Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest Post Match Thread

[rougegorge]

All been said... but 25 shots to 3 and of those 2 went in.

We were watching Jedinak warm up in front of us and wrongly assumed he was coming on to shore things up.

Why RDM hasn't sorted out the midfield and keeper is a mystery.

Ayew was at the heart of everything good today despite some typical petulance.  McCormack had to do better on a couple of occasions.

I enjoyed the attcking play,  having been so starved for years and I would say we will give some team a real pasting, but then we won't because even if we were to get 5,  we'd contrive to concede as many somehow.

[aev]

I think sooner or later we are going to give someone a good hiding.

[saunders_heroes]

Another frustrating day at the Villa. We've created so many chances today and all season yet just got a handful of points. I'm sure our luck will change pretty soon and someone is gonna get a right tanking from us. Our midfield continues to be the weak link though, and my heart sank when I saw the line up of Gardner and Westwood. Good god are we ever gonna be free of that man (Westwood) from our club??

[SoccerHQ]

Another frustrating day at the Villa. We've created so many chances today and all season yet just got a handful of points. I'm sure our luck will change pretty soon and someone is gonna get a right tanking from us. Our midfield continues to be the weak link though, and my heart sank when I saw the line up of Gardner and Westwood. Good god are we ever gonna be free of that man (Westwood) from our club??

Once Tshibola and Jedinak are fit they'll be our regular middle two I'm sure.

[Richard]

Just keep rotating the forward 4 plenty of games and suspensions will happen. Nice to have options surely.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

That and Elphick and Chester don't like it when players with pace run straight at them.

I don't trust them as a pair as much as I thought/hoped I would

I agree. I was expecting Elphick to be solid and completely reliable. Don't think he's that at the moment. Hopefully he can improve.

[saunders_heroes]

Another frustrating day at the Villa. We've created so many chances today and all season yet just got a handful of points. I'm sure our luck will change pretty soon and someone is gonna get a right tanking from us. Our midfield continues to be the weak link though, and my heart sank when I saw the line up of Gardner and Westwood. Good god are we ever gonna be free of that man (Westwood) from our club??

Once Tshibola and Jedinak are fit they'll be our regular middle two I'm sure.

I really hope so. I just worry Tshibola is gonna turn out to be another sicknote be used he's already missed too many games for me. Also Gary Gardner really isn't the player we hoped for. Looked out of sorts yet again today, and we can't afford passengers in the team.

[in exile]

Can someone please tell me what is the use/point of Gary Gardner?

[SoccerHQ]

That and Elphick and Chester don't like it when players with pace run straight at them.

I don't trust them as a pair as much as I thought/hoped I would

I agree. I was expecting Elphick to be solid and completely reliable. Don't think he's that at the moment. Hopefully he can improve.

Elphick was fine for me today although haven't seen the goals again.

As a pair though neither are quick and you need a quick one in the combination. Probably not a huge issue until we get back to the prem....

[levico]

So frustrating,we are so close to being a decent team. RDM needs some wins quick,I have this feeling that Dr Tony is not a patient man & might be trigger happy. Hopefully we get into the winning habit soon & we dont find out.

Hope you are right. RDM not impressing me at all so far.

[villabear]

Game summed up by Guardian headline  - Henri Lansbury struck late to bag Nottingham Forest a lucky point as Aston Villa imploded again.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/11/aston-villa-nottingham-forest-championship-match-report

[croatian]

What's Chinese for Christmas?

Just a feeling, but I reckon RDM's got until then to put home wins and away results together before the owner pulls the trigger.

We've been served up utter trash for 5 years and I suspect the good doctor doesn't have our patience.

[cdward]

Can't believe we didn't win. On another day we would have scored 4 or 5.
Up front we are starting to click, and are creating lots of chances.
Midfield we need a Jedinak and/or Tshibola for a bit of bite.
Forest came for a point and got it. Teams are going to set up against us not to lose, they were poor, yet still scored.
Not going to panic yet, there are still 40 games to play. We are a new team that is starting to gel.
From the teams we have seen in this league, we should be winning the majority of our games.
Huddersfield have won every game this season except the draw with us, and are sitting top of the league.
Need to see games out from a winning position.
Looking forward to the next few games, and a good few wins.   

[Matt Collins]

Agreed.

We've basically replaced a whole side in one summer

I've seen nothing this season to be afraid of. Naturally it's very frustrating we've not got a lot more points on the board. We'd now be seventh if we'd just held out against Huddersfield and forest, never mind the points we should have picked up on the road

We need points on the board but you could argue today was the first time we've played well for 90 minutes. And that we didn't have three first choice midfielders today too

It will come

[Mister E]

The naivety is simply staggering. Jedi is ON THE BENCH. Obviouly not fit to start, but the final 10 minutes after we went up?? BOTH of their goals were born from the midfield being weak as ditch water. The same problems over and over and over again, with the exact same results.

Exactly right.
We also learned that Bunn is simply not good enough.