Brentford vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Paul.S]

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.

Absolutely

[Matt C]

Summer of uncertainty off the pitch starting to show on the pitch. We look undercooked, unbalanced and passive.

[Crown Hill]

Why we have played so poorly in the first two games is obvious - no balance, no width and players out of position.

Possibly more worrying is Unai’s comments after the game about clarifying things after the window closes. We just sound an unhappy ship at the moment!

[PaulWinch again]

Summer of uncertainty off the pitch starting to show on the pitch. We look undercooked, unbalanced and passive.

Yep it feels like that.

[kippaxvilla2]

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.

It isn’t beyond the realms of possibility to have the view of greatness and one of concern now.  Two games.  Two dull performances.  Two games when he doesn’t trust players in form to start.  Two games of uninteresting dross frankly. Oh and I watched the game.

[pauliewalnuts]

Rubbish last week, rubbish this week.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah we’ve been rubbish two weeks in a row, and that can happen, but the worrying bit is we have been set up in a way that very obviously undermines our ability to attack. We’ve performed exactly in the way you’d expect from how the team is structured, unable to threaten much. It’s very strange, and is entirely the wrong way to go about things.

[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.

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.

I agree,  like I said I absolutely love Emery but his stubbornness to not change is costing us. How many games did we have like this last season when the other team were completely for the taking?

He's a top manager and it would be foolish to want him out but you do wonder if we keep playing the same way we could become stagnant.

[pauliewalnuts]

We need to stop being so fucking slow and predictable.

Two (was it?) years ago when we played Newcastle at home and took them apart, we harried them, high intensity, and stopped the ball lingering in the areas they could do us damage.

Fast forward to now and if we face a determined, energetic but technically poor team (today) or a team with a ferocious press (Newcastle last week) we struggle to contain them.

And that was a Newcastle who haven't got any useable strkers.

It is only a few games, but it smells a bit like we might have been found out, to a degree.

[cdbearsfan]

We did the same to Newcastle a few months ago.

[pauliewalnuts]

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.

I agree,  like I said I absolutely love Emery but his stubbornness to not change is costing us. How many games did we have like this last season when the other team were completely for the taking?

He's a top manager and it would be foolish to want him out but you do wonder if we keep playing the same way we could become stagnant.

Yeah but you're not allowed to criticise him, don't you know that means you hate him and want him sacked, even if you actually point out you're a massive Emery fan.

[PaulWinch again]

We need to stop being so fucking slow and predictable.

Two (was it?) years ago when we played Newcastle at home and took them apart, we harried them, high intensity, and stopped the ball lingering in the areas they could do us damage.

Fast forward to now and if we face a determined, energetic but technically poor team (today) or a team with a ferocious press (Newcastle last week) we struggle to contain them.

And that was a Newcastle who haven't got any useable strkers.

It is only a few games, but it smells a bit like we might have been found out, to a degree.

Indeed - it all feels wrong. I think Unai is desperately trying to find control, but he’s compromising our ability to actually threaten. His approach looks muddled at the moment.

[Villafirst]

Abysmal today. No energy, passing was generally poor. A big worry against such poor opposition. The squad is wafer thin. Why have we let players leave without replacements already agreed? There's still over a week until the window closes. I'm not optimistic about this season at all.

[TonyD]

If we don’t sign a couple or three good players next week then we won’t be compete in Europe and the league. The squad seems threadbare.

[Clampy]

I just think some perspective is needed sometimes. If the Rogers goal is allowed up at Old Trafford, we might well have been in the Champions League draw again next week. That would have been a fantastic achievement.

He does need to start Malen more though and we most defiantly need some new players. Like I said earlier, let's see where we are at the end of the window.