Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

I would love to have heard the half time pick up talk.

I mean what: " too aggressive guys, hold that three points. Now lie deep, we have done enough"

WTF we according to you chaps were totally in control. Why not " keep going lads brilliant the chances will continue to come, well done"  ?
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He reminded the team that this is Blackburn we are playing. One of the GIANTS of Premier League have won it in 1994. He told them  that we were very lucky  to be leading so don't do anything silly now by thinking we can score another. The 4 defenders hug the goal line and you 5 in midfield stick around our 18 yard box and good luck gabby!

[olaftab]

11 games left. 11 points to play for.

Post of the day.

And you can be sure he will deliver that. He is Mr Consistent.

[Mister E]

Blackburn have to be one of the worst premier league teams I've ever seen.

In any other season they'd have been relegated by now.

We piss all over them in the first half.....and still couldn't win.

Just not good enough. I can't see McLeish even reaching 40 points this season, something that every other Villa manager has achived in the last 20 years in a full season.

He should be sent packing for that alone.

Wigan were worse last week - Swansea showed how we should have played at the DW - but I agree that Blackburn were abject.
Credit to Kean for putting on two subbs at halftime who made the difference to their game. They gave Hutton a right torrid time in the second half.

[JUAN PABLO]

Today certainly looked more of a case of Blackburn being a total disgrace in the 1st half and actually turning up for the 2nd half rather than anything we did.

spot on

[JUAN PABLO]

Sat in hotel indigo sipping champers and looking forward to a good feed. good point from where Im sat! 9 points off the drop with 11 games to go. think well win the next two and finish well.

Pleased to see heskey didn't start

steady on the champagne mate

[Olof's Beard]

I don't think we should be so affected by our dislike of our manager to genuinely believe that he told them to sit back in the second half yesterday, he didn't, but Blackburn came out of the blocks quickly and the players panicked.  We desperately need some leadership, the gaps that developed between Gabby and the rest of the team were never going to sustain a lead for a whole half.  It's difficult to judge the first half performance because Blackburn didn't put a tackle in but again there were promising signs in the link up play between Ireland and N'Zogbia.  Albrighton, regrettably, has definitely gone backwards though.  As a slight winger he needs to have a turn of pace to compensate and he doesn't.   Impressed by Herd though, he was never heralded as much of some of our other youngsters but could well have emerged to be the best of the lot.

[DB]

Today certainly looked more of a case of Blackburn being a total disgrace in the 1st half and actually turning up for the 2nd half rather than anything we did.

Yes but, if you can't put to passes together like the 2nd half, you're not doing youself any favours. It was painful to watch.

spot on

[Des Little]

Same old, same old.  We just can't ever get that second goal and again we pay the price.

[David_Nab]

Heskey was the wrong choice against Wigan but yesterday I would have brought him on and move Gabby wide..Heskey is good at falling over and getting freekicks this would have disrupted their rhythm and Gabby's pace out wide would have given us an out ball as Albrighton was ineffective out there.

At the least in the 2nd half I would of have the wingers swap sides to see if they could get into the game more.

[Legion]

MotD highlights

[villanic]

Really good first half display but our failure to kill teams of cost us again. I thought Herd had a good game and Huttons performance was better apart from his marking on the goal.