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

[Dave]

It was definitely deliberate. I'm pretty sure both his hands were on the ball and he almost caught it.

It's not a case of non-deliberate handball = no yellow card and deliberate handball = yellow card.

The rules are non-deliberate = no infringement and therefore no free-kick, and deliberate = direct free-kick and yellow card if the referee deems it appropriate.

[rob_bridge]

No Delph was ball watching and lost his man, Guzan would of been in no mans land if he came because Zamora's cross had some bend on it, this all came because Richardson didn't block the first cross, then Bacuna with one of the worst clearing headers you'll see fluffed it, then Delph was miles away

Mistakes are costing us big time. If we did just the basics last night properly we would now be 3 points better off.

I thought it was poor team goal to concede.

[tomd2103]

No Delph was ball watching and lost his man, Guzan would of been in no mans land if he came because Zamora's cross had some bend on it, this all came because Richardson didn't block the first cross, then Bacuna with one of the worst clearing headers you'll see fluffed it, then Delph was miles away

Mistakes are costing us big time. If we did just the basics last night properly we would now be 3 points better off.

If you factor in the mistakes against Stoke and Swansea, we'd be even better off. 

[aev]

Ben Foster's brain fart gifted us 2 points though.

[Goldie.7]

Good point Tomd

[silhillvilla]

Guzan doesn't look the commanding figure of the last 2 seasons at the moment. Personally, I'd be more confident with Shay during the run in

I like Given in the sense he really shouts and organises the defence. His experience could prove invaluable in the run in. Guzan should not be undroppable .

[ADVILLAFAN]

The worry about Given is that he is very poor from crosses, which is particularly worrying when we play big teams.

He's a great shot-stopper though.

[Percy McCarthy]

No Delph was ball watching and lost his man, Guzan would of been in no mans land if he came because Zamora's cross had some bend on it, this all came because Richardson didn't block the first cross, then Bacuna with one of the worst clearing headers you'll see fluffed it, then Delph was miles away

Mistakes are costing us big time. If we did just the basics last night properly we would now be 3 points better off.

Two.

[PeterWithesShin]

No Delph was ball watching and lost his man, Guzan would of been in no mans land if he came because Zamora's cross had some bend on it, this all came because Richardson didn't block the first cross, then Bacuna with one of the worst clearing headers you'll see fluffed it, then Delph was miles away

Mistakes are costing us big time. If we did just the basics last night properly we would now be 3 points better off.

Two.

He may mean 3 on QPR, we'd have two extra and they'd have one less.

[Goldie.7]

No Delph was ball watching and lost his man, Guzan would of been in no mans land if he came because Zamora's cross had some bend on it, this all came because Richardson didn't block the first cross, then Bacuna with one of the worst clearing headers you'll see fluffed it, then Delph was miles away

Mistakes are costing us big time. If we did just the basics last night properly we would now be 3 points better off.

Two.

He may mean 3 on QPR, we'd have two extra and they'd have one less.

This. 

[Villa Lew]

Going into the last 6 matches of the season, if we were to lose Benteke through injury for the rest of the season, then considering the goal threat from the rest of the squad is virtually zero, we are almost certainly doomed.

[PeterWithesShin]

You could say the same for QPR and Austin, Burnley and Ings, Sunderland and Defoe.

[Dave]

You could say the same for QPR and Austin, Burnley and Ings, Sunderland and Defoe.

Quite - our second highest scorer this season has scored more than the second highest scorer for any of the teams around us.

Not that our scoring record is something to be boasting about.

[UK Redsox]

Guzan doesn't look the commanding figure of the last 2 seasons at the moment. Personally, I'd be more confident with Shay during the run in

Guzan may have failed to come for one cross last night but Given has a career long reputation of not dealing with them well.

However, Brad can't kick for toffee. As much as I dislike the tactic, its no wonder that Lambert and now Sherwood have encouraged the split centre halves tactic to give him a short kick or easy roll out.

the problem is that this means that the midfielders have to drop back a bit as well

[PeterWithesShin]

It's bizarre as his kicking used to be pretty good in the past, this season it's been awful though.