Aston Villa v Cardiff City Post-Match Thread

[UK Redsox]

I know that he made some mistakes but Tonev also put in some cracking crosses in the first half that neither Benteke or Kozak attacked.

I'm close enough to hear what Lambert is saying and he also admired Tonev's crossing.

I'm becoming concerned that the opposition tacticians have worked Benteke out. He doesn't seem to dominate in the air like last season and whenever he has the ball he's swarmed around.

[eastie]

Really think going forward to our best midfield is Sylla holding with Delph and Bacuna the two In front of him. Gabby and
One other either side of Benteke

Gabby needs  to up his game considerably to stay in the team in my view - he has been poor for much of this season .
I agree bacuna should step up to midfield and sylla and Delph should start .
The good thing is we do now have options whereas last season the bench was poor .
Bowery in my opinion offers little and iwould have liked to see Johnson or Robinson get the last few minutes today.
I would be happy to start at the Albion with tonev and bacuna .

                   Guzan

Lowton.    Vlaar.   Clark.    Baker/luna

        Westwood.    Sylla

 Bacuna.    Delph.     Tonev

                Benteke

[villajk]

We won because I had a pint of lager before the game.  I don't normally drink at home games but before the Man City game I had a lager to ease the pain.  Decided it was my duty to do so again.  Unfortunately, it looks like I'll have to keep this ritual up until we fail to win again at home.  Needs must and all that.

[Navin R Johnson]

Just home.   Sorry about the little boo at the half time whistle.   It just came out before I could stop it.

It is the second week in November and we finally get some width in our play.   Tonev was abreath of fresh air and a welcome relief from simply lumping it down the middle of the park.

My family and I all felt that Bacuna was the best of our buys when we saw him in the pre season in Germany and so he is proving.

I hope that Benteke is not developing Baros Syndrome, looking after himself ahead of a world cup.

[Ads]

Would you care to down four or five before ou next game please?

[Mister E]

Really think going forward to our best midfield is Sylla holding with Delph and Bacuna the two In front of him. Gabby and
One other either side of Benteke

Quite possibly although I thought Westwood played well today.

[Toronto Villa]

We won because I had a pint of lager before the game.  I don't normally drink at home games but before the Man City game I had a lager to ease the pain.  Decided it was my duty to do so again.  Unfortunately, it looks like I'll have to keep this ritual up until we fail to win again at home.  Needs must and all that.

It would be greatly appreciated if could begin to drink frequently before all games from this point on. Please also establish a correlation between units of alcohol consumed and goals scored. It will help down the road in two legged cup games.

[Mister E]

I know that he made some mistakes but Tonev also put in some cracking crosses in the first half that neither Benteke or Kozak attacked.

I'm close enough to hear what Lambert is saying and he also admired Tonev's crossing.

I'm becoming concerned that the opposition tacticians have worked Benteke out. He doesn't seem to dominate in the air like last season and whenever he has the ball he's swarmed around.

Benteke doesn't offload quickly enough, given that he is getting more attention from the oppo. And the other team members need to give him more support.
I liked the way that Kozak played the ball for other team-members well tofay.

[Legion]

We won because I had a pint of lager before the game.  I don't normally drink at home games but before the Man City game I had a lager to ease the pain.  Decided it was my duty to do so again.  Unfortunately, it looks like I'll have to keep this ritual up until we fail to win again at home.  Needs must and all that.

I saw my old school friend Stephen Dolan whilst selling Heroes and Villains before the match and we shook hands and had a quick chat. Every time this happens, we win. I hope he seeks me out more often and you neck a few more lagers!

[villajk]

Would you care to down four or five before ou next game please?

I'd spend the entire game on the loo.  Just the one will have to do.

[Chris Harte]

Would you care to down four or five before ou next game please?

I'd spend the entire game on the loo.  Just the one will have to do.

Yeah, but imagine the enormous satisfaction as we stick twelve up the likes of Arsenal.

Today? Well the first half was a non-event. We were frustrating for most of the game, but got the two goals.

On the positive side, Cardiff NEVER looked like extending our awful run of games at home without a clean sheet.

On a side note, I cannot remember a home game that wasn't a local derby that had so many and such a high profile police presence.

[Legion]

Category C+, I think. There were quite a few moronic members of the Villa idiots surrounded by police outside the away end just before kick-off. The Cardiff fans I encountered outside the ground before the match were all pleasant and friendly.

[UK Redsox]

My little 8 year old cousin was at his first game today. He had his face painted claret & blue and had a great time in the kids zone Pre-game. Hopefully it'll be the first of many trips to VP for him.

[danno]

Its a good job football is played on grass and not paper.

I honestly thought that Bellamy and Odenwingie would pose us more problems than they did.

Not entirely sure if big bad Brad had a meaningful save to make today.

[UK Redsox]

Category C+, I think. There were quite a few moronic members of the Villa idiots surrounded by police outside the away end just before kick-off. The Cardiff fans I encountered outside the ground before the match were all pleasant and friendly.

Even if I couldn't get them to part with £2