Aston Villa 2-1 Excellent Ipswich Town Post Match Thread

[LukeJames]

Only watched the first 60 minutes, the most pleasing thing for me, other than the result, was our pressing game was almost back to its best.

[Lastfootstamper]

Just watched the highlights and think McGinn made the most of his to put it mildly. Still can't tell clearly if theirs was a penalty or not. Ref made two great decisions, anyway.

Ours, I had a fantastic view. Their defender didn't know he was there, he took advantage. Clever play from a clever player.

Theirs, don't know, but in the build up prior to the shout there was what looked like a handball by an Ipswich player. Appeared to shovel it forward.

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From the Lower Holte our was a nailed on penalty.

Was from the upper Holte. He pulls him. It's a foul and the referee was a yard away.

[CT]

Good to see TSM2 is as utterly duluded as ever.

We had a perfect view of our penalty, absolute stonewall. Their defender was just stupid to pull his shirt right in front of the ref!!

But yeah, OK Paul, you were better, you dominated the match and the referee conned you. Whatever.

Only real gripe for me today was the first substitution which seemed to drop us back twenty yards and invite them onto us. We certainly panicked after their goal but really should have put them to the sword, they were awful.

[Richard E]

Whether it hit Elphick’s arm is beside the point. It has to be deliberate handball to be a penalty and he didn’t deliberately block it with his arm.

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Thought El Ghazi was unlucky to be booked for falling over and sliding into their player.

[footyskillz]

Wonderful to make some gains by winning

Abrahams is a dream and 30 goals should be achieved

[PeterWithe]

Thought El Ghazi was unlucky to be booked for falling over and sliding into their player.

And our goalie, booked for time wasting when there was a substitution happening!

I thought we were patchy, very good at times, too ponderous at others, Chester had a poor game but the movement in front of him when he had the ball, and time, was appalling.

Thought Elphick was very good, Whelan disciplined, McGinn superb, and the front three looked a threat.

They were pretty poor although their No6 caught the eye, not because he was any good, far from it, but I thought he did remarkably well to get through the game whilst seemingly balancing an unruly West Highland Terrier on his head.

[kippaxvilla2]

As i predicted in the pre match post,Green injured in training. Like Angela he is made of glass.BB was probably injured in training to .

Smith said he was just left out of the 18.  I reckon he could be gone by Thursday as well.

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If people contributed towards the site they'd have known about Green being injured days ago. It's like the end of Raiders for ITK. Warehouse full in the members section.

[CT]

I have to add, it was like an episode of Wacky Races getting away from VP after the game!

Absolute cretin in the car park, people cutting each other up etc.

Some really idiotic driving. I blame Lambert.

[Louzie0]

We go again; of course!

[Damo70]

Lambert’s timewasting stoppage time substitution today when his side was losing was a particularly clever move.

I sense a degree of sarcasm. Lambert is a tactical genius so far ahead of everybody else that he probably won't be truly understood and appreciated in his lifetime but will be held up by future generations as a true visionary.

[hilts_coolerking]

Sorry if this has been dealt with already but I just read this on the BBC Sport website match report:  "Abraham's scoring streak is understood to have made him the first Villa player to score in seven successive home games for the club since the great Pongo Waring in 1932-33."

Is that correct?

[Legion]

Hope it is.