Match Thread Aston Villa vs Everton. Saturday 14th August 12:30 KO

[allen]

Gordon is not a centre forward that must be obvious to Frank by now.

It surely must be. One of the most terrible round pegs I’ve ever seen in a square hole.

 

[superkeeper]

A team with no striker struggling to pose a threat up top. Colour me shocked. Worst bit about is the few occasions where Villa had to defend, they didn’t look comfortable doing so, but are getting away with it because of our lack of a killer instinct. Iwobi motm so far for me

 

[mikel_88]

Dacoure cost us again lack of positioning hopefully gana come in

 

[ProZ]

Lampard is failing us.

Yea but he gets us

 

[MACCA75]

Remember people saying that really we’d signed Dele for this season and he just wasn’t starting games last year because we were in a relegation battle.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

That goals on Frank I'm afraid. Doucoure was already hurt and should've been hooked before the goal

 

[2xpetes]

Why did we buy McNeil

 

[Houghty19]

McNeill and gray off rondon and Alli on. We need to have somebody to hold up the ball and at least put an elbow in the villa defenders ribs cos at the moment they're easing through under very little pressure.

 

[Bebeto]

I don't see winning any games anytime soon...keeps getting injured players everu time we playe and too slow in the transfer market...could be a very long season at the bottom of the table...

 

[TheBigIguana]

A team with no striker struggling to pose a threat up top. Colour me shocked. Worst bit about is the few occasions where Villa had to defend, they didn’t look comfortable doing so, but are getting away with it because of our lack of a killer instinct. Iwobi motm so far for me

City played an entire season without a striker and won the league. It can be done if the rest of the team functions at a high level. We're extremely sloppy in possession.

 

[brucemate]

How many times do we lose the ball deep in the opposition half then we concede. Its been goin on for years. Its uncanny.

We have been susceptible to pace for a good few years. The ball is not sticking up top and on many occasions we lose possession when the back line is high.

 

[4737carlin]

Dacoure cost us again lack of positioning hopefully gana come in

He is shockingly bad, I'm glad to see Rio just highlighting it, hopefully Frank is onto it too

 

[Fansince1988]

Also Gerrard in whatever capacity seems to get the better of us ?

 

[longers]

Why did we buy McNeil

Apparently Lampard wanted to sign him for Chelsea a couple years back

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Yet Gordon is the one getting slaughtered