Aston Villa vs Burnley Post-Match Thread

[Godfrey Brian]

A better, if uninspired second half, but we are getting the ball into some dangerous positions in the box and just need to get the right players there at the same time.Gabby was better this week but ineffective. Agreed that their keeper was their man of the match.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Gabby stinks the team out and should be nowhere near the starting xi next week.

[silhillvilla]

Gabby stinks the team out and should be nowhere near the starting xi next week.

If we are sacrificing a striker for an additional midfielder / nr 10 I'd agree.
Bench him.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

The result obviously didn't matter, but I expected a better performance. Oh well!

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Reminded me of us at our peak under MON. Burnley came to stop us from winning and nothing else. Like MON's team at its peak, we found it very hard to get past 9 defenders. We had our chances and on another day we might've scored.

At least Arsenal won't defend with 9 men, they sometimes don't bother defending at all, let's hope it's that way next week!

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Gabby stinks the team out and should be nowhere near the starting xi next week.

If he could play football, he'd be a good player.

We was discussing today who Gabby would be playing for if he wasn't as fast as he is. Walsall was suggested.

[Monty]

Re Westwood, he makes a lot of surprisingly difficult things look very easy. Compare that to Gabby, who makes a lot of easy things look surprisingly difficult.

[Legion]

Gabby was similar to a headless chicken today.

[OzVilla]

Sherwood has done a terrific job to have put us in to the position to have been safe going into the final weekend and a Cup Final appearance.

However, every now and then he has the tendency to drop something tactically akin to a bloke down the pub managing the Vila who knows fuck all about football.

Today's team selection was one of those times. Baffled.

[Malandro]

We have a number of players who regularly fluff their shots. Surely Westwood, vlaar or n'zogbia can slam one in at Wembley...here's hoping.

[villan from luton]

Have to say I thought we were crying out for some more width. Gabby was running towards the ball and will be surprised if he starts next Saturday. I would start Hutton at right back as well

[villan from luton]

Have to say I was impressed with the Burnley keeper Heaton and the centre back Keane

[Ron Manager]

Agbonlahor must have something that impresses managers.I wish he would bring whatever he does in training onto the pitch so we the paying fans could see it for ourselves. Its N'Zogbia next to Benteke for me next Saturday. That worked well when we were winning.

[silhillvilla]

Gabby was similar to a headless chicken today.

That is his modus operandi though. Weeks of wilderness folly and then a big goal out of nowhere.

[silhillvilla]

Sherwood has done a terrific job to have put us in to the position to have been safe going into the final weekend and a Cup Final appearance.

However, every now and then he has the tendency to drop something tactically akin to a bloke down the pub managing the Vila who knows fuck all about football.

Today's team selection was one of those times. Baffled.

I think he wanted to keep the motor "ticking over" rather than leave it in the garage for a week prior to trying to fire it up next Saturday cold.