Cardiff City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[curiousorange]

Do people agree Westwood was very good second half. He never gets the credit when he plays well

He was poor first half but that's because the team was set up to be as unhelpful to him ad Delph as possible

He did okay. Second half does not make up for being ineffective in the first.

[saunders_heroes]

Ben Turner, "we have to beat teams like Villa".
Fuckin hell that's a Cardiff City player saying that.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Gabby and Benteke were so poor. Arguably why we didn't win.

[hartman_1982]

That was a chastening experience.  The skill level on display was pitifully low.  Could have nicked it at the death but for a world class save but in the first half alone Cardiff hit the woodwork twice, had a pen shout turned down and had a goal knocked off for offside.

We improved in the second half but once again we only turned up for less than half a match so we can't have any complaints about not winning it.

Is this a joke? They had a goal ruled offside because he was offside by a country mile. One decent effort that hit the outside of the post, a ridiculous attempt that hit the bar after it took a huge deflection and went about 40 ft in the air and a half arsed penalty appeal. We should have had six in the second half. Talk about bloody doom and gloom!

[olaftab]

Do people agree Westwood was very good second half. He never gets the credit when he plays well

He was poor first half but that's because the team was set up to be as unhelpful to him ad Delph as possible

I  agree and hopefully Lambert knows where to start against Norwich.

[tomd2103]

Ben Turner, "we have to beat teams like Villa".
Fuckin hell that's a Cardiff City player saying that.

He's a local lad isn't he?  Sounds just like the kind of thing a nose would come out with.

[PaulWinch again]

1 point from West Ham at home and Cardiff away is a terrible return.

And yet we're still 11th, 5 points clear of relegation, with only 12 to play.

Yeah but it's still a terrible return from the last two games and if you want to look at next 12 games if we keep that record up we'll have 6 more points. I don't think we will by the way, but statistics across the seasons aren't relevant to now.

[andyh]

Oh and I've love Ben Turner as competition for Vlaar and Okore, he was exceptional and his positioning was brilliant.

Probably a game in a million?
If he were that good every week, they wouldn't be in the shit they are in.

[Morten]

Much better second half, thanks for that. Especially Westwood improved, he seemed much more confident. Terrible miss by Gabby after a clever flick from Benteke. Weimann so unlucky, their keeper made a save of the season contender. The second half proved that Cardiff are not very good when you press and try to force errors from them. Tonights results (if WBA loose) give me a little more confidence concerning relegation. Hope Vlaar stays fit.

[supertom]

Do people agree Westwood was very good second half. He never gets the credit when he plays well

He was poor first half but that's because the team was set up to be as unhelpful to him ad Delph as possible

When he plays well the team plays well. In the first half he got no help from the team, in the second half they apparently tried a bit and, bo and lehold, Westwood gets better.

He did. But he's got to do it more. He has to start dictating games against better sides. Cardiff were awful, and missing Whitts a lot too. He keeps them ticking. Westwood can't just appear for the odd half here and there. He's got to do it every week, or he'll find himself playing Championship football. He goes hiding to much. Second half he was always there for the ball, always wanted it and always looking to be incisive with it. Keep it up and we'll look better as a side, and he'll get a bit more praise too.

[Walmley_Villa]

Ben Turner, "we have to beat teams like Villa".
Fuckin hell that's a Cardiff City player saying that.

He's a Nose!!

[hartman_1982]

Gabby and Benteke were so poor. Arguably why we didn't win.

I love Gabby but he was poor today and god knows how he didn't score. I thought Benteke did well second half, his movement was very good and if a simple pass had been played to him he could have had 3 or 4.

[saunders_heroes]

Ben Turner, "we have to beat teams like Villa".
Fuckin hell that's a Cardiff City player saying that.

He's a local lad isn't he?  Sounds just like the kind of thing a nose would come out with.

Yeah, I think you've hit the nail on the head there.

[curiousorange]

Thing is, if a point against Cardiff and a five point gap on the Boggies, combined with a team trip somewhere sunny gets us three wins in the next twelve games, I can live with not putting the game to bed.

That's probably also because I won't have to worry about football this weekend.

[eastie]

Another game of 2 halves but we should have won in the 2nd half - a draw is better for us than them though .