Aston Villa v Chelsea Post-Match Thread

[curiousorange]

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

If only we could play us.

[Demitri_C]

Still joint third as it stands.

I cannot believe this. Unbelievable

It really does show how poor the standatd of the league is.

[PeterWithesShin]

The standard of the league is very high. I don't get why people think the standard is low because the Sky6 aren't pissing it. When the reason they aren't is how good everyone else is.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

It's the hope that kills you. I hoped we were were building something special when Collymore arrived and it all evaporated. I hoped we were going to break through when MON was getting 6th place finishes and that collapsed like a house of cards. This time with Unai it hasn't just been hope but real expectation that we were breaking through.
Maybe it's for the best if we once again have it all snatched away. We would just turn into the very things we hate about modern football. The corrupt financial system put in place to protect the world wide brand clubs that can generate so much money for vested interests. The whole bloody media hype, entitled fans, manager merry go rounds, overpriced tickets if you can even get hold of them, half and half scarfs and bloody tourists.
I hate modern football.
   

[PaulWinch again]

Point of order weren’t not joint third, we’re fourth. Much like last season when we finished sixth not fifth.

[adrenachrome]

I do not believe that tonight's performance was gutless or passionless.
It was incompetent, which is more concerning on many levels.

[Goldenballs]

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

If only we could play us.

The universe would implode.

[PaulWinch again]

I do not believe that tonight's performance was gutless or passionless.
It was incompetent, which is more concerning on many levels.

It’s definitely all of those things.

[PeterWithesShin]

Unai post match

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=34247026974943468

[curiousorange]

The disappointing thing about all of this is that outside of all the noise, I thought we were set with Emery. The game would still be twisted and ridiculous and the ESL clubs would still have things handed to them on a plate, but we'd be there, a thorn in everyone's side, a team which would be a regular cup final opponent. And then when Emery left, we'd be in such a good state that another elite coach would slot in no questions asked. And we were so nearly there as well.

[Paul.S]

Fell apart after their first and the second killed us. A game of fine margins and had Watkins  goal not been a millimetre offside the game would’ve been a lot closer. What has this game turned into? The excitement has been stripped bare by the shit show that is VAR, pathetic refereeing and certain clubs being allowed to spend what they like. It’s times like this that I find my support for our club get stronger as I give 2 fingers to the pathetic people who run this game.
We’ve been decimated by injuries and cannot replace them, they won’t allow us to spend a penny. We weren’t good enough tonight but I stayed to the end to clap them off as it’s us against them now and I’m firmly behind us.
Didn’t agree with the line up but there’s not a chance in hell I’m kicking Emery while he’s down.

UTFV

[Nev]

Tonight laid bare the facts.

They were better, stronger, faster and the quality was way above anything we could match.

We better get used to it because this is the future. We've had our moment but it's gone.

And that is just how it needs to be for the continued progression of the EPL.

[rougegorge]

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.

...except for the huge celebratory effort he put in with the crowd when Watkins 'scored' the disallowed goal.

Great at cheerleading, but for the rest of the time, he was missing again. He had no influence in the game, and let their midfield run the game.

As for the Garnacho thing, it was obvious to everyone from early on, but there was no change, nobody to cut out the supply and no effective support for Cash or Bogarde.

[Goldenballs]

The disappointing thing about all of this is that outside of all the noise, I thought we were set with Emery. The game would still be twisted and ridiculous and the ESL clubs would still have things handed to them on a plate, but we'd be there, a thorn in everyone's side, a team which would be a regular cup final opponent. And then when Emery left, we'd be in such a good state that another elite coach would slot in no questions asked. And we were so nearly there as well.

I'd we finish Top 5 I think we can do that, with better recruitment. Without it, we're back to the drawing board.

[Clampy]

I thought it was better than it has been in an attacking sense than the last few games but thats where the slight postives end. The class told eventually, Pedro especially was very good. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of options at the moment to make a difference.