Agbonla-score

Here we go.....

McGrath - no need for explanation 

Spink - Kept us in the game to win the European Cup and a long great servant of the club   

Platt - one of the best players to ever grace the shirt, helped us to 2nd place and earned us massive transfer fees (at the time)

Grealish - Helped us gain promotion, kept us up in our first season and earned us £100m in transfer fees to build the current team

Withe - helped us win our last title and scored the winner in the European Cup final

Barry - Was influential for us for so long and earned us transfer fees

Hendrie - controversial I know but was homegrown, cost us nothing and was a great servant to the club across many seasons

Ashley Young - Helped us to 3 top 6 finishes and came back for a 2nd stint and was a valuable utility player 

Mellberg - solid and was a great servant to the club across many seasons

Tony Daley - for personal reasons, the reason I loved going to Villa Park when I was younger 

What the hell was that by Duran?

2 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

If we'd won would you say the same?

Do you mean if we’d won, would I give credit to Gerrard for the way we were set up? Yes. I thought the front three he picked worked. Still think he’s made too many poor decisions over the last year though

Just now, AV82 said:

Dendoncker is a complete donkey and I don't see what he offers over someone like Nakamba.

I’d like to see Sanson 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of Gerrard. However, this defeat is not on him.

It’s a lack of composure that has prevented us from scoring and two individual areas that have cost us the goals. 

After watching City V United, this isn’t a great game for the neutral

11 hours ago, Django_Zooms said:

Not once Randy Lerner had set his sights on Bowery and Gestede...

Please someone post that old giff of Bowery spinning in his chair 

Come on Dean this formation. Is shit. 

Anyone else’s signal breaking up? I’m on Virgin Media 

Just now, neilski said:

Who was mings telling to f off then?

I was wondering the same thing. 

It’s ok lads. Ross is coming on 

1 minute ago, est1874 said:

Is that our first win from a losing position this season??

I think it is actually 

It’s like watching Brazil

Fair play to Davis. I’ve never rated him but he’s made a massive difference to this game nicking the ball off that defender and creating Trev’s second goal

It just goes to show how low Smith rates Barkley. In a game where there is zero creativity he still doesn’t want to bring him on

2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

I'm not too disappointed with that - I think the shape was better, I think the performance was improved.

Leicester are a very good team, but I thought we were the better side in the second half and in the end maybe slightly unlucky not to get something out of the game.

I though McGinn had a good game, Luiz was fine too, Barkley gave us more energy, he played in a better position, but still gives the ball away far too often. Traore was good and I thought El Ghazi was better than Trez. Sanson was neat and tidy and I thought Ramsey did really well when he came on - he's got to be pushing Barkley for a start, and I think it's time.

The centre backs were fine, maybe Mings could have closed down better for the first goal but he did really well with Vardy in the second half. Targett was excellent I thought, he's good going forward and he's good defending, he's got a lot of energy and a really good attitude.

For me, Elmo was our weak point, Barnes took him to pieces and he didn't look like he had the legs to get back if he went forward, it might just be sharpness as he's not played a lot of football of late, but he looked off the pace - bringing in Kesler would be a big risk and I think we probably have to give Elmo one more game. Kesler has a lot of potential and I wouldn't be against him coming in. 

If Cash plays today we get something out of that game. We missed him more than we missed Grealish.

I don't think we were too bad - Leicester don't get enough credit for how good they are - the midfield still needs work but I thought was improved - it's a defeat, but not one that requires any particular panic.

 

All good apart from the comment about McGinn. If we are satisfied with a midfielder’s performance because he puts himself about but doesn’t do anything with the ball, we might as well invite Thor back into a midfield.

Surely we can expect more from our midfielders than that

1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said:

Definitely don't 'have to' do that!

It’s either that or make the dinner and I’m hoping the wife gets up before I do 

On a more positive note, we know Ramsey and Samsung can affect a game when they come on.

Don’t get me wrong I love Dean Smith and believe he is the right manager for us. However, I really wish he would make subs earlier in the game to give us a chance. We had Leicester on the ropes there at the end, a team now in second place in the Premier League. We left it far too late to inject energy into the gane.

12 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

I'd disagree with a number of people on McGinn here, I think he's had a very decent game.

 

I can’t speak for other people on here but I’ve been annoyed with him losing possession quite a number of times this game with either misplace passes or poor touches. He may well have put himself about a little bit but that is only half his job.

Mings just completely bypassed McGinn with a long hopefully past to Traore because he didn’t have confidence to pass to McGinn in the middle of the park

1 minute ago, jimmygreaves said:

His break into the box led to that goal...

But he hasn’t used the ball well today and Sanson as we know is full of energy

Might be controversial but I would like to see Sanson replace McGinn. His touch looks a little off today

Fair play to Watkins for spotting that gap in making the run

Did anyone just hear Stan Collymore’s gag about sleeping in the car??