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The entire city team, they shout for everything. Just walking around shouting at the ref

Wouldnt you? They are pressing us quick and high and we just boot it back or out. Noone looking for space

Zero shots not even 1 off target

Which is why we are on this run but if you close your eyes real tight and say Grealish over and over it creates a goal

Yes but you supplement with creativeness around it. You build an entire team, creativeness and attack on 1 player, well look at what you get.

Is this not our problem, we built so much on Grealish when he doesnt play we have nothing else

Can Barkley tackle? He never seems to commit to it and when he loses the ball throws a strop and just wanders off

McGinn got a haircut. Does that mean he loses his powers?

Least he can score in something

Theres the heart attack. Tradition continues

This is why, in all shapes and forms, the mute button was invented. Because Mills is useless

Nice to see Traore filling in for Barkley tonight. Wouldnt be Villa without a useless waste of skin in 1 position. Least I have hope for Barkley.

Sanson chopped down, gets a free. Representative for Wellingborough gets nicked by Sanson, yellow?

Ok time to be objective on this, I will try. We have not played well and thats obvious. Our passing has been terrible and we are blasting the ball around. This is because of the high press. We are not tracking runners from the midfield and this is leading to dangerous chances. Brighton are man marking Grealish with 2 men and Barkley with Bissouma. This has caused us grief no end. Positive end, we have figured out ball over the top to counter thr high press and got some results from it. Emi looks back on form and doing well. Lets see how the second half goes.

Plan A - pass the ball to Grealish, Grealish do sonething Plan B - Panic, Cry, blast the ball at each other and do stupid tricks

Same as other matches (Burnley/West Ham). High press on the villa back 4 and mark Greslish out of it. Then attack on the break. Up to us to find a way around it.

Needed time to calm down after that muck. Truely terrible showing but having had time to analyze what I saw, I can see some worrying trends. First is fatigue, we looked tired. West Ham and ourselves have the most unchanged teams in the PL. But they had some rotation in tonight. Luis and Mcginn have played every game except 1 each through suspension. Ditto for Cash and Grealish. Two is life beyond Grealish. I dont mean him leaving I mean more diverse play than just "give the ball to Grealish". Barkley was brought in to do this but a blind slug with asthma could have done more than him tonight with no other option. I counted 4 occassions where Grealish was called back to receive the ball from defenders, played it up to the box/wingers, only to have it fired back at him when he hit the half way line. Finally countering high fast. We were caught by Leeds, then Burnley and now West Ham. When these teams play a high press, it causes havic for us trying to play from the back. We give it away eg Konsa or fire it up the field. We need to find a way to work out of a high press and stop messing about near our own box asking for trouble. Just my take on it, feel free to call me a raving monster looney but remember, they have a political party now

Only 1 explanation, Dean Smith has been replaced by Aliens

We have no answer to high fast press. Same against Leeds, know we always play from the back. We look tired too

Dont need him they said, not good enough they said. Well Elmo might need 90 min lefs soon

Carrying Barkley and Traore, even McGinn a little in the second half.

Theres the heart attack. Felt it coming

Commentary is pissing me off, you swear Utd were masters of the universe, we should be kissing their feet just for letting us on their pitch. Had to turn it off

Wonder how much Chilwell paid to own the entire left side of the pitch??

Zaha knew what he was doing. Got in on him