Aston Villa 2-2 QPR post match thread

[Clampy]

Without Grealish, we look far too predicable. We just seem to knock it out wide and that's about it. It's frustrating because we're not a million miles off the play off spots but we should be sitting comfortably just behind the top two.

[john e]

On the bright side, I thought Bree and Elphick both did well.

and Hutton 😁

[ChicagoLion]

On the bright side, I thought Bree and Elphick both did well.

Defensively yes but Bree needs to be a bit more accurate with his passing at times.

[PaulWinch again]

On the bright side, I thought Bree and Elphick both did well.

Yes they did.

[mr underhill]

sorry to say it but two and a half years on nothing has changed - we are totally average. Oh and Hutton should never play again.

[Keeno]

On the bright side, I thought Bree and Elphick both did well.

Yes they did.

Agreed. According to WhoScored almost half (48% I think) of all of QPR's attacks came down their right v Hutton - if we can strengthen there ASAP we should hopefully start looking more solid.

[Villa Lew]

Another 2 points dropped not good enough. What's happened to the form we produced against Boro and Albion, been well below that since. Trying to be positive, we're still 5 points behind 6th place. Thought Tommy and Bree did ok. QPR were a disgrace with their time wasting, although he wasn't great, at least the ref added plenty of stoppage time, can't remember there ever been 14 mins in a match.

[cdward]

With Grealish in that game we would have won it easily.
 The amount of free kicks in advanced positions, and therefore scoring chances we get with him is an important part of our game, and also how he draws players to him, so leaving others free is a big loss.
That and Hutton constantly getting skinned and left for dead, means it was another frustrating draw.

[chrisw1]

Fucking dreadful.  If Bruce has served up our last few performances this place would be in meltdown.

Did you really expect it to change so quickly? These are all Bruce’s players who for the most part are fucking plodders and the best and most cultured player out injured.

what you’ve got to remember TV is he defended Bruce right up until the bitter end for the endless dross shit and incompetence that everyone else could see apart from him and a couple of others

so now he’s trying to make a point by saying it’s just as bad under Smith and trying to compare the two at this stage and state of play because he doesn’t understand fuck all

And in any event if he reads the thread it is in meltdown so his point is mute anyway

There’s no need for that John.  And to put you straight I wanted Bruce out after the play off final and was consitant with that view.

The second half was dreadful and I’m not the only person to have pointed that out.

[john e]

biggest problem with our defences isn’t the defenders
it’s the midfield who are collectively rubbish no matter who plays apart from SJM

[cdbearsfan]

Can't wait for 2019 to be over.

[mr underhill]

we are pretty awful all over the field with the exception of SJM and Tammy - and he isn't ours. We've spent millions on crap, it's as simple as that.

[Keeno]

biggest problem with our defences isn’t the defenders
it’s the midfield who are collectively rubbish no matter who plays apart from SJM

Definitely part of it - we're particularly bad in transition into defence because there's not a natural DM that reads the game and cuts out danger. Their first goal came from that

[john e]

Fucking dreadful.  If Bruce has served up our last few performances this place would be in meltdown.

Did you really expect it to change so quickly? These are all Bruce’s players who for the most part are fucking plodders and the best and most cultured player out injured.

what you’ve got to remember TV is he defended Bruce right up until the bitter end for the endless dross shit and incompetence that everyone else could see apart from him and a couple of others

so now he’s trying to make a point by saying it’s just as bad under Smith and trying to compare the two at this stage and state of play because he doesn’t understand fuck all

And in any event if he reads the thread it is in meltdown so his point is mute anyway

There’s no need for that John.  And to put you straight I wanted Bruce out after the play off final and was consitant with that view.

The second half was dreadful and I’m not the only person to have pointed that out.

Sorry

got carried away

[Matt Collins]

Steer OK - one good save

Bree quite good - some bad long balls
Elphick good and in control
Chester ok
Hutton absolutely awol all game. Bring back Taylor

Hourihane and bjarnason both poor
Mcginn better but looked tired

Adomah poor
Kodjia frustrated the hell out of me. Think he had to square that chance for abraham

Abraham mixed perfomance but he can't stop scoring.

El ghazi did well
Bolasie almost as frustrating as Kodjia

Overall. Disjointed. Too many long balls. But with a decent defence, 15 mins of intense pressure that we had in each half wins you thah game