Aston Villa v West Brom Post-Match Thread

[dave.woodhall]

Did any one else think Fosters antics were annoying and the fact the referee was reluctant to book him annoyed the f*ck out of me aswell!

He was only doing it to play to the crowd, the ref should've just booked him the 1st time and told him to stop being a twat.

Someone made the good point to me that he was timewasting when they were looking the more likely team to score so he may have done us a favour.

[Richard Richard]

Did any one else think Fosters antics were annoying and the fact the referee was reluctant to book him annoyed the f*ck out of me aswell!

He was only doing it to play to the crowd, the ref should've just booked him the 1st time and told him to stop being a twat.

Someone made the good point to me that he was timewasting when they were looking the more likely team to score so he may have done us a favour.

Thats a good point, he repeatedly slowed the game down for that 15-20 minute spell that they had, nice one Benjamin.

[django]

I also thought that it helped get the crowd going again which helped build the pressure on them.

[PeterWithesShin]

He also seemed to be doing it in the first half when it was 0-0.

[JingleJangle]

He also seemed to be doing it in the first half when it was 0-0.

Yeah i noticed that aswell just got frustrating when we had that spell after the 3 subs come on and we wanted to keep the game at that tempo and that bellend was fucking about in the 6 yard box

[kippaxvilla2]

That it has come down to us being pleased with a point at home to the Throstles shows how far as a club we have regressed in recent years.

Welcome back. I see you were quiet on Tuesday night. 

I am disappointed in you for that remark. 

What do you expect me to say - three cheers for the miseryarses?

No, just that I do join in with the good news sometimes, just I was washing my hair on Tuesday.  I have always attempted to call it straight in my view - when they play well, and when a touch of realism is required.

[peter w]

Quick Jar McGrath: spot on. Even if he didn't want to swing his left, Vlaar could have poked it out for a corner with his right. Your namesake would have back-heeled it to the half-way line of course.

The pace the ball was coming, the angle of the ball, the slide he had to put in meant that the correct decision was the one he took. Long was lucky. End of.

[olaftab]

Yes agree Long got lucky but I do think Ron was being too clever. It was a simple  touch for a corner and that's where the ball should have gone.

[The Left Side]

I watched the game and thought we played some good stuff, positives were the midfield and the way we played the ball around and kept possession. Benteke still needs time and hopefully with time he will be more Yorke than Heskey, Albrighton and Bent did well and Vlaar was a little unlucky for the goal but it is all positive. Shame we couldn't put more than 1 goal in but we would have lost this game a year ago.

[villa `cross the mersey]

That it has come down to us being pleased with a point at home to the Throstles shows how far as a club we have regressed in recent years.

Welcome back. I see you were quiet on Tuesday night. 

I am disappointed in you for that remark. 

What do you expect me to say - three cheers for the miseryarses?

I tend to agree with Kippax on this -Happy with a draw at home to the Baggies - ecstatic over a home win against Swansea - My god how low have we sunk?

For me the jury is out on PL - I shall reserve my judgement until seasons end - I still think we are looking at 3 poorer teams out there for us to survive. A mid week win in the League cup does not mean we are on the way up - a good as a result it was.

As it stands we have lost to West Ham and Southampton for goodness sake !

[Risso]

The worry is that after a relatively easy set of fixtures, we've only won one game.  It's alright playing better football if it leads to the results to keep us up.  I'm not sure the players we have, for all their youthful exuberance, are very good.

[dave.woodhall]

I tend to agree with Kippax on this -Happy with a draw at home to the Baggies - ecstatic over a home win against Swansea - My god how low have we sunk?

For me the jury is out on PL - I shall reserve my judgement until seasons end - I still think we are looking at 3 poorer teams out there for us to survive. A mid week win in the League cup does not mean we are on the way up - a good as a result it was.

As it stands we have lost to West Ham and Southampton for goodness sake !

Ten years ago we'd have been happy with a draw against Leeds, 15 years ago with one against Blackburn, 30 years one against Ipswich. Other teams do get better.

[PeterWithesShin]

The worry is that after a relatively easy set of fixtures, we've only won one game.  It's alright playing better football if it leads to the results to keep us up.  I'm not sure the players we have, for all their youthful exuberance, are very good.

Alternatively, you can look at it as we've lost 1 of our last 6. W3 D2 L1. These include a Swansea side who were flying, Newcastle away who are no mugs, Man City away and Albion, who much as it pains me, are full of confidence and looking a more than decent side.

We also lost all 3 of those league games last season.

[tomd2103]

I watched the game and thought we played some good stuff, positives were the midfield and the way we played the ball around and kept possession. Benteke still needs time and hopefully with time he will be more Yorke than Heskey, Albrighton and Bent did well and Vlaar was a little unlucky for the goal but it is all positive. Shame we couldn't put more than 1 goal in but we would have lost this game a year ago.

I have to disagree Left Side and think the midfield looks a little disjointed at the moment.  Can't fault the effort and commitment, but we give possession away a bit too much in there and tend to leave our defence exposed at times.  It is the area of our team that most concerns me at the moment and we might need to invest in January to strengthen that part of the team.   

[Matt C]

Enjoyed what will most likely be my first and only trip to VP this season. When you've been away from it a while the change is more noticeable, it'll take some time for the scars of the last couple of seasons to heal though. There's still a sense of anxiety about the place, evident when we went behind so all the more pleasing we rallied and got the equaliser. Holman the stand out player for me.