Aston Villa v West Brom Post-Match Thread

[Yossarian]

Just got in. Was very impressed with Holman, he has a great engine. KEA did all the little things right and is very astute. Bennett I'm not sure about and I thought he was at fault for their goal. Benteke had a poor game; he had the first touch of Heskey and his decision making was not up to scratch.

[Louzie0]

The thing about this season we are going to win, lose or draw games we don't expect to. Now and then we'll even win, lose or draw games we expect to.

1 win in 6 so far.  Any chance we could win a few more games, whether we expect to or not?

Yes, I'm sure we will

Bound to, according to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle.

'The more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known, and vice versa.[1]
(Werner Heisenberg, 1927)

Substitute 'player', 'pass', or even 'Villa in the Premier League table' for 'particle' and Toronto's point is proved. QED.

My point exactly. Sir, I see you too have read The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

The graphic novel version had me hooked. By the way, I'm female - er, I button my shirts the other way - but we scientists are above such mundane distinctions, I'm sure.   

[Somniloquism]

My point exactly. Sir, I see you too have read The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

Sir? Louizie0? Well I do wonder how manly she does look as she doesn't seem to get many takers on here. <wink>

[Matt Collins]

Kea had a 90% pass success rate and I think he did well

Delph was 93%

Also, I really think Morrison is an excellent player and would very much like him at villa

[Whiney MacWhineface]

The thing about this season we are going to win, lose or draw games we don't expect to. Now and then we'll even win, lose or draw games we expect to.

1 win in 6 so far.  Any chance we could win a few more games, whether we expect to or not?

Yes, I'm sure we will

Bound to, according to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle.

'The more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known, and vice versa.[1]
(Werner Heisenberg, 1927)

Substitute 'player', 'pass', or even 'Villa in the Premier League table' for 'particle' and Toronto's point is proved. QED.

*claps*

We were alright, even very good in parts. Good spirit. Woefully toothless though. Which is a bit of a worry?

Btw, read recently that some scientists think the Uncertainty Principle is bumkum, but the same can be said of my opinion when it comes FTP football.

[Somniloquism]

Just got in. Was very impressed with Holman, he has a great engine. KEA did all the little things right and is very astute. Bennett I'm not sure about and I thought he was at fault for their goal. Benteke had a poor game; he had the first touch of Heskey and his decision making was not up to scratch.

Not sure what Bennett could do. He had to front up the attacker coming in with the ball, and Morrison made a very good run. (Just a shame Lowton didn't stop a second earlier.). From that point onwards it was all down the the central defenders.

[Louzie0]

My point exactly. Sir, I see you too have read The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

Sir? Louizie0? Well I do wonder how manly she does look as she doesn't seem to get many takers on here. <wink>

*looking for a picture of WonderWoman in her earthbound identity of labcoat and glasses*

[Toronto Villa]

The thing about this season we are going to win, lose or draw games we don't expect to. Now and then we'll even win, lose or draw games we expect to.

1 win in 6 so far.  Any chance we could win a few more games, whether we expect to or not?

Yes, I'm sure we will

Bound to, according to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle.

'The more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known, and vice versa.[1]
(Werner Heisenberg, 1927)

Substitute 'player', 'pass', or even 'Villa in the Premier League table' for 'particle' and Toronto's point is proved. QED.

My point exactly. Sir, I see you too have read The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

The graphic novel version had me hooked. By the way, I'm female - er, I button my shirts the other way - but we scientists are above such mundane distinctions, I'm sure.   

My sincere apologies madam. Yes, in the arena of science we are all scientists devoid of gender distinction

[Yossarian]

Just got in. Was very impressed with Holman, he has a great engine. KEA did all the little things right and is very astute. Bennett I'm not sure about and I thought he was at fault for their goal. Benteke had a poor game; he had the first touch of Heskey and his decision making was not up to scratch.

Not sure what Bennett could do. He had to front up the attacker coming in with the ball, and Morrison made a very good run. (Just a shame Lowton didn't stop a second earlier.). From that point onwards it was all down the the central defenders.

Hard to say as I haven't seen any replays but at the time I felt he gave him too much space.

[Toronto Villa]

My point exactly. Sir, I see you too have read The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

Sir? Louizie0? Well I do wonder how manly she does look as she doesn't seem to get many takers on here. <wink>

Yeh, screwed up, but it could have been bloke called Louie. I'm massively clutching at straws right now.

[nick harper]

I know he divides opinion but we'll look better at the back when Dunne returns. The defence lacks experience. Long gave Clark the runaround - he really struggles at times and we get opened up far too easily.

Can't fault the spirit of the side and the substitutions were good and gave us momentum.

We actually looked more threatening when we went a bit direct - sometimes feels like we overplay in our own half.

[LeeB]

We're playing the right way, everyone's getting some games and we'll just get better the more we play together.

The way we're trying create angles and the movement of players, in particular how a player is moving after he's passed the ball is going to bear fruit.

[CJ]

Good derby game I thought. Either side could have won it but we were finishing in the ascendancy and thought we were going to nick it. Point each was a fair result on balance of the game I guess.  The substitutions changed the game and for me the 11 that finished for us should be the starting 11 next week, with the possible exception of Delph for CNZ

Much debate on Radio WM on the way back about the relative merits of Bent/Benteke/Gabby and whether Lambert had made the wrong choice for who started today.  For me I was more concerned with our MF when I saw the starting line up, and thought a fairly lightweight midfield of Holman/KEA/Delph/Albrighton would struggle against a fairly well-drilled Olbyun 5 midfield, and I think periods in the game reflected that, with them seeming to find players in space in MF fairly easily. Be interesting to see who he puts there next week

[Louzie0]

The thing about this season we are going to win, lose or draw games we don't expect to. Now and then we'll even win, lose or draw games we expect to.

1 win in 6 so far.  Any chance we could win a few more games, whether we expect to or not?

Yes, I'm sure we will

Bound to, according to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle.

'The more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known, and vice versa.[1]
(Werner Heisenberg, 1927)

Substitute 'player', 'pass', or even 'Villa in the Premier League table' for 'particle' and Toronto's point is proved. QED.

My point exactly. Sir, I see you too have read The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

The graphic novel version had me hooked. By the way, I'm female - er, I button my shirts the other way - but we scientists are above such mundane distinctions, I'm sure.   

My sincere apologies madam. Yes, in the arena of science we are all scientists devoid of gender distinction

Accepted.  See you at the beach party er symposium on the 'goal potential of Brownian Motion in the 18 Yard Box'.  With beer and sandwiches.

[SoccerHQ]

I know he divides opinion but we'll look better at the back when Dunne returns. The defence lacks experience. Long gave Clark the runaround - he really struggles at times and we get opened up far too easily.

Can't fault the spirit of the side and the substitutions were good and gave us momentum.

We actually looked more threatening when we went a bit direct - sometimes feels like we overplay in our own half.

I agree. Dunney has his faults and a Vlaar-Dunne combo does look pretty pedestrian but he will at least organise the back 4 a little better.