Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds Post match grumble

[Villan82]

Desperate  stuff. 1 point from leeds, 10 man brentford and Everton.  Dire home results
We were lucky vs Brighton  too.

How about 4 points from last two league games which is not so desperate and we at least deserved a point today?

Did we play well vs Brighton? Or were we fortunate?

All four home performances  were poor. We got out of jail vs brighton lets not sugar coat it.

Very harsh. The way I see it, we desrve huge credit for getting to this position in the first place where are third in the league. I don't care how we finish the job - grind out five 1-0 wins from here and it's dreamland.

[Demitri_C]

I thought we started well, killed the game, kept the crowd quiet and ... Ah.

I'd love us to start games more on the front foot, but I accept it's not Unai's way. Not usually, anyway.

I'd definitely start Barkley and Sancho in the next game.

Hoping for a new manager bounce at Forest tomorrow, and for an Everton favour on Monday. We may well escape this disappointment relatively unscathed.

See, this is the thing I don't get. For the first 18 months of Unai this was our way. We regularly blew teams away in the first half an hour and killed games. it was absolutely fantastic!

Last season we changed it up looking to get to half time in the game and then win it second half. It doesn't suit us as well.

The style  of play changed when we sold diaby. Diaby was critical to our first on the break counter  attack. He was rapid.

Now we have bailey running into a player or failing over. We lack any form of pace from our attacking players  now

I just do not get why we have sacrificed  our pace and the style  your ighly say, to this slow pedestrian predictable  football. We have been found out now.  Park the bus stop the long range shooting  and you stop villa.  Unai needs a plan b as this style isnt working anymore

[MalcolmP]

Is this a Bailey scapegoat thread? Must we always have to have one? Was Cash for last 2 years, Mcginn before Unai and there were lots of calls of never wanting them to play in a Villa shirt again. Eggs on faces now. Its a team game ffs and there were players out there today who were worse than Bailey. It was the shite system and the non existent midfield that caused the problems, too big a gap between midfield and forwards. Buendia and Rogers both playing in no 10 role getting in each others space meaning no width on left wing which nullified Maatsen until changes made later in rhe game when Rogers linked up with him.  No team in the league would cope with loss of their best  3 midfield players. Newcastle are shit without Bruno and Man City are  shit without Rodri, and Utd are shit without Fernandez. Anybody who expected us to keep winning all of our games  with those 3 out need to give their head a wobble. Unlike City we cannot go out and spend £100m to replace them. When they return we will get better but hopefully it is not too late.

[AV82EC]

Desperate  stuff. 1 point from leeds, 10 man brentford and Everton.  Dire home results
We were lucky vs Brighton  too.

How about 4 points from last two league games which is not so desperate and we at least deserved a point today?

Did we play well vs Brighton? Or were we fortunate?

All four home performances  were poor. We got out of jail vs brighton lets not sugar coat it.

Very harsh. The way I see it, we desrve huge credit for getting to this position in the first place where are third in the league. I don't care how we finish the job - grind out five 1-0 wins from here and it's dreamland.

Is correct. We weren’t going to keep up a 12 game winning streak and the injuries on top have absolutely bollocksed us. We’re just going to have to suck it up and try and see it through.

[VILLA MOLE]

I think we deserved a point today , just about .  Too passive slow and weak on the ball first half. Why don’t we show width down the left anymore or balls down the channels to get there defence turning around .  Good responses from Barkley and Sancho when they came on.

[PeterWithesShin]

We've lost 2 of 8 league games in 2026, we've hardly turned into Wolves.

[olaftab]

I am not too disappointed today. We controlled the game in the second half and there was enough on the pitch to convince me that we will win a few in the last leg of the season. We, of course, lack quality that Bouba, Youri and John provided but have picked up 4 points from last two so we are doing what's necessary.

[Ian.]

Hold on, we’ve been up with the top three sides since around October and had some fantastic performances, but Emery’s style doesn’t suit us well?

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Cash was solid and gave us a good option and outlet which we’ve lacked for a few games. Maatsen was the same in the second half and Barkley and Sancho were great when they came on.

