Preston NE 1-1 Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Pat McMahon]

What a miss.  Should have gone with his left

That is one of my pet hates, players not daring to use their weaker foot and thus getting into a wrong body shape to control their connection with the ball.  From that distance it was a criminal miss. Bolasie was similarly guilty last week v Leeds.

[Ads]

3 right backs and a right footed centre half who cannot play on the left. We all.know defensively we're not good enough but I'm loathed to flog any of them too much as it's self evident that they're poor and it's not necessarily their fault. It's Wor Bruce.

[Matt Collins]

You would think we'd lost the last two from some of the comments here

I agree with Ads analysis above. Whelan deep AND hourihane further fwds is a real double whammy compared to how we were playing

No coincidence our wingers have looked so much more blung. The transition is too laboured

[Legion]

Yes. The blame lies firmly and squarely with Bruce.

[ChicagoLion]

What a miss.  Should have gone with his left

That is one of my pet hates, players not daring to use their weaker foot and thus getting into a wrong body shape to control their connection with the ball.  From that distance it was a criminal miss. Bolasie was similarly guilty last week v Leeds.

The only way to get comfortable with the other foot is to keep using it, if only they had time to practice.

[kippaxvilla2]

We are going to have to have a monumental last 21 games.  Two points a game gets you to 79 points.  Is that enough?

[kippaxvilla2]

Oh and no one is going to convince me that Whelan is the answer to Jack’s absence.

[olaftab]

No he's not. Whelan can find a pass, it's just it takes about 5 minutes for the pass to happen.

I think Refs should stop play for a little while when grandad has the ball.

[SoccerHQ]

Criminal not to win that given the other results and PNE missing pretty much all their best players.

Boring game when you look at what happened elsewhere.

Need to win our next 3 or whatever but have to be honest results like today and Leeds show we're not good enough for top 2 despite the recent improvement.

[Legion]

Grandad we love you
Grandad we do

[olaftab]

Oh and no one is going to convince me that Whelan is the answer to Jack’s absence.

OK other than hairstyle I don’t see the difference.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Oh and no one is going to convince me that Whelan is the answer to Jack’s absence.

Seems to have his fans . Unfortunately.

[Ads]

Whelan and Hourihane shackle our wide players. With no Grealish to feed to drift between the lines, we suffocate ourselves with our main line of attack.

Quick.transition is key. Whelan, he'll never give you that.

[wittonwarrior]

Things  I’ve learnt from the last few games Hutton can’t link properly with bolasie, one game doesn’t make a swallow Nyland, Breen not strong enough and Deano is yet to fully appreciate kodja

[Steve67]

We need fresh blood in the squad. Fuck Whelan off.  We really need to win these sorts of games if we want promotion.