10-Man Sunderland vs 0-Win Aston Villa Post-Catastrophe Flagellation

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It was boring. Happily though there was a 1 hour delay on the A1(M) so I went along the road toward Brough and J38 of the M6, which is a bit of a stunner with some last day of summer sun setting behind the hills. Podcast about Escobar, almost forgetting how tedious the previous hour or two had been.

What’s the podcast called, is it any good as I might give it a listen?

Rest is Classified. Ex-CIA analyst and a journalist.

[LeonW]

Again, I think we might be looking at performance and tying up a narrative that fits. Who knows you might be right, but it’s not just Rogers and Watkins it’s virtually everyone playing badly. Has Digne gone because he’s got a new deal, has Maatsen turned it in because he’s not immediate first choice, is SJM sulking from not being centre mid etc etc.

So many players are playing badly - it’s not just a couple of them. That might be on them, but it’s on management too. As a collective they are all not doing enough.

The failure right now is in the final third for me and it’s our key offensive players that are letting us down. Palace aside, we’ve been better defensively.

[PaulWinch again]

We’re not really though - we’re consistently shipping plenty of shots. A promoted team with 10 men broke us down today, Everton should have scored last week. We’re not actually playing well defensively, we’re just playing mediocre teams with limited attacking strength.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

It was boring. Happily though there was a 1 hour delay on the A1(M) so I went along the road toward Brough and J38 of the M6, which is a bit of a stunner with some last day of summer sun setting behind the hills. Podcast about Escobar, almost forgetting how tedious the previous hour or two had been.

What’s the podcast called, is it any good as I might give it a listen?

Rest is Classified. Ex-CIA analyst and a journalist.

Thanks. Just downloaded them and will start it tomorrow. Will make a change from the football and history ones!

[LeonW]

We’re not really though - we’re consistently shipping plenty of shots. A promoted team with 10 men broke us down today, Everton should have scored last week. We’re not actually playing well defensively, we’re just playing mediocre teams with limited attacking strength.

I think we’re trying to find a balance but to me, it’s clear that the greater problem is the final third. If we create and score more, it takes the pressure off the defensive and opens the game up which suits us. Without checking the stats and going off the eye test, we may be facing the same number of big chances as last season, so that could be par. But we are certainly not in any way, shape or form creating the chances we did last season offensively. That’s where the drop off is.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah and if that’s the case the balance is way off. If that’s genuinely what we’re trying to do we need to start again, because we’ve undermined the strength that’s got us to where we have been.

[Sexual Ealing]

It was boring. Happily though there was a 1 hour delay on the A1(M) so I went along the road toward Brough and J38 of the M6, which is a bit of a stunner with some last day of summer sun setting behind the hills. Podcast about Escobar, almost forgetting how tedious the previous hour or two had been.

What’s the podcast called, is it any good as I might give it a listen?

Rest is Classified. Ex-CIA analyst and a journalist.

It's all lies.

[selly park trinity]

Has there been any tweets or other such nonsense from the players?

[cdbearsfan]

Tweets are very 2015. It's all Instagram these days.

[CT Villan]

Hindsight is obviously 20/20, but as soon as the Mackems go down to ten I would have brought on Maatsan and Pau (for Digne and Mings). I would also have replaced Rogers and Buendia at HT with Elliot and Sancho. I would have liked to replace Watkins too, but the striker cupboard is bare.

[tomd2103]

We’re not really though - we’re consistently shipping plenty of shots. A promoted team with 10 men broke us down today, Everton should have scored last week. We’re not actually playing well defensively, we’re just playing mediocre teams with limited attacking strength.

I think we’re trying to find a balance but to me, it’s clear that the greater problem is the final third. If we create and score more, it takes the pressure off the defensive and opens the game up which suits us. Without checking the stats and going off the eye test, we may be facing the same number of big chances as last season, so that could be par. But we are certainly not in any way, shape or form creating the chances we did last season offensively. That’s where the drop off is.

I accept that we have got 3 central midfielders out injured, but John McGinn in central midfield has always been a bit of a problem as well.  He's undoubtedly had good games in that position, but he gets steadily worse the longer the spell is he plays there.  We need Tielemans or Onana back sharpish (not banking too much on Barkley making a big impact to be honest) so McGinn can.play further forward. 

[ROBBO]

One thing stood out for me were corner kicks, all Sunderlands were delivered perfectly and caused panic, ours were balloons to the far post repeated every time. I get pissed of when i see players who get paid millions every year to kick a football around feeling sorry for themselves. Emery has to make examples of players who don't give 100 percent. In hindsight we would have been better off if we had sold Watkins and Rogers early for 130 million and refreshed the team.

[AV82EC]

Not enough control of possession. Buendia is utter shite and needs to be replaced asap.  Impressed with the Sancho cameo which was more impressive than Rogers blundering about the pitch. Something to work with with Guessand and Elliott. I’d have bought Torres and Maartsen on earlier.

We go again…..

[Villafirst]

Yes, Buendia looked a bit lightweight and was too often easily dispossessed. We look short of ideas without Tielemans and desperately need him back asap. The worry is that teams have sussed Villa's style and adopted a low block which we struggle to breakdown. I can only see us finishing mid-table at best.

[Nev]

As I said after the first game, Buendia wasn't the answer 2 years ago and that hasn't changed.