Aston Villa v Huddersfield Town Post-Match Thread

[Percy McCarthy]

I thought Gollini should have jus strayed at home. Then elphick just passes back to him. I don't think elphick can do much else there really - Gollini has called it

I was in the North Stand and it looked to me that Elphick told Gollini to come for that.

Need players still, obvs, we were crying out for a player like Jedinak second half. Should have had it won by the time they came into it, but it was nice to see Villa playing well for an hour after last season.

[PaulWinch again]

That's a fucking irritating result. But as long as we're dominating teams we'll
be ok.

[Matt Collins]

Fair dos - only going off the highlights

We'd have been top six if we'd held on.

Irritating. Very irritating

[cdbearsfan]

Could've won the game three times over but looked more likely to lose at the end. Further proof we need more leaders on the pitch to see out games like that. Also need more strength in depth, if you are playing three games in a week you need more intimidating options off the bench.

Luckily for us, Bobby and Dr X know this.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

We need to learn from these games and with a few better, stronger players in we can only improve.
But to drop 3 points in the last 5 minutes of 2 games is a bastard! We ain't going to the top of the league if we keep doing that!

Like all good teams we need to take advantage of when we have dominance - we should have had 6 on Saturday and been 3 up by half time tonight!

Still a long way to go and this is a tough league!

[PeterWithesShin]

Very good first half, should have been out of sight at HT. From the second they brought on Wells we fell apart. And whoever our defender was for their goal should have dealt it long before Gollini got near it.

[ktvillan]

That's harsh on Gollini...99/100 that ball either misses the player or hits him and goes no-where...it should never have been his ball to play that far out. Elphick should have dealt with that.
We just keep gifting goals...sheff weds and now this.. that's got to stop.

Tommy was to blame for me

He could have cleared it an probably should have, but I would have thought Gollini gave him a "my ball" shout.  And Gollini had plenty of time and space to clear it effectively.  Tommy wasn't to know he'd fuck it up so royally, but I bet he won't be leaving stuff to Gollini in future.   

[oldham_villa]

As long as we learn from it, we'll be fine. A long way yet for our team to continue developing

[avfcpg]

That's harsh on Gollini...99/100 that ball either misses the player or hits him and goes no-where...it should never have been his ball to play that far out. Elphick should have dealt with that.
We just keep gifting goals...sheff weds and now this.. that's got to stop.

Tommy was to blame for me

He could have cleared it an probably should have, but I would have thought Gollini gave him a "my ball" shout.  And Gollini had plenty of time and space to clear it effectively.  Tommy wasn't to know he'd fuck it up so royally, but I bet he won't be leaving stuff to Gollini in future.   

Looked to me like Tommy dictated to Gollini to come get it, rather than other way round. Anyways, bit of bad luck as with sheff weds...hopefully things will turn.

[Somniloquism]

I thought Gollini should have jus strayed at home. Then elphick just passes back to him. I don't think elphick can do much else there really - Gollini has called it

I was in the North Stand and it looked to me that Elphick told Gollini to come for that.

Need players still, obvs, we were crying out for a player like Jedinak second half. Should have had it won by the time they came into it, but it was nice to see Villa playing well for an hour after last season.

I think Elphick thought it was running through to Gollini in the area and was telling him it was his. But I agree with German J, the second bounce just seems so off for the pace of the pass and the initial first bounce, (slight divot maybe) and that meant Gollini needed to rush in and couldn't get the height, etc.

[Percy McCarthy]

That's harsh on Gollini...99/100 that ball either misses the player or hits him and goes no-where...it should never have been his ball to play that far out. Elphick should have dealt with that.
We just keep gifting goals...sheff weds and now this.. that's got to stop.

Tommy was to blame for me

He could have cleared it an probably should have, but I would have thought Gollini gave him a "my ball" shout.  And Gollini had plenty of time and space to clear it effectively.  Tommy wasn't to know he'd fuck it up so royally, but I bet he won't be leaving stuff to Gollini in future.

He definitely gestured to Gollini to come and deal with it.

[Ads]

Not fucking good enough.

You cannot dominate teams as rank as that for an hour and not win. People talk about hard games but we couldn't have been playing a poorer side for that first hour.

You cannot be so profligate in front of goal, you've got to bury sides at home.

They brought Wells on and pushed right onto our full backs. We stayed too narrow and failed to smother possession as they chopped it wide time and again. Even then, the free kick aside Gollini as made one save.

Far too much lumping of the ball into Gestede. You can see why he wants Jedinak.

The goal was a joke.

You've got to be burying sides like Huddersfield if you want to go up automatically. 4 points from these three games is nowhere near good enough.

[Villa in Denmark]

Could've won the game three times over but looked more likely to lose at the end. Further proof we need more leaders on the pitch to see out games like that. Also need more strength in depth, if you are playing three games in a week you need more intimidating options off the bench.

Luckily for us, Bobby and Dr X know this.

Putting a positive spin on it, with the Goons Show/Chuckle Brothers cabaret show at the back last season, we'd have folded long before and lost by 2 or 3-1.

Still annoying when you look at the goal though. 100 ways to deal with it and we chose the only one that gives them the goal.

[ez]

What concerns me is our lack of response when we go behind in games. Huddersfield  piled the pressure on in the second half. When we go behind nothing changes.

[Deano's Mullet]

Feels like a defeat but I think we'll be alright. Rome wasn't built in a day. 3 points vs Derby and we're laughing. Most of the other results tonight were draws and we're still four ahead of Newcastle.