Aston Villa v Huddersfield Town Post-Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Unless he called for it I don't blame Gollini, that ball should have been in row z long before it was even in the same postcode as Gollini.

[andyh]

Very,very disappointed.
Like a big massive off switch was pressed after 50 mins and we stopped playing and forgot what to do.
But, the biggest thing that was showed up for me was the fact the the bench is so so poor.
McCormack goes off, with no quality striker to come on and change things.
Tish goes off and there is no quality midfielder to come on.

We need to continue to improve the squad, and quickly.

[Taylor]

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

If Lescott and Guzan had been responsible for that clown defending they'd have been hung.

Depends if they learn from it. Guzan was doing something like that every other week!

[cdbearsfan]

I blame Gollini. He could always just kick it out for a throw. Still, how many times do you see a goalkeeper kick the ball at the opposition and what percentage go straight into the net from thirty yards? Five? Maybe ten? We could've done with a bit of luck, especially after our last missed clearance fell perfectly for Wednesday and the way the ball bounced off Grealish at EDLuton.

[Stu]

One win against a shit Rotherham team a draw and a defeat. Pretty shit really don't know why everyone was getting carried away after 1 win we've still got loads to do

Behave. Huddersfield were lucky to still be in the game at half time.

[saunders_heroes]

Was Tshibola injured, because I don't see why he was taken off otherwise. He was easily our best midfielder.

[PeterWithesShin]

Was Tshibola injured, because I don't see why he was taken off otherwise. He was easily our best midfielder.

RedSox said it looked like he tweaked something, hamstring I think he said.

[tomd2103]

Started brightly and should have been out of sight at half-time, but tired in the second half.  Even though Huddersfield pressed, I thought we had whether end the storm and we're going to see it out.  Might be a bit harsh, but with two kicks Gollini has cost us three points. 

[Rudy65]

I won't cry about it. Just need to finish our chances when massively on top

Really could have done with another couple of points though.

Concerned about Gollini. This was a bit of a freak goal, but it must added this confidence

Derby is a tough game but I really think we nee to try and win. Hoping we get a pacey forward in. We had no striker on the bench again today

Gollini made 3 good saves to keep us in it. Good keeper in my biew

[mr woo]

No question that them bringing Wells on turned the game. 

What worries me is Di Matteo didn't seem to have an answer to it.  Tactically,  motivationally or with substitutions.

I hope it's because he doesn't know his squad well enough yet, because with time that will be corrected.  I just pray it's not a lack of acumen.

[andyh]

Was Tshibola injured, because I don't see why he was taken off otherwise. He was easily our best midfielder.

I guess because he was fucked. He was blowing out of his arse.
But, as I said, no options to add some steel if we lose one of the starters.

[PaulWinch again]

As terrible as the goal sounds, we should have been out of sight way before it went in. Need a couple of tough away wins now. Let's not throw Gollini and Tommy under the bus.

[PeterWithesShin]

I blame Gollini. He could always just kick it out for a throw. Still, how many times do you see a goalkeeper kick the ball at the opposition and what percentage go straight into the net from thirty yards? Five? Maybe ten? We could've done with a bit of luck, especially after our last missed clearance fell perfectly for Wednesday and the way the ball bounced off Grealish at EDLuton.

Looked to me by the time Gollini gets to it their player is so close he only had time to hoof it forwards.

[Concrete John]

One thing to note is that we've now played teams likely to finish in the top, middle and bottom of the league.  Only goals conceded have been clearly down to our own errors. Says to me that once these new players get a better understanding we'll have a really tight defence.

And we can create chances.  An upgraded number 9 needed to give it that extra edge.

All in all I'm encouraged as it's early days in the rebuilding job, but the signs are there.

[Stirchley Villain]

Looking at it again at home Elphick seemed to be at fault.  He was looking at the ball as their player cut through to force the quick attempted clearance from Gollini.