Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Leicester

[pacbuddies]

Smith will keep playing Barkley no matter how shit he plays as he doesn't have the bottle to drop him!

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

Gave them a head start by starting absolute turd.

Much better second half, which I think was a combination of Leicester taking their foot off the gas and us tweaking a bit.

Surely Ramsey has to start over Barkley now?

[thunderball]

1 minute ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

At least we made a fist of it

Ramsey is a baller. Id have him in now starting. Barkley offers little.

I’d say Barkley is hindering his development at the moment. 

[Junxs]

After thinking about if for a month, I've finally decided that Barkley has a must play if fit clause

How many poor games in a row does he have to play before getting dropped?

This isnt scapegoating, as at least the others have a decent game now and again

[HanoiVillan]

Deserved nothing and got nothing against an extremely good side. We got better throughout the match, but basically gave them a 2-goal cushion before we woke up.

Most of the players were not catastophically bad, but no-one was better than their Leicester equivalent, and when that's the case of course you're going to lose.

Hope Grealish is back for our next match.

[Agbonla-score]

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

Edited February 21, 2021 by Agbonla-score

[CosmicVillan]

Worrying drop off in our form  .Better 2nd half..Ramsay looks quality, I'd be starting him instead of Barclay ATM

 

[Talldarkandransome]

Didnt see first half so can't comment on that. 2nd half wasn't too bad but we still look knackered. I'd like to see Ramsey start next game, hopefully Grealish will be back 

[Robtaylor200]

I just hope Dean has realised the difference his subs made and starts this team next game. Had he done it earlier possibly we may have scored. 

[Delphouneso]

Took us too long to believe we could play without Jack. Targett immense, again. Ginny better. Some of our fans are embarrassing.

[flashingqwerty]

The 11 that finished should have started.  Much better 2nd half but massively frustrating that under performing players continue to start.

Think a draw might have been fair in the end.

But we need to drop a few passengers, and we need to tighten up in midfield

[Keener window-cleaner]

I actually take some positives from that, I had feared a 4-5 goal loss, but after the very turgid first 30 mins we actually competed well with them. Also good to see that we pressed for an equaliser in the end, almost as if we deserved it. Also encouraging with Ramsey and Sanson, shows we have a couple of players with energy and running, willing to make a mark. They have earned a start.

[Follyfoot]

1 minute ago, jim said:

Awful first half, sloppy and slow to close down. Expected a reaction after Brighton and it didn’t happen.

Better second half but too little too late.

Ross “cost us 14 points” Barkley no where near as bad as some will make out.

He did absolutely nothing today. There is no doubt a quality player but he just isn’t at the moment

[Phil Silvers]

The better team won but they were 2 soft goals to concede, all in all we shouldn't feel too down hearted with that performance overall against a very good team.

[Wainy316]

You know when a team pull one back when they’re 2 down and suddenly they have a flurry of attacks as the momentum of the games flips?

Not when it’s us it seems.

[gwi1890]

Despite being poor Leicester feels like a point dropped,  Not being good defensively for the final third players I don’t mind but the lack of desire from Barkley is criminal, Traore showed desire and tried to take the game to Leicester 

[Eligius]

Lost the game through a woeful first half performance, wasn't surprised to lose today because Leicester are a decent team and are only 7 points behind Man City. Targett stood out for me as our best player but the midfield needs freshening up because they are not performing.

[nick76]

Poor first half, better second half but way off ok.

Gave Ramsey MOTM because I couldn’t give any of the starters it.

Even Jack wouldn’t made a difference today, too many players off the boil.  

Massive credit to Leicester who were on it from the start and a real quality top four team and once they were two nil up they dropped a gear and had too much for us.

We are just out of form at the moment performance wise.

[Wainy316]

McGinn has to be dropped and Trezeguet has nowhere near the ability required.

[maqroll]

2 regulars out injured, playing against the second best team in the division. Made a game of it in the second half. Disappointed but the result was predictable. Some easier fixtures ahead, hopefully we can start stacking up some points again.