WBA v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[barrysleftfoot]

 Our 2 goal scorers were probably our worst 2 players, but i'll take that.Need to be more positive in possesion.And we are only any good when we play at a high tempo.

 I would have took that at H/T so that'll do.

[Legion]

Fuck me - talk about getting out of jail. Relief doesn't begin to describe it

Exactly.

[Yossarian]

Boing, boing. :-)

[olaftab]

Just leaving the ground. Well done Vilka boys more later

[darren woolley]

I'm also happy with a point we played better in the second half.

[Boz]

Two of the players a lot of the posters wanted off, saved the game, while of the three players they wanted on, only Gabby did anything of note. Just shows it's easy being a keyboard manager 

[Jon Crofts]

The substitutions were the turning point although 2 of the starting 11 scored, great finishes for all 4 goals.  Why can we not play for 90 minutes still?

[hilts_coolerking]

Got to be happy with a point after the first half showing.  We brought some good players on and we played much better.  Less than happy with giving ourselves such a mountain to climb.  We couldn't have do with another couple of first-team ready players.

[supertom]

As said. A carbon copy of last seasons game but this time the Baggies let the game slip. They should have been 4-0 up by the time KEA scored.

Fucking dire. I'm not gonna pretend Westwood and KEA are suddenly good enough. I don't think they are for this level. Sylla hasn't lived up to the promise of last season, and certainly his on the ball ability, which needed to improve, hasn't.

Benteke needs to hit form quick, because we're struggling all too often in front of goals. It fell nicely to us a couple of times and we got a result, but that might not always happen.

The difference for me today was taking off 3 players who at this current time are not premiership quality, and replacing them with 3 players who are. Simple as that really.

The starting 11 was bloody awful.

Baker is a nightmare waiting to happen. Bacuna was disappointing.

For me Vlaar and Clark did well today. Vlaar just about held it together single handed at times. Guzan was okay. Gabby and Weimann were lively when they came on. Delph was energetic. Everyone else was bobbins. Tonev started brightly, but he always fades. He's got one trick in his locker and a shoot on sight policy. Full have his number pretty early and he has no answer.

[bertlambshank]

We still don't have a squad good enough which is a worry,but a good point non the less.

[Matt C]

Never ever give up.

[paulcomben]

That will do wonders for our young and inexperienced team's confidence. We are far less naive and far more gutsy than last season. And what a hit by Westwood for his first Villa goal. Outside of the foot rasper right into the corner.

[PeterWithesShin]

As said. A carbon copy of last seasons game but this time the Baggies let the game slip. They should have been 4-0 up by the time KEA scored.

We could have scored before as well. Let's not forget the Myhill saves or hitting the crossbar.

[Rudy65]

That will do.

[PeterWithesShin]