jasoncb Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: Shit result, some awful performances and yet we should have won, we had a lot of chances Blame the players rather than Smith His team selection for poor for this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Worst 90 minutes this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: Shit result, some awful performances and yet we should have won, we had a lot of chances Blame the players rather than Smith Yeah, no idea how you can blame the manager for this one. We had the chances and they did **** all. One moment of elmo losing his man and some awful finishing and crossing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 We seem to have become quite toothless again which is very concerning, and it was a problem even before Grealish got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Did more than enough to win the game. Can't spend too long stewing over a game we'd have won 99/100 times 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Thought Dean did what he could. We were unlucky not to score, outrageously unlucky not to have a penalty, and the lads on the pitch should have had enough to win. Not his fault. Refereeing and lack of quality on the pitch was the issue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, jasoncb said: His team selection for poor for this game. Could you imagine the uproar in here if he'd brought Barkley back in? Or changed that winning team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Our abysmal record against 10 men continues 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) It was one of them. I actually didn't think we were that bad first half but second half we certainly were and we basically wasted 10 minutes just deciding whether to get on Barkley (who was preparing to come on just before the red card) for some reason. Would love to know if we actually ever go 11 v 10 drills in training as sadly past a co-incidence now we're always so bad whenever opposition get someone sent off. Only game where that didn't happen was West Brom and we were already 1 up so task was easier. We only showed proper composure getting some decent moves together in the 89th minute and that's not good enough especially against the standard of opposition. Not really sure what happens to us on Wednesday evenings but our record has been abysmal so far in 2021. Edited March 3, 2021 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, Mantis said: We seem to have become quite toothless again which is very concerning, and it was a problem even before Grealish got injured. I think we created much more tonight than we did in previous games. Is a concern that our quality in the final 3rd was so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 minute ago, penguin said: Restricted them to next to nothing and we had more than enough chances to score, changes were good and not too late imo. Don’t really see what he got wrong tbh. As has been said this is on the players. Wasted a half of football with an overly defensive midfield. That's on Dean. This doesn't excuse the individual performances, mind you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, penguin said: Restricted them to next to nothing and we had more than enough chances to score, changes were good and not too late imo. Don’t really see what he got wrong tbh. As has been said this is on the players. Not entirely as I would like to see Dean trying to instruct the players, shout at them and encourage them not just stand there looking grumpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Playing bottom of the table who was down to 10 men, didn’t even look like scoring, his subs again was baffling why not take elmohamady off as they wasn’t attacking but no takes off a winger for Davis so then have no one on the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I really don’t like how much we depend on Grealish. We need an alternative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2021 I don't know what's going on but we're not even attractive to watch anymore. Our whole game seems to be to pump it forwards, we're more like prime 1988 Wimbledon than Manchester City. It was happening before Jack was injured too. Our midfield is just nonexistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, VillaChris said: It was one of them. I actually didn't think we were that bad first half but second half we certainly were and we basically wasted 10 minutes just deciding whether to get on Barkley (who was preparing to come on just before the red card) for some reason. Would love to know if we actually ever go 11 v 10 drills in training as sadly past a co-incidence now we're always so bad whenever opposition get someone sent off. Only game where that didn't happen was West Brom and we were already 1 up so task was easier. We only showed proper composure getting some decent moves together in the 89th minute and that's not good enough especially against the standard of opposition. Tbf it's not as if we looked that dangerous when it was 11 v 11 either. I don't think we suddenly become worse when we're against 11, we just struggle to break teams down when they park the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, jasoncb said: His team selection for poor for this game. Was it? The only thing I didn't like was Nakamba who I don't rate in games where we have more possession, should have been Luiz who maybe isn't 100% and we just don't know it Should have played Barkley... We all know what the current opinion of him is, the suggestion of him changing that game is using hindsight to create an argument Sanson didn't look ready so his limited minutes look like Smith has been doing the right thing all along Maybe Kesler for elmo but that's hindsight too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Rubbish. It was over as soon as they scored and that's starting to concern me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, penguin said: Restricted them to next to nothing and we had more than enough chances to score, changes were good and not too late imo. Don’t really see what he got wrong tbh. As has been said this is on the players. Davis should’ve come atleast after 70 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I thought the team selection was fine personally, just the approach overall was poor and even worse once they went down to 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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