Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds Post match grumble

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He picked the wrong team.

Indeed. All very predictable plus too many forgetting why we have such a great home record and just expecting us to win without the hard work and urgency.

[PeterWithesShin]

Freekick was a beauty but Emi had a poor starting position imo.

Bailey cannot keep starting. I'd rather have Guessand there.

[ROBBO]

We only started to play when Barclay came on, Unai please forget about Bailey it's like we are a man short. Team selection cost us but relieved to get a point. We really miss McGinn.

[Mellin]

If Forest beat Liverpool I'll take the point. Even a draw. If Liverpool win it's another costly fuck up.

Onana has gotten off lightly btw. Anybody else notice how half-arsed he looked today?

[saint13]

Bonus point in the end after Chelsea fluffed their lines.

Really poor performance again. Barkley and Sancho improved us greatly. I don't want to see Bailey start again. He was a disgrace.

We need to change the way we play with our injuries in midfield.

Some of the supporting cast need to step up if we are to start winning again, (Onana, Buendia, Maatsen, Bailey, Sancho). I think they are content to play safe and wait for someon else to di it.

I said last week that we may just limp to 5th Place as Chelsea have the hardest run in, (I didn't bank on them drawing with Burnely). However we have to improve drastically, as I dont see us beating anyone the way we are playing lately.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Freekick was a beauty but Emi had a poor starting position imo.

Bailey cannot keep starting. I'd rather have Guessand there.

I'd rather we played with ten men. First half was like playing with nine. As somebody mentioned on the Match thread, hopefully the Bailey experiment is over.

[TopDeck113]

The return from a run of "easy" home fixtures has been really poor.  Yes, there's all the injuries, but we're better than this.

[Toronto Villa]

Freekick was a beauty but Emi had a poor starting position imo.

Bailey cannot keep starting. I'd rather have Guessand there.

I'd rather we played with ten men. First half was like playing with nine. As somebody mentioned on the Match thread, hopefully the Bailey experiment is over.

We tried with 10 men and got battered. Any time 10 men for them or us is introduced it leads to a Villa defeat.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Onana has gotten off lightly btw. Anybody else notice how half-arsed he looked today?

If it was only today. He's been going through the motions since returning from injury.

[Legion]

A point. At home. To a poor Leeds team.

[dorsetvillian]

Wrong team. Subs too late..Bailey and Buendia should not have played. The Onana/Dougie combo isn't working. Is Tammy the new Malen. Thought Torres would have helped in his passing. Lucky to get a point. The Chelsea result helps but the general level of play is so poor at the moment. Need McGinn back..

[Woody17]

When Onana is good, he’s very good.
Unfortunately this happens about one game in ten.
Or he’s injured. He’s not the answer.

[geolex]

Freekick was a beauty but Emi had a poor starting position imo.

Bailey cannot keep starting. I'd rather have Guessand there.

i agree he may be poor but he at least puts effort in, Bailey had a good few months in 23/24 and has been at best below average the rest of the time

[brontebilly]

Atrocious performance, bar the equaliser there wasn't another positive. Team selection, timing of subs from Emery also miles off. Tempo of play scandalous. Not too optimistic after that. Burnley equalising late on could be crucial.

Martinez 5 - can't be beaten from there, good save late on
Cash 6 - battled hard until he tired late on
Konsa 4 - bullied by DCL to an embarrassing degree, great jump for the goal
Mings 4 - picked to deal with DCL but he just pulled onto Konsa instead, awful in possession
Maatsen 5 - very much meh, kept trying to do the the right thing though
Onana 2 - hologram - didn't show up yet again
Luiz 4 - so disappointing, no imagination in his distribution and didn't attempt to dictate play
Bailey 3 - one step forward, two back. No courage
Buendia 6 - reasonable enough, shouldn't have been replaced
Rogers 5 - awful first half, form seems to be cooling a bit
Watkins 4 - what was that before half time? Tried hard second half but best days seem long past him

Sancho, looks the part but delivers nothing, Barkley did improve things a bit. Tammy scored with his only touch. Strange timing for last two.

[Lucky Eddie]

Anyone that clicks on the 'Micah on Milner" link on BBC football needs to remove themselves from this site following a grovelling apology.

F uck Leeds and f uck mica