Villa v Leeds Post-Match thread

[russon]

Well done to all those that went, it looked bloody cold.

It was much colder than it looked😟

I didn't think it was that bad to be honest. I expected it to be colder than it was.

Hells bells, is this a late contender for most banal thread exchange* of 2016! It's like listening to three old women at the laundrette.

*my contributions excluded

[old man villa fan]

I keep on reading one player or another plays better coming off the bench. Is that because they have more space and they are fresher. Or is it because when they start, they are asked to play a position that does not suit them and we start the game too conservatively. Take Ayew as an example starting wide left and deep in a 442 or coming on late and playing further forward and more central.

[john e]

Well done to all those that went, it looked bloody cold.

It was much colder than it looked😟

I didn't think it was that bad to be honest. I expected it to be colder than it was.

Hells bells, is this a late contender for most banal thread exchange* of 2016! It's like listening to three old women at the laundrette.

*my contributions excluded

there's a Laundrette opened up in my town this year, and its doing well
my misses uses it to do the big sheets and duvets in super quick time

(its not cold in there either, quite warm in fact)

[Bad English]

[class-of-82]

should of been out of sight by half time highlighted how badly we need quality midfielders who can put a foot on the ball and look composed

[Chris Smith]

I keep on reading one player or another plays better coming off the bench. Is that because they have more space and they are fresher. Or is it because when they start, they are asked to play a position that does not suit them and we start the game too conservatively. Take Ayew as an example starting wide left and deep in a 442 or coming on late and playing further forward and more central.

My guess is that coming into a game where the defence has got used to how we are playing they offer something different. Ayew on Monday, for example, popped up on an overlap that was not picked and was able to cross for the goal last night it was Adomah running at them that caused problems. Added to the fact that they are fresher against tiring defenders and it demonstrates the advantage of having players who can make a difference on the bench and is hopefully something that will help us even more as the season goes on.

[nigel]

I'm not sure we deserved that point, but very grateful for it. We have to improve if we've got eyes on the playoff spots.

Of course we did.
Had it not been for Rob Green and a last ditch tackle we'd had gone in at HT 2 up, and as good as Leeds were in the second half I doubt very much they'd have come back from that.

Fair result on reflection.

[not3bad]

I don't really get this "Leeds were shit" stuff. They were very organised, especially in defence. We didn't "make them look good" because they are good. We managed to snatch a point because we found another gear in the latter stages that finally caused some panic in their backline. Following that, as has been observed, we might have won it but we could just as easily have lost it.

As we are we're not good enough to go up, but our aim was to stay in contact with the top 6 until the transfer window. Job done. Now we need to make the window work for us.

[Legion]

Highlights

[Pete3206]

Fair result, but I thought Leeds were the better side overall. I hope Mr Bruce is working on getting some midfielders in.

[Ads]

If we continue as we are

Then we will get 70 odd points and make the Play Offs.

That's as we are, an abomination to hear some talk. When we strengthen in January and I'm not sure anybody thinks we won't back the manager in his first window, then we will get stronger.

[Dr_Fegg]

A drawn game is a fair reflection.

Leeds should have won/Rob Green had a blinder.

Sell Amavi and Ayew.

Play Cissokho, get Sanchez and Gil back.

Sell Amavi for a lot of money, yes, but not sell him for being crap, because he's not. One bad game doesn't make you crap.

is it only me who thought Amavi was quite good most of the match against, comfortably, their best player. Having said that, his brain farts for the last 10mins were pretty atrocious!

Have to agree. He was constantly up against two players with zero help from Aye. A couple of slips at the end because he was properly knackered.

[olaftab]

Well done to all those that went, it looked bloody cold.

It was much colder than it looked😟

I didn't think it was that bad to be honest. I expected it to be colder than it was.

Hells bells, is this a late contender for most banal thread exchange* of 2016! It's like listening to three old women at the laundrette.

*my contributions excluded

Disgraceful comment disparaging lively conversation on current affairs😡

[Dr_Fegg]

Worth a second post just to say Westwood had a good game. I've been happy to criticise so credit where its due and double credit for having to play around the lighthouse which was Jedinak.

Didn't get it when we bought him and haven't seen anything to make me change my mind. The worst thing is for a tall "hard" midfielder he never puts himself about - powder-puff tackling (when he eventually gets there) and looses loads of headers. If we can get some muscles on Gardner (or get his brother to explain how to tackle in midfield) he may be a better option but otherwise we need to buy.

Not sure about McCormack either, his mobility and movement for a centre-forward seem lacking, he only scored on Monday because the ball came to him

[Chris Jameson]

I have never seen my son celebrate a Villa goal on the television as much as he did last night. He went from depths of despair from all the messages he was getting on his phone to dancing round the living room. He didn't bother responding to any of the messages even after we scored showing a bit of class.