Aston Villa v Reading Post-Match Thread

[Summers]

Surprised people were flat. I was elated. Such a big win.

[NeilH]

Surprised people were flat. I was elated. Such a big win.

I'm elaflated. Elated that we got 3 points, but deflated about the real lack of quality we've got in midfield. Jan can't come soon enough for me.

[DB]

Surprised people were flat. I was elated. Such a big win.

I'm elaflated. Elated that we got 3 points, but deflated about the real lack of quality we've got in midfield. Jan can't come soon enough for me.

Yep, but ireland has to start. As with any young players, they may have the talent but the decision making at times was poor. How many times was a simple ball on but they tried the Hollywood ball up to the front 2? That may have been down to PL tactics too though. I would still drop Hollman and/or Bannan.

Is anyone in the treatment room going to be fit for Sat?

[LeeB]

Surprised people were flat. I was elated. Such a big win.

I'm elaflated. Elated that we got 3 points, but deflated about the real lack of quality we've got in midfield. Jan can't come soon enough for me.

Yep, but ireland has to start. As with any young players, they may have the talent but the decision making at times was poor. How many times was a simple ball on but they tried the Hollywood ball up to the front 2? That may have been down to PL tactics too though. I would still drop Hollman and/or Bannan.

Is anyone in the treatment room going to be fit for Sat?

Ireland came on and looked lively. So did Holman on Saturday.

We've got lots of players who look good for half an hour when the opposition are tired, but when they get the start they flatter to deceive.

[PaulTheVillan]

Bannan made too many mistakes early on. Mainly trying to pass the ball out of our own box. Sometimes the big smash down field is needed.

We need a real ball winner along side Ireland and Westwood IMO.

[andrew08]

The point about us beating Reading and Sunderland is a good one. Getting points against the bottom six is our route to getting up the table. It's an easy 36 points and if we can get 25-30 points from these fixtures it makes things so much easier.

[PaulWinch again]

Another concern was that Baker and Lichaj and to an extent Clark's distribution was fucking terrible. We can't afford that from 3 of the back 4. They should not be hoofing it, and it's notable that our couple of good chances came from the ball being on the deck.

We desperately need experienced quality in January or we're fucked. Ireland must play and Bent must be in the squad.

[midnite]

Huge sigh of relief at the win. Reading were utter dross. The frightening thing was we aren't far behind. Great delivery from Westwood for the goal.

Bannan was so frustrating last night. There were some wonderful passes going on. He would open up the defence and just ping a pass through. But for every great pass there were just as many wasted and shocking ones too. Ireland coming on for me really changed the dynamics of the midfield. Great movement and vision for some of his passes.

Weimann had a shocker too. His first touch was pub player quality last night. The trouble I think at the moment is playing our three strikers all at the same time and not having bent as a sub doesn't give us options off the bench

If bent isn't to play for us again any time soon then N'Zogbia can't come back quick enough. Having him start and maybe weimann on the bench gives us that option of changing tactics.

Glad we won, much needed result. But it wasn't a convincing win against a weak and poor reading side.

[LeeB]

I honestly can't believe some of the shite I've read on this board this morning.

I went last night, and came home happy seeing a very young side get a vital win under pressure, yet because we didn't rip apart a team one place below us we're going to hell in a handcart and the manager doesn't know what he's doing because he didn't pick someone who by conventional wisdom should play.

We fucking won.

[Ron Manager]

I prefered it when we had Big Ron or Sir Graham as manager you knew you could be in for some excitement both home and away.

But those days are far gone. We have a Chairman who makes less appearances than Howard Hughes and a manager who believes in the work ethic totally rather like Howard Wilkinson did and sod the skill.

All well and good if it works...but if it doesnt?

[LeeB]

I prefered it when we had Big Ron or Sir Graham as manager you knew you could be in for some excitement both home and away.

But those days are far gone. We have a Chairman who makes less appearances than Howard Hughes and a manager who believes in the work ethic totally rather like Howard Wilkinson and sod the skill.

All well and good if it works...but if it doesnt?

I loved the good old days too Ron, but I remember watching some shit in front of 16000 during those days as well, and not being able to score a goal for about 6 months in Ron's first year.

[NeilH]

I prefered it when we had Big Ron or Sir Graham as manager you knew you could be in for some excitement both home and away.

But those days are far gone. We have a Chairman who makes less appearances than Howard Hughes and a manager who believes in the work ethic totally rather like Howard Wilkinson and sod the skill.

All well and good if it works...but if it doesnt?

I loved the good old days too Ron, but I remember watching some shit in front of 16000 during those days as well, and not being able to score a goal for about 6 months in Ron's first year.

Yep and the Holte End singing ''we'll score again'' to Vera Lynn. I'm sure Mr Woodhall will confirm exactly how many games we went without scoring, but it was quite a few and I remember it becoming a running joke with the press.

[LeeB]

I prefered it when we had Big Ron or Sir Graham as manager you knew you could be in for some excitement both home and away.

But those days are far gone. We have a Chairman who makes less appearances than Howard Hughes and a manager who believes in the work ethic totally rather like Howard Wilkinson and sod the skill.

All well and good if it works...but if it doesnt?

I loved the good old days too Ron, but I remember watching some shit in front of 16000 during those days as well, and not being able to score a goal for about 6 months in Ron's first year.

Yep and the Holte End singing ''we'll score again'' to Vera Lynn. I'm sure Mr Woodhall will confirm exactly how many games we went without scoring, but it was quite a few and I remember it becoming a running joke with the press.

And the green sand!

[Risso]

I honestly can't believe some of the shite I've read on this board this morning.

I went last night, and came home happy seeing a very young side get a vital win under pressure, yet because we didn't rip apart a team one place below us we're going to hell in a handcart and the manager doesn't know what he's doing because he didn't pick someone who by conventional wisdom should play.

We fucking won.

Yes, which is lovely but we played fucking shite.

[MoetVillan]

I thought Bannan aside, we had a hard working team, that never gave up.  Centre backs played well against tough opposition.  We have to remember that Reading saw this as a winnable game, and how many saves did Guzan make?  And I thought Roberts was a nightmare to mark last night.  Midfield worked well, and Benteke and Gabby gave good outlets.  I thought Wiemann was a little unlucky not to score.  Great win in terms of what it does for confidence, two clean sheets, and builing a record.  thats what counts.  beat the team in front of you.  I thought we were much better in terms of quality against United, and ended with nothing.  Well done Villa.  And Westwood is our best player now over the past four games