Aston Villa 2-1 Excellent Ipswich Town Post Match Thread

[mike]

If that display doesn’t have people pulling their hair out then our expectations have been very effectively managed downwards.

[olaftab]

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?

Need Brian Green to respond as I am sure he remembers that season well😊

[olaftab]

If that display doesn’t have people pulling their hair out then our expectations have been very effectively managed downwards.

No. My expectations were exceeded by having 23 shots including 13 on target. This was, in reality, a 4-1 or 5-1 result but sometimes things don’t go the way we would want.

[walsall villain]

If that display doesn’t have people pulling their hair out then our expectations have been very effectively managed downwards.

Luckily I haven’t got hair to pull out. It did feel nervy but when you reflect on the 90 minutes we should have strolled it. I love Tammy but despite his great goals tally he isn’t premier league quality yet, he would need to be more clinical.

[tomd2103]

Whelan did good today, though I can't get used to him moving ahead of Conor in midfield. It was weird seeing Whelan ahead of Tammy on a couple of occasions. After a few losses of possession in the early stages McGinn settled down to have a great game. Hourihane's cross for Tammy was stunning. Returning midfielders will create more competition in that area. Defence is where we need proper re-enforcements. The attack with Tammy will then take care of business. UTV

For all the use he was, Bolasie going has left us a bit short of attacking wide options.  Green is injured quite often and along with El Ghazi, looks better coming off the bench in the latter stages of games.  That just leaves Adomah along with a number of players who aren't natural wide players. 

[Toronto Villa]

How much did Dean Smith play with wingers at Brentford? It’s possible that having two wingers isn’t how he wants us to play in the future. That wing play is a tactical option based on who we play against versus having to play with them due to limited options in the squad.

[pauliewalnuts]

Hourihane executing a bizarre "just jog past him" attempt at closing down Sears prior to him scoring.

A variation of this seems to happen every week.

I am not anti-Hourihane, he racks up the assists and weighs in with goals but fuck me, how many times does he totally fail to close down the opposition when he should do?

[PeterWithesShin]

Pretty sure Platt scored in 8 consecutive home league games in 89/90. We had 2 home LC games during that run and he scored in the first v Wolves but not the second against West Ham. So league games only then Tammy is the first since Platt, if it's including cup games then it's probably since Pongo.

[Sexual Ealing]

Hourihane executing a bizarre "just jog past him" attempt at closing down Sears prior to him scoring.

A variation of this seems to happen every week.

I am not anti-Hourihane, he racks up the assists and weighs in with goals but fuck me, how many times does he totally fail to close down the opposition when he should do?

The goal was too far away from me to comment on that, but I did see Hourihane close people down on a few occasions and he even made the odd tackle. Whether that's damning with faint praise, I don't know.

[garyshawsknee]

I'm sure he scored in 8 league games in a row aswell PWS. Starting with the home loss to QPR which we can't talk about, running through to the game against arsenal at Christmas.

[berneboy]

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?

Need Brian Green to respond as I am sure he remembers that season well😊

Naughty - but I smiled!

I wonder who's the eldest contributor on here?
I'm a band at 64.

[rougegorge]

Apart from a mad 10 minutes, when we let them back in, we controlled the game without really excelling.

We got lucky with the handball and then there was the header that hit the post, but Tammy could have had 4 and McGinn a couple, but no criticism of them as yet again they were the best we had.

I thought Kalinic was going to save the goal, but in fairness I was at the side so not the best view. His kicking is terrible and more noticeable since Smith has largely abandoned playing from the back.

Taylor and Chester had one or two comical moments that probably would've been punished by better opposition; just hope we can get a couple of defenders in as there has to be better options and we've had plenty of time to plan and get someone in.

[tomd2103]

Hourihane executing a bizarre "just jog past him" attempt at closing down Sears prior to him scoring.

A variation of this seems to happen every week.

I am not anti-Hourihane, he racks up the assists and weighs in with goals but fuck me, how many times does he totally fail to close down the opposition when he should do?

He did an even worse one quite early in the first half, when he jumped and turned his back on a player shaping up to cross on our left hand side.  The player just took it past him and into the box.

[mike]

If that display doesn’t have people pulling their hair out then our expectations have been very effectively managed downwards.

No. My expectations were exceeded by having 23 shots including 13 on target. This was, in reality, a 4-1 or 5-1 result but sometimes things don’t go the way we would want.

Ipswich were the worst side I’ve ever seen at Villa Park and we were the width of the post away from drawing.

[Sexual Ealing]

Abraham is so good that, not only is he the best striker in the league (perhaps the best the Championship has ever seen since it's been called that. He scored 23 for Bristol City too), he has a decent shout of being our best defender. On a couple of occasions, and he's done it all season, he chased his man on the ball deep into our area and calmly dispossessed him with no fuss at all.