West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[exigo]

Better side throughout. Solid at the back, industrious in the middle, and just a Charlie Austin short up front.
Those losses at Sunderland and Norwich are the killer. If we'd have taken points, we'd have been a much better proposition for a potential new striker.

[PeterWithesShin]

Watched/heard nothing about the game apart from the BBC stats. 61% and 15 shots with 4 on target, with West Brazil having 4 shots and 0 on target. That looks like we were easily the better side, and they were a typical dour Pulis side.

[nick harper]

We've stopped conceding goals but that needed to happen in December.

He's improved our organisation. In normal circumstances a good away point but not enough for us now.

[Edvard Remberg]

But - come on - football goggles on - we are a much much better team, taking finishing out of the equation (yes I know it is important part of the game to score, but you build from the back, and in the end the goals will come)

[manic-road]

Easily the better team, desperate for some quality up front.

Albion were fucking atrocious and will go down.

[JUAN PABLO]

bunn - 6 nothing to do
Richards 6 did ok - could have seen red
Okore 6.5  did the job needed
Lescott 7   is getting better for us
Cissoko  6   defencely  he did great
Westwood 5 average - one decent shot going wide and a cross , not much else
Gana   6    average - sometimes does alright and other times just gives it away
Bacuna  2   - shooting and crossing - should be at peterborough
Gil     7.5  MOM   had a good second half
ayew 7     tries but a weak shot and a slip at the end was disappointing
kozak  6   couldnt get in the game but no one supported him

veretout -  not enough time - no idea why he didnt come on earlier
Gestede     oh well - crap at headers

baggies were truly awful. we have to be beating these teams but we just are not good enough
   

[Toronto Villa]

We should go for charlie austin..... Oh wait....

He was NEVER EVER going to join Villa. He played for a relegated team so why on earth would he even risk going down again?

[Billy Walker]

By far the better team there. A Naismith or Austin could make a real difference - roll the dice Villa, we can still pick up the points.

[supertom]

We gave it our all. Everyone worked hard. We just desperately lack quality and we're in desperate need of a new midfielder and a new striker. We need a predator.
Can't fault the effort but the quality wasn't there. No one epitomised this more than Bacuna. He worked very hard today. At times he did reasonably well, in others he just showed a shocking lack of ability. Awful shots, terrible set piece delivery. He can run all day and all night, he just can't do good things with a football at his feet. Westwood similarly played quite well but the fact is, his limitations as a player are there for all to see. Only Gana, Veretout and Gil look the part in our midflield. I thought Gil had an excellent game today.
Richards looked better at RB than he does at CH (no shit).
Okore was frightening at times, and in others looks like a rock.
Bunn isn't convincing but is better than Guzan (at this time).
Ayew never stops going but nothing quite came off for him today. But the lad needs help. We can't lay all the expectations on him to pull us out.

I guess it's 5 games unbeaten now. That's a positive and the players are starting to put a proper shift in now. But unless we sign some quality, we're not going to win games.

[SamTheMouse]

We dominated them, there was plenty of effort and organisation, and we just lack quality in the final third.

It's too little too late, but we're now unbeaten in five and have conceded just twice in those games. The defence looks much better, the midfield has more balance, we just can't get men into space in the box.

If nothing else, Garde has steadied the ship. We should have fucked Sherwood off and appointed Rémi in the summer, and we wouldn't be in this position.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's so rare a team can dominate a game the way we did today, especially second half and have so little goal threat.

Two massive points dropped today.

Oh and Albion are shocking to watch. Ugly would be a compliment for them.

[oldham_villa]

So dissapointed with Richards, time and time again he had the chance to attack down the right. He either did not move or just played the ball back inside.
One huge sulk.

I was going to post exactly the same thing. He appeared to shake his head when Garde took Gestede off for Veretout, showing a lack of respect.

Richards looked like he was playing in first gear. Lots in his locker, but he represents someone who simply cannot be arsed.

Garde was apparently going to bring him off, so he seems to have similar thoughts

[supertom]

We should go for charlie austin..... Oh wait....

He was NEVER EVER going to join Villa. He played for a relegated team so why on earth would he even risk going down again?

Absolutely. And apparently he's on a huge contract as well, which given his injury record is risky on Southamptons part.

[passport1]

Still 45 points to play for.

[Ajdainty89]

Still not convinced on Garde but I do see a more balanced style of play going on and a big improvement of drawing instead of loosing!

Although if we just had abit more quality in the final 3rd some of these draws would be wins.
The lack of ability to cross and get it passed the first man is shocking.

As for the game itself 0-0 against an 11 man back line was always going to be hard, so maybe it's best to focus that our defence has kept another clean sheet.