Aston Villa v Hereford post match thread

[UsualSuspect]

Not really fussed either way about last night

Win 5-0 and that's expected of you

Scrappy 2 - 0 and you're shit so you can't win either way

However the performances last night mean absolutely sod all

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't really care about anything beyond the fact that we won.

A Small Heath style run of home draws against shit teams would be nice now.

[darren woolley]

I'm just glad we won and through to the next round we need to beat Wolves on saturday now.

[Shrek]

Darren Bent does fuck all every game except score.

But people say Delfouneso can't cut it when he scored against a team Bent
Couldn't in an hour?

I think we need to start giving Weiman, Fonz and Bannan alot more playing time. I think Bannan deserves to start ahead of Heskey and I think Weiman could be a good
Foil for Bent given time.

[ADVILLAFAN]

For once my prediction was correct. A slow start due to new players in the mix, but in the end a 2-0 win. Not as comfortable as I thought it would be mind.

They had a spell from about 60-70 minutes, where it looked like they might score and had one header that drifted wide (and seemed to take 20 years to go wide).

[andyh]

I thought last night was a little bit more of a struggle than we anticpated it was going to be.
Highlights were:
Clarke is definately a touch of class
Ireland improved as the game went on. He was very good up until he tired (understandably) around 80 mins.
Wiemann looks a real player. He was strong, willing, pacy and skillful. I have more hope for him than I do for Fonz.

The big negative for me was Makoun.
I really expected him to dominate and control the game given the level of opponent.
Although he was tidy, he was often caught in possession and generally struggled to have a real impact.
If he struggles at that level I worry that he will cut it against top oppositon.       

[Caiphus]

Delfouneso's finishing is generally very good.  He's has pace, trickery and gets in good positions.  Sure he doesn't demand the ball, and he isn't much of a winger, but his record is pretty good for a 20 year old.  Everyone seems to think he is a crap finisher after that 1 pre-season game under McLeish where he missed a couple of sitters.

I haven't seen the game, and he may not have been that busy but he still got the ball in the net and it's not the first time as a sub either so he can't be that bad.

[willywombat]

Strange the huge differences of opinion on Ireland's performance. My mate, ( played for both Man City & Baggies ), reckoned he played very well. Opinions on here range from crap to excellent.

[Simon Ward]

Looking forward to seeing the goal-fest on the League Cup Show tonight!

Roll on the weekend!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

My mate, ( played for both Man City & Baggies )...

Gary Owen?

[JUAN PABLO]

Nice to see the AVFC official site has at last realised Lichaj is American and not Australian .. 

[Walmley_Villa]

I thought Ireland looked good on the edge of the box and seemed the one midlfielder who could doliver the telling pass. He would have scored but for a great save. The pleasing thing for me is that he had a smile on his face which should only bode well.

Bannan is a class act but I think we needed Hogg last night for a bit of steel in midfield, we have too many footballers. Dunne gets a lot of stick but was thoroughly professional and led well. Guzan doesn't inspire me tbh. Fullbacks played well and Weiman looks a handful.

A potentially tricky game but we did the job. Winning becomes a habit.

[JJ-AV]

Last night was better than the early round league cup games under MON.

A few players who are knocking on the door of the first team, a few first teamers sprinkled through the side and a couple of reserves. Whereas with MON it'd be 10 reserves and Sidwell.

We played really well, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[john e]

Forgive my ignorance, but. What is Wiemanns position ?  Centre Forward, attacking midfield, in the whole between, or are we still finding out what's best

[Walmley_Villa]

Striker