Ratings & Reactions: LC3: Villa v Everton

[It's Your Round]

I wish we’d start with our best team then rotate once we’ve got in front or at least a proper foothold in the game. Starting like this and then bringing the first teamers on to try and rectify it just isn’t working, the momentum has been lost, we’re not getting the results and the players aren’t getting their rest anyway. 

[Made In Aston]

5 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

Can't blame Emery. We have to rotate some players. 

Injuries and selling 3 promising young players have left strength in depth very weak.

You definitely can't blame him for players constantly giving the ball away. We basically giften them their goals as well. The first was a total lack of composure defence and and inabilty to make a simple clearance. The second was a tielemans brain fart. 

[birdman]

The lineup is irrelevant when you cant do the basics right. It's fully on the players. Absolute howlers.

[Genie]

If we’d have somehow got an equaliser it would have been criminal.

[Zero7]

3 minutes ago, Farlz said:

The lineup I thought was fine. I just wish we wouldn’t play so slow at times. 

So did I until I saw McGinn playing LB, what the actual F*** was that all about 

[Talldarkandransome]

3 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

It's a league run, the cup doesn't count. In my book anyway. 

It was all comps I think 

[Jas10]

5 minutes ago, romavillan said:

I'd have kept McGinn on and moved him in midfield and hooked Tielemans.

Our injuries mean we're playing the second choice seconds I spose in some cases. Who've now lost the chance to play some games for us. Incredibly disjointed up until 60 minutes, then we'd given them a 2 goal start. 

Konsa was great, want to see Zaniolo in a more natural position for him but even played on the left he made some great runs that got ignored but even he lost the ball a few times. So did Doug, so many mistakes, Diaby's first touch went AWOL. Strange game.

Intrigued to see how Zaniolo as SS would do, with Diaby on the wing instead…

[Django_Zooms]

1 minute ago, Zero7 said:

de zebri if it were ever to happen 

Wow. Please study the history of Aston Villa. If you lack concentration, just revise August 2022 to September 2023.

[CVByrne]

Just now, Zero7 said:

So did I until I saw McGinn playing LB, what the actual F*** was that all about 

Digne needed for Brighton I assume 

[Mantis]

Just now, CVByrne said:

I think he only cares about the Premier League and still just focussing weekend to weekend. Everything else is a sideshow. He's treating it all that way for sure.

If that really were the case he wouldn't have started all of McGinn, Konsa, Torres, Luiz, Diaby and Cash.

[Adman]

Dyche is a good manager, he identified our weaknesses and exploited them.  It's no different when you press the tard at 5-a-side.  

We do not have a squad to compete on 4 fronts, possibly not even 1.  Also tielemans has a long way to go to command a starting position in our first team

[Troglodyte]

1 minute ago, Zero7 said:

So did I until I saw McGinn playing LB, what the actual F*** was that all about 

That wasn't the issue today.

[chrisvilla4]

Perfect game for JJ, missed that energy in midfield. 

You'd expect the likes of dendonker and Tiellmans to be chomping at the bit to state a claim but no, I feel a sense of apathy. 

[Zero7]

Just now, Troglodyte said:

That wasn't the issue today.

Since when the feck was McGinn a full back ?

[Troglodyte]

3 minutes ago, Mantis said:

Yeah, I don't know where this idea has come from that he "threw" the game. Konsa, Torres, Cash, Luiz, McGinn and Diaby all started. Meanwhile Tielemans, Bailey and Duran regularly feature from the bench. When you factor in injuries/players returning from injury, it really wasn't *that* weakened.

Yup, let's be frank: "threw the game" is absolute steaming bollocks.  A truly ridiculous and idiotic suggestion.

[Paul33]

8 minutes ago, Django_Zooms said:

Whom do you prefer? Gerrard, Bruce, Di Matteo, Black, Garde, Sherwood, Lambert or McLeish? 

I think Bruce was largely misunderstood ...... deserves another chance !

[Sulberto21]

Effing frustrating night bloody annoyed. Time for the phone to hit the wall. **** em! 

[Troglodyte]

Just now, Zero7 said:

Since when the feck was McGinn a full back ?

He's not. But that's not why we lost, is it.

[Callum]

1 minute ago, Troglodyte said:

That wasn't the issue today.

I mean, it was one of the issues. He was completely lost there. 

[delboy54]

Play like that at home next week in our first home game in Europe and we will lose, then what was the point in qualifying for Europe?

I don't mind losing games as long as we look like we want to win, but sometimes we look like we can't be bothered and just going through the motions.

Beginning to wish I had not bought my special deal of three home Europe games at VP....sigh