Manchester City vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Paul.S]

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!

4 wins and we’ll won’t miss out.

[PaulWinch again]

Really poor, deserved to lose. Played meekly and Disasi is a terrible right back it’s been proven so many times.

Citeh were there for the taking and we just let them play.

[Brazilian Villain]

It's a sickener but we're a point worse off than we were in the 93rd miniute. Win the next two, and we'll have Spurs and Yanited left. If we can't beat those two with them focused on Europe, then we don't deserve CL. 

[RamboandBruno]

Pretty convinced it’ll come down to Man Utd away

[Mellin]

Top 5 gone i think now.  Ludicrous given how poor we are in defence that Emery decides to be clever and try and nick a point.  Even if we win every game now it almost certainly won't be enough.  Dreadful mentality from manager to players tonight.

If we win all 4 we will get 5th. It’s definitely doable and maybe having to go out and win suits us. Why anyone would give up now is beyond me.

I haven't given up, but statistically we've just put ourselves back an absolute mile. We need to win all four and 69 points could quite easily not be enough.

69 = Man City two wins and two draws from four, Forest three wins from five, Newcastle three wins and a draw from five and Chelsea  four wins and a loss from five. Only three of those need to happen and we are done even if we max out. If we don't max out increase the headroom accordingly. Odds are now long...hence why I'm still raging at whatever the fuck that was.

[The Edge]

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.

I think we should fuck him off I'm sick only making QF & SF in Europe only making top 5 and a possible FA cup win. Tony Mowbray is available.

[brontebilly]

We don’t defend anywhere near as well without Mings. Desasi is a 4th choice centre back - surely Unai gets this now.

Konsa is not the same quality without Mings next to him, organising him. Torres and Konsa have a habit of disappearing when crosses come in.

Torres literally stepped over the winner tonight. You just know Mings would have thrown himself at it and risked an own goal.

Disappointing night against a Citeh team there for the taking minus Haaland. Well on top early on until Martinez literally threw in one. Settled ourselves well to get the penalty. But never showed up second half. Always horrible to lose at the death but it was deserved sadly. Really pissed off with our midfield two who let an average player like Kovacic outplay them. Ridiculous decision from Emery to replace Cash and Ramsey when he did and leave Rogers on. Everything went right for him at the weekend but not tonight.

Martinez 5 - awful error for their goal and I thought he hid on his line for a while afterwards
Cash 5 - far too narrow for their first goal but recovered a bit
Konsa 6 - don't remember too much of him which is probably positive
Torres 4 - gutless at end for the goal.
Digne 5 - flat tonight I thought and would have hooked him early in second half
Rogers 4 - positive start but yet again struggled in the position. That's on Emery, fortunate to last as long as he did to put it mildly
Kamara 4 - similar to PSG he seemed overawed a bit tonight. Poor on ball and no screen in front of our centre backs
Onana 4 - no idea what this guy is meant to bring. Hardly a kick first 30 mins
Tielemans 8 - our best player by a mile starting with pass to Rashford in first minute
Ramsey 7 - razor sharp early on and won the penalty. Crazy decision to replace him so early
Rashford 7 - hit post in first 10 seconds. Mixed enough maybe but little support. Worked hard to be fair

Emery 4 - not many complaints with starting line up but no impact from the bench tonight, I actually thought Disasi was doing ok when Doku came in to block him, until he got roasted at the end. That put the tin hat on it for us.

[steamer]

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

agree

[andyh]

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!

What is BIG ?
Martinez would not attract a BIG fee. £25-£30m tops, if that.

[BC Villain]

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?

Maatsen had the performance of his life on Saturday - benched next game.

Ditto Watkins.

Mings dropped even from the bench even though we look better with him in the starting 11.

Malen - impressive every time I see him, but never gets a kick.

Duran - probably the main reason we picked up points earlier in the season, but decided he wanted out because Emery kept picking then dropping him.

I get that he needs to rotate, but sometimes it's better just to leave it alone.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Pretty convinced it’ll come down to Man Utd away

Which we'll lose. Again.

The FA Cup in our trophy cabinet will make it more bearable though...

[ChicagoLion]

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.

I think we should fuck him off I'm sick only making QF & SF in Europe only making top 5 and a possible FA cup win. Tony Mowbray is available.

Why not accept that sometimes he is not perfect?
It’s not a personal attack against you when people question the manager’s decisions.

[LukeJames]

Pretty convinced it’ll come down to Man Utd away

0-2 half time
3-2 full time
Winner Bruno Fernandes 90 + 3 days

[LukeJames]

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.

I think we should fuck him off I'm sick only making QF & SF in Europe only making top 5 and a possible FA cup win. Tony Mowbray is available.

Why not accept that sometimes he is not perfect?
It’s not a personal attack against you when people question the manager’s decisions.

Why were you not on here on Saturday saying another one down to Emery?

[JUAN PABLO]

Man city was there, for the taking...   but we respected a team who are not as good as PSG or Newcastle....    very odd.

Could the fact that we had those two mighty difficult games before we played City have had an effect? Exactly a week ago they put absolutely everything into playing the best in Europe. A few days ago they bust a gut to beat Newcastle. Playing city tonight on an absolute graveyard of a ground for us was just a step too far.

i get that but leaving Rogers on for so long and playing Disasi at Rb wil not help , they did give city too much respect thou ..   I still think Villa coud have gone their and won or at least  drew..   I still think we can win the next 4 league games and the othe rteams will lose games.   We bottled it tonight .