Aston Villa post match thread 2-1

[Milo]

Didn’t really deserve to win, I don’t think. Oddly passive and didn’t turn possession into anything particularly meaningful. 
 

I like Maddison and I’m glad we have him, but I could do without him falling over and curling up like a timid little hedgehog anytime someone gets near him. 
 

Their keeper played well over both games, ours didn’t. 
 

Happy for Nacho, but Vardy has looked a little off colour last few games, which has a massive impact on how we play. 

[Guest Col city fan]

1 minute ago, ThurmastonFox said:

Walking back among the villa fans to star city and they can’t believe we didn’t beat them. Shocking goal kicks and half hearted players. Meh

That’s why their fans were so ecstatic at the end. Not only because they won, but because they themselves know they are shite and have somehow made a Wembley final

Don’t let anyone fool you on here. We all know (really) that we’ve fooked up good and proper over the two legs.

Edited 28 January 2020 by Col city fan

[murphy]

11 minutes ago, Metal Lover said:

I'm not bothered.  Wish we went out earlier. Shit cup, should be scrubbed from the schedule.

That would 'scrub' three quarters of our honours list.

[LeeTheFox]

I thought Jonny Evans had a shocker tonight he looked so scared to pass the ball and what’s with the pace of our football at the minute? We look dreadful at times. 👎🏽

[trabuch]

Just now, Corky said:

Oh ffs. No doubt that will get put on Twitter and people will pile in saying we're entitled and take the piss.

 

I despair sometimes.

In the end he was severely dissed (for trolling). I don't know why I am putting myself through this pain. Happy Villa fans all over the place. Oh well - football is about pain too. We've had a lot of pleasure this season. If we finish top 4 and get (at least) to an FA Cup semi-final, that will be a very good season. We've already won the league cup.

[Russell sprout]

1 minute ago, Trelleh said:

If Leicester were a bloke they’d never get their leg over, always stuck with a semi

It’s the first semi in years 

[Super_horns]

4 minutes ago, copunk said:

And please nobody compare this to the watford game, its a million miles away from the utter despair i felt that day, i didnt talk to anyone for hours after that 😂

All I can say to that is I hope Villa turn up in the final for their sake unlike we have in Wembley finals otherwise City will win 6-0 again.

 

As someone said earlier least it saves you a few bob....

 

Does anyone know a Brian who has been a fan for 25 years (aged 68) of you guys but supported us beforehand (allegedly)?

 

He had the Talksport presenters round his little finger trolling them!

Edited 28 January 2020 by Super_horns

[pazzerfox]

1 minute ago, ThurmastonFox said:

Walking back among the villa fans to star city and they can’t believe we didn’t beat them. Shocking goal kicks and half hearted players. Meh

I really don't think any of our players were half hearted.  They had the best player on the pitch in both legs and we aren't quite the finished article yet.

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Milo said:

Didn’t really deserve to win, I don’t think. Oddly passive and didn’t turn possession into anything particularly meaningful. 
 

I like Maddison and I’m glad we have him, but I could do without him falling over and curling up like a timid little hedgehog anytime someone gets near him. 
 

Their keeper played well over both games, ours didn’t. 
 

Happy for Nacho, but Vardy has looked a little off colour last few games, which has a massive impact on how we play. 

He faced four shots in 180 mins  .....hardly much opportunity to show his talents ......

[Gerard]

40 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

It isn’t a disgrace at all

We’ve just blown a fantastic chance to get to a Wembley final by losing to a bang average side

Some of us are rightly very upset by this

I’m gutted as well but my first instinct isn’t to turn on the manager and players.

 

there are about half a dozen sides in the world Maddison wouldn’t be first choice but some so called fans jump on him like a ton of bricks as if he’s no better than a Championship player.

 

We were the better side over both games but shit happens. Villa done well, defended well and took their chances when available, that’s football sometimes.

[VLC86]

4 minutes ago, ThurmastonFox said:

Walking back among the villa fans to star city and they can’t believe we didn’t beat them. Shocking goal kicks and half hearted players. Meh

That wasn’t one of my favourite walks to be fair

[Mike Oxlong]

Just now, st albans fox said:

He faced four shots in 180 mins  .....hardly much opportunity to show his talents ......

So he saved one then ? 

[Guest Kopfkino]

8 minutes ago, Corky said:

Oh ffs. No doubt that will get put on Twitter and people will pile in saying we're entitled and take the piss.

