The not quite so mighty-anymore Aston Villa vs Swansea Post Match Thread

[GarTomas]

Didn't do enough to win.  Neither did Swansea.

[Toronto Villa]

We looked pretty good. Created a shed load of chances, just a shame we couldn't finish one.

Not too disheartened, just feel a bit shit.

We did? 7 shots, 2 on goal isn't a shed load. Man City with 43 shots today = shed load. It would have been nice to have got to 5 shots on target.

[Tuscans]

Well that was rather disappointing and puts us right in the shit again. We looked flat for so much of the game and gave Swansea way too much time. I really thought we would get into them but they really are very good at controlling the pace of the game and keeping the ball. Fuck me as the kids would say...

We're not right in the shit again. It hasn't changed from last week. All we need is for Sunderland and Hull to lose.

Agree

[Monty]

It looked like a decent midtable contest today. We weren't very good, and they were better. Not much to fault Sherwood on (although I'd have rather seen Gil come on - did Weimann do anything at all?), but that high line did kill us in the end, as they got in behind once too many. The high line is necessary if you want to play on the front foot at home, though, so it's just one of those risks.

Not such a bad performance or a terrible result - Swansea are a good team, and they can play with the psychological freedom which comes with knowing you've nothing much to play for. The real shitters were the defeats to Stoke and Newcastle, and sacking Paul Lambert about a year too late. If we go down it won't be because we lost to Swansea, it'll be because of everything which came before.

[Tuscans]

We looked pretty good. Created a shed load of chances, just a shame we couldn't finish one.

Not too disheartened, just feel a bit shit.

We did? 7 shots, 2 on goal isn't a shed load. Man City with 43 shots today = shed load. It would have been nice to have got to 5 shots on target.

C'mon though, this season that is a bloody shed load.

[villa_cads]

A missed opportunity,  could easily have gone the other way had we taken our chances. Not totally inconsolable,  this is the reality of actually trying to win a game, sometimes we're going to lose.

[OCD]

Sinclair needs to take the half chances that come his way.

That or play people in when they're in a better position. Not been impressed with him in either of the last 2 games.

That ref was fucking shit today. At least the other results largely went in our favour.

[Tuscans]

Not a disaster and the hardest test in Sherwoods very short reign.

I think 0-0 would of been fair but just that tiny bit of quality and luck wasn't with us today.

One thing for certain though is I'm not as depressed as I was losing under Lambert.

[VillaBoy_23]

Fucking garbage and anyone who says anything else is deluded

[supertom]

Unlucky really. Draw would have been fair. Both teams went for it. Swansea were technically better, but of course that shows the benefit of building an ethos over such a long stretch of time and bringing in the right players to do that.

Delph was immense. Clark was good.
Bacuna struggled today. He hasn't had to face anyone quick and direct in the last couple of games. Today he really struggled. I think we'll see Hutton go back to the right as soon as we've got an option on the left again. Hutton I thought did okay on the left.

Benteke was disappointing and a bit whiny. Zogbia was our most lively player first half.

My biggest disappointment today was Sinclair. He did everything right until the final decision. He wasted our best opportunities IMO. Twice he should have picked out Benteke but didn't. He was obviously intent on scoring against his old club, but unfortunately for us, he didn't. He's got to learn that if the simple pass is on, he should make it rather than trying to get a shot away from a tight angle or position.

Performance was okay. Result very disappointing. Saying that, had Bony played for them we might have got battered but we really are down to the bare bones defensively. With that in mind the players have coped quite well of late.

We've got to dust ourselves off and move onto the next games. We do have some options though, so TS can switch things around up top if needs be. I'd drop Sinclair and give Grealish or Gil a start next time. He'll offer a little more composure.

[Tuscans]

Fucking garbage and anyone who says anything else is deluded

Boo

[Goldie.7]

We kept making the wrong decisions for all the chances we created. I thought Bacuna's crossing was awful, a point would of been a decent result, losing late on again is annoying though.

[Meanwood Villa]

Not a disaster and the hardest test in Sherwoods very short reign.

I think 0-0 would of been fair but just that tiny bit of quality and luck wasn't with us today.

One thing for certain though is I'm not as depressed as I was losing under Lambert.

Deja vu

[VillaBoy_23]

Boo you too. Thought we were very poor and created very little.

[clash city rocker]

Just let's say we aren't out of the shit yet..3 mins to go and the goal we conceded was pretty defendable..ffs villa use you fuckin brains.