Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest Post Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. There were positives and if we continue to play like that sooner or later someone will take a hammering. We still look a long way off Newcastle and Huddersfield though, and that's depressing in itself. Not being as good as Huddersfield shows just how far this club has fallen.

And yet we battered Huddersfield for most of the game.

We're a lot closer to being a decent side than a lot of people are giving us credit for imo.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I thought Ayew had probably the best game a Villa player has had since the Liverpool semi-final. He was great at times. Unlucky to not be on the winning side and not score.

[Five Villa Tattoos]

The horrible realization that we're not going to get promoted this season. 😢

Check out where Burnley were at Christmas and their run of results second half of the season. Nothing is certain yet.

Burnley were 5th at Christmas. Hardly miles off it.

Burnley had a midfield and a fairly decent keeper. I hope I'm wrong, I really do.

[curiousorange]

One other thing that's worrying me is the yellow cards we keep picking up. If they were for cynical challenges (like what should have happened to their Portuguese fella), I could appreciate it. But Elphick will pick one up in midweek, for absolutely fuck all, and be out at the weekend.

[Uknowthescore]

Attacking wise were a lot better than last season not so sure about the defence

[villadelph]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. There were positives and if we continue to play like that sooner or later someone will take a hammering. We still look a long way off Newcastle and Huddersfield though, and that's depressing in itself. Not being as good as Huddersfield shows just how far this club has fallen.

And yet we battered Huddersfield for most of the game.

We're a lot closer to being a decent side than a lot of people are giving us credit for imo.

I don't agree.

[Malandro]

I think, minute for minute, we're the unluckiest team in the country. I'm not sure what's worse - that or being the shittest. Neither seems particularly enjoyable.

id rather be shit than this. Id say we deserve to win all but one so far. pretty depressing

[aj2k77]

The second goal in particular pisses me off because they virtually bulldozed there way through, man up and get physical and fucking break the move down, pull him down or whatever but you cannot allow someone to bludgeon their way through your midfield and defence. There still seems a real lack of will to will, the desire or knowhow to do whatever it takes to stop the opposition. No one tracking Lansbury properly either, Westwood appears on the scene as always a few yards too late, boy is that bloke shite.

[curiousorange]

I don't think Huddersfield are a good team. We should have mullered that lot and it took a massive freak for them to come away from Villa Park with anything. If they're anywhere near promotion in the final reckoning it will be down to Leicester-like levels of adrenalin.

[Toronto Villa]

The horrible realization that we're not going to get promoted this season. 😢

Check out where Burnley were at Christmas and their run of results second half of the season. Nothing is certain yet.

Burnley were 5th at Christmas. Hardly miles off it.

Not in terms of position, but my point is nobody saw them going undefeated from Christmas on and winning the league by 4 points. There's a lot of points to play for, and I'd rather we have concerns over not putting the ball in the net as opposed to not creating chances.

[aj2k77]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. There were positives and if we continue to play like that sooner or later someone will take a hammering. We still look a long way off Newcastle and Huddersfield though, and that's depressing in itself. Not being as good as Huddersfield shows just how far this club has fallen.

And yet we battered Huddersfield for most of the game.

We're a lot closer to being a decent side than a lot of people are giving us credit for imo.

No heart or leadership being show still, at best, lacking those qualities we are mid table.

[PeterWithesShin]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. There were positives and if we continue to play like that sooner or later someone will take a hammering. We still look a long way off Newcastle and Huddersfield though, and that's depressing in itself. Not being as good as Huddersfield shows just how far this club has fallen.

And yet we battered Huddersfield for most of the game.

We're a lot closer to being a decent side than a lot of people are giving us credit for imo.

I don't agree.

That's a given.

[Jimbo]

Another frustrating afternoon. Usual second-half disintegration. 2-2.

I really should start betting on this shower. So predictable, any team knows you just have to have a go and we'll let you in. Yes, we had some bad luck with our chances, but that game should have been won and we just couldn't manage it. Same same.

[Ads]

RDM you're on borrowed fucking time. The naivety is ridiculous.

Today wasn't like any of the others because we battered an absolutely desperate side nigh on all game, save a 20 minutes spell in the first half where nothing happened.

What is it with our managers and Bradforditus? We're winning against a dogshite side, you've got 5 forwards on. They've created nothing, you have the leagues best defensive midfielder on the bench. You have one midfielder on who doesn't look good enough when he has a partner with him. What do you do? Nothing if you're as brain dead as RDM.

The Forest player strolled through a nine existent midfield instead of being clattered by Jedinak. And we drop yet another two points despite having created enough chances to win three games.

No game management, no thinking.

It cannot keep happening week after week.

[curiousorange]

When was the last time we wen't behind in a league game and won? It seems like years. I really thought we were going to get that monkey off our back today.