legov Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Iam not exegarating when I say this is the worse villa performance I have seen in over 25 years Defensively maybe. But I absolutely cannot believe how badly we are losing given the quality of our passing in the first 20 minutes or so. Oh funny how the game against Spam was the best we've seen in years as well eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Downing is like a little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted August 22, 2010 Moderator Share Posted August 22, 2010 Villa lost the game. But it's 4-0 to a team that frankly most of us love to laugh at. Still do, they are not very good at all and would have beaten a lot of teams today, especially given the lift of seeing a Pen missed so early. We sent them down and this is payback. We'll lose to worse sides than this too in the future, we'll beat far better sides as well. As an aside I cannot think of a club with more players you would wish simply disappeared from your screens.... A Smith Nolan Prisoner Barton Carroll Seriously, I don't see how it's possible that we have the right to mock Newcastle after a drubbing like this. Remember the laughter on here after the 5-1 against Small Heath? Quite easy, it's football and banter. They will finish below us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 This has been a masterclass in how to let your heads drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Iam not exegarating when I say this is the worse villa performance I have seen in over 25 years. Yes there have been games where we don't look like scoring, yes we have been hammered by the big boys, - but today we haven't even had a shot on target, contributed to at least 3 of the goals - with awful defending. What was that half hearted Dunn chalenge for goal 4 ?. Lets not forget this isn't a good team we are up against. Ashley Young is only one who looks like doing anything. 4-0 flatters us to be honest - this could be 7 or 8 Mega Lolz. I can think of Doncaster away in the league cup, pick any game from GTmk2 or DO'L. Nevermind those one offs under O'Neill that seemed to come from nowhere ie Chelsea away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddybloke Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 this is the most embarrassing result ive ever experienced as a Villa fan. Worse than doncaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Iam not exegarating when I say this is the worse villa performance I have seen in over 25 years Defensively maybe. But I absolutely cannot believe how badly we are losing given the quality of our passing in the first 20 minutes or so. Oh funny how the game against Spam was the best we've seen in years as well eh? Yes - but is was passing where it didn't hurt newcastle - it didn't produce a single shot on target. Steve Harper will never have an easier day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 22, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2010 Absolute complete and utter embarrassment. I haven't seen a performance like this since that infamous night in Doncaster. Honestly one of the worst performances I can remember. At least the 5-0 against liverpool and the 7-1 against Chelseawere against good teams. I asked in the match thread if K Mac was capable of a half time team talk. Clearly he wasn't because the players came out with their heads down as if they'd already lost the game. Diabolical Won't bother with ratings, Ash was the only one who played anywhere near well, and he stil wasn't great. carew was shite and I love Richard Dunne as much as the next guy but he was awful today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Steve Harper will never have an easier day Steve Harper's been sitting in a deck chair for the entire second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 This has been a masterclass in how to let your heads drop. Yep. 6 - 0 awful!! They were determined to beat us today & wanted it more. We've missed James Milner no doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 22, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted August 22, 2010 Not sure we lost this tactically, I just think we played very badly. Friedel - 3 Looked old. Young - 4 Added little Clark - 3 Couldn't cope with Carroll Dunne - 3 Couldn't cope with Carroll either Warnock - 3 Looks off the pace Albrighton - 4 never got going Ireland - 3 Largely invisible Petrov - 1 His worst performance in a Villa shirt Downing - 3 Weak Young - 6 tried to put pressure on the back line Carew - 3 Penalty was the most effort he put in subs Heskey - 4 tried to put himself about Reo Coker - lost Beye - pointless Our last league game was as good a performance as I can remember, today's was as bad as I can recall - who knows which is the real Villa. Christ I hope it's not this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Right up there with one of the worst performances I remember. This will be a very long season, I wouldn't get your hopes up for anything. I'm not really shocked to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshot Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 The mind absolutely boggles how we can go from one of the best performances I've seen us put in in recent times to perhaps one of the worst and most embarrassing of all time. Utter disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddybloke Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. I would fine them all two weeks wages for that. Is it even possible to OVER react to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I think its a blessing in disguise..... Hopefully Randy will see that it's niave to trust in youth too much (not making scapegoats of Clark and Albrighton), I would've started with Beye at centre back, purely because he is rather dominant in the air, and can read the game relatively well, going with Ireland in centre-mid was a non-starter for me too, would have rather seen Reo-Coker start with young and Downing on the wings and Ireland playing behind Carew. The more alarming thing I could see on the pitch was that no-one seemed to be taking responsibility and attempting to gee up the players, they seemed directionless, lacked leadership on and off the pitch, and the result was us losing to a mediocore side, who on the back of todays result will gain some confidence and win a few more games than they would have had the result/scoreline been different. It definatley showed that we need to appoint a proper manager who has managed some bigger clubs before, and to bring in his own coaching staff too, leaving Kevin Mac to carry on doing the job he's been doing for the last 15 years. We looked sluggish, off the pace and berift of ideas in the final thrid. The midfield was totally unbalanced and offered no protection to the defence, hence the scoreline. When was the last time a team in European competition haven't managed a shot on target in a whole game, against a team who had just been promoted to the top flight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 1 to everybody, 7 to Young (A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Serious Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 A result like this makes me so angry that it's hard to calm down and be rational. But I'll try. A 4-0 trashing is much the same as a 1-0 unlucky defeat - you get no points. We were always going to drop a game or two against weak opposition this year, so here's one. What's important is how we rebound. Also, we always anticipated a tough game in a promoted team's first home match. They were well up for i. That said, Kev Mac got every important decision wrong today. Albrighton struggled massively with 3 games in a week, and Enrique had him in his pocket. At least Marc tried, I felt, unlike Downing who hid. Ireland shouldn't have been put straight in. Myself and many others felt so before the match, but it was clear as day once it started - we ceded the midfield to them. We needed more presence there. Carew was shocking again, and from the moment he skied the penalty the momentum changed - their tails were up, the crowd was lifted and we were in deep trouble. I have serious problems with Carew - his work rate and chance conversion rate are unacceptable for me. I know he leads the line well, but I'm almost past caring. I think Newcastle's physical style was perfect against us. They're used to defending crosses to a big man from down the championship. We had to control midfield and play through them, and we couldn't. Friedal and Dunne had bad games but if you're seriously questioning their places then I think that's knee jerk. Warnock, on the other hand, has been crap far too often over the last few months for my liking. Ratings? Give everyone 5s, with Carew a 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baalberith Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Carew is **** past it. Utter wank. RANDY BUY A **** STRIKER FOR **** SAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 So after that, they'll hav a day off tomorrow, and then head back in for trainign on Tuesday from 10-1.30. Bollocks. Kev should have the lot of them in from 8am to 6pom every day just doing defensive drills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villianusa Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Gutted as I'm sure everyone else is. I'll leave my reactions until I don't wish to put my fist through my computer screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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