Derby County v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[KevinGage]

Prior to going up top he was taking one for the team out of position in midfield -and was still the best player on the pitch by a country mile.

Not a passenger in any way, shape or form.

[ktvillan]

Westwood did look ok first half when we were on top but still delivered nothing of any real note in terms of incisiveness or creativity.  Once Derby started to come into it in the second he seemed to vaporise again.  It was a similar story in the Leicester away game last season, although to be fair he was hung out to dry by Sherwood's insane substitutions on that occasion.  As for Deschamps, well his main achievements came from playing alongside the likes of Vieira, Zidane and Petit, so I'm not sure he would have been the one setting any tempo or expecting to dominate the midfield.  Plus I think he had a little more to him than Cantona's jaundiced view of him suggests, whereas Westwood appears not to.