WBA v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Jimbo]

Incredibly naive team selection and strange tactics from Lambert, but I'm glad he had the guts to finally make the necessary changes. Until the subs we were utterly dire. I think the enthusiasm of Gabby, and his understanding of what a derby match really means, helped to galvanise us in the second half. I'm thankful for the draw, and full credit to the players for pulling it back. But the complacent attitude prior to the fight back still worries the hell out of me.

[john e]

In the first hour when no one looked very good, Sylla and Tonev stood out as being even worse than the rest
Not wishing to write anyone of to soon but I really don't think they are premier league players

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and I love Ron Vlaar, he's got a great attitude and has been excellent this year.

[Taylor]

I'm sure this has been said before but how many times do we give possession away from a throw in?

[Legion]

Oh and I love Ron Vlaar, he's got a great attitude and has been excellent this year.

Definitely.

[mr woo]

Well done lads, well done Lambert. Subs made the difference.

Happy with the draw, especially from 2 down.

Lots of negatives but can't be arsed with that for now, other than to say it proves our squad is not strong enough and you cannot play Benteke/Kodak without wingers.

[jeowje]

Thrilling comeback, some very poor football at times, Benteke kept giving the ball away and then just holding his hands up and stopping still rather than try to win it back. He needs a goal.

[Morten]

Oh and I love Ron Vlaar, he's got a great attitude and has been excellent this year.

I agree, he has been really good.

[DB]

Just shows what a bad team selection he made. As mentioned by others, some of our players do 't look good enough at the mo. Good to shut the Tesco bags up though - great support.

[glasses]

Some thoughts

Long was man of the match, by a country mile.

Behind our first choice, we have some poor players. If only they'd have had more than half hour in them.

Benteke needs a goal

Tonev is awful.

Gabby is crucial to us, and Weimann makes us look much better too.

Two good goals from our much maligned midfielders made up for being dominated by Mulumbu and Yacob in the first half.

[PeterWithesShin]

Oh and I love Ron Vlaar, he's got a great attitude and has been excellent this year.

Definitely.

He can't be. He's the worst defender ever. Then again, Delph is the worst ever player in Villa history. And Benteke is a donkey.

*Waves to our absent friend*

[Legion]

They. Not We. They.

[CJ]

Oh and I love Ron Vlaar, he's got a great attitude and has been excellent this year.

Agreed - and I think we'd be much better defensively if Okore was alongside him, with Baker and Clark as fall-back rather then (enforced) first choice

[JUAN PABLO]

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 

didnt weimann set up KEA

[Tom_Mc9?]

It's good to see us getting more goals from midfield this season. We're a far more solid unit than last season and that's good to see.

The less said about the first hour the better. Baker, Bacuna and Sylla all had bad games.