Villa post match

[foxfanazer]

2 minutes ago, lanefox said:

Not read a single post let me guess massive overreaction to 1 game?

Why is it 1 game? 

 

We lost 3-0 to west ham the other week and our form is awful for almost a whole calendar year now 

Edited 18 October 2020 by foxfanazer

[lcfc_forever]

Big supporter of Rodgers but taking off Mendy for Choudhury is asking for trouble. Signals to the other team you're being defensive, giving them more confidence.

 

But we had five first team players not starting, only one of whom was able to play some minutes. And that is the key issue. 

 

Sounds like 0-0 would have been a fair result but Villa got their luck this time. 

[Dr The Singh]

1 minute ago, lanefox said:

Not read a single post let me guess massive overreaction to 1 game?

I think the West Ham game has had a impact aswell.

[lanefox]

Just now, Nod.E said:

Don't be bitter.

 

They're a good side now and will likely finish top half or better.

We will finish above them should be your post

[Tuna]

1 minute ago, lanefox said:

Not read a single post let me guess massive overreaction to 1 game?

What about West Ham?

 

Have you seen who our next four league games are against?

[Lcfc-1992]

Just now, Dr The Singh said:

I think the West Ham game has had a impact aswell.

And the last 10 months

[The whole world smiles]

Just now, lanefox said:

Not read a single post let me guess massive overreaction to 1 game?

No one mentioning we have 5 first team players missing from the starting 11 including. Vardy, Ricardo, Maddison and Ndidi who are kind of our best four players and we played 90 mins against the most in form team in the country and there was absolutely nothing in it. 

[Col city fan]

Just now, Clever Fox said:

On one hand it's hard to be critical of Brendan with so many injuries.

But then you have to question the commitment and mentality of the players.

Too many poor decisions, poor passing and a lack of leaders on the pitch.

Things need to improve and quickly.

We have a pretty good squad of players now (and some rubbish too tbf)

And yes, we have injuries

 

BUT, I’m starting to wonder now whether someone else could get more from this lot than Rodgers can?

Someone wrote earlier, under Rodgers since Jan 1st, we’ve amassed 26 points from 22 games.... 

The jury needs to be out tbh.

Rodgers ISNT untouchable and some of the football we’ve played this year has been awful.

[cambridgefox]

3 minutes ago, wardyfox86 said:

I have massive doubts, even with Vardy in the team, we'd have scored today. Scrappy, bitty game. We never win them anymore, we lack the character for it. 

Totally agree.We weren’t creating a thing.

[Sunbury Fox]

23 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Didn't look anything special at all. If we gave them anything to worry about we'd have won

I agree. There'll be a massive Grealish and Villa media love in now but they're bang average really. We were missing 5 or 6 first teamers against their first XI and they didn't have a single shot on target until the 70th minute. They're much improved from last season, though.

Edited 18 October 2020 by Sunbury Fox

[Stephen Hughes]

I haven’t been this annoyed at football for a while. What makes it worse is that I feel some of the players don’t feel that pain. Turn up, pass, pass, pass and hope.

[MarshallForEngland]

I agree about the Slimani sub. Not inherently a bad idea to bring him on but he's not really effective running the channels or playing triangles around the box. Albrighton is still a top class crosser of the ball so I don't understand why he doesn't come on instead of Hamza, who ended up going awol at a critical stage of the game and allowed Barkley acres of space for the goal.

 

People joke about our performance being Puel-esque but that's genuinely how I felt today. Like then, we don't seem to have any discernible personality or identity at the moment. If you watched Leeds, Spurs, Everton, Chelsea, Arsenal, Wolves and quite a few other teams play without being able to see the faces of the players or colour of the kits, you could probably make a decent guess at which team you were watching. I'm obviously not saying these are perfect teams - they're not all having an ideal season so far by any means - but still they have a noticeable style with some logical end goal in mind. When I watch us, I can't really understand what we're trying to do. When Vardy is playing, the main strategy seems to be give the ball to Vardy and hope the opposition defend poorly or someone fouls him in the box. And when he's not playing, I honestly have no idea and I'm not sure the players do either. 

Edited 18 October 2020 by MarshallForEngland

[lcfcdamo]

Injuries and fitness are the biggest problems and have bin for a while now we get our first 11 fully fit we win that game our first 11 v theres we win 

[Samilktray]

Piss myself every time I watch Perez and think about what we paid for him 

[FoxinNotts]

Tbf, it wasn’t that bad. A lot of hate on here for Perez, but he had to double up on Grealish (the best player outside the top six) with Castagne, and he did that well.  
 

Hamza switched off for the goal. 
 

We have got to be better in the final third. 
 

We need more work, on winning free kicks, and scoring them!

 

Tielemans still needs more work on his fitness

 

Iheanacho has to do more.

Cengiz Ünder needs to come in (get fit) Play Perez down the middle.

[UniFox21]

1 minute ago, Nod.E said:

Don't be bitter.

 

They're a good side now and will likely finish top half or better.

Wouldn't call it bitter, Villa spent like £130mill at least in the past 2 summers. That isn't 'doing a Leicester'.

[Master Fox]

Our attack is disgusting 

[String fellow]

Including the Arsenal game in the Cara Cup, City have lost THREE home games on the trot, with ZERO goals scored. 

[Col city fan]

2 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Why is it 1 game? 

It isn’t one game. The ostriches are just making out it is

[FoxFossil]

12 minutes ago, justfoxes said:

How long is Vards out for?

Saving him for the second half of the season to avoid a bad run like last year.

'40 points, 40 points' Emperor Claudio was right.

When you look at the fixtures, genuinely cannot see where the next League point is going to come from before Christmas?

[kiwiturk]

I think Rodgers and Perez may be a couple....

For any coach to show that much patients to below average player, either they have a personal relationship or BR having a visual impairment and  needs to go to Specsavers immediately 😂😂😂😂

[bfox]

1 minute ago, String fellow said:

Including the Arsenal game in the Cara Cup, City have lost THREE home games on the trot, with ZERO goals scored. 

prolific

[Trelleh]

[Always Next Year]

21 minutes ago, NaijaFox said:

Can’t figure out how Pérez lasted 90 minutes... 

What dose Rodgers see in Perez that no one else can see.

[Mickyblueeyes]

1 minute ago, lcfc_forever said:

Big supporter of Rodgers but taking off Mendy for Choudhury is asking for trouble. Signals to the other team you're being defensive, giving them more confidence.

 

But we had five first team players not starting, only one of whom was able to play some minutes. And that is the key issue. 

 

Sounds like 0-0 would have been a fair result but Villa got their luck this time. 

He had to take Mendy off because he was tiring. All Hamza had to do was watch his man. That’s it, simple football. I like to defend Hamza as much as I can but his last few appearances has led to errors which has cost us. Today, their talented CM was given time to pick the ball up, carry it, pick his spot and shoot before Hamza came into shot. Unacceptable.