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Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #135 on: December 23, 2018, 05:40:13 PM »

I don't think leeds will win the league I predict they will fall away.

Unfortunately I think that's the sort of result that can galvanise a side. It could be their Leicester moment.

We're good that way.

Today was their 6th win in a row, not sure they need much galvanising. The bastards.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #136 on: December 23, 2018, 05:42:55 PM »
Coming to the biggest club in the division and winning from being 2-0 down (and looking more likely to concede a third in the early stages of the second half) will be one of the results they'll point to if they go up.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #137 on: December 23, 2018, 05:44:47 PM »
I don't like Dean's griping.  They were better than us throughout, don't blame the official because had they done their job properly, Whelan's blatant handball gets punished too.   

Dean can only coach the players he has and he cannot make those players take the right decision.  Quite what the fuck Elmo was doing with that header at the end was schoolboy poor.  Chester, Bree and Hutton were poor as well.  Our midfielder has huge holes in it and McGinn cannot do it all on his own. 

Kodjia, El Ghazi, Hourihane, Elmo, Whelan and BB are so very inconsistent that we seem to take two steps forward and one step back.  The defence needs fresh blood and we are absolutely desperate for a quality, mobile central defensive midfielder.  We were done by the better side today and that's hard to take as it's to a horrible slag side.  Lots of injuries to cope with but even with them back in, we are NOT at the top table yet in terms of quality. We CAN still make the play off's but we need at least three or four more players to come in.

What decisions did DS query out of interest?


Said that Kodj would have lobbed the goalie in the first minute but he was fouled and the ref played on.
Also said that Leeds fouled a lot "tactically", once we got in behind them and the ref didn't book them enough.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #138 on: December 23, 2018, 05:47:01 PM »
I used to bang on about it on the “Bruce Out” thread but the longer he remained in charge, the longer it would be to recover from him and here we are. Smith must be allowed to build his own squad and it’s not just the defence that needs overhauling. I think it’ll be three windows needed to get rid of the rubbish and bring in the quality required to not only reach the Premier League but remain there. But I think we’re hesding in the right direction

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #139 on: December 23, 2018, 05:47:26 PM »
I don't like Dean's griping.  They were better than us throughout, don't blame the official because had they done their job properly, Whelan's blatant handball gets punished too.   

Dean can only coach the players he has and he cannot make those players take the right decision.  Quite what the fuck Elmo was doing with that header at the end was schoolboy poor.  Chester, Bree and Hutton were poor as well.  Our midfielder has huge holes in it and McGinn cannot do it all on his own. 

Kodjia, El Ghazi, Hourihane, Elmo, Whelan and BB are so very inconsistent that we seem to take two steps forward and one step back.  The defence needs fresh blood and we are absolutely desperate for a quality, mobile central defensive midfielder.  We were done by the better side today and that's hard to take as it's to a horrible slag side.  Lots of injuries to cope with but even with them back in, we are NOT at the top table yet in terms of quality. We CAN still make the play off's but we need at least three or four more players to come in.

What decisions did DS query out of interest?


Said that Kodj would have lobbed the goalie in the first minute but he was fouled and the ref played on.
Also said that Leeds fouled a lot "tactically", once we got in behind them and the ref didn't book them enough.

Well we scored two goals after that so not a major decision.

Certainly Allioski was someone who somehow escaped a booking in first half (laughable dive in the first half in the box) but again not something that affects a game.

He did blame the ref a lot in interviews at Walsall but that was usually in games when the team had been poor so I just assume it's a tactic of shifting the focus and he'll deal with stuff in house.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #140 on: December 23, 2018, 05:53:36 PM »
Best team won, but boy don't we make it easy for teams to score. Our defence needs a lot of work, and Steve Bruce needs to make Elmo and Hogan his first two signings at Wednesday. Merry Christmas all!

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #141 on: December 23, 2018, 06:00:48 PM »
Just found out we lost 2-3 after leaving at 90+2 to sell H&V. No wonder I barely sold any more.

I left at 2-2 to beat the traffic 😁

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #142 on: December 23, 2018, 06:01:22 PM »
new fullbacks please   ...   and a CD  ..  we aint the same without JG and I just wish Kodja would look up and pass  ( like the second goal )  m frustrates the hell out of me . BB couldnt pass the ball , hogan stopped running for a chance on goal and after witnessing some amazing trickery by bolaise , he cant pass the ball in the box with Villa players waiting for a tap in.

saying that ..

Leeds were much better .

nice christmas present Villa

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #143 on: December 23, 2018, 06:06:52 PM »
Needs must, we absolutely have to recall Tommy Elphick on Jan 1.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #144 on: December 23, 2018, 06:09:31 PM »
I thought the midfield three all played well in their own right

But I also agree that we need more technical players to play how Smith wants. Grealish is proving how good he is at the moment. He'd have made a huge difference today

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #145 on: December 23, 2018, 06:09:35 PM »
We were outclassed in midfield and given Hourihane and Whelan's lack of legs that wasn't a surprise.  Bielsa out managed Smith today. We have a long way to go.

Yep.  Smith is clearly a great manager and a massive upgrade on Bruce, but that was poor game management today.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #147 on: December 23, 2018, 06:17:32 PM »
We've played a tough run of fixtures since deano came in and were battering teams till grealish got injured. Once he's back and we start playing some of the dross we’ll start winning again. Even with our slapstick defence. Leeds look a different level at the moment but we’ve shown we can beat the teams just below that. With some defensive reinforcements and an average experienced keeper I am more than confident we can finish in the play offs.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #148 on: December 23, 2018, 06:26:44 PM »
I’ve gone on about the negatives today, for obvious reasons, but thought SJM, Kodj and Tammy were excellent today.

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Re: Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United Post Match Thread
« Reply #149 on: December 23, 2018, 06:28:00 PM »
We'll need 2 CB's come January. Really unlucky to lose Jack and Axel for arguably the most important game this season. Had they played, we certainly wouldn't have list today.

 


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