Aston Villa Banter 3

19 Sep 2026 15:34:30
A few on here don't have a lot of time for Mings, but he was an utter rock in the air today, missed one header all game, that they scored off. Bit of a hairy first half, to slow and not enough energy and aggression. Manzambi must of covered every blade of grass, fantastic work ethic, and lots of ability, he will be brilliant. Midfield was better, but Kamara needs a few more to get back to his best form.

Buendia so frustrating at times, falling over expecting a foul, giving the ball away, but you can't complain about his effort, his goal was once again brilliant. Jackson looking sharp, fast strong and certainly took his goal well, he's fitting in well.
Now that games out the way, we've three weeks for Emery to get the work done at Bodymoore Heath. UTV.

19 Sep 2026 16:54:39
Dave agree about Mings,apart from a couple of minor blips he didn't do much wrong. Tom won't have it but Torres wouldn't have won a single header today and is poor in the box when we are under pressure,yes he can pass but that is not enough for a premier League defence without pace.
I thought Cash,not for the first time was totally reckless with his defending and with the number of fowls he gave away we could have conceded more goals, let's hope Emery sticks with Wan Basaka.

Hemmings let his nerves get the better of him and like Berkley gave the ball away unnecessarily. Great result and lots of attacking positives, just hope our internationals all come back fit, we should then see us start to play with more confidence. Shout out to our keeper,what a signing he is turning out to be.

19 Sep 2026 17:38:41

A rock he was awful in the first half passing was s**** and a little blip at the end of the game that lead to a goal. We won’t score 3 goals every week so that blip that he has every game against better opposition would have cost us 3 points today. Big shout out to Gomez and buendia did a lot of the dirty work today. UTV

19 Sep 2026 17:59:21
Mings problem is caused by stupid hurried passes played behind him, causing him to have to turn. Mings could be man of the match, for the rest of the season,and Tom still wouldn't have it. Dave your right about Pau, he wouldn't have won any of those headers. UTV.

19 Sep 2026 18:31:58
I thought Mings was immense and made 1 mistake at the very end. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. Don't worry Tom I'm sure it's going to be his last season with us.

19 Sep 2026 18:05:21
Pau wouldn't have stopped that goal Tom so not sure how you can use it to have a pop at Mings.
The number of corners and crosses Spurs had and the fact Mings was on the end of pretty much all of them, I couldn't give a toss what his passing was like.
Pau's passing wouldn't have helped during the period where nobody else could control or pass to save their lives.


We rode our luck a bit, defended for our lives and then got at Spurs once they were in their own heads again. Not pretty for the most part but exactly what was needed to get us going.

19 Sep 2026 21:07:33
Horses for courses with Mings, if we're up against a battering ram striker like Mateta, Woods,Delap, I'd even say Haaland, then Pau is not who I'd pick, that was the big mistake Unai made for the semi against Palace, same if we're up against ‘ball playing' centre halves, let Madjo rough them up. Our centre halves had 7 or 8/10 games today, fair play to them both 👏🏻

UTV.

19 Sep 2026 14:48:51
A win is a win no matter what. It would be right to say we played better in the second half. Why do we capitulate at the end of games when we are comfortably in control, panic just sets in. Great goal by Buendia.

Emery will be fuming at the end, another ten minutes we would probably have conceded again. Great result great performance, however it's only right to balance our comments with some home truths.

19 Sep 2026 16:18:49
Simple answer is the subs that came on. Barkley not at the level needed, Hemmings was poor when he came on, lost possession a few times and gave them the silly free, he just wasn't up to speed, but he he young he will only get better. Tammy was his usual premier league self and we might aswel be down to 10 men, we had no out ball to relieve pressure, Madjo will fix that he's full of running and power.


Manzambi was class, MaGinn was his usual, Jackson was great, Kamara had a decent game, take those players out and it'd weaken anyone, when we have Goretzka to come on for Kamara we will be stronger in midfield, Barkley is a weak link.

19 Sep 2026 17:42:39
Whack Cash is an even weaker link at times. Kamara, whilst currently isn't at his best he will be a regular starter. I thought the left back grew in to the game after a dodgy start. Buendia is what he is,loses the ball then scored a wordly.

19 Sep 2026 21:13:41
Buendia done a lot of dirty work today as well, he hasn't being great the last couple of games to be fair but he was much better today, he's a little Pitbull and full of passion to win he's a great asset to have around our younger players.

Defensively I don't think AWB is as good as cash but he's the best backup we had at right back in years. I think cash will keep his place, AWB can be quiet reckless as well, but that recklessness also makes him an exciting player going forward.
the Italian looks like a good addition, I didn't see the first half today but I liked what I seen in the second half.

I'm genuinely excited by Manzambi, he's got the lot by the looks of things, once his confidence is up with a run of games I think we are going to love him, catchy name, great new chant from the fans, he reminds me of Olise / Eze type players we have all seen, if him and Jackson click they will be incredibly dangerous, he's another who has adapted well to our system, at times he looks lazy but he's sharpe always ready to hit the overdrive button, we often criticised Watkins for using too much energy running after everything and maybe tiredness affected his finishing.

he's a serious looking dude as well, even when he scores he doesn't show too much emotion, he looks driven to show people they were wrong to discard him.

19 Sep 2026 14:18:19
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Too passive ain't we?

19 Sep 2026 14:35:22
3 points very welcome. Spurs are a very very poor team at the moment. Classic Tyrone switching off at the end lucky we have Zion in goal otherwise could have been 3-0 at half time.

19 Sep 2026 13:58:16
I can't watch anymore.
This is torturous.

19 Sep 2026 13:45:44
Our ball retention is really poor.
Putting ourselves under too much pressure.

19 Sep 2026 13:31:34
We got away with it the first half,Spurs should have had at least a couple. We have to cut out giving the ball away playing out from the back. We definitely looked better the last fifteen minutes of the half and the goal was welcome.

If we could stop giving the ball away when in possession we could well get something here today, if we continue to be sloppy we could well come home with nothing.

19 Sep 2026 13:44:02
100% Scotty.
I've used the word passive, but that's probably being kind.

19 Sep 2026 13:15:02
Too passive with and without the ball.
Surely Emery will sort them out at HT or is this what we've got this season?

19 Sep 2026 13:02:38
Suzuki is better with his feet than our centre backs !!!

19 Sep 2026 12:58:14
25 mins gone and we are on the ropes.

19 Sep 2026 12:53:19
We are far too passive. Letting Spurs travel too easily with the ball.
Long afternoon ahead if this continues.

19 Sep 2026 12:49:10
If I playing against Villa I'd be more than happy to let Mings have the ball. Ponderous is a very polite word to describe him.
We are where we are and given injuries have to pick him but he's not good enough.

19 Sep 2026 12:44:40
Given our current league position and form and the possibility of relegation battle especially if we don't get a positive result today how many Villa fans would have given up UCL qualification this season for guaranteed safety this year?
If's, buts and maybes, I know. But a question nonetheless.

19 Sep 2026 13:35:38
We're not going to get relegated. Nowhere near.

19 Sep 2026 11:05:11
When teams see big boys circling then price rockets where as Brighton, Sunderland etc can get them cheaper.