Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds Post match grumble

[andyh]

Mings has been great for us but most noticeable was how slow he brings the ball out of defence,
his job is to give the midfield the ball a.s.ap.

I’m not sure that’s the case. Unai loves to invite the press and open up space.
The problem is, when teams don’t bother pressing all it does is make Mings and Konsa dawdle on the ball, devoid of ideas while in the meantime the opposition have had time to track back, pack the middle of the pitch and make it 10 times harder to pass through them.
The problem I have with it is that we rarely mix it up.
In games where we have played with more zip and intensity we have battered teams.
We don’t seem to want to play that way very often.

[AV82EC]

Mings has been great for us but most noticeable was how slow he brings the ball out of defence,
his job is to give the midfield the ball a.s.ap.

Holds back Maatsen too. Buendia, Luiz they all struggle on that side as Mings takes an age to get the ball out of his feet. Picking Mings really hurt us, Leeds let him have the ball as they knew he would struggle to distribute it and then DCL played off Konsa so defensively he had little to do. Torres could have come in at half time.

Yep, it was quite clear DCL was going nowhere near Mings a battle he would have lost and he gave Konsa a bit of the runaround most of the afternoon. I have a feeling if Torres had appeared though DCL would have moved straight onto him forcing Konsa into the distributor role. However we’ll never know.🤷🏼‍♂️

[brontebilly]

Mings has been great for us but most noticeable was how slow he brings the ball out of defence,
his job is to give the midfield the ball a.s.ap.

Holds back Maatsen too. Buendia, Luiz they all struggle on that side as Mings takes an age to get the ball out of his feet. Picking Mings really hurt us, Leeds let him have the ball as they knew he would struggle to distribute it and then DCL played off Konsa so defensively he had little to do. Torres could have come in at half time.

Yep, it was quite clear DCL was going nowhere near Mings a battle he would have lost and he gave Konsa a bit of the runaround most of the afternoon. I have a feeling if Torres had appeared though DCL would have moved straight onto him forcing Konsa into the distributor role. However we’ll never know.🤷🏼‍♂️

That's true I guess but you would have to seriously question our midfield for allowing Leeds to keep playing that ball into the channel between Konsa and Cash. Our guys are not reacting to things in front of them currently. Ampadu and DCL were allowed to do what they liked at times, that's not acceptable.

[VILLA MOLE]

Mings has been great for us but most noticeable was how slow he brings the ball out of defence,
his job is to give the midfield the ball a.s.ap.

Holds back Maatsen too. Buendia, Luiz they all struggle on that side as Mings takes an age to get the ball out of his feet. Picking Mings really hurt us, Leeds let him have the ball as they knew he would struggle to distribute it and then DCL played off Konsa so defensively he had little to do. Torres could have come in at half time.

Yep, it was quite clear DCL was going nowhere near Mings a battle he would have lost and he gave Konsa a bit of the runaround most of the afternoon. I have a feeling if Torres had appeared though DCL would have moved straight onto him forcing Konsa into the distributor role. However we’ll never know.🤷🏼‍♂️

That's true I guess but you would have to seriously question our midfield for allowing Leeds to keep playing that ball into the channel between Konsa and Cash. Our guys are not reacting to things in front of them currently. Ampadu and DCL were allowed to do what they liked at times, that's not acceptable.

It felt at times are midfield was coasting abit especially first half , slow to react to their attacks and also slow moving the ball through the lines.  We so miss Tielemans and Kamara .  I would be tempted to try Bogart and Barkley next time 

[pauliewalnuts]

I would be tempted to try Bogart and Barkley next time 

They sound like a deeply unfunny Victorian music hall 'turn'.

[VILLA MOLE]

I would be tempted to try Bogart and Barkley next time 

They sound like a deeply unfunny Victorian music hall 'turn'.

HA HA ,  they are touring now though