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

[saunders_heroes]

Things could get a whole lot worse tomorrow night if liverpool win.

What's that got to do with anything?

[pauliewalnuts]

Things could get a whole lot worse tomorrow night if liverpool win.

What's that got to do with anything?

It is his ongoing struggle to find the biggest low he can in the situation.

[saunders_heroes]

We definitely need to get our two fullbacks fit. Bacuna and Richardson couldn't defend for toffee.
I lost count the amount of times Sanchez lost the ball. Losing possession so easily and so much is one of the main reasons this team loses so many games.
Two wins a a draw will probably keep us up.

[curiousorange]

Whatever Sherwood brings to Villa, I'm not sure I like the fact his old assistant bested him tactically. If we'd got a better choice of defenders, I think we'd have two more points now, but we don't, so Sherwood has to do sensible things with limited options. In the second half Ramsey made simple but effective changes and caused us to look very flat.

[CT]

Went through some emotions tonight!

Just wanted to congratulate their No. 7, I'm assuming it was Ronaldo as that was who Richardson made him look like. I'll be happy not to see that chump playing in a Villa shirt ever again.

Not a Cleverley fan but thought he had a great game tonight.

This is going to Burnley at home. Better get the tickets now and book some time with a psychotherapist.

[PeterWithesShin]

We definitely need to get our two fullbacks fit. Bacuna and Richardson couldn't defend for toffee.
I lost count the amount of times Sanchez lost the ball. Losing possession so easily and so much is one of the main reasons this team loses so many games.
Two wins a a draw will probably keep us up.

I mentioned earlier it was like he turned into NRC. Won the ball a lot, promptly gave it back away a lot.

[clash city rocker]

Comedy  defending means we are still stood on the trap door..Benteke, Delph and Clark are good players.The rest of them are championship standard.

[ktvillan]

Easy with hindsight but why play Richardson instead of Lowton. Phillips is renowned for his pace.

I think you've answered your own question there - Lowton is slower than Barry on a canal barge.

[tomd2103]

Good first half followed by a struggle in the second.  It's very concerning that we've scored three goals at home against one of the poorest sides in the league and haven't won the game.  Richardson struggled defensively all game and him being beaten by the same trick led to their second and third goals (didn't warrant him being booed).  When Sanchez tires he becomes a liability in midfield and needs to go off, yet neither Sherwood or Lambert before him seem to have worked this out. 

Onto Sherwood and I think he has to take some blame tonight.  Getting the ball up early to Benteke worked in the first half, but when they brought Henry on, him and Sandro just stood in front of Benteke, meaning we couldn't get the ball up to him and pretty much every one of Guzan's kicks landed on one their heads.  It became very congested in the middle, leaving a lot of space out wide.  Bacuna got the ball on a number of occasions in their half, but was totally isolated and had noone to pass to.  I think he should have either put Grealish out wide in a 4-3-3 or brought N'Zogbia on to stretch them a bit.   

[Salsa Party Animal]

Who is responsible for our defending coaching. Let hope Chris Ramsey tell Tim Sherwood to fix the fecking defense by dropping the players. I would stick with Hutton, Okore, Clark and Lowton for back 4 for rest of season (fitness/suspension permitted)

[Legion]

Just got home thanks to Legion. Well, that was interesting. On the one hand i'm pissed off we didn't win, on the other i'm relieved we didn't lose.

First half we played some lovely stuff going forward, unlucky to be only 2-1 at HT. Even then though it was obvious Richardson was getting roasted. Second half we were all over the place. So many problems were of our own making. Sanchez did the best NRC impression i've ever win. Win the ball, give it away, win it back again. Benteke showed what we know he can do, top class at times.

Disappointed that Sherwood couldn't see the weakness of Richardson and change it. Even more disappointed in The Holte. Richardson had a mare, but really, booing your own player each time he gets the ball? Fucking wankers.

Agreed.

Exciting end to the season, isn't it?

Spoiler for Hiden:

Not a chance. Give me mid-table Premiership security any day. Especially for the 2015-16 season.

[LTA]

We definitely need to get our two fullbacks fit. Bacuna and Richardson couldn't defend for toffee.
I lost count the amount of times Sanchez lost the ball. Losing possession so easily and so much is one of the main reasons this team loses so many games.
Two wins a a draw will probably keep us up.

I mentioned earlier it was like he turned into NRC. Won the ball a lot, promptly gave it back away a lot.

Sanchez is truly awful.  He makes Sylla look world class.

[old man villa fan]

Everybody has their own opinion of a match but the first 5 or 6 pages of posts after the game are usually all over the place with many posters seemingly having their own agendas on poor performances. Sorry but that is how I see it.

It was essential that we did not lose tonight.  A win would have taken a lot of pressure off us but mistakes cost us.  We are really struggling with injuries and Sherwood is just about putting out a competitive team.  It is showing in available substitutes.  It was crying out for somebody to replace a tiring Grealish and grab the midfield and pull it together or even Sinclair to take the game to QPR again in the 2nd half.  The legacy of Lambert is that we do not have that battling midfield player in the club.

We need Clark to go the next two matches without a booking as he has been one of the few players that has shown the determination to not give up.  We can all come up with formations when there is nothing riding on it but the manager has to make the decisions and live or die by them.  The 3 players he replaced had to be replaced.  Grealish had run out of steam physically and mentally as shown by his lack of positional discipline, Bacuna was injured and Cleverly was also tiring which was probably due to not being fully match fit.  Others could have been replaced but those 3 were clearly the obvious ones.  We could have gone 3 at the back but it is a formation we have not tried for a long time.

Every point is vital for us and every point dropped by the other teams at the bottom is the same so I am not too disheartened by the result, particularly as we could easily have folded after their third goal.

[Legion]

Went through some emotions tonight!

Just wanted to congratulate their No. 7, I'm assuming it was Ronaldo as that was who Richardson made him look like. I'll be happy not to see that chump playing in a Villa shirt ever again.

Not a Cleverley fan but thought he had a great game tonight.

This is going to Burnley at home. Better get the tickets now and book some time with a psychotherapist.

I mentioned similar weeks ago on here. Last day of the season. Winner takes all. Draw is not enough for either team and loser goes down.

[saunders_heroes]

I'm starting to warm to Grealish as well now. Still a bit too casual but he turns away from defenders like they're not there and creates space. I'd start him at Spurs.