Aston Villa v Southampton Post-Match Thread

[Irish villain]

Anyone know where I can get 40,000 $ signs before next Tuesday?

Great idea.

[FrankyH]

If Halsey had made the same decision at old trafford against a man u player he would be officiating in the festival league next week.

[PGW]

We dont want him in the Festival league...thank you very much!!!

[oldham_villa]

This is a brilliant article that sums everything up. Please take the time to read it.

http://howtosolveaproblemlikeastonvilla.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/how-to-solve-problem-like-aston-villa_13.html

You can contact the author on twitter @Alex_Berwick

Good read that.

Excellent stuff IMO.

[martin o`who??]

Regarding the wonderful Mr Halsey, I dont know why we were all so wound up about it, its not the first time he`s fucked us over, and it sure as hell wont be the last.

[PaulWinch again]

Regarding the wonderful Mr Halsey, I dont know why we were all so wound up about it, its not the first time he`s fucked us over, and it sure as hell wont be the last.

I blame to player more than the ref.

[paulcomben]

I hate the Mail, but fair play for this line: "Mail on Sunday: In the week Lionel Messi's brilliance won him another Ballon D'Or, Aston Villa furthered their claims to the Barn Door, such is their current inability to hit one."

[pauliewalnuts]

Regarding the wonderful Mr Halsey, I dont know why we were all so wound up about it, its not the first time he`s fucked us over, and it sure as hell wont be the last.

I blame to player more than the ref.

We had three or four chances to stick the ball out of the ground and into the grounds of Aston Hall before he gave that penalty, and took none of them.

He's a shit ref, but the defending prior to it was absolutely comical.

[Top Cat]

I hate the Mail, but fair play for this line: "Mail on Sunday: In the week Lionel Messi's brilliance won him another Ballon

D'Or, Aston Villa furthered their claims to the Barn Door, such is their current inability to hit one."

That made me laugh even tho I Know it shouldn't.

[PaulWinch again]

Regarding the wonderful Mr Halsey, I dont know why we were all so wound up about it, its not the first time he`s fucked us over, and it sure as hell wont be the last.

I blame to player more than the ref.

We had three or four chances to stick the ball out of the ground and into the grounds of Aston Hall before he gave that penalty, and took none of them.

He's a shit ref, but the defending prior to it was absolutely comical.

Yep and Steven's initial touch that led to the pen being a possibility was criminal. He showed yesterday that he is a very very poor player. In fact both our left backs have shown this week that they're not up to it.

[ozzjim]

The pen was Delph's fault for looking up and twatting it, full belt into Stevens 2 yards away. Of all the places, having looked.

But Halsey is a twat, and fucking well hates the Villa. He has for years, and years and years. 3 minutes in I said to my wife we will lose by a dodgy pen as it is Halsey, could only be worse if it was Dowd.

Overall I was heartened by them showing fight as I have said, and though Delph did well next to Westwood, and Bannan did well further forward and made things happen for us. That should be the way we go, because the rest can't create at all.

I also agree with Percy re playing a front 3 of Benteke Bent and Weimann is the way forward. Benteke and Weimann wide of Bent.

[Lamb_Stockmix]

The pen was Delph's fault for looking up and twatting it, full belt into Stevens 2 yards away. Of all the places, having looked.

But Halsey is a twat, and fucking well hates the Villa. He has for years, and years and years. 3 minutes in I said to my wife we will lose by a dodgy pen as it is Halsey, could only be worse if it was Dowd.

Overall I was heartened by them showing fight as I have said, and though Delph did well next to Westwood, and Bannan did well further forward and made things happen for us. That should be the way we go, because the rest can't create at all.

I also agree with Percy re playing a front 3 of Benteke Bent and Weimann is the way forward. Benteke and Weimann wide of Bent.

Benteke wide? Urgh no thanks.

Gabby would be better wide.

[curiousorange]

'Villa did play energetically and saw a late flurry create a header for Nathan Baker that hit the bar, but for the majority of the game it was piecemeal and frustrating. In flashes there were pelting runs that excited the crowd but no end product.'
This bit is so bad,I doubt you know what it means.

I don't know what to tell you Bert, other than my pieces are edited before they get posted by a paid editor. If they saw nothing amiss then I tend to go with them. I can see what you mean but it says exactly what I meant at the time so I stick by it.

As for Hawkeye's comments, I'll just have to live with the fact he doesn't rate me. Sob.

[Steve R]

It's worth a thought. Benteke is a good forager, but streaky in front of goal. If we are going to play the ball up to him from distance he would either be competing against a full back or drawing a centre half away from the middle.

[Pat McMahon]

'Villa did play energetically and saw a late flurry create a header for Nathan Baker that hit the bar, but for the majority of the game it was piecemeal and frustrating. In flashes there were pelting runs that excited the crowd but no end product.'
This bit is so bad,I doubt you know what it means.

I don't know what to tell you Bert, other than my pieces are edited before they get posted by a paid editor. If they saw nothing amiss then I tend to go with them. I can see what you mean but it says exactly what I meant at the time so I stick by it.

As for Hawkeye's comments, I'll just have to live with the fact he doesn't rate me. Sob.

Curiousorange, I read your report last night and thought it was a good read. I wasn't at the game so can't really comment on how accurate a report it was but it came across as thoughtful and intelligent. Definitely not badly written in the eyes of this amateur.

One point re the penalty from me - I don't blame Halsey at all, I blame the player. When I saw him saying "I didn't dive" on MOTD last night I took that as a sign of him not wanting to get booked for diving, not as an appeal for a penalty. He definitely dived though.