 

I despair sometimes.

Oh no not people on Twitter taking the piss, whatever will we do with ourselves

[Freeman's Wharfer]

I hate to say it but the last 6 weeks has reminded me so much of the 2013/14 season when we were top two in The Championship at the turn of the year and looked like a good side but with some promising young players but just didn’t have the mental resilience to see it through - eventually dropping out of the play-offs and only just sneaking back in on the final day.

 

Looking at our regular outfield players, the only experience and ‘know how’ I see is Evans and Vardy and it’ll be a case of whether the chasing pack in the league can get their act together better than we can in the race for top four.

 

In the summer at the end of that 2013/14 season Pearson went and brought in the likes of Wasilewski, Hammond and Taylor-Fletcher. Unspectacular players but ones who could give that promising young group a bit of nous. Would like to see Rodgers follow suit (obviously with a higher class of player) and go and spend some money on someone who can give us a bit more steel and grit when we’re mentally fragile.

 

Villa wanted it more over both legs, dug deep, battled for it and made it difficult. We pranced around and failed to come up with anything when we faced a resolute opponent.

 

 

[ithuriel]

Ah well, at least with this current Leicester team I do not have to worry about coughing up the money for trips to Wembley.

[Ted Maul]

People actually saying we played well? Aside from 2x 10 minute spells, that was absolutely hideous.

 

Fair play to Villa, they wanted it much more than we did.

 

Serious question marks over our mental strength now. We've completely shit ourselves in all of our big games this season- that includes Rodgers too. 

 

Not turning up over either leg with Wembley within touching distance is tough to take.

[Guest Basildon Fox]

Anyone slagging Maddison off is a cheesey bellend. I swear some of you do not deserve to watch a player of his class in a Leicester shirt. 

 

We were unlucky. Very good first half but got more and more desperate as the game went on. We had more than enough chances to win 3 games but could not take them. They had 3 or 4 decent chances and took 2 of them. It happens. 

 

All this not turning up bollocks. Have a look at the stats of possession and chances people. Shit happens at football sometimes and it was our turn tonight. 

Edited 28 January 2020 by Zaphod Beeblebrox

[deejdeej]

12 minutes ago, frany104 said:

Tielemans was anonymous again. Oh to swap him with Grealish. We need January reinforcements. 

That's it, that's the comment right there. I'm out.

[Guest Lako42]

Just now, ithuriel said:

Ah well, at least with this current Leicester team I do not have to worry about coughing up the money for trips to Wembley.

No, just cities dotted around Europe 🙄

[leicesterforever]

I mean sure we lost because we are not using our chances, but we have to remember they were 1:0 up in the first half when we pressed them into their half and if we get this penalty by this .... VAR, wo should make the game fairer then I ask me where is it, we are in a professional semi-final and we are not given a penalty, I remember the situation in the league against Liverpool at home when they’ve got a penalty because of soyuncu’s handball that’s 10% of today’s handball and I ask how difficult is it to see the hand is clear on the ball, maybe the should were glasses in the next game but look back to every big game we played often the VAR and the referee decided the game by giving penalties like mane’s diving scene or when sterling stands on ricky’s foot. This VAR is not good for football. On the one hand they want to be fairer on the other it’s not good enough. Nevertheless we are 3rd in league and are on CL course we have an other cup where we have a nice game in the fifth round and I know we will bounce back on Saturday !!!!!!

[Ted Maul]

5 minutes ago, LeeTheFox said:

I thought Jonny Evans had a shocker tonight he looked so scared to pass the ball and what’s with the pace of our football at the minute? We look dreadful at times. 👎🏽

The lack of movement/options was the major issue. Absolutely **** all on whenever we had the ball.

Edited 28 January 2020 by Ted Maul

[Trelleh]

4 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

It’s the first semi in years 

Exactly so he wouldn’t know what to do🤷🏻‍♂️

[filbertway]

**** me. Genuinely shocked with some of the weird stuff im reading in this thread.

 

Will come back tomorrow and hopefully people with brains will be back on.

[Milo]

3 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

He faced four shots in 180 mins  .....hardly much opportunity to show his talents ......

And conceded 3 goals

[ithuriel]

1 minute ago, Lako42 said:

No, just cities dotted around Europe 🙄

That's how Spurs fans console themselves