Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[avfcpg]

Second half we played well but needed to capitalize on some of these chances. Is it just me or do we get no luck...penalty, sending off, poor clearance but it bobbled off him and a defender right into his path...
Amavi will be in, we know that. Westwood and Gardner were poor and just offer nothing. Tish looked decent when he came on. Ayew could run riot in this league...I would have loved to see what Adama's pace could have done to them in the second half.
Gestede can't play unless we have wide players pinging balls into him constantly. McCormack looked decent...
If these are one of the top teams...I'm not getting too worked up just yet...lets win a few, get to the end of August, then crack on...the tide will turn

[Deano's Mullet]

Couple of occasions where Ayew beat defenders for pace and looked class but on the down side there were a couple of occasions where he was holding onto the ball and trying to beat too many players when a simpler pass was on. And his "shot" at the near post was greedy, as some have said he should have passed to someone else.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I liked the look of Grealish when he came on, seemed to have some fire in his belly. Elphick looks like the sort of run through a brick wall leader that we really need. Still, a defeat and some worrying reminders of last season. More players needed.

[avfcpg]

Bacuna was one of our best players today I thought. Dunno if that is a good or bad thing!

Gestede was Gestede. Ayew was disappointing and McCormack should've buried that chance in second half. Rest were as you were.

Bacuna looked ok going forward. I also thought Baker did ok...actually he pinged more forward accurate passes than Westwood has in years..2 I think !!

[oldham_villa]

Baker had a very strong game i thought, pleased for him.

[sickbeggar]

Biggest problem RDM has got is one he probably shared with Black and Garde, in that he hasn't got any choice in selection. I clearly don't think he rates most of the players remaining from last season but what do you do? You're supposed to buy new players to intigrate with the existing ones but what if the existing are unusable? People keep suggesting players who should be starting but barring injuries/fitness he seems to have come to a similar conclusion as the other incumbants. I don't see Grealish,Traore etc.. being the answer

[brackley]

I'm on holiday in Tenerife. A quiet bar in a quiet town, yet even here, a father and son duo in Birmingham City shirts feel fit to turn up and cheer and dance at us conceding a goal. What the fuck is the matter with these people?

[GarTomas]

And if Wednesday are one of the best sides in the division we don't have too much to worry about, they were crap apart from Forestieri.

An hour later I'm thinking the same. Given we are expecting a few more bodies in given they are a settled side pushing for promotion I think we will win more than we lose this year.

[AV89]

Bacuna was one of our best players today I thought. Dunno if that is a good or bad thing!

Gestede was Gestede. Ayew was disappointing and McCormack should've buried that chance in second half. Rest were as you were.

Bacuna looked ok going forward. I also thought Baker did ok...actually he pinged more forward accurate passes than Westwood has in years..2 I think !!

Trouble is that so many fans won't trust them after the way the likes of Bacuna took the piss out of us last season.  Trust has to be earned, though he did look ok.

[saunders_heroes]

I'm on holiday in Tenerife. A quiet bar in a quiet town, yet even here, a father and son duo in Birmingham City shirts feel fit to turn up and cheer and dance at us conceding a goal. What the fuck is the matter with these people?

They live and breath us and it's always been the same.

[Nelly]

Another who thought Bacuna did well. I don't understand why he gets the ire he does. The Champions League comments were someone asking if a club came in would he consider it, he said yes, as they all would. That and he smiles seem to be the main criticism of him.

[avfcpg]

Bacuna was one of our best players today I thought. Dunno if that is a good or bad thing!

Gestede was Gestede. Ayew was disappointing and McCormack should've buried that chance in second half. Rest were as you were.

Bacuna was one of our best players today I thought. Dunno if that is a good or bad thing!

Gestede was Gestede. Ayew was disappointing and McCormack should've buried that chance in second half. Rest were as you were.

Bacuna looked ok going forward. I also thought Baker did ok...actually he pinged more forward accurate passes than Westwood has in years..2 I think !!

Trouble is that so many fans won't trust them after the way the likes of Bacuna took the piss out of us last season.  Trust has to be earned, though he did look ok.

Bacuna looked ok going forward. I also thought Baker did ok...actually he pinged more forward accurate passes than Westwood has in years..2 I think !!

Trouble is that so many fans won't trust them after the way the likes of Bacuna took the piss out of us last season.  Trust has to be earned, though he did look ok.

String a few wins together and Bacuna plays well and puts a shift in, then all will be forgotten pretty quickly.

[Ads]

Solutions to some of the problems are already in the squad. I still stand by that we need four more to go up automatically, but pace was a major issue.

Disagree with criticism of Hutton. Him pushing on caused them all sorts of problems. Amavi at full back, the impressive Green over the (actually quite decent second half) Bacuna and Tshibola for some legs and physicality in the middle.

Hutchinson is a snidey ****** who should have walked.

Deserved at least a point after dominating Championship wonder side Wednesday but it's galling for the self inflicted error to be the difference. Fucking Baker should have buried the equaliser anyway.

If that game was in a months time we win it.

I said that today was inconsequential as a bell weather; Rotherham and Huddersfield are crucial to show change.

With more players to come in and with some promising signs second half I feel we've got a good chance of picking up six points.

[taylorsworkrate]

Solutions to some of the problems are already in the squad. I still stand by that we need four more to go up automatically, but pace was a major issue.

Disagree with criticism of Hutton. Him pushing on caused them all sorts of problems. Amavi at full back, the impressive Green over the (actually quite decent second half) Bacuna and Tshibola for some legs and physicality in the middle.

Hutchinson is a snidey c*** who should have walked.

Deserved at least a point after dominating Championship wonder side Wednesday but it's galling for the self inflicted error to be the difference. Fucking Baker should have buried the equaliser anyway.

If that game was in a months time we win it.

I said that today was inconsequential as a bell weather; Rotherham and Huddersfield are crucial to show change.

With more players to come in and with some promising signs second half I feel we've got a good chance of picking up six points.

We should be beating Rotherham and Huddersfield comfortably at home, even in our current state

[markeeeebeeee2005]

The midfield isn't the problem no matter how many times it gets called

Sorry, but in my opinion you are incorrect

The midfield is definitely the problem and has been for some time. Lack of movement in attack and poor fullbacks doesn't help. But there is very little leadership, guile or nous in that midfield. Less so even than last season with the sale of Gana, and he was no great shakes. We desperately need a central midfielder who can control the game, crucially leading in terms of both tempo and movement. We haven't had that since Stan and before him Barry.