West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

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The way they were carrying on at the end and in the train station you would have thought they'd won a cup.

The Villa fans waiting at the Metro were showering them with snowballs. Childish, but amusing.

[olaftab]

Talking about their supporters I mentioned this briefly yesterday. I was sitting in the East stand in their so called posh seats with 4 other Villa fans. There was a group above us sitting in seats in front of their  hospitality box. They  gave us shit as we celebrated both goals. That's fair enough however they were absolutely horribly racist towards Benteke and N'Zogbia through out the game. It was stuff like  "watch that nigger" "stop that fuckin monkey"  and "get up you black ****" when Charles had studs planted in his shin at halfway line.
When you consider their history and th player mix in football these days, even ignoring decent human values, I would have  thought they would be better than that.

[Herman]

They are a nothing club with nothing fans

[Archie]

For the first goal, Westwood was skinned far too easily for the cross that led to Lukaku's lay-off back for Brunt. An example of the clear lack of physical presence in our squad compared to most of our rivals.

True. But also a lack of experience. We miss some experienced players (Parker and Lescott?)  who can encourage and tell the others what to do when we are under pression. In this situation we immediately panic, we keep throwing long balls  and the opponents'goal it's only a qustion of time.

We also suffered when Delph came out as he was playing strangely well, one of the best  performances with the claret and  blue shirt for Fabian.

Being a fan of P.L. I am surprised and obviously disappointed for the total lack of any form of defensive organization.

It's quite clear that our midfield is too weak for the Premier League standards, even if in the 1st half this was  hided for the (strangely) fine performance of Zog in the hole.
Even if we can score as we have quality upfront, we can't keep the result.
If we want to avoid relegation I thnk we need two experienced midfielders and one defender at least. 

And I am disappointed by the total lack of any form of defensive organization. We have a lot of quality upfront, but our midfiled is too weak for the Premier League standards, even if in the 1st half this was  hided for the strangely fine performance of Zog in the hole. If we want to avoid relegation I thnk we need two experienced midfielders and one defender at least.     

[Ron Manager]

My cousin rang me last night.He watched it on Fox USA. He said they showed Steve Clarke with his eyes closed for about 10secs.He also said the Yanks described Bentekes goal as 'pretty'.

That made me laugh.

The Beeb showed minimal highlights. They didnt show the two chances Agbonlahor had in the second half one of which I thought from my position he should have converted . My mate took the opposite view.

As Newcastle have slid down the table to join the happy throng its everything to play for, not much in it up to Southampton.

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We can take a lot of confidence as well as a point from that.

[ChrissyPrice]

I reckon everybody up to Norwich is still at risk.

[tbiddulph]

Well its a point - we are out of relegation, for now.  There was some excellent play in the first half. Nice to see N'Zogbia performing well alongside Delph, pity about Delph's injury and Lambert's need to rest N'Zogbia as we seemed to lose our fizz after that and the opposing team sensed it. I thought Albion took their goals well and attacked well in the latter part of the second half . It was always going to be a tough match.

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If only Lichaj had buried that chance.

[Mortimer's Bear]

If only Lichaj had buried that chance.

Or pulled it back to Benteke.

[Clampy]

If only Lichaj had buried that chance.

Just after that chance, i turned to my mate and said 'i hope that don't come back to haunt us'. In the end it did. Looking at it again last night, he should have buried it.

[JUAN PABLO]

Well its a point - we are out of relegation, for now.  There was some excellent play in the first half. Nice to see N'Zogbia performing well alongside Delph, pity about Delph's injury and Lambert's need to rest N'Zogbia as we seemed to lose our fizz after that and the opposing team sensed it. I thought Albion took their goals well and attacked well in the latter part of the second half . It was always going to be a tough match.

I wouldnt never have said this two weeks but keep Delph and Nzog fit and start them for each game and we have a chance of staying up and sell Holman to forest please.

[JUAN PABLO]

If only Lichaj had buried that chance.

Or pulled it back to Benteke.

or Gabby putting a simple ball to Charlie who was one on one with the goalie

[PeterWithe]

The worrying thing is that when we play badly we get stuffed, when we play well like yesterday we still dont win.

[Mortimer's Bear]

The worrying thing is that when we play badly we get stuffed, when we play well like yesterday we still dont win.

The problem yesterday was we started the second half defending much deeper, inviting the Albion on to us. If we can translate the first half performance into a 90 minute performance, we will win more than we lose.