Palace v Villa Post Match Hiding Place

[Brazilian Villain]

Ghastly to behold.
You hate to see it.

I know, but that's the post-match thread for you after a disappointing defeat.

[eamonn]

Olsen was fucking awful. He needs to anticipate the shots for the goals better.

[pauliewalnuts]

Olsen was fucking awful. He needs to anticipate the shots for the goals better.

Olsen is shit.

Why hasn't that been addressed?

[Paul.S]

I think we’ve had about 12/13 different central defensive partnerships this season. It’s not the whole reason we can’t defend but it’s got to be one of them.
The constant injuries to Onana has weakened the midfield plans and now we’ve got McGinn and Tielemans having to play every few days without a rest.
We looked so tired tonight and no club with the depth and injuries we have can sustain a challenge on 3 fronts. The league has suffered as the bright lights of the CL have taken over and that’s understandable. We just had nothing left to give tonight.
What I do find strange is not playing Malen, very odd unless he starts on Friday. We don’t have too many options in central midfield or defence to change it for the next few weeks so we’ll just have to hope luck is on our side.

[ez]

We are supposed to have good attacking options now yet we hardly created anything.

[john2710]

The defence and midfield is made up of whoever is fit. Some have played far too many games in a short period of time. Some aren't good enough for what they are being asked to do.

We are passive when defending, marking space  whilst leaving attackers unmarked. Palace scored with their first attack, when we equalised, they scored with their next attack. We are wholly predictable, lose possession, the defenders turned & left standing in a line whilst the opposition take a shot.

You could question Emery's selection but defenders doing the basics of marking a player & putting them under pressure is nonexistent. Yet we keep playing the same way.

[aj2k77]

Olsen was fucking awful. He needs to anticipate the shots for the goals better.

Olsen is shit.

Why hasn't that been addressed?

Olsen is and always has been a hologram. His positioning and footwork is some of the worst I've seen from a keeper, he's always caught flat footed or his weight going away. Another defensive mishap in planning by having him still haunting the bench as our back up. The ghost of 4-0's past. A Monchi signing, stupid enough to sign him twice.

[PeterWithe]

Olsen was fucking awful. He needs to anticipate the shots for the goals better.

I think you might look high and low to find a fan of Olsen but I didn't think he could do owt about any of the goals he conceded, the blame lay elsewhere.

[pauliewalnuts]

You could question Emery's selection but defenders doing the basics of marking a player & putting them under pressure is nonexistent. Yet we keep playing the same way.

So whose job is it to fix that?

[Zouch Villa]

When we’re relying on Bailey to be our last line of defence, then you know something has gone severely awry.

[VillaTim]

I've sat on it for an hour and I still don't really know what to say about that .

[The Edge]

My gut feeling is Emery is all in on us winning a trophy this season. I think we'd all settle for winning the FA cup. Champions league has clearly taken its toll which is inevitable. I think Cardiff will have watched that and and collectively winced because the backlash will be fierce. And somehow we're still only 2 points off top 5. Bizarre season.

[JUAN PABLO]

Still scratching my head about Malen getting no minutes , and Rashford not starting , he should have been on HT with MAlen  and not Leon,  and for (Garcia , odd  )   and asensio earlier .  People said we did ok first half should have been 3 0 to them before the dubious VAR .

[LeonW]

I thought we were moving away from this but typical Villa.

[Beard82]

Northing wrong with Emi hes the best keeper in the world and for my money the best keeper we have had - we're asking him to save shots from point blank range.  And he does a lot just not everyone.

Same with Olsen. 

Similar with Watkins

We cant blame players for being human.  The reality is the faults in the execution in the game plan leave them exposed and thats much more nuanced.