Aston Villa v Chelsea Post-Match Thread

[The Edge]

That was absolute crap after the first 15 mins. It pains me to say it but smirker is right - Watkins is finished. The only players that come out of that shit with any credit are Luiz and Barkley - and McGrath only knows why Emery decided to sub Luiz. Rogers and Buendia were woeful. The reffing was also so biased it invites suggestions of corruption. Unai has been tremendous for us, and yes we do have key players missing, but we have shown nothing over the past couple of months to convince that we are Champion's League pedigree. Emery can definitely turn it around but right now his stubbornness and predictability are killing us.

I definitely think we can turn this around and I think Man Utd are going to be on the sharp end of this up turn, wait and see.

We go to Old Trafford and we win.

I love your optimism but I'm worried for your mental health if you actually believe any of that! Hopefully you're just drowning your sorrows and are heavily into a sesh. Stay safe BV.

[Demitri_C]

Unacceptable - everyone one from the manager through to every player should be embarrassed. We continue to do the same thing every week and it’s fucking obvious it’s not working.

We’ve lost three key players - that’s rough. It’s not an excuse to be as bad as we have been for weeks. Guess what if they’re integral to playing the way we wanted to play maybe try something different when they’re not available. There are teams with less talent playing much better than us.

Chucking away Champions League qualification from the position we’d gotten ourselves into would be unacceptable.

Completely  agree Paul. You would think after the disgraceful  performance  vs wolves they would show guts pride and passion. Only luiz showed that today. They disgraced the club. Fucking pathetic

[dorsetvillian]

I fucking hate football...

[brontebilly]

I actually enjoyed the first half. At least we played with energy, although there were plenty of signs to tighten up at the back.

Another day, we go in at half time 2-1 to the good, but when you’re on the run we’re on, we go down 2-1 with an almost identical decision to make by VAR.

Second half we have been extremely sloppy with possession and our back line was even more shocking than the first half. Is that down to Mings or Konsa or both? Who’s in charge of that back line?

Buendia and Rogers have been so careless with the ball and it was harder for Ollie not to score than score. Suddenly instead of 2-3 we’re 4-1 down and fucked.

Mings I guess but looked to my eye he was dropping off a lot. Complete confusion between Konsa and himself whether to drop off or push up. Would be interested to hear the views of those in VP to see what was going on there....No pressure on the ball with Chelsea having a man extra in midfield so it was very high risk.

[TonyD]

Onana is playing like a man who get injured a lot but wants to go to the World Cup in the summer.

Onana’s effort has been lamentable. 

[Beard82]

I think as PWA said above, from the position we were in a few weeks ago, it would be unacceptable for us not to get Champions League. 

From that position we just needed the average form we have had under Emery to walk CL, and with Mid Table form we would still make it. 

And thats a strange thought - for the first time under Unai - it feels there is a very real risk of us underachieving.  Our worst possible team under Emery should be able to get midtable results.  But were not and thats what feels so strange and depressing. 

[Brazilian Villain]

Think I'll watch Newsnight instead of MOTD.

[Ian.]

I actually enjoyed the first half. At least we played with energy, although there were plenty of signs to tighten up at the back.

Another day, we go in at half time 2-1 to the good, but when you’re on the run we’re on, we go down 2-1 with an almost identical decision to make by VAR.

Second half we have been extremely sloppy with possession and our back line was even more shocking than the first half. Is that down to Mings or Konsa or both? Who’s in charge of that back line?

Buendia and Rogers have been so careless with the ball and it was harder for Ollie not to score than score. Suddenly instead of 2-3 we’re 4-1 down and fucked.

Mings I guess but looked to my eye he was dropping off a lot. Complete confusion between Konsa and himself whether to drop off or push up. Would be interested to hear the views of those in VP to see what was going on there....No pressure on the ball with Chelsea having a man extra in midfield so it was very high risk.

I’d like to hear the thoughts of the boss on this one. I’m sure he will asked.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Unacceptable - everyone one from the manager through to every player should be embarrassed. We continue to do the same thing every week and it’s fucking obvious it’s not working.

We’ve lost three key players - that’s rough. It’s not an excuse to be as bad as we have been for weeks. Guess what if they’re integral to playing the way we wanted to play maybe try something different when they’re not available. There are teams with less talent playing much better than us.

Chucking away Champions League qualification from the position we’d gotten ourselves into would be unacceptable.

Got to agree. Yes our options in certain positions are limited but to keep picking players who have severely underperformed when you have other options isn’t great. You need a plan B&C so you can chop and change accordingly.

[Demitri_C]

Think I'll watch Newsnight instead of MOTD.

I would rather watch TOWIE (and thats me absolutely  detesting that show abd everyone associated  with it!) Than watch that garbage again

[Deano's Mullet]

I can take losing, i just cant stomach the idea of all that good stuff before Xmas just being utterly undone and blown away by a poor end to the season - a bit like  Gregory's first year. None of that will count for anything if we finish outside the top five on a run of defeats.

[Legion]

Still joint third as it stands.

[sid1964]

They outclassed us - Pedro led both Mings and Konsa a merry dance - Palmer was excellent for them

We just seemed to run out of steam after 20 mins - and they just passed the ball around us

Buendia and Bailey how do they both keep getting picked   - Unai needs to long hard look at the team - and hopefully we can get a good result next week in the Europa

[Mellin]

As shit as we were, and we were shit, anyone have the lines for the Watkins and Pedro "goals"?

[kippaxvilla2]

We need to go for some warm weather training or whatever the ‘we are on a shite run’ cliche is.