Tom13

Yeah. His priority was getting the free-kick in and not risking tripping over while taking it.

Tshibola yesterday though...was so frustrating. He looks so laboured and the game just completely bypassed him. Is Lyden a CM btw? What kind of CM is he? Guessing a standard, tenacious type of CM?

A lot better yesterday than what he showed in his previous couple of games. Lacks a bit of aggression at times though.

Praying we can/do recall Sanchez and Veretout in January. The latter has 5x the ability of our other mids.

I'm a positive person and I think every game is our turning point. Just gets worse every game. Unbelievable really...

Biggest job he's had on his hands ever.

Problems clearer than ever tonight. No one shows for the ball let alone screams for it, no one moves. Absolutely dire.

Jeeeez he's lazy. Jogs about everywhere. Like he's trying to look cool on the pitch. Game completely bypassed him.

Having a shocker of a game.

Gardner isn't strong?

What the actual....

Awesome. Good luck Steve.

Says that none of the 3 candidates were suitable and he's decided to take the role on himself.

Further evidence we have to play him at 10! Trevor Sinclair thinks he will become world class: http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/10/11/trevor-sinclair-claims-aston-villa-have-a-world-class-player-on/

I see I was late

Scored a penalty for Aus this morning

I really like Sanchez but there's no doubt he was awful for us at times. He looks really classy on the ball which is what confuses me how he lost the ball so much. Definitely a better player than what he mostly showed for us IMO. He seems a likeable, non-confrontational sort of guy as well.

In all fairness it's not his fault. We signed him and we've made him a regular since pretty much the day he came in! He's not gonna turn down a move to the Premier League is he. Ridiculous how we're still 'relying' on him though.

In fairness we need to get at least 2-0 up so we're not throwing away points during our inevitably fragile last 5-10 minutes.

In fairness we need to get at least 2-0 up so we're not throwing away points during our inevitably fragile last 5-10 minutes.

Yes, easily and obviously. Hadn't realised he'd said he doesn't want to play for us though. We couldn't have done much more.

You can judge a player's ability and potential, not just their form.

Elphick - 4 - Personality wise seems great, but he makes costly errors and his distribution is awful or non-existent. Gollini - 7.5 - I really like him, and think he will become very good. Tshibola - 7 - A talent but need to see a lot more of him. McCormack - 6 - I think he can do a lot better, his lack of pace is a bit of a concern. Chester - 7.5 - Our best CB. Looks as assured as he can (with all the mess going on around and in front of him), and is calm on the ball. I really like him. Jedinak - 4 - Looks awful. Hopefully it's just rustiness and he steps it up. Kodjia - 8 - A very talented player who we need to start getting the most out of. Adomah - Won't judge just yet but all he seems to do is lay the ball off back to the RB.

We really miss that bald Yorkshire lad's ability to drive and carry the ball in midfield. Hopefully Tish can do something similar if he ever becomes a regular.

I'm probs being harsh tbh.