Aston Villa vs Manchester United : Official Matchday Thread - 15/01/2022- Kick Off 17:30

Team full of #@&%!s.

£#%&!ers.

we played well until we didn't.

Coutinho showed us whose boss alright. With Gerrard as manager

Our players don’t get it whatsoever. Rio, Evra, Vidic etc would have rendered the little @#%&! totally ineffective.

Good first half but we caved. Again. They were walking through our midfield for almost the entire second half. Even at two up, it felt we were going to concede.

Ralf morphing into Ole with those subs.

Take off your two best attacking threats, leave on Matic and Cavani, both of whom were £#%&!ed, and do it with minutes to go, rendering the whole thing pointless.

cavani might as well not have played (again). but it was fred's tiredness that left the midfield empty. shame we don't have defensive midfielders to bring on.

Originally Posted by shenwen

Good first half but we caved. Again. They were walking through our midfield for almost the entire second half. Even at two up, it felt we were going to concede.

Ralf morphing into Ole with those subs.

Take off your two best attacking threats, leave on Matic and Cavani, both of whom were £#%&!ed, and do it with minutes to go, rendering the whole thing pointless.

Odd. Whatever beek’s shortcomings, you’d think he would be an improvement on one of the mf, or Cavani.

Not typical of recent performances but still looks like the player’s have adopted the owners “sod the football, just enjoy the money “ attitude.

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

Not typical of recent performances but still looks like the player’s have adopted the owners “sod the football, just enjoy the money “ attitude.

harsh. we looked bright until we tired. the wide open midfield wasn't down to attitude. the lack of urgency up til our second was maybe a bit poor.

Originally Posted by jem

harsh. we looked bright until we tired. the wide open midfield wasn't down to attitude. the lack of urgency up til our second was maybe a bit poor.

There really is no excuse for tiredness in professional athletes after 2/3rds of a game.

The explanation is either poor coaching or an unwillingness of players to put in the effort to get themselves up to a reasonable fitness level.

RR should be a solution to the first part, transferring out the recalcitrants will be the solution to the second.

Originally Posted by jem

harsh. we looked bright until we tired. the wide open midfield wasn't down to attitude. the lack of urgency up til our second was maybe a bit poor.

Oh, quite. A bit of frustration on my part. I think Martials antics and let’s face it, recent “efforts” linger in the memory, although I really wonder why we always look £#%&!ed and chasing shadows whilst the oppo are coping fine. Frustrating to see us throw a 2-0 lead away but maybe some green shoots? Looks slightly better after a nights sleep. Some puzzling subs (or not) from RR, though I wouldn’t be too critical as he does appear to be weeding the malignant elements out. We just so desperately need that presence in mf

Would rather us wait until summer and attempt to get the right players in, than panic buy now and have another turd for the next 4 years who we can't flush.

Set of bastards, from top to bottom.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Would rather us wait until summer and attempt to get the right players in, than panic buy now and have another turd for the next 4 years who we can't flush.

We clearly need at least 2 central midfielders. So I think it's worth taking a punt on one now even if long term they aren't first choice.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Would rather us wait until summer and attempt to get the right players in, than panic buy now and have another turd for the next 4 years who we can't flush.

Do you honestly think the board will manage to get the right players in the summer? We will spend 80% if it chasing a manager then panic and get 2nd or 3rd choice instead . It will leave a few weeks with the window before it closes and we panic buy a midfielder who will be having his own issues at the club he’s at.

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

All makes sense but who can trust this lot to invest where it’s needed?

I'm the obvious candidate, but have a few other things going on atm.