Aston Villa Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours/Champions League Thread 2024/25

rebelomar

My only slight concern here is they are constantly looking for the killer pass / move and it's leaving themselves wide open at times.

Left back is struggling.

Great goals and some fabulous skills and individual performances.

**Game over now!

CucaFace

rebelomar wrote: »

My only slight concern here is they are constantly looking for the killer pass / move and it's leaving themselves wide open at times.

Left back is struggling.

Great goals and some fabulous skills and individual performances.

**Game over now!

It was a great game. They were certainly open at the back alright. Great going forward though.



Villa could have scored 8 in the end.



And thats without Aaron Ramsey who had been scoring for fun recently.



They play Liverpool in the final now, which will be on BT sports again i would guess.

matrim

Elmo, ramsey and Watkins start. Grealish still on bench

Esse85

Is Hause starting too with McGinn captain?

CSF

matrim wrote: »

Elmo, ramsey and Watkins start. Grealish still on bench

Hause aswell, who IMO isn’t THAT much of a step down from Mings.

artanevilla

There was a point in the season I would have been screaming for Hause instead of Mings.

CSF

artanevilla wrote: »

There was a point in the season I would have been screaming for Hause instead of Mings.

I think they’ve mostly the same strengths and weaknesses but where Mings stands out above him is his comfort on the ball. Mings is better. It’s not by as much as you’d want given Mings has recent England caps etc. but...

artanevilla

Mings also has a couple of big errors a game.

Esse85

Captain McGinn scores

matrim

Well deserved we could have had 2 or 3 so far.

Patser

We're playing like Brazil out there- could have 4 instead of the 1.

Hause is a bigger threat than Davis ever was in the box

LeBash

McGinn is coming back to form. He's an absolute hero when he's at his best

Esse85

CSF wrote: »

I think they’ve mostly the same strengths and weaknesses but where Mings stands out above him is his comfort on the ball. Mings is better. It’s not by as much as you’d want given Mings has recent England caps etc. but...

I think they differ a lot.

Hause is better in the air for me, doesn't over commit when defending a high line, more old school type, not great on the ball, not much pace, not vocal, strong as an ox.

Mings is the opposite of that.

Have been really impressed with Hause the handful of games he's played this season. He's been unlucky with injury.

artanevilla

Hard to be mad at him....

JPA

We sat back too much since we scored and let them back in.

Patser

Absolutely. We were tearing them apart, scored and switched off

Esse85

JPA wrote: »

We sat back too much since we scored and let them back in.

This, and we've given the ball away cheaply several times.

LeBash

What a cool finish

JPA

And now back in front. AEG!

9 PL goals for him.

Patser

Patser wrote: »

Absolutely. We were tearing them apart, scored and switched off

And then switched on again.....



He wants to go to Euros, doesn't he. Be mad if El Ghazi was in Dutch team, considering how inconsistent he is for us. Has been very good today though

Esse85

Absolutely cannot stand Zaha.

You'd be hard pressed to show AEG the exit door after 9 PL goals. With Trez injured AEG may well be kept on.
Can't see Traore leaving either, with Barkley leaving, I'd send Ramsey out on loan to make room for new signings.

JPA

Esse85 wrote: »

Absolutely cannot stand Zaha.

You'd be hard pressed to show AEG the exit door after 9 PL goals. With Trez injured AEG may well be kept on.
Can't see Traore leaving either, with Barkley leaving, I'd send Ramsey out on loan to make room for new signings.

I don't think there is any chance of AEG or Traore leaving despite the frustration they can cause, barring a random big money bid from somewhere.


The pair of them would be great options from the bench, 2 quite unpredictable players.

Corholio

Would have kept AEG even if Trez wasn't injured, as inconsistent as he is there's more attacking wise to his game than Trez's. The injury he had is really unlucky but he wouldn't have been near a starter for me going into next season. Have to admire El Ghazi's enthusiasm always to do better since the Championship and to be honest he's achieving it.

McGinn great again, he has his poor spells but still such an asset when he's on it. I think positioning for him makes a big difference in certain games. Bar Jack, no one protects possession better than him.

circadian

LeBash wrote: »

McGinn is coming back to form. He's an absolute hero when he's at his best

I like McGinn. He often doesn't really hold the ball and just plays the passes, his stats are always a bit odd but he has a function within the team. He never stops moving and his passing is very accurate, he basically passed the ball into the net for that goal.

sc86

Are mings and cash injured?
I missed everton game

Esse85

JPA wrote: »

I don't think there is any chance of AEG or Traore leaving despite the frustration they can cause, barring a random big money bid from somewhere.


The pair of them would be great options from the bench, 2 quite unpredictable players.

Not now.

Until the Trez injury, he was a gonner and so was AEG.
AEG has since added goals since then, despite not influencing games or doing much else.

Not sure are either the type to impact the game off the bench.

Hopefully Jack gets 30 mins.

artanevilla

sc86 wrote: »

Are mings and cash injured?
I missed everton game

Short answer is yes. Long answer is yeeesssssssss.

Esse85

sc86 wrote: »

Are mings and cash injured?
I missed everton game

Cash looked to have injured his hamstring, he went off.
Mings picked up a knock in the game but played on.

JPA

Esse85 wrote: »

Not now.

Until the Trez injury, he was a gonner and so was AEG.
AEG has since added goals since then, despite not influencing games or doing much else.

Not sure are either the type to impact the game off the bench.

Hopefully Jack gets 30 mins.

Where are getting that he was a gonner? Villa don't spend £17 million just to move the player on after a season.

JPA

John McGinn to see red in this game I predict.

Esse85

JPA wrote: »

Where are getting that he was a gonner? Villa don't spend £17 million just to move the player on after a season.

I'm taking about AEG being a gonner sorry.

Traore was always gonna get more time.

sc86

Traore is worst player on the pitch , like playing with 10 men when hes off form

Esse85

Bring on Jack before we concede FFS

Esse85

sc86 wrote: »

Traore is worst player on the pitch , like playing with 10 men when hes off form

Which is about 85% of the time.

fullstop

Doing their level best to piss away yet another lead here.

JPA

sc86 wrote: »

Traore is worst player on the pitch , like playing with 10 men when hes off form

He's a mad kinda player, just wants to have fun out there. All flicks and tricks,

JPA

fullstop wrote: »

Doing their level best to piss away yet another lead here.

We need to score to try and kill this one.

Jack coming on to do just that.

Esse85

JPA wrote: »

He's a mad kinda player, just wants to have fun out there. All flicks and tricks,

He's an absolute spacer.
Wearing gloves in the middle of the day 2 weeks before June just sums up the attitude of the guy.

No bit of guts or fight in him.

We really look like conceding again.

Esse85

Fully deserved, we've been dreadful second half.

Patser

Watkins looking very frustrated, give big Wes a run

Patser

Shag it

Esse85

AEG scores one and continues to shoot from anywhere every time he gets the ball since.

Ramsey ineffective today.

sc86

Empty the bench

JPA

We have nothing to lose for the season, just use the subs!

sc86

80th min and one sub , crazy

matrim

Ramsey looks tired and needs to come off.

Esse85

Absolutely disgraceful capitulation

matrim

Feck

sc86

No surprise we are behind , what does smith be waiting for?

circadian

FfS