 Welcome to ToffeeTV, it is the instant matchy action, Aston Villa 2, Everton 1, sadly another defeat to start the season with, first time that's happened in 12 years, yeah just for a good sort of 18 minutes we were nowhere near the level at all, we obviously started off with the same formation as last week, the same front 3 and pretty much we were toothless for 18 minutes, didn't look like we had a goal in us or any creativity, trying to just keep them out, which we did quite successfully and looked comfortably for a while until obviously Mingz's goal and then just couldn't find a way back in it, the simple fact is we can't play that front 3, it doesn't work, it doesn't give you a focal point, it doesn't give you someone to hiter who's going to run, all 3 players just want to drop back into the space and pick up the ball and they're all just too lightweight, the Mari Grey has got 0-n product, Dwight McNeill just wants to get on his left foot, just gets all on his left foot and really hasn't got anywhere else to go and Anthony Gordon likes falling over too much and is too lightweight and they just don't give you any kind of focal point at all and I think what the difference in this game was, what you saw late on was even with Rondon, suddenly you've got someone to play off and with Deli, suddenly you've got someone who's going to run beyond the centre forward and obviously O'Nanar as well but come on to them in a minute, it's massively frustrating and again it's a game that we've lost by one goal obviously, they got the second goal and obviously O'Nanar I think he lost a ball in midfield and he wanted to make amends for that straight away by a great ball into the box and obviously we forced it in and in the last 10 minutes we absolutely peppered their goal, unfortunately no real quality to force it in but it shows you that for 80 minutes really we've been quite poor in that game and yet we've nearly got out of it with a point and there was lots of times last season when that was the same as well where we were poor but yet I've only ended up losing a game by a goal and it's obviously this and it's so obvious that what we need, we need the centre forward and we need someone who can come in straight away and can be on it straight away and can create opportunities for themselves and other players around them and I think we've got I think we've got enough in defence and enough hopefully in midfield where we can have a little bit more control in a game today was about playing on the counterattack but we just couldn't with those front three they're just they've got nothing about them absolutely nothing about them and we you know the manager has to recognise that now that certainly for next week he's got to start if he hasn't already brought I'd love to think that we can bring someone in by next week but if he hasn't for me you just start Rondon and you let him play for an hour and you're trying to make a goal and and and get yourself into a game that's for next week but for today you know they're all they're all similar kind of players though three up front but what they're not as centre forwards and you this you know the difference that was the difference in the teams today you know they got a ball across the box and Ings does what Ings does because he's a centre forward he's been doing that against Everton for ages and excuse me I mean all round it was it was a pretty poor game pretty poor game the conditions in terms of the heat and how far we are into the season just the second game and not ideal like that kind of heaters is is not what we're used to and obviously that led to a lot of sub later on and that led to the game being be frantic in them final moments and we've just got to find a way of playing that I can't really see any kind of patterns of play and let's just hope that in the next couple of weeks with with with changes we need changes obviously onanna's little cameo even though he lost the ball for the goal he just sort of went right I'm having this you know created the goal for us nearly got a goal himself was an absolute nuisance breaking into their box that you can see straight away what he's all about there I know a lot of people will say well why didn't he bring him on when when Decore went down but maybe he didn't think he was fit enough maybe he didn't think he had enough a bar I kept on thinking in my head at that moment at that moment I was thinking I remember what happened to Gabamon when he came on against Crystal Palace when we had to send him off Sniderland sending off and on that day I always remember thinking why didn't Tom Davis come on because because because Gabamon was nowhere near the level so I wasn't that bothered I didn't actually think Tom Davis did that badly when he came on he made some really good tackles it doesn't give you anything going forward but I thought he made some really good tackles I thought oh whoa we had a good game although at times he was at some you know poor poor passes but certainly in the first half I thought he was the only thing we had going for certainly creatively and breaking up the play and we've got to try and get the wing backs higher up the pitch it don't make a link always poor today although I thought on the decide Patterson did okay it's dead obvious what we need it's it's it's it's blindingly obvious what we need we need the centre forward and we can't be waiting on Dominic Arvilloun to come back and even when Dominic Arvilloun comes back we can't be relying on them we we absolutely need to get a centre forward in ASAP and as I said by next week because that front three are just not good enough they're not they allowed the back four to move up the pitch and squeeze you that allows the midfield to squeeze you and allows them to play against the higher Gordon to me I think he started the season shockingly you know a lot of people don't want to wear that but I think in both games he's been dreadful I really do you can sit here all you want tell me how far he's run or how hard he's worked I think he's been dreadful in both games I think I think gray similar I just think they've been absolutely dreadful it just don't seem to have any awareness of what's going on on the pitch what I would say is though just before half time I think we should have had a penalty I don't mention how it was brought down in the box and I know it's not easy to see first time but if you're watching I know there's a video on Twitter go around if you watch it again it looks like the follow through brought them brought them down I thought that was a penalty at 1-0 just before half time obviously we had the gold this allowed which Golden was clearly offside and it was just one of those days where but that we've had sort of like two of those days where we're set up to defend it on the counterattack but you can't it you can't play on these players are not good enough to play on the counterattack and the midfield doesn't want to go forward as much because it's trying to protect so for me get out obviously on Anna I think we'll probably start next week now because you know if the core is got an injury any kind of injury that is going to mean he's going to be out another injury but we've got to get a centre forward in or play Rondon because even Rondon showed more to me in those 15 minutes that he was on then the other three did in the entire game I thought at the back we were we