Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[paul_e]

On the whole we did ok...weak links were Gardner and our fullbacks.

and Gestede, easy to miss him though because his name barely got mentioned.

[Small Rodent]

Really enjoyed the second half. Very fluid.

Need a bit of steel in midfield.

Need to fucking shoot rather than look for the player who may be in the best position too.

Signed and sealed by non-Villa supporters in my local.

7/10

[Axl Rose]

Just get some new players by next weekend. Please rid us of Cissokho, Westwood and Bacuna.

You share my thoughts. Theyre absolute ******

[Pete3206]

Bacuna did fuck all. At least Westwood had a shot or 2 and yes, Gardner was poor.

[supertom]

I thought Dr Tony was exaggerating when he said we still needed 8 players. We may just.
First half was poor. Second half we improved but we shot ourselves in the foot.
Gollini played well but let himself down with a schoolboy error. I think we could do with a more experienced keeper to compete with him, should he make a habit of it. Bunn isn't that man.

Hutton and Cissokho need replacing.

If we're after Jedinak, he needs to come in pretty sharpish. Our midfield is crying out for a bit of quality and experience. Westwood won't do it as a starting player. He's okay as a back up. Gardner is far too slow. Tish looks decent but at the same time he made a handful of dreadful errors which might have cost us more. Again. Young, inexperienced. You don't want him starting every game just yet.

Bacuna I thought actually played quite well overall. I'd still like to see him replaced though.

Gestede will be fine as an impact player, but we need an out and out front man up to play ahead of RM, with a bit of pace. Hernandez perhaps or Kodija.

McCormack looks a clever player. Picks up good positions. A couple of times I felt he hesitated and then looked for the pass when he really should have taken the shot on early. Don't worry about appeasing your new team-mates, just get shots away.

Ayew played well but frequently made the wrong decision. He puts us in danger sometimes but the pros outweigh the cons. He needs to play more centrally to get more of the ball.

Elphick was our best player by far. Like his attitude.

[Matt Collins]

Hutton, Bacuna, Cissokho, Gardner not good enough. Westwood is ok for the squad as is Gestede. McCormack looked decent despite lack of sharpness, Ayew looked good as did Baker. Like Elphick - we finally have a leader. Grealish needs to be given a chance and I'm sure he will. Lots of changes still needed in what I feel will be a transition season.

Second half bacuna was much better I agree

[LukeJames]

The biggest problem for me was once again after we'd conceeded the collective heads dropped, that last 10 minutes should of been siege mentality by us were by we throw everything forward and bombard there box, instead we just watched as Sheffield Wednesday played the ball around calmly. That mentality has to go rapidly.

[Goldie.7]

We played 93 minutes and didn't score a single goal, the performance however it looked wasn't good enough.

[timeoutbigbar]

Gary Gardner.  If I hear about how much potential he's got because he's a local lad again I'll scream.  Not good enough, quite clearly.  Why on fuck Gestede managed to complete 90 minutes I'll never know.

[aj2k77]

Shit again.

Nowhere near enough changes over the summer. Rookie keeper when we needed to add to the spine. Gardener doesn't have it, kid yourselves but Forest fans said last season he wasn't very good. Bacuna, shit. Cissokho, complete donkey. Hutton, shit, cannot cross, pointless him going over the half way line. Westwood, powderpuff, slows things down, hasn't a clue. Gestede is a useless clumsy oaf who just cannot move, trotting carthorse.

We aren't going to piss the division at all, we look crap. Major surgery was needed, loads of work to go the next couple of weeks, then comes the excuse about gelling and not having a pre season together.

We lost, again, there are players who aren't good enough for this level.

[Tuscans]

Midfield, Midfield, Midfield, buy a midfield or we're going nowhere.

Totally agree.

On the bright side, despite playing mostly with no discernible midfield, and only trying for 45 minutes, and playing one of the toughest away fixtures in the league, we looked alright for long spells and were only undone by a goalkeeping howler when we looked totally in control.

It's a long, long season. We can still buy a midfield. it'll make it easier for ourselves if we do.

You're exactly right, but I hope Robbie favours our view and see's despite the cock up costing us, the 3 in middle aren't up to, definitely not together.

[saunders_heroes]

Did slightly better than i predicted. Shows where I think we are really - an average lower mid-table championship team who aren't gonna win much away. People have to realise we finished 15+ points behind Norwich who look much better than us already. going to take half the season before we see an big improvement if and when new players come in. . Hopefully this will strengthen RDM's hands to get the players he needs.

A lot of damage was done to this club over 6 years which is hard to come back from overnight. The two clubs that come down with us had more than double our points tally which tells you everything about how poor we'd become. I honestly think Westwood and co aren't even Championship material let alone PL so there's a lot of work to be done. It's still possible to go straight back up again but not with players like him in the team. Let's just hope Xia comes good and signs the players he's promised.

[CT Villan]

and Gestede, easy to miss him though because his name barely got mentioned.

I was going to mention Gestede, but felt that we didn't play to his strengths so can't really blame him too much. If he's on the pitch we have get a cross over that beats the first defender.

[Nirog72]

Thought Tshibola looked good. McCormack as well. Green did more with one cross than Bacuna did all match. Why no Grealish? Why Cissokho? Centre Back pair and Keeper looked alright until the goal. Should have scored a couple and if we had we'd all be really happy, as it is manageably miserable with some prospects for improvement. Would love to see RHM given a game up front against Luton.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cissokho was terrible.

Bacuna woke up in the second half, Gardner was ponderous and poor, Westwood anonymous (although slating him for not scoring with that volley is somewhat harsh).

The first half was dismal but the second much better.

It's not nice to lose yet again but there were definite positives to take from it.