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To be honest, I am slightly more forgiving towards Cooper. If it was Rodgers, we would still have 6 defenders at the end chasing the game.

Disappointed with the loss. A draw would have been fair in the end. Villa started well and they deserved to go in front, but we deserved something in the end. But good signs in the end. Our new 11 looks good. Mav was great. Buonanotte was good but then had a few crazy shots. Ok. Let’s get behind the team and hope they get better.

Really, Villa had one chance in the second chance and they scored.

Good effort in the end. Just not enough. If only we started better.

Got to get Ricardo on for Justin now. Go more attacking mode. Ricardo can roam forward more

I like our new no 11 already. Quick and energetic

I don’t mind him playing AM but when he is around he is in danger of playing DCM. Vardy not happy with Ndidi’s pass there.

Mavididi firing

Wow. Should have kept Skipp on instead of Ndidi. Ndidi is now playing the Skipp role. Winks and Skipp kept the ball going up the pitch. Not sure about Winks and Ndidi.

I thought that was Ayew’s job, but he has drilled too often to the left because Kristiansen has been quite ineffective there.

That’s what I mean. Kristiansen does not deserve a place in the first team when we have Ricardo sitting on the bench. Move Justin. Also, Kristiansen is pretty ordinary.

And a couple of brain freezes for Faes.

Justin played there before and can play there while Ricardo goes to the right. Ricardo played there before joining us.

He did before he joined us. Also, Justin can play there and Ricardo take the RB role - ie a swap

How is Kristiansen ahead of Ricardo …?

Wow. Villa is really running rings around us.

Having a blamer in the team is never good for morale too.

And he tried to blame others.

Two brain freezes already by Faes despite strong defending otherwise. As a CB, really need to cut it out. Despite that, he waves his hands to try to blame on others. Good for Winks to have a go at him.

Wow. Tom Cannon was loaned out. I thought he could play at this level and would be a good back up. Guess Cooper really likes Ayew.

Can we get Albrighton back out of retirement? He can deliver some good crosses for this guy?

Agree. Some will say it has to be “agreed” just like what they said about Tielemans, and when Tielemans started to play to see out his contract and then left for free they complained about mismanagement by Jon and the club. It is mismanagement to spend so much money (for us) on a 20 year old and have it protected by a 4 year contract only.

Nice one. But while I don’t agree with handing out 7, 8 or 9 year contracts like they do at Chelsea, 21m investment for a 20 year old should be protected by a contract of more than 4 years. Exactly what I said with Tielemans and see how that turned out. Head started to drop off after 2 years and we lost him for free.

Underrated, even by our own fans. I think he is still good enough for us, especially now as we play long balls again. Nonetheless, wish him all the best. Great role model. Great professional. Should be happy with what he has achieved.

Despite the negatives so far in fairness it has only been 2 games. Even for me, that is not long enough to start calling for him to be sacked. Of course I also share some of the same concerns and him not picking Ricky is an example but he is the manager and he needs to stamp his authority. I hope it is just that and what he was really saying is that he wants Ricky to submit and work harder his way. If it is a case of not recognising talent then it does not inspire confidence at all. I am not saying not to give comments, and as some of you know I do and we all do very well at FT, but perhaps let’s give him and the team more time and a proper chance to make something work. I believe we still have a team that can finish mid table if managed properly.