Aston Villa vs Preston North End Post-Match Thread.

[SoccerHQ]

Quicker to walk to the A34. Better choice of buses available.

[Chris Smith]

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

He has the squad to do all of that and more.

He may have the squad, but he hasn't got the tactical nous to make the changes. I fully expect the same team v Wednesday if Grealish and Adomah are unfit. His only change may be to bring in Whelan for Thor. Sorry but I've gone into SB tactics mode!!

No particularly aimed at you Eddie but can I just get this straight as I am a little unclear how it woks. Is it, if we win all the credit goe to Steve Agnew but if we don’t all the blame goes to Steve Bruce?

[walsall villain]

How comically bad was that referee :-) he didn’t even give the pen until lino flagged.  Then he booked one of them for dissent and ran off while number 3 kept up the protest to said lino instead of dealing with him in same way.

Booked Bjarnasson for a cynical foul 30 seconds after not booking one of theirs for the same offence.

We should be grateful to the officials tonight. Very poor decision for the penalty earned us a completely undeserved point. No way we would have scored a goal otherwise,

They got lucky as we should of had a free kick on the edge of their box but the ref failed to see it to the disgust of all of us in P8 who were right on top of play. They broke and got the corner that they scored from. Some of the Refs at VP have been poor and against Burton when we should of got a Pen to make it 3-0, moments later it was 2-1.

Got the corner which shouldn’t have been. Came of their bloke last. Still poor keeping from corner though.

[Ad@m]

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

He has the squad to do all of that and more.

He may have the squad, but he hasn't got the tactical nous to make the changes. I fully expect the same team v Wednesday if Grealish and Adomah are unfit. His only change may be to bring in Whelan for Thor. Sorry but I've gone into SB tactics mode!!

No particularly aimed at you Eddie but can I just get this straight as I am a little unclear how it woks. Is it, if we win all the credit goe to Steve Agnew but if we don’t all the blame goes to Steve Bruce?

Regardless, let's hope that from here we go on a bit of a spring roll...

[adrenachrome]

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

I was right at the front in L5 and everybody around us were falling over in fits of laughter when the penalty was given. That twat that got booked for dissent had a pair of wobbling breasts. That ref was an obnoxious little toerag and I have seen more meat on a butcher's pencil. Hogan was approximately half the size of the fucker marking him in all physical dimensions.

[ChicagoLion]

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

He has the squad to do all of that and more.

He may have the squad, but he hasn't got the tactical nous to make the changes. I fully expect the same team v Wednesday if Grealish and Adomah are unfit. His only change may be to bring in Whelan for Thor. Sorry but I've gone into SB tactics mode!!

No particularly aimed at you Eddie but can I just get this straight as I am a little unclear how it woks. Is it, if we win all the credit goe to Steve Agnew but if we don’t all the blame goes to Steve Bruce?

The Manager is Steve Bruce.

[Clampy]

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

He has the squad to do all of that and more.

He may have the squad, but he hasn't got the tactical nous to make the changes. I fully expect the same team v Wednesday if Grealish and Adomah are unfit. His only change may be to bring in Whelan for Thor. Sorry but I've gone into SB tactics mode!!

No particularly aimed at you Eddie but can I just get this straight as I am a little unclear how it woks. Is it, if we win all the credit goe to Steve Agnew but if we don’t all the blame goes to Steve Bruce?

The Manager is Steve Bruce.

He was also the manager when we won 7 on the trot which put us second.

[The Edge]

Highlights

That penalty decision seemed scandalous

It was a definite foul therefore a pen. You can't just use your body to push someone out of the way like that unless it's shoulder to shoulder. Their goal was a defensive/ goalkeeping horror show for the second game running. Wtf is happening to Johnston?

[olaftab]

Highlights

That penalty decision seemed scandalous

Really? A forward going for the ball in the area gets barged over by a rushing in defender who's only intent was to stop him. How is that scandalous?

[ChicagoLion]

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

He has the squad to do all of that and more.

He may have the squad, but he hasn't got the tactical nous to make the changes. I fully expect the same team v Wednesday if Grealish and Adomah are unfit. His only change may be to bring in Whelan for Thor. Sorry but I've gone into SB tactics mode!!

No particularly aimed at you Eddie but can I just get this straight as I am a little unclear how it woks. Is it, if we win all the credit goe to Steve Agnew but if we don’t all the blame goes to Steve Bruce?

The Manager is Steve Bruce.

He was also the manager when we won 7 on the trot which put us second.

Correct.

[Hookeysmith]

Johnson - another poor decision cost us a goal - terribly indecisive on high balls

Hutton  - Did well as usual but his pace covers up a lot of poor positional errors

Terry - rare below average game - would have cleared off line if not clattered by keeper

Chester - pretty sound as usual

Alex - Started ok but was concerned how he tired 2nd half

Jedinak - He was equal in shitness as he was greatness against the dog shit - against any pace in an opposition and he just becomes part of a back 5 and we then have limited midfield options to play out to. Best role is to come on when we want to close the game off or unless the opposition have some big unit in there.

Onomah - He has played almost everywhere bar in goal and I cannot see where his natural position is nor what his key attributes are. Such promise not being lived up
to.

Hourihane - totally ineffective to the point he looked lost. Shooting aside another "hyped" player who cannot live up to expectation. I sau often look how many times he receives the ball facing the wrong way - its astonishing.

Snodgrass - looked off the pace and the injury sealed him being rightly pulled

Bjarnassen - Thought he was lively in first half but he is not Jack and it showed - Saturday hopefully will see him back in Holding Mid where he should have been against Fulham.

Hogan - starved of any ball unless 10ft in the air and when he did get it no one within 20 ft of him so it was lost. very poor header 2nd half.

Subs:

Elmo - unnoticeable
Grabban - really thought he looked bright and opened them up - big balls for pen
Davis - very raw and cumbersome but gives us an option when came on - obviously won the (deffo) pen

Bruce
Reverted to default setting of caution first - we have a decent set of players that can come in if played in the right way - I fear as now have 1 point out of 6 he will again be defensive on Saturday and that is where 2nd will start to slip away

[Bad English]

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

The game or your posts?

I like it.

[The Edge]

Highlights

That penalty decision seemed scandalous

Really? A forward going for the ball in the area gets barged over by a rushing in defender who's only intent was to stop him. How is that scandalous?

It's not. It was a foul in the penalty area which is a penalty. Simple as that really

[AsTallAsLions]

It was a penalty, Davis was shoved in the air which made it look a bit theatrical but if he'd had feet on the ground he would have still been barged over. Very clumsy defending and fairly unnecessary.

[footyskillz]

Is the pitch as difficult as Bruce making out?
Gave goal away softly but penalty was put away well.
I think Grabban will be in next time with Hogan.
As best Preston away perhaps the 4 points from 2 matches isn't so bad just the other way round.
I agree about having more pace and creativity in side maybe a more simple but varied 2 up top and 2 wide players.