Manchester City vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I dont understand why he but Axl out there when we had Garcia and Konsa who are far better right backs. 

Exactly, I was expecting Unai to pull Konsa over to right back and put Disasi in his place. Then we have Garcia who looks so promising, I can only think he's pooped on Unai's pintxos. After tonight I wouldn't blame him if he had.

[rougegorge]

Gutted looked like it was gonna be a precious point, but in the end that display didn't deserve anything. THe Sky stat showing us having the worse record, after Southampton, of conceding goals in stoppage time, from what I can recall most of those goals came in the first half of the season, in fact today maybe the first one we have conceded this year.

As soon as that graphic came up, I knew we were doomed.

Other 90+ goals we have conceded that didn't affect the result: Spurs (a), Newcastle (a) Palace (a) which were all heavy defeats and cup wins at Wycombe and at home to Spurs in the FA Cup.

[Percy McCarthy]

Disasi is NOT A FULL BACK!!!

Means nothing. Our best RB is NOT A FULL BACK!!!

[Nev]

Emery gets far more right than he gets wrong, let's not sound like the entitled wankers that follow Woolwich.

[The Edge]

Unai could of done a few things differently tonight but it's mental some of the insults he's had on here. We've had such an amazing run under him and we shouldn't be throwing our toys out of the pram because we're pissed off with the result. I'm off to bed.

[RamboandBruno]

Another one down to Emery.

Certainly get the impression its not a happy camp at the moment.  Watkins was pretty blunt after Saturday about not starting against PSG.  Emery seems to be pissing off a few of these players at the moment.

Yep QFs of the champions league, SFs of the FA Cup, still with a chance of qualifying for champions league for the second year in a row. These players have never had it so bad.

JFC, whats wrong with some people.

[steamer]

Nobody more disapointed than me
But if we had hung on for another minute most of us would be happy with the draw
Thought changing the forwards showed an intent to try and snatch it
They are still a good team so a draw would have been ok
12 pointsand a cup final place to play for

[TopDeck113]

Just back to the car.  Bloody fuming.  Too passive and some poor substitutions.  I reckon that's three of the top five sorted.  We'll have to win our last four and see what happens.

[Paul.S]

Another one down to Emery.

Certainly get the impression its not a happy camp at the moment.  Watkins was pretty blunt after Saturday about not starting against PSG.  Emery seems to be pissing off a few of these players at the moment.

Who else has he pissed off?

[ROBBO]

We should have gone after them, far too passive and no Mings cost us.

[DC1874]

I really think we need to cash in on BIG summer bids for Martinez and Watkins this summer - shame of it is with missing out on CL this year we'll have no choice!

[Nev]

I like the assumption that every CL rival is going to win all their remaining games. I recall a certain interviewer getting short shrift with a similar assumption in 1981.

[Somniloquism]

2 right backs in the match squad and he puts a CH out there for the last 20 mins.
Why?

The kid from Levante is not proven at this level and Emery is blooding him carefully. Unfortunately, that means he gives dipshit Disasi a go at RB when the loudest thing we heard when he joined was that he wasn't a capable full-back.

Mentioned elsewhere, I honestly thought he would a be direct Carlos replacement and Emery would still play the more athletic Konsa there as he did before. So no idea why he decided the big strong CB should be utilised on the wing for.

[Flamingo Lane]

For the moment I can't bear to watch it again, but it seemed that Doku miscontrolling the ball was what enabled him to go past Disasi so easily.

[Exeter 77]

Disasi is NOT A FULL BACK!!!

Means nothing. Our best RB is NOT A FULL BACK!!!

You are of course right. I was venting. I was surprised when Disasi replaced Cash though when Garcia was also on the bench.