Aston Villa banter 2

10 Jan 2025 22:25:58
First half dreadful all over the pitch second half slight improvement need to be better in both boxes if we are seriously considering challenging for Europe and silverware back home

10 Jan 2025 22:16:50
The Jekyll and Hyde that is Morgan Rogers. If he's on it, everything goes through him, when he's off it, he's absolutely awful. There seems to be no in between with him.

I thought Ned was excellent during his time on the pitch, if we can get him playing like that regularly then I'm not sure we need another right back.
All 3 subs gave us something we were missing so hopefully they can contribute to a good second half of the season.

10 Jan 2025 22:13:28
Couldn't go to the game, had a late call for a cancellation to have my eye lasered . Problem is, I can see all the mistakes so much clearer HaHa .what a terrible first half, no idea, so slow . As proved in the second half, we need Tielemans that bit deeper to play those through balls . You can see why Ollie not scoring, once again nothing going to him .
In the draw for next round, let's hope we can get one of the easier ones, knowing our luck it will be city or Liverpool.
UTV

10 Jan 2025 22:13:03
Great result but that's the only decent thing you can say about the performance. One decent bit of football and an appalling refereeing decision and we scored on both occasions. We were however a lot better when Buendia and Ramsey came on. As good as Tielemans was against City he was poor tonight, and I don't know why Mings refused to release Maatsen on his runs down the left particularly in the first half he won't keep Torres out when he's fit based on that performance and we definitely need a keeper that the defence has faith in because they certainly don't have it in Olsen. But if you don't play well and you win it can't be that bad. Moan finished. UTV😃

10 Jan 2025 22:40:05
Those runs were killing me Lotm, it was on almost every other time we played out but he just wouldn’t play it. we need to use maatsen’s pace more to our advantage. we got there in the end but it was a tough watch

10 Jan 2025 20:55:04
I normally don't post mid match and I like to see the positives but on this occasion if I could sub all XI I would. No threat at all up front, too slow in possession, the weight of pass by our midfield is shocking. We need to be radically different second half or we are out of the FA cup again.

10 Jan 2025 20:53:29
Shameful first half, say what you like but for the last 2 months we are one of the worst teams in the league. embarrassing now is what it is and I would of expected Emery to have it sorted out by now. bunch of donkeys would bore you to death

10 Jan 2025 20:14:26
OMG!
Defensively we are absolutely shambolic.
Totally and utterly unacceptable.
I'm afraid if the coaches can't see it then they need replacing.
Whatever system they're working on during the week clearly isn't working.
And yes, I am banging that drum again.
Absolutely fuming. We are so open at the back it's untrue.
Championship teams defend better than this lot.

10 Jan 2025 20:21:47
Glad i'm not watching every time villa stress me out and put me in bad mood, so i don't watch now it saves the pain lol

10 Jan 2025 20:36:00
It’s a joke trinity, can’t defend can’t play out

10 Jan 2025 20:53:18
74 absolutely diabolical, game after game is unacceptable.

10 Jan 2025 22:01:12
Any team that plays 45 mins of football that creates zero chances and loses the ball in silly areas of the pitch runs the risk of being undone. You could have the best back 4 in the world and they would be exposed in those circumstances. Clearly I'm not saying we have a world class back 4, but being caught out of position defensively due to losing the ball unexpectedly is very different to having an incorrect starting position/shape.
Amazing what happens when we function in both halves of the pitch.

10 Jan 2025 22:37:28
I’m just very frustrated that we concede in almost every game (strangely not so bad in CL? ) .
I know I’ve bemoaned our defensive issues a lot on here, maybe too much 🤷🏻‍♂️, but it is a problem and needs sorting.
The corner that never was got us out of gaol tonight. Even VAR (if it had been available) couldn’t have overturned it, which is bizarre.
Round 4 and a nice away tie somewhere like Derby or Sheffield Wednesday would do me.

10 Jan 2025 19:22:39
Can't wait for the day we have a decent backup keeper, Olsen sends shivers down my spine

10 Jan 2025 20:54:04
Whack so does our defence

10 Jan 2025 17:56:51
Youngsters today, just waiting to go with my two grandsons to the match, the eldest suggested we watch the game at home and go for a curry as soon as it finishes. He said it's two cold and our local curry house will be shut if it goes to extra time, total wimp and he is still going with me.

10 Jan 2025 20:42:33
Based on what I have seen to date your grandsons option would have been the better choice

11 Jan 2025 11:46:33
LOTM, that's exactly what he said for the entire 70 minutes until the goal

10 Jan 2025 07:39:17
{Ed's Note - MK Scouser has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool Player Ratings v Spurs