Unacceptable. As a start, you have to look at the Villa team in comparison to ours and think - where is it going wrong that they can beat us with 10 men? It’s got to be the manager, in my opinion. Liverpool was NOT a freak result when you look at the result and performance today.
Firstly I think only making the one unenforced change at right back was the wrong call. There should’ve been more changes, especially when you look at the continued awful performances by the same players.
The first goal by them was absolutely abysmal. It was a weak attempted cross by PVA with absolutely no conviction that was turned into a counter attack by Villa. PVA then made a very weak attempt at getting back into position and the attack come down that side. The midfield had to be drawn out to the gap left by our LB and that’s where the goal came from. PVA was left in no mans land.
I think that one goal exemplified PVA’s display on the whole, attacking with no real conviction and not making any real attempt to get back into position when we have to defend to inevitable counter attacks. Ward was actually decent up until the 80th minute when he made 2-3 errors in attack. Kouyate AGAIN was too far away from his other centre back for the second game in the row and was found out of position too often, and Watkins often found himself in behind Kouyate. Is Dann showing his age? Very slow and PVA next to him just doesn’t work.
In midfield, Milivojevic was pretty dreadful and there was just needless fouls all over the place. Which came to a head when one of their players was going down a dead end in the corner and Luka put a foot in. This ultimately lead to the Villa goal. While talking about Milivojevic, you HAVE to ask, why is he back on set pieces!? It’s clear that Eze is our best free kick and corner taker, so why has he been taken off them!? I see it as selfish management from Luka as a captain and piss poor management from Roy as a manager. It echos his choice to choose Kane as a corner taker a few years back.
The third goal upset me, why is there only three players back on that counter attack!? Where’s PVA? Where’s Riedewald? They’re all just jogging back. The issue we have at the moment is that there is no urgency to get back from our attacks. No desire and no mentality. For this you have to look towards our leaders and our management. There doesn’t seem to be anything coming from them.
Firstly I think only making the one unenforced change at right back was the wrong call. There should’ve been more changes, especially when you look at the continued awful performances by the same players.
The first goal by them was absolutely abysmal. It was a weak attempted cross by PVA with absolutely no conviction that was turned into a counter attack by Villa. PVA then made a very weak attempt at getting back into position and the attack come down that side. The midfield had to be drawn out to the gap left by our LB and that’s where the goal came from. PVA was left in no mans land.
I think that one goal exemplified PVA’s display on the whole, attacking with no real conviction and not making any real attempt to get back into position when we have to defend to inevitable counter attacks. Ward was actually decent up until the 80th minute when he made 2-3 errors in attack. Kouyate AGAIN was too far away from his other centre back for the second game in the row and was found out of position too often, and Watkins often found himself in behind Kouyate. Is Dann showing his age? Very slow and PVA next to him just doesn’t work.
In midfield, Milivojevic was pretty dreadful and there was just needless fouls all over the place. Which came to a head when one of their players was going down a dead end in the corner and Luka put a foot in. This ultimately lead to the Villa goal. While talking about Milivojevic, you HAVE to ask, why is he back on set pieces!? It’s clear that Eze is our best free kick and corner taker, so why has he been taken off them!? I see it as selfish management from Luka as a captain and piss poor management from Roy as a manager. It echos his choice to choose Kane as a corner taker a few years back.
The third goal upset me, why is there only three players back on that counter attack!? Where’s PVA? Where’s Riedewald? They’re all just jogging back. The issue we have at the moment is that there is no urgency to get back from our attacks. No desire and no mentality. For this you have to look towards our leaders and our management. There doesn’t seem to be anything coming from them.
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