looked you know pretty solid of course kind of Cody and Tarkowski are gonna struggle a little bit with movement but I thought he did okay I thought Mason Hulgate was fine and but we need to take the pressure off them by not by not allowing teams to just play in our half all the time and trying to do on the counterattack out be honest I was shocked that he started with those three up front I just didn't get it at all I didn't get it I don't think they offered anything last week and I don't think they offered anything today and I'd be scathing of Lampard if he if he played those three next week absolutely scathing because they were dreadful let's be honest let's not let's not sugarcoated the three of them are dreadful today absolutely dreadful and what and when you've got three players who were just like running round not really doing anything I mean a lot of people in the comments I can see that you know to my right my knee like I still don't quite understand why we brought him not really sure at all not really sure quite understanding what his position is yet or what he's I know it's not easy for him because he's playing with no centre forward either he's the kind of lad I think who needs a centre forward on the pitch to play off as well so that's hard for them so the mad thing is we were we were pretty poor in large bells of that game and yeah Villa were hanging on at the end and that has to give you some kind of sense of hope that if we bring in the right players or we start the right players that we might start having an opportunity but I think Frank Lampard's got to have a real sit you'll sit down and have a look at what he's got available to and and how he starts using it because I just didn't think today was was a case and and we'll have to move on it just that's just doesn't work for the team like ever we're not good enough to play false number 9s and all this nonsense we're just not good enough we we don't keep the ball simple as that we don't have enough plays you keep the ball long enough to get into those areas and when we when we lose the ball mean both goals come from I mean the second goal comes from is losing the ball the set the first goal comes from the Corey not tracking his runner really and defenders not being quicker to get out to wing but that midfield obviously hopefully it's gonna get a little a little jolt in the next week without Nanner and maybe one more if you can get Ghana over the line we'll have to see but that yeah we feel like I'm not don't get me wrong I'm not sitting here going oh we've a box today because we were hanging on but Villa where I'm going on at the end let's be honest the way hanging on and if we could get a centre forward or two so we're not panicking it would make a massive difference but everyone knows that I think everybody knows that everyone's aware of that it's not it's not not rocket science and you need and also you need a centre forward I looked at Ramsey for them and the way he was stretching us just picking up the ball and running stretching us I don't think we have played we don't have plays you do that you know because because Gordon is too soft and goes down you know if you have brushes here and the marie Grey just seems to run into the wrong places for me you know then they're not they're not effective they don't run at people in the right way and they don't pin people back and it was so noticeable when Rondon come on it was so noticeable how the ball was starting to stick and how he was getting flick on so he wasn't around the centre forward I know people don't like Rondon but that's what a proper centre forward does and to have another one like him it's what Dom does and to have another one it's absolutely key now we gonna get one this week and that whether that's alone or I know people don't like the idea of someone like Jay Adams but he is someone that can run it run at defenders and commit people and bring other people into the game and that's what it's all about that's what that's that's definitely what it's all about you saw that with them today that allows other people then to come up where is up for us today every time the ball got forward and one of them lost it then it just came back every time and then you're under pressure then because you're trying to squeeze up the pitch so yeah it's one of those and it's been a tough it's been a tough start to the season we've got it obviously we've got for us next week that won't be easy they've bought every player on the earth and I'm gonna have to we'll just have to wait and see but yeah I can see I'm not gonna go overboard because we've got just under three weeks to the transfer window and I think if ever I'm bringing the right players in those three weeks or less than just less than three weeks I think we'd be alright but if we were to play with that team for a majority of the season would be in big trouble it's as simple as that doesn't score goals it doesn't have goals in it that team does not have goals in it so if we can bring players in then and that and by the way that has to be in the next couple of weeks can't let games go pass you by and go oh it's alright we're gonna buy players next week we're gonna buy plays the week after you can't let games go on you've got it Evan I've got to be quick about this and it's gotta be a set of about this bring the players in I imagine on our little start next week now after is a little cameo today and I love to talk more about the individual players more in the in the player ratings but I imagine he will and Evan will have to make a change in terms of the centre forward situation they cannot play with that front three it was shocking and it was poor from I have no issue in saying it was poor from Frank Lampard at starting line up today that three you're asking for trouble and you got trouble from what isn't a particularly good Aston Villa side by the way there wasn't a very good Aston Villa side that's not a particularly good Aston Villa side let me just say that corners are we never scored from a corner Jesus Christ they were all over the place on corners and yet towards the end of the game we started floating them in and we've got a corner of an injury time and Gordon just floated in Jesus Christ put a bit of Venomoni it's it it's it low and and put a bit of Venomoni see what happens but yeah two games to defeat enough on the outside a lot of people will be well I know a lot of people on the inside will be pressing the panic button but let's not press the panic button just yet let's wait till the end of transfer window before we press the panic button now goals it's all about goals now it's all about goals so about bringing in goals I'm not bothered if willing to you know if willing to display in that player and they all they're great amazing they don't have got they don't score goals or they don't create chances or create the opportunities to create chances then it's pointless it's pointless this squad needs goals it needs goals goals win points points get you up the table it's as simple as that so I will leave it there for this instant match reaction I'll be back to do the play ratings just a little bit make sure to check that out and also buzzers videos when he's got them sorted as well so thanks for watching make sure to get this video like subscribe you haven't already you want more great videos join us over on toffee TV premiere see you later