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

[Fin Feds Dad]

Woeful first half , far more like it second half.

Stephen Ireland is one of the most gifted footballers we have seen for a long time - it will be great when the others get close to his wavelength.

Petrov and Clark in the middle together can be too slow at times - would much rather see him at centre back and Bannan / Gardner starting in the middle.

Warnock - how much fucking longer - give Enda Stevens a go or there was no point in buying him.

Referee - missed at least 2 , maybe even 3 clear penalties. Another shit house.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

How did we not win that?!?!?!

I think I'm more pissed off tonight than Sunday's game. We battered them in the second half.

That is the best 45 minutes I've seen this season, and, I'd argue, many seasons. The attacking pay was fantastic and started from the back. Carlos and Dunne were as much a part of it as anyone else.

Welcome to the club Charles, more like that please.

I think a very special mention has to go to Robbie Keane. I wasn't so sure about him but I think it was an inspired signing. He's not the best player at the club, but the confidence he's got is immense and that's what makes him stand out. He hasn't had half a season to have the fans and team bring him down.

So, a big well done to McLeish I think.

As for Warnock. He needs to be dropped. I fail to see how Enda Stevens or the youth team left-back could be any worse. Such an awful player. He also had the chance to redeem himself in the end...and fluffed it.

I to think I was contemplating leaving after about 30 minutes...

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Stephen Ireland is one of the most gifted footballers we have seen for a long time - it will be great when the others get close to his wavelength.

I'm still concerned about how hard he tries. He does it when it suits him. There's a couple of moments were he's feigned to try, but hasn't really. One right at the end of the game as it was dropping down in the box, he just couldn't be arsed.

No doubting the quality, just needs to commit 100% all the time.

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Did anyone watch the game on TV and so had the benefit of replays? If so, were any of the million shouts for penalties actually penalties, because they certainly looked like it from where I was.

[pauliewalnuts]

Did anyone watch the game on TV and so had the benefit of replays? If so, were any of the million shouts for penalties actually penalties, because they certainly looked like it from where I was.

Yes.

[nick harper]

He almost did it against Everton and then succeeded tonight. I don't think I've seen a player fall apart so completely as Warnock has - it's like slow motion car crash that you can only watch through your fingers. On a human level I felt really sorry for him, as a Villa fan I can't remember being as angry with a player ever.

[pauliewalnuts]

I thought Ireland was immense, too. What a talent that bloke has. We played some excellent stuff in the second half, really, really good and he was right at the heart of most of it.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

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

Dunne also played a part.

Totally, the fat-arsed waster.

If you were at the game you could make a case that he galvanised the team. He brought the team forward many times in that game, especially the period before Bents goal.

Fat bastard yes, but he played his part tonight in getting us back in the game.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Did anyone watch the game on TV and so had the benefit of replays? If so, were any of the million shouts for penalties actually penalties, because they certainly looked like it from where I was.

Yes.

How many?

[pauliewalnuts]

Did anyone watch the game on TV and so had the benefit of replays? If so, were any of the million shouts for penalties actually penalties, because they certainly looked like it from where I was.

Yes.

How many?

All of them, I thought. Genuinely.

[Greg N'Ash]

Did anyone watch the game on TV and so had the benefit of replays? If so, were any of the million shouts for penalties actually penalties, because they certainly looked like it from where I was.

At least one was a stonewall. Would have been given at Old trafford or Highbury. In fact all of them probably would have.

[Tony]

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

Dunne also played a part.

Totally, the fat-arsed waster.

If you were at the game you could make a case that he galvanised the team. He brought the team forward many times in that game, especially the period before Bents goal.

Fat bastard yes, but he played his part tonight in getting us back in the game.

In terms of the goal, looking at the replay at half time Dunne jumps for a ball he has no hope of heading and Warnock then finds the ball landing on him, between them they should have seen it out but instead, between them, they give away an own goal.

[PeterWithe]

As bad first half as we were excellent second. We really did play some lovely stuff and all the players pulled their socks up and gave it a go, Petrov MOM for me by some distance.

Fair play to Hutton and Warnock, they were both fucking atrocious first half but neither hid from the ball and they showed some bollocks to take part in the come back. I'd still turn the pair of them into glue mind, but credit where its due.

Oh yeah, and fuck me it was cold.

[Tony]

Decent attacking performance and we are not hoofing it anywhere near as much as we once were. We should have won b ut some shoddy defending undid us.

Keane looks a step ahead of most of the team, quality performance from him.

Ciaran Clark had a bit of an off game, I wasn't surprised he was subbed.

Plenty of penalty claims, including one on N'Zogbia that anywhere else on the pitch the ref would have give for high feet but in the penalty area the refs seem to apply different rules for high feet.

[pauliewalnuts]

As bad first half as we were excellent second.

I actually thought we attacked quite well in the first half as well. It was just the defending that bollocksed it all up. Again. How many fucking times is that?

One bright side of the defence is that there's a lot less hoofing without Collins.