Burnley v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[RamboandBruno]

Frustrated more than angry and can’t be arsed with all the ‘disgrace’ hyperbole. Last 15 mins of first half and beginning of 2nd we were in total control, if we’d managed to hold onto the lead for 10 or 15 mins I think we’d probably have cruised to a 3-1, but we obviously never.
If we draw with Liverpool its more or less done in my view. Anyone thinking we’re not capable of drawing with Liverpool has only been watching our poor end of season performances and not paying attention to them.
Bournemouth are playing well, but unless Man City have already flunked the league in their game in hard against Palace this week, there is no chance they are not beating Bournemouth and bringing it to the last day.
The most frustrating thing is Emery is probably going to have to play his strongest side on Friday night now, not ideal 5 days before the final.

[Meanwood Villa]

No offence to Tyrone Mings, who has been a decent servant to us, but I really hope we never see him in a Villa shirt again. He is finished at any decent level

He'll be playing Friday

[Flamingo Lane]

With Villa and Liverpool neck and neck, and Bournemouth where they are, Villa v Liverpool is massive for both clubs. Bournemouth must really fancy their chances here.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Stonewall penalty mind.

Apart from bring Emi down, ripping his boot off and putting a hole in his sock I didn't see much one way or the other.

[LeeS]

I’m struggling to see the positives here. And it isn’t a 4 point cushion, it is 3 because of GD.

[taylorsworkrate]

No offence to Tyrone Mings, who has been a decent servant to us, but I really hope we never see him in a Villa shirt again. He is finished at any decent level

He'll be playing Friday

I don't think we have that luxury after today's shambles.

We need to go all out for a result on Friday and Mings playing doesn't align with that mentality.

It would be a big mistake to play Mings on Friday

[Nev]

Poor really in a game there for the taking. Slack has been the ideal description in the league lately.

Emery will rightly be angry but we can't rest players next Friday, we should go for it.

[Sexual Ealing]

No offence to Tyrone Mings, who has been a decent servant to us, but I really hope we never see him in a Villa shirt again. He is finished at any decent level

He'll be playing Friday

I don't think we have that luxury after today's shambles.

We need to go all out for a result on Friday and Mings playing doesn't align with that mentality.

It would be a big mistake to play Mings on Friday

So, should we play Mings or not?

[PeterWithesShin]

I’m struggling to see the positives here. And it isn’t a 4 point cushion, it is 3 because of GD.

It's 4.

[saint13]

I thought we were very poor today. Mings can't start again. As great as a servant he has been, he is done. He sets the tempo from the back and it is way too slow. We get stuck and can't get out quickly enough.

Rogers was dreadful throughout, as poor as he has been all season.

We really do like to make it hard for ourselves don't we? I think we are going to need a point from somehwere, as I fancy Bournmouth to get 4 points and Brighton 6 points in the last two games. If that happens, both will have a better GD than us. Today was a massive opportunity and we threw it away.

Having watched Liverpool yesterday, they look pretty poor and are very beatable, However, it will require a performance more akin to Thursday than today.

Probably not what we should be doing 5 days before the cup final.

Also if we do fuck it up v Liverpool and results elsewhere go against us, it puts massive pressure on the final itself. Again we didn't need this and it was all so avoidable with a win today. Oh well, it is all very Villa I suppose.

[KRS]

Absolutely fuming with that pathetic performance.

There’s no excuses for that given that Burnley are a shit relegated team with nothing to play for, and we could have gone 4th all but sealing Champions League qualification.

Both BHA and Bournemouth are very much still in the chase now, and we can’t afford to rest players next Friday night against Liverpool if we’re to finish the job via the league.


1pt (ONE POINT) from Fulham, Spurs and Burnley is beyond pathetic…it should have been done and dusted by now, but we’ve gone and made it hard for ourselves.

[RamboandBruno]

I’m struggling to see the positives here. And it isn’t a 4 point cushion, it is 3 because of GD.

We’re on exactly the same GD as Bournemouth. Its a 4 point difference.

[Toronto Villa]

That ends a terrible stretch of performances and results. 1 point from three very winnable games. Just awful. Today just wasn’t good enough. Not by a long stretch.

Ends? I expect two more stinkers before the league season is over!

I reckon we will beat Liverpool at a raucous Villa Park send off and then Freiburg. We’ll lose to Man City at their place. As we always do.

[teamvillage]

I’m struggling to see the positives here. And it isn’t a 4 point cushion, it is 3 because of GD.

We’re on exactly the same GD as Bournemouth. Its a 4 point difference.

If they make up 4 points on us they will be ahead of us on goal difference...

[LeeS]

I’m struggling to see the positives here. And it isn’t a 4 point cushion, it is 3 because of GD.

It's 4.

Give me the scenario where Bournemouth close our “4 point cushion” and we still finish above them

We have a gap of 4 but a cushion of 3