Aston Villa v Rotherham United Match Thread

[Smirker]

Okore has looked good again. This lad is gonna be class for us I'm certain.

[Tuscans]

Gabby could be on about 20 assists by the end of the season.

[not3bad]

Bloody hell!  No half time banter and puns from AVTV!?  This free subscription sucks!!!

[eric woolban woolban]

Whens the draw?

After the Morecambe - Newcastle game, live on Sky.

Blose at home is my guess.

[Matt Collins]

Are we almost the antithesis of where we were this time last season?

- dangerous in attack when we were blunt
- weak in possession when we passed it nicely (at times)
- better in defence when we were awful
- really hard to play against and pouncing on sloppy passing when we were very easy to play against

That's too simplistic I know. I'm hoping that its early season rustiness that means our passing isn't at it's best. Other sides seem similarly affected. The new footballs look like £2 balls from the garage which may not help.

[pauliewalnuts]

Crikey, we've done well to go into half time two up having been under the cosh for most of the match, and with them creating the best chances.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Ha! We've struggled to string passes together, relying solely on the counter attack. We're playing at home, Chris Paulie. Rotherham have certainly created the better chances, had morew corners and sadly look far more fluid than we did for the first 30 minutes.

Do you really think that?

They've had a bit of joy down Bennett's flank, but that's about it.

I thought they moved the ball around well, created space and put plenty of balls into the area. Certainly looked like at team that knew what they were doing. They've also had a bit of joy down Bacuna's flank.

[Ian.]

Second Round of the Cup and we have a nearly full strength team out. Much better way to do a Cup Competition.

give it a rest

What's up with you? What have I said wrong?

[Monty]

It's still worrying that we can't break them down when they pack defence. Liverpool or Rotherham, we lack the socalled cutting edge.

[Lamb_Stockmix]

"If you just walked into this ground in the last couple of minutes you would not know which of these is the Premier League team..."

You could say the same about Villa Park for the first 30 minutes.

The first 30 minutes? Ha ha ha, yes, ok.

You think we're playing well?

There's a difference between not playing particularly well and being unable to tell which is the League One side, though, Risso Mark.

Oh, yes, playing so poorly, we're two up.

Ha! We've struggled to string passes together, relying solely on the counter attack. We're playing at home, Chris Paulie. Rotherham have certainly created the better chances, had morew corners and sadly look far more fluid than we did for the first 30 minutes.

Total bollocks.

[paul_e]

"If you just walked into this ground in the last couple of minutes you would not know which of these is the Premier League team..."

You could say the same about Villa Park for the first 30 minutes.

The first 30 minutes? Ha ha ha, yes, ok.

You think we're playing well?

There's a difference between not playing particularly well and being unable to tell which is the League One side, though, Risso Mark.

Oh, yes, playing so poorly, we're two up.

Ha! We've struggled to string passes together, relying solely on the counter attack. We're playing at home, Chris Paulie. Rotherham have certainly created the better chances, had morew corners and sadly look far more fluid than we did for the first 30 minutes.

That's nonsense, we've been a bit ropey with some misplaced passes and Pringle has looked pacey and direct for them but we're 2 up without really having to do that much, and our fitness will be better in the 2nd half, they've worked their balls off in defence and are still 2 down.

[LeeS]

Benteke is unstoppable.

Any chance someone could PM me with a link, please?

Cheers Smirker and ViD

[ozzjim]

We are 2-0 up, and have looked much more the likely to score when going forward. I have watched from about the 20th minute, and thought we just looked like a Prem team doing their job against a weaker side. Contain, score when need/ the mistake is made. A bit like putting the bad ball away for 4, we just look like we have waited and hit them when they have gone to sleep.

[pauliewalnuts]

What are these better chances that Rotherham created?

[not3bad]

Second Round of the Cup and we have a nearly full strength team out. Much better way to do a Cup Competition.

give it a rest

What's up with you? What have I said wrong?

I was wondering that.