Blackpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[mozza]

You certainly get a different perspective standing on touchline at Bloomfield Road
and being so close to the action -

Young is getting criticism but he doesn't help his own cause, his almost continual
back chat to Webb (even if he was captain today) was always going to cost us
and it proved to be the case when we were denied what looked like a stonewall
penalty late on. To be fair Webb couldn't have given it because he was on halfway
line but the male assistant in front of main stand could and should have been brave
enough -

Kyle Walker is too good for us and there isn't a chance he will sign for us (great pity)-

Whatever Houllier said at the break we stopped doing what we did quite well first half
and the Tangerines bossed the game after that even though we had a couple of good
chances in injury time -

Hardly noticed Bent and wasn't surprised when he was subbed, but apart from the pass
that put Gabby in for his goal I don't recall the midfield putting the ball in the right area
especially from wide positions -

We've got an enforced break now - maybe defending set pieces will be on the agenda
at Bodymoor Heath ?       

[Tom_Mc9?]

Kyle Walker is too good for us and there isn't a chance he will sign for us (great pity)

I don't think he is! We're about his level.

[Archie]

I continue not to understand the tactics and the logic of our manager Mr Hoola-Kop.

Our best player Super Mark Albrighton on the bench.
Barry Bannan could be our  Charlie Adam, but where is he?
Gabby again on the flank: yes, he  scored one goal in counter attack but played miles away from the goal.
The central defenders  once again were not able to mark in situation arising from set pieces.
AY7,  very gifted as  left winger, is the shadow of himself if played in the hole.

[WikiVilla]

£7.50 all day parking is a bloody rip off.

?? eh that sound reasonable to me.

That 2nd half was appalling, lost a lot of belief in the players today, we were unable to gain any composure and just slow the game down, it was all 200 mph like sunday morning stuff.

Simply not good enough

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

10. Reasons why we are struggling

1- Two England left wingers, neither playing on the left wing.
2- Arguably the quickest striker in the Premier League playing on the wing.
3- Our inability to defend corners - despite having three ball winning dominant centre backs in the team.
4- Emile Heskey on the pitch.
5- A goalkeeper who gets lost outside of his 6 yeard box.
6- The same two afforemention England left wingers that can't do anything other hit a free kick into the wall.
7- The same two afforemention England left wingers that can't take a decent corner.
8- A manager who doesn't see the merits in playing players in the correct position.
9- Ashley Young's petulance, moaning, whinging and arguing. He really is coming across as an odious arsehole. At clubs like ours, we don't get the rewards of such behaviour.
10- The players can't do the basics.

[glasses]

I think points 1,2,3 and 8 are bang on, possibly 4 too, especially the circumstances which saw him on the pitch today. But the rest, I think are matters of opinion.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think points 1,2,3 and 8 are bang on, possibly 4 too, especially the circumstances which saw him on the pitch today. But the rest, I think are matters of opinion.

They're all matters of opinion. 1, 2, 3 and 8 just fit with your opinion.

[glasses]

Well, if you want to split hairs with me, 1 and 2 and 4 are factually correct.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well, if you want to split hairs with me, 1 and 2 and 4 are factually correct.

They are factually correct, but the point is that you are saying those are reasons we are struggling. That's the matter of opinion bit.

[TopDeck113]

I've just got back, via going to see Romeo and Juliet in Bolton.  (I'd already planned to use:

"O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!
Most lamentable day. Most woeful day
That ever, ever I did yet behold!
O day, O day, O day! O hateful day!
Never was seen so black a day as this.
O woeful day! O woeful day!"

if we'd lost.)

As it so happens I actually thought it was a good match, albeit one we could have been out of sight in the first half an hour, and then spent the last 10 minutes  hanging on for the point.

My biggest concerns centre on the inability to take advantage of Blackpool's poor defence.  A team like Arsenal would have been 4-0 up at the break.  Our crossing was poor, as was the delivery from corners.   I think if Albrighton had played today he would have murdered Carney down the right.  Despite the goal, Gabby was again wasted.

Up until the sending off I was again impressed with Makoun.  My initial view of the red card was the ball was there for both him and Campbell to go for.  Having seen Match of the Day it was lunge and in this day and age you're going to walk for that sort of challenge.

Young had one of this more petulant afternoons and had he not spent the last 20 minutes going to ground far too easily and whinging at Howard Webb, he may well have got the penalty at the death. 

[glasses]

Yeah, I suppose thats a bollock dropped on my part. The playing players out of position thing is whats really getting on my tits though. Id just like to see our attacking bit of the team played more appropriately. Now we have a solid base in the centre of midfield, it would be nice to see wingers in their correct position/favoured side, and who knows, maybe Ash could start to work as a support striker.

[tarzansbrother]

Only one reason we are struggling and that's our defence. Piss poor with an over the hill keeper. Clean sheets will move us forward. Only Walker looks decent and he is a spurs player.

[Shrek]

2 left wingers and not one playing left wing, what a fucking joke!

[oxoneil]

10. Reasons why we are struggling

1- Two England left wingers, neither playing on the left wing.
2- Arguably the quickest striker in the Premier League playing on the wing.
3- Our inability to defend corners - despite having three ball winning dominant centre backs in the team.
4- Emile Heskey on the pitch.
5- A goalkeeper who gets lost outside of his 6 yeard box.
6- The same two afforemention England left wingers that can't do anything other hit a free kick into the wall.
7- The same two afforemention England left wingers that can't take a decent corner.
8- A manager who doesn't see the merits in playing players in the correct position.
9- Ashley Young's petulance, moaning, whinging and arguing. He really is coming across as an odious arsehole. At clubs like ours, we don't get the rewards of such behaviour.
10- The players can't do the basics.

Spot on. Why is GH continuing to play people out of position and, worst of all, ignoring youngsters with enthusiasm and reasonable amounts of talent? Everyone can see it why can't he?

Oh, and I still can't stand Ashley Young, never have done, never will. At least more people are starting to see through him also.

[Dave]

Oh, and I still can't stand Ashley Young, never have done, never will. At least more people are starting to see through him also.

Even when he was scoring and creating bucketloads of goals and winning the Young Player of the Year award?