Aston Villa vs Sunderland Post-Match Thread

[SamTheMouse]

Blimey, after the eye-bleeding bollocks served up by McLeish and Lambert in recent seasons, I'm a bit surprised at the way people are laying into that performance. I thought it was OK!

[passitsideways]

Either Veretout needs to settle in fast, or Westwood has to get better when he has the ball in advanced positions. He was decent overall and it's good to see him getting into such positions, but we really needed him to bury that chance which Gestede laid onto him. Gueye looks a quality player, but it's not his game to go looking for goals; same with Sanchez, who broke up play very well.

Gil showed some good signs when he came on; Bacuna was largely wasteful; Amavi terrifies me but I suppose it's in a good way; Clark and Gestede were disappointing. I wonder if Sherwood was seriously thinking about another change - Ayew, Kozak, Veretout?

[Boz]

No excuses.  Not beating Sunderland at home is totally unacceptable.  It says a lot that even with the amount of work done in the Summer that we are still well short.

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[A|C]

We could and probably should have won this game easily.  We had some really good moments particularly in the first half where we could have scored plenty but again we failed to capitalise. 

There were however several times where they could have scored and we were lucky to get away with it.  I honestly believe that we should have replaced Guzan, he doesn't command the area or in my opinion give the defenders any confidence.   

Both a defender and goalkeeper should be brought in before the close of the transfer window.

[Tuscans]

A point on the board. We don't know if the flu bug was still in some the guys out there today and with Grealish not playing who lets be honest is our most creative force then I'll take that. Any other day I think we would of put 4 past them, Micah should of put one away.

Evolution not revolution.

[mr underhill]

we had key players out but should have won. Unless we have our strongest side out week in week out we are in for a long slog. More needed before the transfer window slams shut!

[Dave]

No excuses.  Not beating Sunderland at home is totally unacceptable.  It says a lot that even with the amount of work done in the Summer that we are still well short.

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[Smirker]

We battered them. Plenty of positives.

Sanchez, Gana and Amavi all excellent. I agree with Matt about Gestede.

We are not going to be in a relegation scrap based off of this match, we played very well.

[Quiet Lion]

Poor home record continues.

We really should have won that game

[villadelph]

Why does it seem like a few changes by the opposition manager seems to turn the game on it's head?

[Axl Rose]

I thought we played well. Lack a bit of class up front, but not too disappointed.

[Toronto Villa]

What we don't know from today is how much the sick bug affected us and who was good enough to start. We've not had much luck on that front so far this season.

[dicedlam]

Negatives:
Gestede is not the answer.
Gil should of been on from the start and not Bacuna.

Positives:
Sanchez and Ghana look good together.
Sinclair should now be Agbonlahor's replacement permanently.

[villadelph]

Is Gestede better than Kozak? I feel Libor is far and away better with his feet and certainly plays stronger.

[Tuscans]

No excuses.  Not beating Sunderland at home is totally unacceptable.  It says a lot that even with the amount of work done in the Summer that we are still well short.

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