Thought Tammy should have come on a bit earlier, Watkins was struggling to get anything from the long ball that were played up to him, that was an obvious ploy so strange that Tammy never started or that the balls weren’t giving Watkins a chance.

Good job Maatsen got in the way and stopped Rogers ripping their players head off after that cynical foul at the end.

First time I’ve sat in The Holte this season and there’s some right moaning bastards!

[Demitri_C]

Desperate  stuff. 1 point from leeds, 10 man brentford and Everton.  Dire home results
We were lucky vs Brighton  too.

How about 4 points from last two league games which is not so desperate and we at least deserved a point today?

Did we play well vs Brighton? Or were we fortunate?

All four home performances  were poor. We got out of jail vs brighton lets not sugar coat it.

Very harsh. The way I see it, we desrve huge credit for getting to this position in the first place where are third in the league. I don't care how we finish the job - grind out five 1-0 wins from here and it's dreamland.

I disagree- obviously i am happy we beat brighton but the performance  was similar  today. Martinez  saved us in thag Brighton  game. We should be beatin team like everton ans especially  brentford  who had 10 me . Be honest mate did you expect morr than 4 points from these four home games?i certainly  did! What counters one of those losses was beating Newcastle  though tbf as i expected a loss there. So really we are 3 points worse off than i expected

[PeterWithesShin]

Hold on, we’ve been up with the top three sides since around October and had some fantastic performances, but Emery’s style doesn’t suit us well?

Time to get Pardew in I reckon.

[Ian.]

Hold on, we’ve been up with the top three sides since around October and had some fantastic performances, but Emery’s style doesn’t suit us well?

Time to get Pardew in I reckon.

Fuck it. Let’s get Dyche, he’s available.

[Villan82]

Is this a Bailey scapegoat thread? Must we always have to have one? Was Cash for last 2 years, Mcginn before Unai and there were lots of calls of never wanting them to play in a Villa shirt again. Eggs on faces now. Its a team game ffs and there were players out there today who were worse than Bailey. It was the shite system and the non existent midfield that caused the problems, too big a gap between midfield and forwards. Buendia and Rogers both playing in no 10 role getting in each others space meaning no width on left wing which nullified Maatsen until changes made later in rhe game when Rogers linked up with him.  No team in the league would cope with loss of their best  3 midfield players. Newcastle are shit without Bruno and Man City are  shit without Rodri, and Utd are shit without Fernandez. Anybody who expected us to keep winning all of our games  with those 3 out need to give their head a wobble. Unlike City we cannot go out and spend £100m to replace them. When they return we will get better but hopefully it is not too late.

Put so well here.

This should be the last word on the recent dip in form. It isn't rocket science and it is so harsh to see people criticise us without referencinf this context.

[Ads]

Really poor selection and it cost us.

Mings starting. Why? Not sure we ought to be changing our centre half pairing that achieved Champions League football to try and nullify DLC. He attacked Konsa anyway. Given we spent the overwhelming majority of the game in possession, it was impossible to progress the ball out from the left or through the lines. Leeds doing what everybody does and puts a box four to block the middle. Fine, when you have Torres that can thread it anyway, but a big problem when you can shepherd Mings to play a square ball and throttle Maatsen.

Bailey and Buendia wide were awful. Both lightweight, not capable of a cross and utterly excruciating to watch first half.

Barkley much better for us second when he come on. He has vision to thread a ball, which suited Sancho, who was in turn infinitely more of a threat. He would wither take a man on, put a cross in or bring Cash on the overlap.

We should have committed two up top much sooner.

Really poor first half and that is down to the selection. 4 points from the last 4 home games is not good enough.

[olaftab]

Did we play well vs Brighton? Or were we fortunate?

All four home performances  were poor. We got out of jail vs brighton lets not sugar coat it.

We were not fortunate v Brighton as we scored one more than them in normal time. That's how football is played and games won.
I suggest you adjust your parameters, its a long season and it's League football played over 9 months. As I said we have lost 3 of the best midfielders in England, possibly Europe with injuries and that was bound to take it's toll.