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

[DrGonzo]

OK I have had a moment to breathe and, if I can refrain from screaming about that useless prick 'playing' at left back, we were the best team for 60 minutes.  N'Zogbia in that form means that Gabby can play in the same role as Keane is at the moment. Ireland was excellent, his awareness and touch are something we have lacked for a long time, he even allows Stan to make the odd pass forward! Clark, given a regular start for the rest of the season, looks to be a natural replacement for Barry.  Bent will continue to score. These are positives....YAY!!

[Seb_AVFC]

I thought we were quite wasteful in attack. Ireland's ball for the 2nd was class tho.

[Kingthing]

I've felt the most despondent I've felt for ages after Sunday and at 2-0 down I was on my way to the gas oven. I'm just happy we showed some bollocks, played well and didn't loose, even if it was only QPR.

MOTM - Petrov for me.   

[bertlambshank]

''For the love of god,why does he pick me every week.''

[Mark Samuels]

Whisper it, but with a proper defence we might be OK. Eventually. Bloody awful for 30 minutes. Bloody unlucky in the end.

[Villanation]

''For the love of god,why does he pick me every week.''

Its me eyes, its me eyes, I can't see

[Dave Cooper please]

Just shows how far down our expectations are when we are lauding a 2-2 draw at home to promoted QPR.

I don't see anyone lauding the result, but it was a decent performance, we created plenty, on another day would have had at least one penalty and stuck a couple of those chances away.
It wasn't a relegation performance apart from our bloody calamitous defending...again!
We'll be fine.

[ozzjim]

OK I have had a moment to breathe and, if I can refrain from screaming about that useless prick 'playing' at left back, we were the best team for 60 minutes.  N'Zogbia in that form means that Gabby can play in the same role as Keane is at the moment. Ireland was excellent, his awareness and touch are something we have lacked for a long time, he even allows Stan to make the odd pass forward! Clark, given a regular start for the rest of the season, looks to be a natural replacement for Barry.  Bent will continue to score. These are positives....YAY!!

Gabby can't play the role Keane is at all though. Gabby would have to be shoved back in somewhere, but Ireland would more than likely play the Keane role and Gabby wide left, thus shoving NZog wide right. All wrong. Gabby for me, would have to be a sub, and come on with half hour to go and work his way back in. The idea of him dictating a game the way Keane did second half is never going to happen.

[pauliewalnuts]

Warnock wasn't the only one at fault for that goal.

Dunne also played a part.

[Billy Walker]

Its pretty obvious now that we have more than enough attacking ability.

Ireland is one of the best players in the league on current form and N'Zogbia looked the player we bought tonight.

Keane has added some guile to our play and Bent is always a threat. Add to that lot Gabby.

Clark and Petrov look good in the middle together too.

All of that means very little with the current piss poor excuse for a defense though. We will be lower mid  - mid table at until we replace at least Warnock, Hutton, Collins,

The whole defence are all capable of dropping clangers and they are also the main reason why we are no longer in the FA Cup.  For senior pros, I have not come across a bigger bunch of headless chickens.  If McLeish can sort out that whole unit in the summer with younger, faster, hungrier, more talented footballers then it will be very good indeed.  Not too much to ask!

[paulcomben]

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[kippaxvilla2]

That's Dunne looking fit, imagine him in July.

[Boz]

And by the way can Pat Murphy stop sounding so frigin smug when we aren't winning.

He has always been the same, seems to delight in anti Villa comments

[PeterWithesShin]

I wonder if dazzyg spent the second half crying?

[Greg N'Ash]

Warnock wasn't the only one at fault for that goal.

Dunne also played a part.

Totally, the fat-arsed waster.