I do think there's an element of bad luck to us currently, their first, for example was a shocking shot that Given would've saved comfortably before the deflection took it straight to the feet of their striker.The thing with football though, is that you have to put yourself in the position to benefit from a bit of luck. Put villa in the same position, would the player 25 yards out have taken on the shot? Would one of our attackers have hung aeround in the position Wells was to make it look so easy? You make your own luck by putting yourself in the situations to benefit from a bit of luck, we're not doing that so we never seem to get the lucky breaks that other teams do.
Quote from: paul_e on January 09, 2013, 11:58:06 AMI do think there's an element of bad luck to us currently, their first, for example was a shocking shot that Given would've saved comfortably before the deflection took it straight to the feet of their striker.The thing with football though, is that you have to put yourself in the position to benefit from a bit of luck. Put villa in the same position, would the player 25 yards out have taken on the shot? Would one of our attackers have hung aeround in the position Wells was to make it look so easy? You make your own luck by putting yourself in the situations to benefit from a bit of luck, we're not doing that so we never seem to get the lucky breaks that other teams do.The two defenders walking out rather than running out to leave the player onside wasn't anything to do with luck though.
Quote from: QBVILLA on January 09, 2013, 12:26:48 PMQuote from: paul_e on January 09, 2013, 11:58:06 AMI do think there's an element of bad luck to us currently, their first, for example was a shocking shot that Given would've saved comfortably before the deflection took it straight to the feet of their striker.The thing with football though, is that you have to put yourself in the position to benefit from a bit of luck. Put villa in the same position, would the player 25 yards out have taken on the shot? Would one of our attackers have hung aeround in the position Wells was to make it look so easy? You make your own luck by putting yourself in the situations to benefit from a bit of luck, we're not doing that so we never seem to get the lucky breaks that other teams do.The two defenders walking out rather than running out to leave the player onside wasn't anything to do with luck though.Still doesn't stop the ball falling right at the feet of the striker being a lucky break, the opportunity to benefit from luck is manageable, the better sides don't allow teams those opportunities as often and et themselves into position to benefit more often, there's still an element of luck to it though.
Their keeper had a blinder and yes we didn't get the rub of the green in the box. However, Bradford fully deserved their victory. The desire shown by their centre half for the third goal epitomised what they were about. For all of the praise Benteke has received this season he deserves fcuking for that third goal. I can only see us getting to the final if we score 4 or 5 in the second leg because I can't see this Villa side keeping a clean sheet. On the whole the team embarrassed the club last night and the only way to put that right is to show us on the pitch that it hurts them as much as it does us fans.
Quote from: QBVILLA on January 09, 2013, 08:52:34 AMTheir keeper had a blinder and yes we didn't get the rub of the green in the box. However, Bradford fully deserved their victory. The desire shown by their centre half for the third goal epitomised what they were about. For all of the praise Benteke has received this season he deserves fcuking for that third goal. I can only see us getting to the final if we score 4 or 5 in the second leg because I can't see this Villa side keeping a clean sheet. On the whole the team embarrassed the club last night and the only way to put that right is to show us on the pitch that it hurts them as much as it does us fans.Benteke should be the near post screen on a corner, not marking man to man. The second was a realy cluster feck of a goal, with Baker aimlessly ambling out to close down a cross he never got near, then Bennett not getting tight to the man heading it it, and Given watching it go by. Overall - the defending from the moment they scored the first became a calamity. Not scoring before we did was not luck either, it was poor, poor finishing. Weimann needs to be down the middle every week from now on, he sniffs chances and takes them.