Aston Villa v West Brom Post-Match Thread

[Pat McMahon]

Had a quick on some other teams Other Games,the general consensus was that we were absolutely dire!! I was quite shocked because I thought we played some nice football especially in the first half,we're not kidding ourselves are we.Practically every forum said the same.

It's the image we've got from the past few years. And as has been said many times before, we're too big to be patronised and not big enough to be respected.

General opinion over here is that it was an average game for a neutral. We played better in the first half but hardly made Foster work. Albion were better for than us for the first 25 minutes of the second half and then we upped our game and the final 15 minutes were exciting.

Fans of other teams here tell me we look competent on the ball but have little incision and our defence looks creaky. They all agree we look miles better than last year but hink we will be 14-16th and Bent will be our saviour. They acknowledge how far we have fallen in two years.

Generally this seems  fair comment to me.

[Mortimer's Bear]

As an aside, does anyone know the chap who sells the selection of largd Villa badges opposite the church (just before the bridge)? They're about 10inches big and presumably plastic or acrylic, I noticed some up on the wall behind the bar in the adventurers and thought they looked smart and would adorn my living room.

[alteavilla]

the standout difference between the 2 teams was albion were physically much bigger and stronger on the ball than us,but full marks to villa for effort and keeping going to the end