***Villa v Champions Official Match Thread***

[zuricity]

No one can convince me that players like McAtee will do worse than these cunts.

It is actually disturbing that DeBruyne is kept on the bench. If he is not fit let him stay at home. Chasing a game and not playing Tin tin suggest that he is either not fit or there is something else wrong. If it is one thing this team needs, it is the spark from a player like DeBruyne.

Rico, Doku and Jack are just not good enough. Doku has been given the first year of "bedding in", but just isn't the right player. Rico is too small and too slow to be a defender. Jack ,well enough said , not a match winning player.

If this is strategic from Pep , then it is a strange strategy he has.

[Dub City]

Referee also had a shocker, books Rico when Tielemans dives to the floor. Minutes later Rico runs through being kicked and has to pull the lad up doesn't he , gives a foul but no yellow.

I thought ref lost control the second time Grealish was taken out and didn’t produce the card. Their two holding midfielders must have 4 fouls each when breaking play up no where near ball and no cards, it’s not the reason we lost the game , far from it but I thought he was shocking and one sided.

[zuricity]

Referee also had a shocker, books Rico when Tielemans dives to the floor. Minutes later Rico runs through being kicked and has to pull the lad up doesn't he , gives a foul but no yellow.

I thought ref lost control the second time Grealish was taken out and didn’t produce the card. Their two holding midfielders must have 4 fouls each when breaking play up no where near ball and no cards, it’s not the reason we lost the game , far from it but I thought he was shocking and one sided.

True, but he pulls normal tackles up as fouls, players become reluctant to tackle

[blues2win]

I dont understand why Kevin didnt come on either after a six day gap between matches. Looks pretty certain it’s his last season with us. We have to bring in a top quality replacement thats for sure. We look very short of creativity without him.

[Sparklehorse]

What a cunt of an interview, he’s lost it now fuck off. Thank you for the unbelievable period of success but your time is up.

What’s he said?

That he's proud of the players and they played really well

[Sparklehorse]

Did we actually win a tackle in that game ?
It’s the same game over and over and over and over again. Pep, read this fucking thread you cunt…..Walker, Gundog, Silva…SELL, SELL, SELL. The rest of them read the fucking riot act to put some actual effort into a game and while you’re at it change your tactics, everyone has worked you out and if you’re one nil down and it ain’t working fucking change it before we go two nil down, basic, basic stuff that you’re not doing. If you tell the reporters that we played well and you’re proud of them, then fuck me I really want you to go, now !!! That was utter dog shit.

We were not allowed to win tackles every clean tackle was pulled up as a foul.

That was twice.....what about the other 200 ?

[Indianablue]

Let's not start with 'the ref was against us' . The guy with the whistle ain't to blame. PEP needs 11 players that can run and put a shift in.

[Mase]

Perhaps we should have kept Rogers? And Palmer. And Harwood Bellis.

Someone needs to get a grip of these inside the club.

[PeterParker]

What did he say after the game?
If he said we played good I will lose it.

[zuricity]

Let's not start with 'the ref was against us' . The guy with the whistle ain't to blame. PEP needs 11 players that can run and put a shift in.

Nobody is blaming the Ref or that he is even against us. However he blew for fouls that were not fouls and then pulls City up when an advantage could be played.
The linesman decides to let Villa run and have a shot on goal when clearly the guy was offside. Wasn't necessary , but wastes time and cost us. Twice the linesman could have pulled the offside for City and Villa didn't need to go on and score.

[salford city]

Missed the first 30mins today as away in London. Going to the outlaws in Galicia tomoz. Yet another shit-show. I cannot believe that we do not have two kids who are fullbacks. Lewis is not a rb let alone a fucking lb. Lost count of the times villa just passed it through us. Rogers started on the edge of his own box for his goal. Fucking pathetic. 9 losses 2 draws and 1 win in 12 sorry mate nowhere near good enough you really have no idea . How can you fail to see what the whole world can see that WE CANNOT set up in the opposition half and leave half a pitch behind us. Beyond funny now, seriously. If there are not at least 4 quality players in bound in January then I'd fuck him off, never mind credit in the bank. Absolute fucking shambles

[Nick]

We need legs.

Why havent we been scouting a shit yaya ?

[nottsblue]

We need legs.

Why havent we been scouting a shit yaya ?

We did. Pep thought he was Portuguese and answered to Nunes

[zuricity]

We need legs.

Why havent we been scouting a shit yaya ?

We did. Pep thought he was Portuguese and answered to Nunes

I don't quite think Pep has given up on Doku yet, but Nunes' time at City seems to be over. Probably Jacks too, he really offers nothing.

[blues2win]

Actually Grealish played ok in the first half.

[just sayin]

It's almost like we have morphed into a team full of Kalvin Phillips!!

[zuricity]

Actually Grealish played ok in the first half.

loses possession and eventually ball is worked back to Villa goalie. For some stupid reason Stones decides to break the back four for a hopeless run into midfield , nowhere near the player . Akanji steps across - because Stones has lost the plot , villa player runs into the space behind Kovacic, who gives up the chase and boom 1-0 Jack and John to blame.

[Hazy2]

Missed the first 30mins today as away in London. Going to the outlaws in Galicia tomoz. Yet another shit-show. I cannot believe that we do not have two kids who are fullbacks. Lewis is not a rb let alone a fucking lb. Lost count of the times villa just passed it through us. Rogers started on the edge of his own box for his goal. Fucking pathetic. 9 losses 2 draws and 1 win in 12 sorry mate nowhere near good enough you really have no idea . How can you fail to see what the whole world can see that WE CANNOT set up in the opposition half and leave half a pitch behind us. Beyond funny now, seriously. If there are not at least 4 quality players in bound in January then I'd fuck him off, never mind credit in the bank. Absolute fucking shambles

I have no words for the run I’m baffled by it.we are on a period of change, I said it after the Derby, the journey is over for this group. but at the same time Pep is Pep good bad and really bad, I will always support him. Class is permanent, our owners are the best bar none. If he walks it’s thanks
It’s been amazing.

[Mase]

Josko needs to be put on the bench for a while. No wat JWE would be worse than him at the moment. The basic individual errors are appalling. Cancelo wasn’t this fuckin bad!!!

[patrickblue]

Looking on the bright side, Foden seems to have come out of his stupor, and is beginning to look a bit more like his old self.