Aston Villa vs Preston North End Post-Match Thread.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Due to varying personal issues tonight was my first trip to B6 this season - Christ we are still poor to watch - as soon as the team was announced you could predict the type of game we were going to watch - to be honest Preston can consider themselves unlucky not to have grabbed all 3 points.
I thought we had moved on from hoof ball - evidently not.
Johnstone is a flapper at corners - and his kicking is shocking- get rid
Automatic promotion? I very much doubt it -

[CJ]

Awful, negative starting line up compounded by playing players out of position - Bjarnason wide left, Hourihane right midfield, Onomah in a world of his own - and just one up front at home to Preston in the first half. Ironically he brought two forwards on at half time but with no winger on the pitch (presumably Snodgrass went off injured). To be fair we looked more positive and Grabban was very busy. Comedy officiating gifted us a penalty and we could/should have nicked all three points at the end and that really would have been daylight/evening robbery.

[AsTallAsLions]

Grealish and Adomah out for another week at least? Hahaha well fuck us then I guess.

[olaftab]

I will use my 30,000th post to say "Fuck me that was depressing!"

That’s lot of posts for a teenager.

[Louzie0]

I will use my 30,000th post to say "Fuck me that was depressing!"

That’s lot of posts for a teenager.

Not one with broadband and unlimited toast, though.

[Des Little]

Well the next training session needs to major on passing and crossing that’s for sure.

[UK Redsox]

Preston have taken on the personality of Alex Neil.

He whinges more than Elise Christie

Other thoughts...,

Hourihane looked like he’d completely forgotten how to play football
Jedi still can’t pass or direct a header
Why is Yoko anywhere near the match day squad?
Disappointed with Axel. First time I’ve seen him play and based on reports, I was expecting a lot more pace

Alan, Chester, Scotty, Grabban, Bjarney all did ok

Terry poor in first half (especially passing) but better in second

Johnstone’s kicking isn’t great but he’s Lionel Messi compared to Guzan

[olaftab]

Point of order. Kodjia did fuck all during those seven wins.

Sometimes not doing anything is an effective action so Kodjia helped by not being in the team.

[Ads]

M6 is as wank as our midfield.

[tomd2103]

Went for a couple of drinks after the game so only just got back in.  Really disappointing performance and quite fortunate to get a draw seeing as that was never a penalty.  That said, they didn't create all that much with Johnstone making a poor mistake for their goal and we could have nicked it at the end with Davis missing a sitter.  Thought they were a lot sharper all over the pitch tonight though and seemed to win most of the second balls.

I agree with the comments about the formation and don't think it is going to work with Hogan up front if Grealish is not in the side.  We lacked any paced going forward and Bjarnason and Onomah look horribly out of position out wide.  I thought those two, along with Jedinak and Hourihane looked so lethargic tonight and we looked a shadow of the side we have been in recent weeks when Grealish has played in there. 

[tomd2103]

He picked a bad team for the second game running

We simply have to:
- get more pace in the side
- get more creativity in the side
- drop hourihane and probably Onomah
- play Bjarnason deeper
- play a target man whilst grealish is out
- give Jedinak a rest

It just seems really obvious to me

Where is the pace though Matt?  We really don't have many wide options at all and that is why Bjarnason and Onomah keep getting shoved out there.  I agree about Hogan not being able to play when Grealish is not in the side, as we don't have a midfielder who can bridge that gap between midfield and the striker like he can. 

It just looked horribly disjointed tonight with players playing out of position and on the wrong side. 

[olaftab]

Can we stop this “that was never a penalty” nonsense. It was and rightly it was given.

[olaftab]

Taunzebe is a good player but not a fullback.

[Toronto Villa]

Maybe someone has answered this already and I didn’t notice in the game, but why didn’t Terry have his number 26 on his back?

[oldtimernow]

Maybe someone has answered this already and I didn’t notice in the game, but why didn’t Terry have his number 26 on his back?

He had it ripped from his back in the first few minutes