Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds Post match grumble

[Baldy]

Luiz still not up to speed, Onana playing like he has no competition for his place!!

Get Lindelof in to replace one of them.

He has been one of our better players recently, will give 100% and until we get Tielemans/McGinn back we will have to scrap hard in midfield for a victory.

All opponents know our achilles heel and are taking advantage.

Draw fair result, but really another two points dropped.

Unai, sort it out.

[Percy McCarthy]

Decent point in the end, but only because I remember how depressed I was before Tammy & the Burnley goal gave me a quick double hit of good news. Let’s hope other results keep going for us over the next two days.

Hopefully, Unai saw some things he can learn from today.

[PeterWithesShin]

Chelsea will be far more down after today than we are, as players/coaches and fans.

[saint13]

We can match what Chelsea do from here on in points wise, and we’ve got a six point head start. It sounds much better when it’s put like that I think.

I agree and a lot of the metrics look really positive, (i.e., 66 points should do it, 4, five more wins required etc). However, the problem is, the drop-off in form of late has been staggering. I knew we would struggle without the three lads in midfield, but I didn't think our general play would go to shit like it has.

Let's face it we were very lucky v Brighton and again today. Playing like that, I'm not confident of us beating anyone and I include Wolves in that.

[PeterWithesShin]

[DB]

We are limping through these games without our best midfield. Thank god teams below us are also dropping points.
PS Tammy to start next match

[Brazilian Villain]

Chelsea will be far more down after today than we are, as players/coaches and fans.

Yeah, we'd be a lot more pissed off if the situations were reversed (or if we'd blown a 2 goal lead at Molineux). Decent point in the end, which will be even better should Forest and/or Everton do us a favour.

[Tuscans]

Have to say with some of the players we have ( the not very good ones ) it's still pretty unbelievable how we're 3rd. All to do with tactics, even though it's tough to sit through at times.

[AV82EC]

Proper frustrating. Buendia and Bailey swapped for Barkley and Sancho and we’d have won that. Onwards….

[Ian.]

I wish we could push Dougie further forward. He’s such a good player. Onana and Bogarde further back and Sancho for Bailey.

[brontebilly]

I wish we could push Dougie further forward. He’s such a good player. Onana and Bogarde further back and Sancho for Bailey.

I like Luiz but he was miles off it today

[eye digress]

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..

The selection I found most surprising was Mings for Torres, together with the reticence to bring Torres on as an attacking substitution – especially in that second half where we were on the ball for 70% of the time. Can only assume there is some lingering injury problem there. Maybe it was with one eye on Calvert-Lewin?

Great admirer of Mings, of course. But his passing is relatively blunt compared to Pau.

Stating the bleedin' obvious but we were very poor today, and got what we deserved.

But trust in Unai to make us competitive again when it matters.

[paul_e]

Proper frustrating. Buendia and Bailey swapped for Barkley and Sancho and we’d have won that. Onwards….

In the first half those pair were laughably bad, I try to find positives as much as possible but Bailey in particular was both utterly shit and completely disinterested. I'd honestly prefer it if we'd kept Jimoh and Young over this pair on that showing, Sancho and Barkley improved us massively and then Abraham for Buendia meant we suddenly had no one giving the ball away cheaply and we started to really dominate play and build pressure.

[Ian.]

I wish we could push Dougie further forward. He’s such a good player. Onana and Bogarde further back and Sancho for Bailey.

I like Luiz but he was miles off it today

Our whole mood since losing the three midfields has been shot of confidence. We have fight, yes, but we look lost as a great attacking team.

[eye digress]

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?

Indeed. We've needed leadership in there since the loss of out three best midfielders and he's offered zip.

Good energy and poses a physical threat when he's on it. But he's on it nowhere near enough. Even when he makes it out on to the pitch, which is by no means a given.

I don't think the problem is directly with Onana. But there is an issue with the Luiz-Onana tandem.