Aston Villa 2-1 Excellent Ipswich Town Post Match Thread

[Ads]

You could spin it that way. But if we're going to be fair and give every chance a goal, then they could have had 2 and we'd have had 8.

[Sexual Ealing]

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.

Surely there's a Villa performance that deserves that accolade?!

[tomd2103]

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.

Can't recall to be honest TV.  Seem to remember them playing with more tucked in wide players (Ollie Watkins for example) with the full-backs providing the width.  I don't think we have the players to play that way at the moment.   

[Pat McMahon]

Chuffed to see a win again but we made hard work of it through lax finishing and harum scarum defending.

Chester looks poor at the back and was both outmuscled a few times and also terrible in possession ( not that we help him out with our movement ahead of him).

McGinn was generally very good and Tammy did well, but should really have had a hat trick. We started to play good football for a while at 2-0 and a 3rd would have given us enough breathing space to really enjoy it and develop more confidence. Given our recent form a real missed opportunity.

I was in the upper Holte and thought ours was a stonewall penalty. The bloke next to me thought it was a dive. And a fair number of people around me applauded their goal so I figure the keeper was not at fault.

[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.

Can't recall to be honest TV.  Seem to remember them playing with more tucked in wide players (Ollie Watkins for example) with the full-backs providing the width.  I don't think we have the players to play that way at the moment.   

Getting rid of Bolasie, I don’t know if he will commit to El Ghazi, Green I think will end up leaving. It won’t shock me to see a more compact 4-5-1, 4-4-1-1 or 4-3-2-1 system in the future. Wingers are just fantastic at their best and a complete luxury when they only contribute to one side of the game. I love Ash for his immense work rate at both ends of the pitch but too often wingers don’t do that. When you combine that with useless full backs our flanks become easy areas for opponents to expose.

[tomd2103]

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.

Can't recall to be honest TV.  Seem to remember them playing with more tucked in wide players (Ollie Watkins for example) with the full-backs providing the width.  I don't think we have the players to play that way at the moment.   

Getting rid of Bolasie, I don’t know if he will commit to El Ghazi, Green I think will end up leaving. It won’t shock me to see a more compact 4-5-1, 4-4-1-1 or 4-3-2-1 system in the future. Wingers are just fantastic at their best and a complete luxury when they only contribute to one side of the game. I love Ash for his immense work rate at both ends of the pitch but too often wingers don’t do that. When you combine that with useless full backs our flanks become easy areas for opponents to expose.

Could see it being a bit of a variation of how Wolves set up last season.  They played three at the back, pushed their wing backs on and tucked their wide players in.  I think you could do that with a back four, with a defensive midfielder dropping back to make a three when the full backs push on.

[ChicagoLion]

Ipswich are a very poor side and we were Tammy and SJM better than them.
Taylor Hourihane Chester Albert were poor and Elmo when he came on was awful.

[ChicagoLion]

It was a definite penalty for us, he clearly tugged McGinns shirt.

Not from my angle in the Wilton lane, SJM felt contact and went down theatrically I’m afraid.
Every one sitting near me saw it the same way.

[Villatillidie1982]

A win I guess but not buying into this Dean Smith football genius hype. Average all over.

The new manager bounce is long gone when there was movement all over the pitch. Now many of the players look like they can't be bothered again. The recovery of Jedinak will improve things although Whelan did okay today.  But Elphick and Taylor need to be replaced in that defence.

[Villatillidie1982]

And he’s off.

🗣 "Their penalty is never a penalty. Our penalty is a stonewaller. It hit his hand."

A frustrated Paul Lambert spoke to iFollow Ipswich after the 2-1 defeat at Villa Park. #itfc

I am not convinced that our penalty was a penalty. It looked very theatrical.

[kippaxvilla2]

More from him.....

“The performances have improved since I've been at the club."

[Ads]

It was a definite penalty.

[Mister E]

Although Sears strike is a stunner, I've just seen the Hologram's absolutely pathetic effort at closing him down.

How many times have we seen that this season? Sooo frustrating.

[alanclare]

We managed to make a poor team look quite good.

[mr underhill]

That's largely the way I saw it. The difference was Abraham and McGinn. They actually looked better than us defensively.