoccerHQ]

In games like this you simply can't waste the amount of counters we do.

One that sticks out to me is when Ollie was on the ball and we had Ramsey completely unmarked to his left. Crowd were shouting for him to pass, he notices him but instead just hangs onto the ball and loses it.

Also disappointed when Asensio was through centrally and he took too long to pass when he had runners either side.

We're just making this season awfully hard work continually conceding goals first. Probably the best we can do is another huff and puff draw.

[Steve67]

Lots of surprise results today, we simply have to make that count if we have any ambitions of top 5.  This isn't good enough.  Hoping for Rashford at half time but that will completely open up the left hand side, especially the way Maatsen is playing, unless he brings on Digne too.

[CT Villan]

Very poor (again).

Maatsen and Konsa awful defending for their goal. YT way off. Digne would be the second name on the team sheet for me and I would have started Garcia too.

We aren't even bothering to press them. It's not that Chelsea have been brilliant, far from it. Show us something different in the second half Villa.

...and special mention for the twat of a referee - absolutely useless.

[Rigadon]

Digne on for Maatsen please.  He’s not good enough defensively and is making that little twat on the wing look better than he is.  Also, bring Malen on for Asensio and Rashford or Watkins (who’s had his 4 chances and hasn’t scored). 

[Steve67]

Just watched thr goal again, Mings arguable as bad, but Konsa caught nowhere at all.  Absolutely useless.

[PaulWinch again]

If you let Chelsea dictate play it suits them perfectly - we’re approaching the game wrong and playing dreadfully. Can’t see us scoring without a significant change.

[ez]

The league season is closer to being wasted than it is to a top four finish.

[BC Villain]

Glad to see selling our one match winner to avoid getting in trouble has worked out.  Still get in trouble, and nothing we can do about it.  Cheers Unai.

[PaulWinch again]

Digne on for Maatsen please.  He’s not good enough defensively and is making that little twat on the wing look better than he is.  Also, bring Malen on for Asensio and Rashford or Watkins (who’s had his 4 chances and hasn’t scored). 

Yes let’s sub the guy who’s scored in the last two games.

[PeterWithesShin]

Heading for 6 without a win in the league.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Glad to see selling our one match winner to avoid getting in trouble has worked out.  Still get in trouble, and nothing we can do about it.  Cheers Unai.

Ho hum

[Rigadon]

Glad to see selling our one match winner to avoid getting in trouble has worked out.  Still get in trouble, and nothing we can do about it.  Cheers Unai.

Brain fart?