Tony's Tweets

[VillaAlways]

We have been terribly unlucky so far.  Sorry but we have. With a small amount of luck going our way we would be 4 points at least better off.

Shore up the midfield at 2-1 up rather than leave 4 forwards on and you make your own luck RDM has cost of points with his (lack of) tactics

[not3bad]

The luck will even itself out which is why I feel pretty confident. On another day we would have been home and dry even if we had conceded a 2nd goal.

[olaftab]

We have been terribly unlucky so far.  Sorry but we have. With a small amount of luck going our way we would be 4 points at least better off.

Shore up the midfield at 2-1 up rather than leave 4 forwards on and you make your own luck RDM has cost of points with his (lack of) tactics

Yes he messed up there however it was RDM who by bringing on  Gestede caused enough panic in Forest defence to give us two quick goals.

[paul_e]

I get the idea that luck doesn't exist and I think it's partly true, good luck doesn't happen very often in football.  Bad luck however happens far more regularly.  Their guy who went off injured had bad luck, it was a nothing challenge that you run off 99 times in a hundred.  Gollini going off after being kicked in the chest coming for a ball he didn't need to worry about (because it was already offside) was bad luck (although on that subject if you're late and catch someone like that anywhere else on the pitch it's a booking so not sure why there wasn't a talking to at least).  I think Ayew getting a yellow today is very unlucky because you'd expect the ref to book their player who walked away from the throw in to clearly waste time.

[olaftab]

Huddersfields goal was fucking lucky.

No it was sheer incompetence by Gollini.

[Des Little]

That game should have been shut out at 2-1. That's not luck, it's naive management. I absolutely hated it, but had the role been reversed, you can bet your life they'd have been up to all sorts to close the game down and seal the win. I don't approve of it but we need to find a nasty streak.

[olaftab]

what about if you shin the ball and it goes in of the post

I think we scored one like that once a long time ago

No that was superb play all around to carve open opposition defence and they were nearly lucky that out forward made an imprecise  final contact.

[Pete3206]

Huddersfields goal was fucking lucky.

No it was sheer incompetence by Gollini.

If memory serves, he made a number of very fine saves. We should have been out of site before his blunder

[robbo1874]

Altogether now... My old man...

[OCD]

I think there's a quality goalkeeper in Gollini. Look at how De Gea started his Man United career and what he's become since. It may be exaggerating the point to compare those two but I think there may well be parallels there.

[Pete3206]

I think there's a quality goalkeeper in Gollini. Look at how De Gea started his Man United career and what he's become since. It may be exaggerating the point to compare those two but I think there may well be parallels there.

Plus, he's 21 and been with us for all of 5 minutes.

[ozzjim]

Huddersfields goal was fucking lucky.

No it was sheer incompetence by Gollini.

If memory serves, he made a number of very fine saves. We should have been out of site before his blunder

It was poor, but not incompetent. He connects well enough, and again, 9 times out of 10 it goes anywhere but in the goal.

[pbavfckuwait]

Well if Dr. Tony is impatient, let us appreciate the difference in being impatient and acting accordingly after a given amount of time, we cannot have it both ways, if RDM cocks up shall we give him a contract extension, been down that road have we not.

[Clampy]

Well if Dr. Tony is impatient, let us appreciate the difference in being impatient and acting accordingly after a given amount of time, we cannot have it both ways, if RDM cocks up shall we give him a contract extension, been down that road have we not.

It depends on what you call a given amount of time.

[ozzjim]

I think you have to give RDM until Christmas before judging him. The loss off Jedinak and Tshibola has hurt in the last few, and Adomah will bring us much more balance too.