DannyVblue

Unacceptable. 3 long balls, 3 goals. Horrendous defending. Worst tactics in the league.

Awful tactics. We were a better team last season. We had a good start to the season due to the momentum that we had from last season, going backwards now. Same boring stuff every game.

He's a classy player. The pass to Caicedo for the 2nd goal was superb - that made the goal possible.

It's actually Sarri-ball 🙃

How bad is our central midfield! And we sold our best central midfielder from last season! Veiga looks like he's running on sand

Absolutely gutted. The way Conor and Trevoh have been treated is a disgrace. I'm not an aggressive person but wouldn't mind bumping into Winstanley and Stewart right now.

And is also a huge Man U fan.

Offering Conor a new contract immediately would be a masterstroke by the board. They'd win back the large majority of the fanbase with that one decision alone and Poch would start to become a distant memory. Will they have the foresight to do it though? Highly unlikely. The chance are that they're going to stick two fingers up at the fans and piss us off even more by selling him. And Trevoh too!

What the actual f**k. So now we need to start again for the 3rd time in 3 years. Just when the mood was at the best it's been for 3 years and things are starting to look very promising. If Gallagher and Chalobah are also sold there has to be some sort of protest again the owners. The only manager out there who I'd want over Poch is Alonso, but that's never going to happen. We will get a young yes man who will get sacked within 9 months.

Conor wants to stay, Poch wants him to stay, and 99% of fans want him to stay. Just give him the contract he wants already. Surely, we're better off tying him down now as there's a real possibility he will turn down any moves away whilst he's still a regular starter. Then we'd run the risk of him going for nothing.

Noni is doing great. So excited about the spirit we seem to be creating! Need to keep the team and manager together for next season!

Beautiful player. Classy, wand of a left foot, creative, full package! This team are going places !

Give this man the contract he deserves immediately! Carried our midfield this season and he's one of our own! He's a class act!

Love Trev! 🩵

Very strange take on how the first half went. Villa had 2 chances in the 1st half and scored both (one a very lucky own goal). And neither were to do with Gallagher. The last 2 matches Caicedo and Gallagher have partnered each other in central midfield, they've dominated. Crazy that you'd have a negative word to say about his performance today. He was everywhere and scored a goal that only 1 or 2 in our team are capable of. We're so lucky to have him.

Much better than I thought he was going to be when we signed him. He is looking like he could be a bit of a star.

He's been in our top 2 best players in every match this season. What a player. Not many players about who can score at goal like that from outside the box with their weaker foot.

Seems like this is going to be an unpopular opinion but I'm a lot happier with how this season has gone than last. We've been very unlucky in the cups and there's a big improvement in style of play, chance creation, goals scored. I'm actually very positive about the next few years now. I think it's blindingly obvious the defence isn't good enough at the moment, but I don't fully blame Pochettino for that. Last night we were without our whole first choice backline - next season our first choice back 4 will consist of Chilwell, Fofana, Colwill and James (Gusto). Poch does have to take some blame with the way we defend set pieces, we look like we could concede every time the ball gets crossed into the box. Our goalkeeper situation also doesn't help. Mark my words, a team with a core of Palmer, Fernandez, Nkunku, Caicedo, Gallagher, James, Colwill, Fofana and Jackson is going to have a lot of success over the next few years. As a side note, I know Jackson gets a hell of a lot of stick (sometimes rightly so with some of his misses), but he's 22 and his build up play has been fantastic over the past few months. The talent is there, though he might end up as our left winger rather than the main striker.

Not good enough

What a goal! It's taken half a season of regular football with us and now it looks like it's all coming together for him in front of goal. He's showing the goalscoring potential a lot of us have seen in him, he's getting into dangerous positions and showing some class finishing. Important goals too!

The talent is there, for sure! Has been great our past few games.

Conor! What a player! We would have lost that game if he wasn't in the team. 3 top drawer finishes in less than a week. Tekkers.

We're embarrassing when trying to see out wins. The whole team has a complete lack of match intelligence. Freekicks given away in dangerous positions, sloppy passes to opponents, dwelling on the ball for too long in our own half and penalty area - this is basic stuff! Got the 3 points in the bag though, that's the main thing. And up to 8th. Need to do better though. We have it in the locker, we showed it against City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs this season.

Really poor when trying to see out the game today. Just kept losing possession. Seems very slow and weak. Let's put it down to experience at the moment, but I was expecting more after all the hype and pricetag.

He's an absolute beast! Insane levels this season. Best midfielder in the league and he's one of us!