Villa v Leeds Post-Match thread

[RichardBatchelor]

Don't agree Leeds were poor. Only saw second half but they broke with purpose and incisiveness, though helped by really weak Amavi defending... so all in all glad to see the fortress intact. Bert was good when he came on.

[LukeJames]

Ayew has looked pretty turgid everytime he has started a game in this league, he only looks decent as a 20 minute impact sub.

[richtheholtender]

Poor once again.

[Nev]

Good start, looked beaten after their goal, effective subs, deserved point.

[Nelly]

We did have a few chances in retrospect but so did they. They hit the woodwork twice I think. The worry for me was that Leeds looked a decent team, they passed it better than we did, looked more incisive. We didn't really show any cohesion and when looked at over the last five or so games, it's an uncomfortable trend.

[Rudy65]

Shame we didnt get Gerrard as player coach

[saunders_heroes]

Thought we were slightly the better team in the first half but nothing much to write home about. Second half very poor though. We got out of jail really.
Open that chequebook in January please.

[Marton]

I don't want to see Ayew again, he is a luxury player we can't afford and I hope we sell him.  Other players were below par tonight too including Jedinak and Amarvi who had a shocker I thought.  Bruce needed to change things earlier than he did, but made the right calls I thought. 

Special mention to Jansson, who is the most annoying opposition player I can remember for a good long while.  Took Grealish out and the ref didn't even give a free kick - that happens in the premier league and it's at least a booking. 

The sort of player we could use.

Not to mention he denied us the early goal when their other DC screwed up and scored their goal. Best thing out of Sweden since Mellberg and emulate his fighting. Not wanted in Torino so gifted to Leeds who love him.

[Rudy65]

You know you're crap when Westwood is your best player.

Ayew is atrocious. Head down, runs into players, slows everything down.

Amavi can't defend.

Overall we were very lucky again. Luckily for us you need to play very, very badly to lose in this league. We haven't played well for weeks but are on a decent run which says more about the standard of opponents.

We were slow, predictable, boring and play with no tempo at all. We looked better when Adomah and Gestede came on, which begs the question; are they good subs from Bruce or is he picking the wrong starting 11?

Hate to say it but Leeds look well ahead of us and can count themselves very unlucky.

Westwood was decent tonight. Why not give him some credit

[ROBBO]

Just like me Bruce didn't watch the penalty he listened for the crowd response.

[Villa Lew]

No way did we deserve to get a point from that, Leeds torn us apart at times 2nd half. Only a daft penalty given away by the defender saved us. Having said that we could have won it at the end.

Offer for Amavi has been reduced from £25m to £2.5m

[Goldie.7]

That last 15 minutes was outstanding end to end football.

Amavi had a real poor game, £25m? call them back. If Hutton has to play he needs to be banned from going forward, absolute shite.

Ayew.. apart from a couple of very good blocks he's too inconsistent going forward. Baker has improved overall but his long balls are shocking!

We looked so much more threatening with McCormack, Adomah and Gestede on. It would be a mistake getting rid of Rudy, he's a good choice in this league as a sub.

We were definitely a bit fortunate but in the end, they were hanging on as well.

[myf]

This was a good barometer of where we are. We've struggled twice against a bog standard, workmanlike, playoff places team and failed to beat them at home. Ergo we're not good enough for the playoffs with this squad.

100% agree

But they've won 8 of last 10 coming into tonight and the inform team. Bruce has had a good period of time to assess the squad and will  know how to strengthen and I'm optimistic about second half of the season

[manic-road]

Shame we didnt get Gerrard as player coach

We have enough slow midfielders.

[Deano's Mullet]

No way did we deserve to get a point from that, Leeds torn us apart at times 2nd half. Only a daft penalty given away by the defender saved us. Having said that we could have won it at the end.

Offer for Amavi has been reduced from £25m to £2.5m

V harsh to say we didn't deserve  a point. We were well on top against a form side until they scored. When they did they seemed to find bit more confidence and attacked us more, the woodwork saved us twice but I honestly think we deserved a point. Both teams seemed wide open at the  end and both sides could have won.