Aston Villa v Palace Post-Match Thread

[Beard82]

Still gutted - I don’t think it will effect what happens in the summer - as much as not getting UCL and I think the nature of the game means we have to accept that some of our best players will be moved on.

What I am gutted about most is just how inexcusable that performance was - we knew exactly how they would play and that we would struggle to handle it but we played right into there hands. 

If we get Europa then - I would have settled for that at the start of the season - but the frustration is we’re coming out of this season knowing we should have got more from it. 

The last 2 games have demonstrated it - concede with the first shot and concede 80+. That happened across both legs at PSG and countless other times this season and is why there is a feeling of under achievement about this season - despite there being lots of positives.

[PaulTheVillan]

I have came to the realisation that I’ll never see us win anything again in my lifetime.

[SamTheMouse]

Emery's favoured tactics are just particularly weak against the way Palace set up. We find it difficult against physical sides that get men behind the ball and break at pace in numbers. They have the talent to do that very well. And we don't have the natural width to exploit the space in behind their wing-backs when they do attack, as most of our players prefer to come inside. It's no accident that Bailey had some joy as he occasionally looks to go outside the full-back. Wingers are effective against sides like that and they give you a quick out ball on the turnover. But Emery doesn't seem to like them, so he's always going to struggle against the likes of Palace.

[PeterWithesShin]

I don't like semi-finals at Wembley, on the flipside if they were held at club grounds there'd be a lot less tickets. Yesterday would have been at Spurs or Arsenal, that's 8-10k fewer tickets for us. Considering the scramble for them as it was, imagine that scenario. Personally i'd do the semis in Cardiff, still a big ground and keeps Wembley for the final.

[The Edge]

I've got no intention of watching the whole game again but there at the time, I didn't think Mateta played particularly well, he wasn't the threat against Torres I'd feared, it was elsewhere we lost the game.

He played a fucking blinder on the telly.

He was an absolute handful all game. He's a bit of strange one in that he looks very ungainly and not like a striker but he's very effective at what he does. Yesterday surely must be his best game for them. That run down the touchline after he'd dispossessed on of ours for the 100th time, was brilliant and the cross was perfect and should of led to another goal. I don't think it was a foul on Konsa either so that should of stood. Then there was his tackle on one of our players about 12 yards out lining up a shot. He was a solid 9/10 for them. Anyone thinking he wasn't really a problem for us must of been watching a different game to me.

[Clampy]

Yep, Cardiff would be prefect. I went years ago for a Play Off final with Walsall. It's a cracking ground.

[Chip Butty 111]

The FA Cup this season and Conference League last season were golden opportunities for a trophy, and we got hammered in both semi finals, despite being favourites, with better players. It's the Villa way I'm afraid

[The Edge]

Yep, Cardiff would be prefect. I went years ago for a Play Off final with Walsall. It's a cracking ground.

It's a great shout. I've never been to the ground but I've got family in Cardiff and the location right in the city centre is superb. Someone should start a petition amongst football fans to stop the semi finals being played at Wembley. I'm sure fans of every club would get behind it.

[olaftab]

Emery's favoured tactics are just particularly weak against the way Palace set up. We find it difficult against physical sides that get men behind the ball and break at pace in numbers.

However 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle a few days ago would suggest otherwise.

[olaftab]

I don't like semi-finals at Wembley, on the flipside if they were held at club grounds there'd be a lot less tickets. Yesterday would have been at Spurs or Arsenal, that's 8-10k fewer tickets for us. Considering the scramble for them as it was, imagine that scenario. Personally i'd do the semis in Cardiff, still a big ground and keeps Wembley for the final.

As a satirical post this is good.

[PeterWithe]

I've got no intention of watching the whole game again but there at the time, I didn't think Mateta played particularly well, he wasn't the threat against Torres I'd feared, it was elsewhere we lost the game.

He played a fucking blinder on the telly.

He was an absolute handful all game. He's a bit of strange one in that he looks very ungainly and not like a striker but he's very effective at what he does. Yesterday surely must be his best game for them. That run down the touchline after he'd dispossessed on of ours for the 100th time, was brilliant and the cross was perfect and should of led to another goal. I don't think it was a foul on Konsa either so that should of stood. Then there was his tackle on one of our players about 12 yards out lining up a shot. He was a solid 9/10 for them. Anyone thinking he wasn't really a problem for us must of been watching a different game to me.

Perhaps its me, it normally is, in fact it must be as someone else has just said he 'humiliated' Konsa as well. I like him, I think he's been immense in the last few games against us, so much so that I would have played Mings to specifically counter his physical threat.

But I hardly noticed him yesterday, and if he were to know that, I reckon he wouldn't be quite so happy about getting to the FA cup final.

[Sexual Ealing]

Haha!

I'd take him (Mateta) in a heartbeat.

[SamTheMouse]

Emery's favoured tactics are just particularly weak against the way Palace set up. We find it difficult against physical sides that get men behind the ball and break at pace in numbers.

However 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle a few days ago would suggest otherwise.

True, although we have struggled against Saudi FC in the past in much the same way as we struggled yesterday. Fortunately, Emery finally worked out that Trippier was their weak spot.

I don't think Newcastle get behind the ball that much, though. They commit plenty forward and leave big gaps behind, whereas Palace were very compact and let us have all the possession in front of them. Newcastle actually had more possession than us last week, if I remember rightly.

[Des Little]

Bottom line is, Glasner has Emery’s number as he’s proved this season. They’ve beaten us three times out of four games this season with a seemingly inferior squad.

[PeterWithesShin]

Glasner didn't out-think Unai, they played exactly as you'd expect. Unai out-thought Unai.