Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Southampton

[limpid]

Your ratings and reactions please. Keep it respectful even if you know everyone else is wrong.

The players' names will be added to the poll when a mod gets chance.

[rjw63]

Time for change, before it's too late.

[Brumstopdogs]

[Ingram85]

Crap all round apart from Grealish's goal.

Smith isnt at the level required to keep us up in the PL. I want to give him the Norwich match but I wouldn't blame the board for making a hard decision before we even get to that point.

But then I'm talking shite so what do I know.

[PaddytheVillan]

A truly terrible performance from start to finish. Heaton and Grealish look like the only two players who are good enough at this level which is a travesty. Major changes needed. The problem is that even after spending all that money, there really aren't any appealing options amongst the squad - Jota, Trez, Kodjia, Lansbury, all very much Championship level. 

[KenjiOgiwara]

Let the overreactions commence. 

[Davkaus]

Another Jack wonder goal does little to take the stink off that game. As the right honourable member from North West Norfolk would say 

We just got absolutely battered, at home, to strong contenders for relegation. Not good enough, for me. Who didn't see a third coming shortly after half time? It's almost a foregone conclusion at this point. We looked better when we brought Kodjia on and went 4-4-2, but Southampton were already sat back knowing they'd won by then.

I like Smith, he's a good bloke, but I no longer have any faith he can keep this team in the Premier League.

[VillaFaninLondon]

Smith not cut out for this level - board need to make a change before it's too late.

[jim]

It’s all becoming too frequent. Smith is out of his depth.

We have no fight, no will to win and no clear on the pitch.

Thanks for the promotion party but Dean is clearly not good enough at this level. 

[PaddytheVillan]

Just now, KenjiOgiwara said:

Let the overreactions commence. 

What would you say is a fair/balanced reaction to getting hammered at home and played off the park by a team that are almost certain to go down with us, and recently lost 9-1?

[AVTuco]

Was going to vote for Wes, but with that great goal Jack takes the honors.

What a wonderful day of football that was.

[Genie]

Ings, Redmond and Long would all have been better attacking options to buy in the Summer. 
Never any danger of us getting anything from that game. Again.

[Humanoid]

Weekend at Wesley's

[Robtaylor200]

1 minute ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

Let the overreactions commence. 

Dont think we can over react. we just got a spanking by a team that has been poor all season

[Spoony]

1 minute ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

Let the overreactions commence. 

How is anything an overreaction????????? We were spanked at home by one of the worst teams in the league and a fellow relegation candidate. We are 100’% going down unless something changes. There aren’t any more excuses that can be made. We’ve played nearly everyone and it’s December. It blows my mind that there aren’t people reacting to this at all. 

[thunderball]

Apart from Grealish, we create nothing. Mark him out and we are done for.

Worrying that Mings and now McGinn out.

Not sure we have the personnel to dig us out. Also not sure what has happened to the team we were 10 games or so ago.

[Ingram85]

Dont react, that's what posts like that want.

[Ponky]

Tiny glimmer of hope from that last 15 minutes, but only tiny. 

Ball retention is horrific. If you are going to play a high line against country attacking teams you just can't give the ball away with such regularity. 

Things are pretty bad right now. Big changes needed. 

[RobSpain]

Nothing to say about that performance but Merry Christmas everyone on Villa Talk. You all keep me sane whilst supporting our beautiful club. Have a good one all!

[Frobisher]

Worst I've seen for a long time. We were outcompeted from start to finish.