Aston Villa v Huddersfield Town Post-Match Thread

[cdward]

We are due 2 huge slices of luck to come our way.
Fluke of a goal.
Need to capitalise when we are on top and finish teams off.
Onward and upward.
UTV

[Matt Collins]

We just have no answer when a team gets on top of us. We literally are unable to get back into the game. Is it psychological, lack of experience? Lack of balls?

All of the above. Plus back in the day we'd have been able to get out by playing down the channels for gabby. Gestede and McCormack definitely aren't offering that

[ktvillan]

Despite the promising signings still too many familiar failings.  Not taking our opportunities, players going missing,  then shooting ourselves in the foot to concede late goals and throw points away.  Sadly our new keeper has now probably cost us three points with his two cock ups in 3 games.  We may as well have kept Guzan at this rate.  We can't afford to keep gifting teams goals like that.  So far we've only managed to beat a poor Rotherham side who will be battling relegation again this year.  Still much to do, Jedinak is a start but at least one more midfielder, preferably a creative one, required.

[jwarry]

Feeling hacked off, but expecting instant results i suppose.  Regardless of the bizarre goal, we were under the cosh and thats what we need to fix, not Gollini.  Difficult to say why we ended up under the cosh without pictures, but I'm beginning to believe in RDM to fix it.  My guess is our powder-puff midfield so hopefully Jedinak is the next plug in the dam

[Toronto Villa]

Remember this isn't going to happen overnight. I still believe that it will take two months for it properly come together, for the new signings to build the right chemistry. We should have been out of sight by HT but there was always the risk of old Villa showing up at some point if we didn't take advantage of our chances. We took a tiny step forward. Disappointing not to have won but there are some positives and new players on the horizon.

[JUAN PABLO]

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Huddersfield: Ross McCormack scores early winner on emotional night Daily and Sunday Express 21:48


i wish

[Matt Collins]

I'd rather get a mobile forward. We've been creating a lot of chances I'd say

I agree Rotherham are shit and not a good yardstick for how good we are

Derby will be

[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.

[Pat McMahon]

Blimey that is some shit defending for their goal. I am miffed.

[mr woo]

Hmmmmmmmm.

What to make of that?


Not clinical enough in the first half when on top.

Unlucky with the goal itself but they were all over us for a good half hour.

I'm worried RDM doesn't see what he should.  He left a situation to fester until we began to get jumpy. There was a point where we needed to bolster the middle of the park with half an hour to go, just to calm things down, and he didn't do it.  We had far too many front foot players on the pitch where they were contributing nothing.

Also have doubts about the keeper, never been a fan of playing promise over experience in that position.


In summary, very disappointed and a little concerned .

[Fin Feds Dad]

Fair result in the end .

Poor bench didn't help us - but would have made changes much earlier as we were running out of legs and they seemed to be getting stronger .

Another game that helps to show exactly what we need to recruit.

[JUAN PABLO]

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

[German James]

I thought at first that Elphick was living dangerously leaving it for Gollini, but the second bounce stopped the ball as if it had loads of backspin, letting Whatisname Of The Udders get closer than he would have done if it had bounced normally, in which case, Gollini's hoof would have been over the other touchline by the time he got that close. Just bad luck.

[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

Yep..totally. But he'll know that..we'll get there.

[Matt Collins]

Hmmmmmmmm.

What to make of that?


Not clinical enough in the first half when on top.

Unlucky with the goal itself but they were all over us for a good half hour.

I'm worried RDM doesn't see what he should.  He left a situation to fester until we began to get jumpy. There was a point where we needed to bolster the middle of the park with half an hour to go, just to calm things down, and he didn't do it.  We had far too many front foot players on the pitch where they were contributing nothing.

Also have doubts about the keeper, never been a fan of playing promise over experience in that position.


In summary, very disappointed and a little concerned .

I agree we should stiffen the midfield in that situation. But Gardner has been so bad I can see why he didn't. We've now got better options

But I agree we've still got a mental and tactical problem when under the cosh.