Aston Villa v Q.P.R. Post-Match Thread

[Greg N'Ash]

you've gotta say warnock's totally  unsighted for the own goal with lardarse obscuring half the skyline. He was still dire but meh, 50/50 at least between him and Dunne.,

[olaftab]

Well enjoyed that. From about 30 mins on we were fantastic. Playing from the back with Keane and Ireland threading some clever stuff. When N'Zog runs at players as he did in the second half he is fantastic. QPR got away with the luckiest point of their life. It was very very cold tonight but attendance at 32k better than I  expected.

[PeterWithesShin]

you've gotta say warnock's totally  unsighted for the own goal with lardarse obscuring half the skyline. He was still dire but meh, 50/50 at least between him and Dunne.,

Fun fact for the day.

Did you know that wherever you are on the planet you can still see part of Dunne's arse in your line of vision?

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

All the goals

I forgot how good out first goal was.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

you've gotta say warnock's totally  unsighted for the own goal with lardarse obscuring half the skyline. He was still dire but meh, 50/50 at least between him and Dunne.,

Fun fact for the day.

Did you know that wherever you are on the planet you can still see part of Dunne's arse in your line of vision?

Not if Warnock is standing in front of him.

[London Villan]

Sad thing is that the most motivated player on the pitch was a semi-retired 31 year old from Hollywood...

[KevinGage]

Warnock is a mystery to me.

I've seen some shite players at fullback, Bernie Gallagher (RIP) Dariusz Kubicki and Bryan Small were all infinitely inferior players.

But when Warnock is bad, he is woeful.  He showed character to come back after that brainfreeze mind.

Good to get something from the game bearing in mind the (non) start we had.  I'd quite happily see that entire back four dropped in the summer.  And when I say dropped, I mean by firing squad.

[Jockey Randall]

How did we not win that? That's twice we've played QPR this season and I still can't see why they're not bottom. They're absolutely atrocious. They didn't even deserve 1 let alone 2. Obviously Warnock had a shocker in the first half but as mentioned previously I think booing the guy is ridiculous and helps no one. I thought it was a bit out of order that no one went and gave him some encouragement as well.

We're really start to look like a good side going forward though. I can't believe Keane is wasting his time in the MLS, the guy still has so much to offer. He's really playing well at the moment, as are everyone outside of the defence. Let's hope we can keep it up when he's gone.

[Mazrim]

I dont care what anybody says, that was some of the best football I've seen at Villa Park in a long time.
If we could only start and finish games like that and cut out the .... *sigh* defensive abominations.
Even still (and I am so very fucking sick of giving teams 2 cheap goals in every game)I can hardly believe we didn't take all 3 points. We're having absolutely no luck at all this season.

Given 6
Hutton 7
Cuellar 6
Dunne 5
Warnock 5 (I actually felt sorry for him. He's having a mare)
Ireland 8 MOTM
Petrov 7
Clark 6 (he's a good player who had a couple of heavy touches, leave him alone)
N'Zogbia 7
Keane 7
Bent 7

Essentially I'm of the opinon I had before he game. We're a defensive shake up away from a bloody good side.
Getting Keane full time would be nice too.
I thought he's be a Deano type player for us and that's how it's turning out.

[dave.woodhall]

It was as cold as I can remember down the match ever.
If we didn't deserve at least one penalty there were 32k in the ground.
A draw was a good result considering they had the ref and we had Stephen Warnock.
We are, amazingly, starting to play in some entertaining games.

[Risso]

Like the Arsenal game, it was an entertaining game that we deserved more from than we got.  Keane and Ireland really are a class apart when it comes to vision and movement.

[JUAN PABLO]

This won't be popular but now I have calmed down (and I was fuming after half an hour), I will defend Warnock a smidgen.  The goal was an awful moment and following his skied cross and then the booing of his every touch, I was convinced he would be whipped off at half time for his own good as much as the team's.  But I actually thought he came out and had a very good second half and certainly tried his guts out.  It's no coincidence that he looks a little better away from home.  He's clearly nervous at Villa Park, no blame can really be attached to the fans as he has dropped some clangers on top of some controversial moments last year and he needs replacing, but I can't fault his guts tonight.

We were brilliant 2nd half, regardless of the opposition.  But it's impossible for that front four not to cause problems when in any sort of form.  We are going to miss Keane when he goes, he is a proper leader and inspires those around him to play better.  This side is as capable of producing the best attacking football we have played since the mid 90s if we can get them playing consistently and in the correct formation.  Unfortunately, it's tempered by some woeful defending and potential 2-0 wins are transformed in to high scoring draws and defeats.

We won't go down and as someone mentioned earlier, we might as well just throw caution to the wind and go all out attacking for the rest of the season.  The defensive issues are clearly not going to be resolved this season so perhaps McLeish has realised we might as well have a go.

he also gave the ball away with a dreadful pass and Villa never touched the ball again until QPR scored their first goal.

[JUAN PABLO]

One thing I do like about Keane . He's abit of leader out there , telling the players to pull their socks up , he never lets his head drop like alot of our players do ,  he's always on at them , wanting the ball .    He does lift the players and Ireland looks great with him .

[1_Pablo_Angel]

One thing I do like about Keane . He's abit of leader out there , telling the players to pull their socks up , he never lets his head drop like alot of our players do ,  he's always on at them , wanting the ball .    He does lift the players and Ireland looks great with him .

Yep. The only other player we have with that enthusiasm and natural self confidence is Bannan.

[Mazrim]

Sad thing is that the most motivated player on the pitch was a semi-retired 31 year old from Hollywood...

They all seem pretty motivated to me.