Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest Post Match Thread

[Tuscans]

Despite it all - I just bought my Brentford ticket, buzzing.

I just bought ordered the shirt online. Amazing what a draw can do.

[Deano's Mullet]

In defence of me saying I'm enjoying it, we play good football, we are seeing goals and positives outweighing the negatives. I'm buzzing before the next game too which I honestly can't say I felt like that regulalry for a while

[croatian]

Usual fucking story, how much longer do we have to put up with this level of shit?  Two shots from them, two goals, and terrible mistakes and defending in both cases.  Not even close to being good enough.

Despite a disgraceful relegation we still can't win at home, we get beat away, and can't defend a lead.
Has anything much changed?

[kippaxvilla2]

Apparently it's been 43 games since we actually won a game by coming back from being behind.

[Jimbo]

I think we need to accept that turning round this thundering shitternaut is going to take time. It'll be at least 2018 until we get back where we belong. I bet Dr Tony went fucking nuts in Shanghai though.

I read somewhere that they practically had to put a spit hood on and taser him at Luton, he was so annoyed.

Yeah, I heard he had to be wheeled out of there on one of those trucks they put Hannibal Lecter on, and he still managed to spray the ambulance with excrement and bite a paramedic's face off.

Whilst still tapping out 15 tweets.

"Shit Villa. Do it again and I bite ur faceoff with Shaosing wine and nice bean sprouts."

[supertom]

There are definite positive signs and our shortcomings can, and need to be worked on. RDM got it wrong tactically at 2-1 up. At that point Jedinak or Bacuna should have come in to add more presence in midfield. Grealish, Ross and Ayew are good at attacking but none of them can tackle and it's not Westwoods forte either. We were cut through far too easily with their second. It is bloody frustrating that they have two worthwhile attacks and score both, two wonder goals from nothing, but if you don't take your own chances you can't really complain.

We are going to murder a team sooner or later. It'll take a while for everything to click, but we really don't have the benefit of time. Brentford has become a must win. No two ways about it. We can't afford to fall any further behind the top 6. I think play offs are our best chance now.

We need to start winning while we're adjusting though. Get wins and get better and better while we're winning because getting points on the board will make it a lot easier to turn things around.

[SoccerHQ]

Simply criminal to not win that after going 2-1 up, where on earth was Jedinak?!

Yet another game we dominate, we miss chances, we concede a cheap goal and drop points.

I've said before but I don't like RDM shoe horning all the attackers into the same 11, our play just looks disjointed although of course with the talent we're always likely to score.

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

Terrible match to throw away...win today and then Brentford and suddenly we have momentum. Instead it will probably be hanging on for dear life on Wednesday aswell.

Can't see us making top 2 tbh, we just won't grind out enough narrow wins like Newcastle already are doing and other teams are used to at this level.

[Ron Manager]

There isn't a single game this season where we haven't dominated the play for long periods. Today was probably the first time that Jack Grealish really impressed me. Kodjia also looked the part and Jordan Ayew contributed  in full to what should have been a deserved victory.

But we do need a bit of luck and a couple of wins to keep confidence at a high level.

[johnny from donny]

I'm not starting something that isn't there; I'm commenting on something that is quite clearly there. I merely stated that the words used were not  (in my opinion ) wisely chosen.

[nick harper]

Someone said that Jedinak was being readed to come on when Forest equalised. It was five minutes later than he should have done, which is Sherwood-at-Leicester-esque management from Di Matteo. I'm unsatisfied with a point, but you can't account for McCormack hitting the post or Ayew almost breaking the crossbar. The only way of legislating for that is to have a go whenever you're close to goal. Score the easy chances and the more difficult ones start to go in somehow.

Jedinak would have been on the next time the ball had gone out. Unfortunately that was the point they played round us and that guy went on the run through the middle. Seeing it live, the middle of the pitch was all over the place and had been since we went in to the lead.

We were still playing the same formation as when we were chasing the game. McCormack should have been off by the 80th minute.

[themossman]

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

[Tony Erdington]

midfield??

shots??

[Keeno]

Despite it all - I just bought my Brentford ticket, buzzing.

I just bought ordered the shirt online. Amazing what a draw can do.

Just think what we would have been spending had we actually won the bloody game!!

[Proposition Joe]

I think there is a case for too many cooks as far as our forwards go. RDM seems to be shoehorning in too many, possibly to keep them all happy, but I think it might take an injury or suspension to one or two of them for RDM to accidentally stumble on the right formation / personnel to get consistent results.

A little like Townsend going off vs West Ham back in 95, when Super Tom came on and lit the game up.

[Walmley_Villa]

RDM went from winning us the game by bringing Rudy on to losing us 2 pts by not bolstering the midfield with Jed after we went ahead. Very naive and costly. A shame as second half we played some great stuff. Ayew was unplayable and deserved at least a goal. Still time for us to be competitive but need momentum and winning becomes a habit.