Aston Villa v Preston North End Post-Match Thread

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I think so too. Im repeating myself, but I don't think Hourihane would have fluffed his shot or the ball into Gabby at the start of the 2nd half like Grealish did.

[PeterWithe]

I've just watched the highlights, blimey that was never a penalty. No wonder the northern monkeys got a bit upset.

[brian green]

Ref did his best to make amends to them in the second half though.

[ChicagoLion]

Ref did his best to make amends to them in the second half though.

Exactly how I saw it, some very strange decisions which certainly helped them out.

[Tom_Mc9?]

More annoyed by the McCormack revelations than the game to be honest.

Pretty sure we'll see improvement between now and May. Too much to turn last year's shambles around to promotion this year though.

[in exile]

It's official - I hate football

[PeterWithe]

I can't ever remember seeing five (?) different penalty takers for us in a season.

[aj2k77]

Thought Grealish was poor again and if we sign Hourihane and another Striker I can't see him getting in the side.

[saunders_heroes]

Thought Grealish was poor again and if we sign Hourihane and another Striker I can't see him getting in the side.

He should have been better but I wouldn't say he was poor. He played his part in the first goal and was a nuisance all day to Preston, and won us loads of free kicks. He's more frustrating than anything, as we know there's loads more to come from him. I'd rather a Villa team with him in it (with all the frustrations that come with him) than a team without him.

[spartacuss]

Villa:
!st Half = Barcelona(ish)
2nd Half = Bloxwich Under 15 Juniors (Reserves)

[myf]

Thought Grealish was poor again and if we sign Hourihane and another Striker I can't see him getting in the side.

He should have been better but I wouldn't say he was poor. He played his part in the first goal and was a nuisance all day to Preston, and won us loads of free kicks. He's more frustrating than anything, as we know there's loads more to come from him. I'd rather a Villa team with him in it (with all the frustrations that come with him) than a team without him.

I agree with this.  It's not that he's poor but seems too laid back and ends up frustrating .  Need to see more urgency from him

[claretandbeer]

After the usual 2nd half of being torn apart by faster,stronger opponents,I couldn't face the agony of reading the comments here last night.However,Bruce's post match comments and Hourihane's performance v Leeds cheered me up and the realisation that Bruce is tackling the problems posed by a weak midfield. It was a pity yesterday that Lansbury hadn't played recently and when he tired,the midfield was gone.Grealish,Adomah and Westwood offering little resistance and less and less going forward.Bruce  normally is good on substitutions,certainly in comparison to Sherwood,but should really have replaced him earlier.With Hourihane ,Lansbury and Green,we are going to have a far better midfield,defensivelyreating and scoring goals. And the other new player who impressed was the hard working player up front .I hadn't seen him before ,was he promoted from the U21s or did Di Matteo buy him ?
When I asked who he was,everyone just swore.Who is the mystery ,no.11 ?

[Pete3206]

PNE's players looked fitter than ours.

[achilles]

PNE's players looked fitter than ours.

That is not hard!

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Torn apart? Behave.