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

[Ozzjim]

We miss Westwood terribly. Sanchez always has a moment of madness in possession, Westwood is much steadier. Indeed Lowton at left back and Westwood in the side and I think we would have won it last night. If we survive the midfield are needs a couple of bodies.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't think I've ever seen a Villa team give the ball away as much as this one does. Sanchez is the worst culprit. He's such a frustrating player - he wins the ball then loses it and we're back to square one again. Meanwhile you tear your hair out watching it in the stands.

That's exactly it. You really want to like Sanchez, because he does do lots of good things - the tackle-pass which led to Benteke's second was great - but he then goes and messes it up again. Perhaps next year he'll be able to cut those out. We'll see.

I agree.

Sometimes he looks technically excellent but you get the sense he's never far from dropping a bollock.

I think it may be a confidence thing.

[saunders_heroes]

A complete new midfield in the summer please!

[simon ward 50]

Watch Richardson here. Especially in the replay shot. Look at Richardson's position, lack of attention, and gaping space at the far post. Pathetic.

https://vine.co/v/eBMuzOuKqzO

If he had been on the post he could have stopped that goal!

[Monty]

I wouldn't mind one or two new full-backs, a new centre-back, a new defensive midfielder and two new attacking midfielders to be honest. There are more weak links in this Villa side than any I can think of since Randy took over.

[curiousorange]

You can see why teams used to play long-ball. Getting a decent midfield is harder than it seems.

[saunders_heroes]

Only just seen Austin's foul on Richardson from last night. Lucky to not get a red for that.

[OCD]

Do we use man-marking, zonal or a mixture at corners. I don't like not having players on the posts. Having a couple on the posts can be good for stopping a few goals over the course of a season and we would have presumably won that if we had done it yesterday.

[curiousorange]

Only just seen Austin's foul on Richardson from last night. Lucky to not get a red for that.

He's a dirty bugger, or as Talksport would undoubtedly have it, "an honest pro".

[ADVILLAFAN]

Only just seen Austin's foul on Richardson from last night. Lucky to not get a red for that.

Add that to the fact that he should have been booked in the first half for deliberate handball.

[CT]

I like to see Refs let the game flow but he never got a grip last night and missed some really blatant fouls.

[curiousorange]

I like to see Refs let the game flow but he never got a grip last night and missed some really blatant fouls.

He was woeful. The only good thing he did was play on for Benteke's second. And as for his linesmen? They need to be shown what a foul throw looks like.

[saunders_heroes]

Only just seen Austin's foul on Richardson from last night. Lucky to not get a red for that.

Add that to the fact that he should have been booked in the first half for deliberate handball.

Spot on. He practically caught the ball, and that is deliberate. He should have been yellow carded. The ref let them get away with murder last night.

[Dave]

Only just seen Austin's foul on Richardson from last night. Lucky to not get a red for that.

Add that to the fact that he should have been booked in the first half for deliberate handball.

Spot on. He practically caught the ball, and that is deliberate. He should have been yellow carded. The ref let them get away with murder last night.

Deliberate handball isn't an automatic yellow card. I didn't see the one last night (so have no opinion on whether Austin's should have been or not), but it depends on the context as to whether it's a caution or not.

[supertom]

We were very wasteful in attack. Other than benteke I'm struggling did green have any real saves to make ?

Twice from Grealish , his freekick and from Benteke's cross into the box.

And another run and shot from Grealish, though the save was fairly routine.