Aston Villa Banter 2

10 May 2026 19:48:05
Our away form is shocking of late, but Emery seems to be putting all his eggs in the Europa final basket. How can we be so sure we are going to travel to Turkey and put in a performance like Thursday and not like today or last Sunday, or in fact any performance from the league in God knows how long?

10 May 2026 18:57:20
You moan about Villa, imagine being an Arsenal fan today, the difference is, they get the decisions.

10 May 2026 20:37:18
Did you see the post Buendia put out, with the photo of the hole in his sock, and VAR still reckons it wasn't a pen. UTV.

10 May 2026 17:33:29
Just been thinking we could go all out against lpool. Players have 5 days to recover and get ready for final.

10 May 2026 18:59:12
VJ, you do brighten my day. In the space of 2 hours you've changed your mind at least 3 times.
Alternating between resting players, play strongest team.
This is the place to vent, that is for sure

On a positive, for me, I backed Arsenal to win with 10 mins left @ 2/1 which were decent odds I thought.
Every cloud.... 😁

10 May 2026 19:19:26
Im 50/50, still not sure, haha. I think the right wot to do would be to rest players, but theres 5 days until final, so play strongest team for 45 mins maybe.

10 May 2026 19:51:37
I thought we would rotate more today, but in the end it was neither one thing nor another.
Can't understand why he persists with Rogers when he's clearly struggling.

Why didn't he try Tammy and Watkins up front and take Rogers off?

One thing I do believe is Emery sets us up to play a very European style, which works well in Europe, you have to admit.

Less so in the Premier League.

10 May 2026 21:02:09
Tammy is awful, what a waste of money!

12 May 2026 09:20:38
Have to agree, Tom, he looks absolute pants and lazy to boot.

10 May 2026 17:29:40
Why don't we just forget about the league and concerntrate on Europa League. Forget top5 this season and go on and win a trophy which is better and every Villa fan will rember it. Then go again nxt season and get CL
We still got a slim 4 point cushion as well.

10 May 2026 17:54:30
VJ do you even read your own posts, your arguing with yourself now HaHa UTV

10 May 2026 17:29:08
After the euphoria of Thursday, once again they found it hard to raise it again. Burnley have been playing for weeks, with the pressure of we can't afford to lose, because of their position, all that’s been lifted. In saying that, once again our play and decision making was way too slow. Maatsen has loads of ability, but decisions rubbish. Cash just too slow on the ball, can’t understand all the falling over looking for a foul. Rogers good runs, but as soon as he got near the box, it was like his legs stopped working.

Ollie once again was great, can’t understand his offside, he looked behind the ball until VAR stepped in. With Buendia, that tackle on him was enough to take his boot off; surely it needed a better look at.
Friday, with the way Liverpool are looking a bit dodgy defensively, I know we have the final, but Emery still has to take a chance and go with a strong side. Even a draw would do, but if the crowd can repeat Thursday's atmosphere anything is possible UTV.

10 May 2026 17:26:00
Just seen Unai’s post match interview.
Obviously he has to try and spin it and look at the positives.
At this stage of the season what else can he say?
Interesting interview though.
His faith in Rogers is, to my eyes, baffling. Played more minutes than any other player but his contribution per minutes played is questionable.
Maybe he just doesn’t trust anyone else?

10 May 2026 16:55:55
It would be so like us to go and win on Friday night. But why has it come down to this?
Last 10 league games: won 2, drawn 3, lost 5. Not top 5 form.
I am worried we’ll end up with nothing this season which will be absolute disaster for many reasons.


Freiburg will be very difficult to breakdown.
I am, by nature, pessimistic, and I would love to be proved wrong, but feel the performances we’ve seen the past 2 months do not give me any confidence.

10 May 2026 18:06:22
We are 18th in the form league over the last 9 games. Same as last year: running out of legs and wasting our limited budget on bad players.

10 May 2026 16:46:15
We were poor today, but had chances to have won. We’ve made it more difficult now because we can’t risk resting a lot of players against Liverpool, but I think we will beat them. I just hope we get through the game without injuries.
Don’t forget that Bournemouth have to win both their games.

10 May 2026 16:36:44
So the poor form and it really is poor league form, is it down to the players, the tactics and coaching, my view is all of the above. I can honestly say I am as low today as I was high on the Thursday. My frustration is deep rooted and has been for all of 2026. We failed in the Conference League and we failed to get the Champions League last year and didn't turn up in the FA Cup at Wembley.

Who knows what the next two weeks hold for us. Knowing us, it probably won't end well. Just remember we have form when it matters (obviously our one off on Thursday excluded).

10 May 2026 16:34:23
Also we so need to splash the cash in the summer. We can't trust our squad players; they're not good enough. We have 13/14 good players, that's it. Also u have to think the age of our squad is old, which isn't great.

We need a lot of youth and pace in the team and squad. This is why I said Unai needs to blood our youth and nurture them, but he won't do it.

10 May 2026 16:31:07
It’s not this game that will cost us.
Brentford, Everton, Leeds, Spurs all at home, One point!!!
I’ll say it again, one point!!
That’s why we will lose out.

10 May 2026 16:41:01
Jeez, is bleak when you say it like that, awful really.

10 May 2026 17:13:26
Awful is an understatement, Whack. It's the majority of games in 2026. It's a good job that most teams around us all had rough patches, which is why we are still fifth, but for how long?

10 May 2026 16:07:50
Absolutely fuming with that performance.
5th place is gone for me.
First 25 minutes was bad.
It is no coincidence that these performances feature Mings.
What does he offer at the back? Lets the ball bounce instead of clearing it.
Doesn’t offer anything from attacking set pieces.

As for Rogers. How does he stay on the pitch? What does Emery see that literally nobody else does? It’s got to the point now when he’s on the ball you wait for him to be tackled, fall over or mid place another pass.



And what was Cash doing?
How many goals have we conceded because of really poor defensive play?
West Ham away, Man Utd at home, today. There must be many others. Our own downfall.
Just clear your line. Re-set. Burnley never looked like scoring but we gift them a goal.

After Thursday it’s what I expected.

So angry. The game was there. 4th place !!!
Now, we’ll be lucky to finish 5th the way the other teams are going.

10 May 2026 16:04:49
Normal service resumed. Emery talks about respecting the opponent but he starts Mings and Maatsen, both absolutely rubbish. Mings slows every game he plays right down. I’m sick to death looking at him standing there with the ball and no clue where to pass it.


Not as bad as last Sunday but only marginally. Turns my stomach watching us play like that and that’s why I don’t care if Emery leaves or not. Boring boring Villa.

10 May 2026 16:13:31
Whack, it was obvious we were going to see that today. Players seem to think they can turn up when they want.
There’s one player who should have been subbed well before the end. In the end he wasn't subbed at all.

Rogers!
It's got to the point where I wonder what he offers to this team. Fall over a lot, I'll give him that.

5th place is up for grabs.
Don't they understand?

10 May 2026 16:17:09
Agree, I'd rest the starting 11 against Liverpool on Friday, cos the final is more important. Can't risk players getting injured for the final, so play the reserves there. The 1s are playing for their futures, cos they're simply not good enough. We so need better depth in our squad and like-for-like players, whoever they are, but there's players there to be bought.