Shirtman

Just got back.

Agree with most of what's been said.  Buendia excellent. Mings worked hard. Moreno good and a good cameo from Duran.

Always get done on the break and it doesn't help when you've got Bailey giving it away every time he gets it.

Overall sloppy performance. 

Hopefully Emery will work his magic for Man City and arsenal.

2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said:

1 per reference I think.

I remember when it used to be up to 6!

Thanks, yes I remember those days too

Can anyone tell me how many additional match day tickets I can purchase with my season ticket? Thanks

Well done for grinding out a result. Kamara looked superb at times and also anonymous sometimes.  Our midfield was inconsistent.

8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

I assumed this was an insult to begin with, but then I noticed your name, and now I'm not sure. 

Yes, it is confusing, but never trust a name!

A championship player who collects footballers shirts. 

A shadow of the player he was. He needs to go.

Bruce Rioch, 

Gordon Cowans,

Dennis Mortimer

Paul McGrath

Jack Grealish

Brilliant in defence. Crap in front of them. Kamara sometimes good. Sometimes irrelevant

Kamara and Bailey are passengers. I thought Kamara was fantastic last game, but don't think he's as good as we'd like to think collectively. Hopefully, they prove me wrong in the 2nd half.

28 minutes ago, stewiek2 said:

And Kamara, I apologise for my comment in the Liverpool post match thread. Does the Deschamps work brilliantly, though tut tut you should have made it three at the end lad.

I was a sceptic like you. I'm a convert today.

Kamara my mom this week. I was slightly critical of the praise for him against Liverpool. Thought he was excellent today.

      A few good touches by Kamara, but he doesn't impose himself enough on games.

4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Game Management!

That's been the difference since Emery arrived.

Really pleasing performance. Game management superb. Outclassed them. Defence excellent. Midfield solid. Attack predatory. Absorbed their pressure and counter attacked

1 minute ago, Herman22 said:

This is a top appointment. He’s probably the best manager we could hope for. He’s a top CV and huge experience. Good record against top teams. 

I think he needs time to settle and bring in his own players! 

I think he'll have a decent squad. But unlike Gerrard he'll  show them respect,  evaluate and then tweak.

1 hour ago, AntrimBlack said:

5 subs - who'd have thought! Smart move in many ways.

Interesting too.

Coutinho was awful. could be a millstone round our neck for the next 2 years.

McGinn is just not good enough.

But we don't need either of them.

Not much went right for Coutinho, I agree, but McGinn came on and did the simple things well. Both have still got a future under positive leadership. 

Like a cloud was lifted. Billy Big Boots made this group of players feel inadequate. Today they showed that they are not.

A real sense of joy at the end of the game.

Perhaps we had a bit of luck, but well done Mr Danks.

Thought things were positive against Chelsea. 

Dreadful tonight.

Bored with the club after being a supporter for over 50 years. Don't trust our show biz owners or chief exec. Think Gerrard is one of the worst I've seen at Villa, but today was down to Bailey and Watkins. Bailey fannies around and gives the ball away. he needs a good kickin, his father needs to wake up. Watkins is flawed, knows it, might come good, but his 7 million pound replacement at Brentford is so much  better.  Think our owners, though ignorant about football might act soon.

2 hours ago, TRO said:

maybe the manager was right then.....He seems a different player to me.....Tyrone is playing the football that got him in the England team.

sometimes a shake up, works.

Maybe. Think it's a high risk leadership strategy, though.

Hats off to Mings. He's been put under unnecessary pressure by his manager, but was immense throughout.

Well done. if we can show that level resolve, Gerrard will get my support...albeit reluctantly.

6 hours ago, ejvilla said:

We ain't getting anyone experienced who's not failed anywhere.

Poch ain't happening. 

Potter ain't happening. 

Need to be realistic. 

Rodgers is a possibility (failed at liverpool, failing a bit now)

Emery has villareal going well in la liga. 5th at mo, 7th last yr. Won europa league in 21, semis of CL last year. All with a classically midtable club.

Gettable experienced manager who works well overachieving for midtable sides. 

I think that this is a good shout, if he's still got ambition to prove himself in the premiership.

32 minutes ago, AstonMartyn88 said:

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Ffootball%2F2022%2F08%2F29%2Fwhy-steven-gerrard-already-pressure-aston-villa%2F
 

John Percy in the Telegraph. Paywall removed

Despite the Telegraph not being my favourite rag, this is an excellent summary of our current predicament under Gerrard.