Liverpool v Doctor Villa Post Match Thread.

[SaddVillan]

Started quickly and then faded, in contrast to what we've done recently.

Emery will be happy with the start, but not with how we ceded control.

6/9 from Spuds and Liverpool away, and Citeh at home is a return that most of us would  probably have been happy with two weeks ago.

Just neeed to mash Maccabi and batter Bournemouth.

[ez]

Good for the first fifteen minutes or so. Then the old inferiority complex reared it's head and there was only going to be one winner.

[avfcdale]

Every season of I were Villa Manager, I would never bother going to A field or Old Trafford, I'd take a 3 nil hit for throwing both games and keep my teams integrity intact. Just damaging and not needed. The gain in morale alone not having to go and fulfill this bull shit would be worth the 3 points and 6 goal deficit

[Hookeysmith]

One gift and one flukey deflected goal. Our biggest issue was keeping the ball uptop. I am a big Watkins fan but wtf has happened to his entire game?

[dorsetvillian]

Thought we were good for 30 mins. Liverpool looked suspect at the back. Lost a little bit of control and then suicide from Martinez. The second wasn't much better with the very poor pass out from Torres. Getting beat by Liverpool is one thing, gifting them goals is another. It seems a huge missed opportunity. The Villa away support was also really poor. No atmosphere at all. Not looking forward to the long drive back to South West Wales..

[Ads]

Nothing in the game. A gift and a wild deflection. Just typical of us up here.

[PaulWinch again]

I do want to see Elliott start to get more opportunity. He is the kind of player who can bring what we’re missing.

[django]

I thought Konsa Cash and Onana came out of that with some credit. Rogers for the first half too. Poor from a lot of the others. We couldn’t keep the pressure off the defence or get Ollie in to the game so feel it was a midfield issue. Kamara didn’t have his usual flawless game and McGinn couldn’t really get involved. Some easier games coming up now at least in theory.

[Nev]

Thought we were good for 30 mins. Liverpool looked suspect at the back. Lost a little bit of control and then suicide from Martinez. The second wasn't much better with the very poor pass out from Torres. Getting beat by Liverpool is one thing, gifting them goals is another. It seems a huge missed opportunity. The Villa away support was also really poor. No atmosphere at all. Not looking forward to the long drive back to South West Wales..

It's just awful playing football games at that time. You always hear our support but it was noticeably sporadic today, and I understand why of course.

It felt like Palace at home, the second they moved it to such a shit ko time you know it's a lost cause.

Safe journey home.

[Beard82]

6points from the last 3 games is good return.  So onwards!

Disapointed tonight - but obviously not surprising. Was probably about 50-50 until we gifted the first.

Let in two soft goals.  Some off days by Emi & Digne.  Kamara and Onnana werent at there best. 

Biggest concern in general is our forwards.  Rogers looked good, but Watkins is still off it - probably thats more because he isnt getting the chances. 

Guessard defensively seems ok.  But going forward he just seems miles off as a PL player.  Sancho looks more threatening, but yet to deliver anything.  Elliot (tho ineligable) needs ro be sent back as we simply cant afford to spend 40m on a player unless were pretty certain they are going to significantly improve the squad.

Since Smith - Rogers is the only player in the squad that in the front 4 positions that is an improvement. 

[Legion]

Weep. Cringe.

Salah scores as Liverpool end losing streak with win over Villa - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/videos/c0mxxkwevrno

[Lsvilla]

6 points from Spuds City£h Scousers. 2 away of 3. Maybe not so bad overall. Time will tell.

[SoccerHQ]

6 points from Spuds City£h Scousers. 2 away of 3. Maybe not so bad overall. Time will tell.

Beating Bournemouth at home is far more important to our season than a draw at Liverpool.

People might see that as negative but it is realistic for where we are.

Also worth noting that Liverpool have still won 5/6 at Anfield this season in prem and CL. Beat Bournemouth, Arsenal, Everton and us and Atletico Madrid in CL and Man. United also rode their luck massively to win there so their vulnerabilities are getting exposed more on the road.

[ez]

Level on points with us and on a crap run. We should have put on a better performance than that.

[Small Rodent]

Annoying.