Aston Villa vs Queen's Park Rangers - post match thread

[Michel Sibble]

Is it safe to look now?

[manic-road]

Don't know if I'm happy getting a late point or pissed off letting in three against QPR at home and only drawing.

Good job Benteke is on fire for the run in.

[Nev]

Every point is precious.

[villadelph]

Good god.

Terrible officiating. Kieran stay home. I love you Benteke. Jack phenomenal. Sanchez, we wear red pass to it.

Onwards and upwards.. after my heart attack.

[olaftab]

Well a win would have been nice but draw is ok as it keeps the distance between us and QPR. It's going to be tough.

[Goldie.7]

Predicted a draw but really bad defending and a very poor second half has cost us, gutted for Benteke because he was outstanding.

[Archie]

Benteke 3 QPR 3.
If we had Messi and Ronaldo in the team we would lose 10-9.

[The Left Side]

Richardson and Bacuna should be nowhere near the defence, I'd rather Baker back there or play 3 at the back and pack the midfield. What happened to the Carlos Sanchez we bought in August? Thank God for Benteke, but still depressing that we are in the state we are in.

[pauliewalnuts]

A point is better than nothing, but yet again, that's just not good enough from us.

To have the first half we did, only to create that situation for us towards then end, is utterly unforgiveable, it really is.

This really doesn't look very clever now:

15   Sunderland   31   -20   29
16   Aston Villa   32   -22   29
17   Hull   31   -14   28
18   QPR   32   -20   26
19   Burnley   31   -23   26
20   Leicester   30   -20   22

[garyshawsknee]

Bloody hell that was tough. Playing two non full backs nearly cost us, thank god for the big man. Not just an important point, but the fact they missed out on two. A point on Saturday would do nicely.

[mrastonvilla]

Tim Sherwoods lack of changes during games has cost us points again here

[fbriai]

If we don't go down, we'll end up 17th. Whatever happens, something has to give over the summer. We can't keep going to the well.

[stevo_st]

Needed the 3 points and should have taken them.

[PaulWinch again]

Good god.

Terrible officiating. Kieran stay home. I love you Benteke. Jack phenomenal. Sanchez, we wear red pass to it.

Onwards and upwards.. after my heart attack.

Jack phenomenal really? I thought he was pretty poor and Cole had much more of an impact when he came on.

[supertom]

Decent game. End to end. Frenetic pace. Very entertaining for neutrals I'd imagine. For us? A bloody heart attack waiting to happen.

Benteke was back to his very best. If we stay up it may well come down to that free-kick. Brilliant. If he plays like this for the last 6 games we stay up with space to breath.
Gabby was up for it today.
Delph did okay.
Grealish impressed me. Cole did okay when he came on too.
Vlaar did okay on his return, though he still seems to struggle up against Zamora when he backs in. Thankfully though, Zamora runs out of steam on 60 minutes.

Sanchez was okay at times but his ricks stand out. He got caught cold too often and it could have cost us.
Richardson had a torrid game. I'd say it was down to fitness, but honestly, he's not very good any more and he's never looked that fit since being here. I think he's a significant weakness at LB.