Brentford vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Nev]

I've had a rather negative feeling all summer, the first two games have only made it worse.

A win on Sunday can completely change things and if anyone has the skills and capability to arrest this decline, it's Emery.

[Beard82]

I was at a gala luncheon. Are we shit again?

They do lunch at the Bingo now?

[wince]

Predicted a loss in the polls and wasn’t wrong. Need to lose the woe is me mentality and start turning up as we are bottling. We know what this team is capable of but it is just too inconsistent. Last week was turgid. Today was more of the same and again. No excuses whatsoever we were just shit

[Rudy65]

I’ve struggled to muster any enthusiasm for this season after the Old Trafford debacle and it looks like the players have found even less. I can’t see us getting top half unless we pull off an incredible last week of the transfer window.

And they were the ones to blame for that debacle

[Clampy]

I didn't catch anything of the game at all so I can't really comment but it didn't sound great.

Let's just see where we are at the end of the window. It's obvious we need players and I think we'll get them in. Like someone else hinted earlier though (and I was thinking it myself) Ramsey leaving seems to have unsettled things a bit. Maybe it hasn't but that's how it feels.

[LeonW]

This side and this manager are capable of much much more than this. This point has been made before by others but it really resonates to me; the increase in frequency of ‘that was the worst performance under Emery.’

Being out done by Andrews and that awful brentford side that have relegation fodder written all over them is really really poor. Today, they just used the standard template that everyone knows can beat this side and that is damning on Emery that he still hasn’t found a way to counter it.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

If it wasn't for Pau's gift we could of got a decent point on the road here, could of maybe nicked it if it was still 0-0. They seemed to get tired about 70 mins as we passed them around the pitch. for example on 76 mins they had a counter attack and all their players were too knackered to get up to support their break away player.
sub Buneida getting subbed sums up his Villa career I doubt we'll see him again.

[Brazilian Villain]

I've had a rather negative feeling all summer, the first two games have only made it worse.

Cheer up, the Women's Rugby World Cup has just started.

[JUAN PABLO]

so frustrating , there was spells when we was outside the box and it was like . you have it , no you have it , no you have it , ffs no you have it ,  no drive or penetration  , we didnt have a clue what to do.   

[russon]

I was at the Montrose v Inverness 'spectacle' cos my son was a ball-boy. Other son said he'd stay home and watch Villa on his laptop instead, I think my decision was the better one.

PS. Achieved a lifelong ambition and headed the ball back onto the pitch, very proud of myself

[London Villan]

It reminded me of the CL game last season where Mings picked up the ball. Poor performance against a very average team.

We really needed to start on the front foot today, not wait until the second half to start playing. We had the players to do that too, despite the obvious gaps in the squad.

Losing today won’t define our season, but we’re already playing catch up to our competition. We will sort it, but it’s been a underwhelming few months.

[mrfuse]

It's completely ridiculous and frankly embarrassing to suggest that PSR has anything to do with today's result. Brentford are an awful team who are probably going down.

Unai's blinkered approach to an already beaten team is what cost us today. I'm a massive Emery fan but the game is moving on and if he doesn't quickly change his tactics... He and we could get left behind.

[Mister E]

It's clear to me, at least, that PSR is preventing us from naturally building and evolving, however,  I totally trust Unai and his team to box clever and work a way around this hurdle.  If this turns into a season where we have to take one step back to take two forward, so be it.

Couldn’t agree more.

it doesn't explain the tactics and general approach to these games and the last game of last season. There appears to be a tactical mismatch between how Emery wants us to play and the needs of the game in the EPL

I think he’s proven over the last 3 seasons with us that’s he’s more than capable and has the tactical nouse to sort things out.
Being hamstrung by the financial rules is another issue but I wouldn’t want anyone else here.

But you're conflating the financial rules with the game set-up and tactics. Yes, the financial rules constrain our player-combinations but they do not determine how we set up for games or the levels of intensity required to win games against Brentford.

[Mister E]

It's completely ridiculous and frankly embarrassing to suggest that PSR has anything to do with today's result. Brentford are an awful team who are probably going down.

Unai's blinkered approach to an already beaten team is what cost us today. I'm a massive Emery fan but the game is moving on and if he doesn't quickly change his tactics... He and we could get left behind.

Exactly.

[Clampy]

It's completely ridiculous and frankly embarrassing to suggest that PSR has anything to do with today's result. Brentford are an awful team who are probably going down.

Unai's blinkered approach to an already beaten team is what cost us today. I'm a massive Emery fan but the game is moving on and if he doesn't quickly change his tactics... He and we could get left behind.

You're taking about manager who just a few months ago nearly took us to a Champions League semi final. It's not been a great start but let's have a bit of perspective.