Chelsea 3 Aston Villa 0 Post Match Thread.

[john e]

We are far too narrow so easy to play against, Blame Watkins for missing the one chance he had but he gets no service. We are a toothless tiger at the moment, Rogers should be rested and this is where I take issue with Emery, he gives players out of form far too much time. It only takes one player to become a passenger to affect the rest of the team. Our dire need is for two quality wingers.

But if you dropped all the players out of form you’d be giving people out of the crowd a game

[nick harper]

What has happened to the energy and pressing? We look slow, laboured and very easy to play through.It feels like the team are no longer listening to the manager.

[FatSam]

I didn’t think Chelsea played in top gear today either which makes the loss even worse.

easiest game they will have all season.

When the opposition take the lead in the first few minutes, they rarely need to play in top gear. Thats a recurring feature of recent games.

[Percy McCarthy]

We generally played crap but if Watkins scored that chance at 1-0 it’s a different game, he also had a chance towards the end of the first half, that was a slightly less feeble effort.

I doubt it would have been a different game.

Goals change games and we really could have done with a boost. Think how that miss affects the rest of the team,Watkins misses have been very expensive this season.

He scored against spurs but it didn't change anything.

Mate, if you love him that much fine, but his shot conversion rate for any player with more than 1 goal is the worst in the PL.

Who scored against Spurs?

[ChicagoLion]

We generally played crap but if Watkins scored that chance at 1-0 it’s a different game, he also had a chance towards the end of the first half, that was a slightly less feeble effort.

I doubt it would have been a different game.

Goals change games and we really could have done with a boost. Think how that miss affects the rest of the team,Watkins misses have been very expensive this season.

He scored against spurs but it didn't change anything.

Mate, if you love him that much fine, but his shot conversion rate for any player with more than 1 goal is the worst in the PL.

Who scored against Spurs?

Rogers*

[brontebilly]

Didn't see the game today thankfully but the team selection by Emery was asking for trouble. Rogers has been in need of being rested for weeks, was dreadful v Juve but started. Jaden isn't PL standard and Tielemans has been struggling at 6 for weeks. Thought it was the ideal game to bring Mings in to deal with Jackson.

On a wider issue, the team has been struggling for some time. We limped into the top 4 really, helped by a spectacular Spurs collapse. The club was severely limited what they could do in the summer but Jaden, Onana, Barkley, Maatsen have had limited impact while Luiz in particular has been a massive loss. The expected lift from the return from injury of Buendia, Mings, Ramsey and Kamara hasn't transpired yet either.

[ez]

We generally played crap but if Watkins scored that chance at 1-0 it’s a different game, he also had a chance towards the end of the first half, that was a slightly less feeble effort.

I doubt it would have been a different game.

Goals change games and we really could have done with a boost. Think how that miss affects the rest of the team,Watkins misses have been very expensive this season.

He scored against spurs but it didn't change anything.

Mate, if you love him that much fine, but his shot conversion rate for any player with more than 1 goal is the worst in the PL.

Who scored against Spurs?

It was Rogers. My mistake. The point remains it didn't change anything.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Kamara is still regaining match fitness. No issue with his subbing.

I thought his positioning was far more loose today, not his normal sitting in front of the defence. It seems he and Youri swapped positions today.

[ChicagoLion]

We generally played crap but if Watkins scored that chance at 1-0 it’s a different game, he also had a chance towards the end of the first half, that was a slightly less feeble effort.

I doubt it would have been a different game.

Goals change games and we really could have done with a boost. Think how that miss affects the rest of the team,Watkins misses have been very expensive this season.

He scored against spurs but it didn't change anything.

Mate, if you love him that much fine, but his shot conversion rate for any player with more than 1 goal is the worst in the PL.

Who scored against Spurs?

It was Rogers. My mistake. The point remains it didn't change anything.

Scoring first usually gives you a better chance of winning , the stats bare this out.
Watkins even when not being impersonated by Rogers has missed too many this season.

[trinityoap]

Just over one third of the season gone and we have rarely shown anything like the best of last season's form yet as it stands we are ninth in the Champions league and within touching distance of the knock-out stages and four points off a Champions League place in the Premier division. At present it feels as if the glass is more than half empty.

[kippaxvilla2]

We need another 19 points to get to safety I reckon.

[Percy McCarthy]

We generally played crap but if Watkins scored that chance at 1-0 it’s a different game, he also had a chance towards the end of the first half, that was a slightly less feeble effort.

I doubt it would have been a different game.

Goals change games and we really could have done with a boost. Think how that miss affects the rest of the team,Watkins misses have been very expensive this season.

He scored against spurs but it didn't change anything.

Mate, if you love him that much fine, but his shot conversion rate for any player with more than 1 goal is the worst in the PL.

Who scored against Spurs?

Rogers*

That’s what I thought.

[Demitri_C]

We generally played crap but if Watkins scored that chance at 1-0 it’s a different game, he also had a chance towards the end of the first half, that was a slightly less feeble effort.

I doubt it would have been a different game.

Goals change games and we really could have done with a boost. Think how that miss affects the rest of the team,Watkins misses have been very expensive this season.

He scored against spurs but it didn't change anything.

Mate, if you love him that much fine, but his shot conversion rate for any player with more than 1 goal is the worst in the PL.

Who scored against Spurs?

Watkins missed a sitter as well at 1-0 whoch cost us deeply

[Rigadon]

Kamara aside, everyone was off it today. Martínez.  Watkins.  All of them. We need a break / a player taking the rest of the winter by the scruff of the neck, a new signing coming in and making a massive difference - or this season is going to be a massive disappointment.  In the meantime, we need to stop making so many absurd mistakes (Martínez passing the ball to Jackson, Philogene losing a 50/50 on the edge of our box that led to the first goal, Watkins missing an easy 1 on 1, Cash kicking the ball out of play for a corner 3 times , that fucking indirect free kick in our box) and get back to basics.  Chelsea are not a great team.  But we made them look like the old Chelsea by acting like the old Aston Villa - timid, in awe, nice and easy to play against. 

This needs to stop now.  I don’t expect top 4 every year.  There are too many teams who are capable.  But I expect us to be competitive and aggressive which we weren’t today. 

Sort it out!

[VillaTim]

Feels like being in the ECL and all the previous hype from the media and the big contracts being handed out like confetti have gone to the players heads . The basics are hard work, determination, organisation and effort and they are all in short supply . Off the pitch is a well documented fiscal disaster which has left a very sour taste too .
Onto Brentford hopefully they will roll over for us . Lots and lots of seats available