Aston Villa 2-1 Excellent Ipswich Town Post Match Thread

[JJ-AV]

I think we’ve got to start Jedinak if he’s fit enough, just to tighten up the defence a bit

[PeterWithe]

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.

Given his attitude, workrate and propensity to dish out bollockings and praise, were he not only on loan, there would be a sound case to make him captain.

A fine player, and man.

[Lastfootstamper]

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.

I remember waiting months, literally months, for us to accumulate such figures.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

As bad as elmo was when he came on jedi was no better! Lacked composure and leadship and had no calming influence on the team. He's not the answer going forwards. Loved that exquisite through ball by Conor to Tammy in the 2nd half from which he should have secured his hatrick. Shame really cause he deserved the matchball.

[Matt Collins]

Highlights can be misleading.  But they give the impression that:

We were well on top but could have blown it
The midfield three was a lot better than of late, especially hourihane passing
Adomah was a threat but el ghazi wasn't
Mcginn and Tammy could have had a hat trick each
Chester was yet again beaten by a simple long ball over the top. I couldn't tell if that should have been a pen
There was quite good pace to our game

When you're in a bad run it's unlikely you're going to suddenly put in a perfect performance so I'll take that

[Richard E]

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.

Given his attitude, workrate and propensity to dish out bollockings and praise, were he not only on loan, there would be a sound case to make him captain.

A fine player, and man.

Yes, his all round performance was excellent yesterday. Worked incredibly hard and has a really intelligent footballing brain- he actually thinks about what he’s doing.

[Fred Crump]

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.

Given his attitude, workrate and propensity to dish out bollockings and praise, were he not only on loan, there would be a sound case to make him captain.

A fine player, and man.

Totally agree. Keeping him has been a massive plus and I dread to think what would have happened if he’d left given the rest of the transfer window activity so far.

[mike]

Highlights can be misleading.  But they give the impression that:

We were well on top but could have blown it
The midfield three was a lot better than of late, especially hourihane passing
Adomah was a threat but el ghazi wasn't
Mcginn and Tammy could have had a hat trick each
Chester was yet again beaten by a simple long ball over the top. I couldn't tell if that should have been a pen
There was quite good pace to our game

When you're in a bad run it's unlikely you're going to suddenly put in a perfect performance so I'll take that

I haven’t seen the highlights. I went to my first match since we imploded and I found it very interesting to see for myself what people have been saying about our defence. They do pretty well for periods but there are times where they are unbelievably lax and casual and get caught in possession in dangerous positions. Then they become hesitant which just makes it worse. I think Axel is a massive loss as he was a lot more composed than this lot. Having said all of that, Elphick was good. Kalinic’s distribution is shocking. Essentially, the defence don’t always defend very well and they are very slow to get the ball out, plus they don’t always give it to their own team. A decent team would have punished us yesterday. By contrast, the midfield, I thought, were pretty good. Hourihane and Adomah did well as did Kodjia when he came on and, of course, McGinn and Abraham were a class apart.

[Ads]

Some utter drivel gets spouted about "soft" penalties. What does that garbage even mean?

Did Judge foul McGinn? Yes, he quite clearly and obviously did. It's a foul. It was in the box, so it's a penalty. There is no debate to be had.

[Clampy]

Since the shocking performances against Swansea, Wigan and the first half against Hull, we've come back from being two goals down and should have beaten Hull in the second half and although yesterday wasn't the best we've played, I've seen us play a lot lot worse and we looked fairly comfortable until they scored their worldie. That three points might now give us the confidence to go on a bit of a run.

Oh, and I thought it was a pen as well.

[Villa75]

I travelled the 200+ miles there and back - traffic was a nightmare - and was hoping to see an emphatic home win against the worst side in the division. We won, and I'll 'enjoy' it, as we don't get many these days, and we won't play Ipswich at home again for a long while.

[john e]

remember that film years ago where two people swap bodies

I think that happened to Smith and Bruce after the first month of Smith being here

same players
Same tactics
Same results ( Bruce would often win games against rubbish sides normally hanging on at the end with a one goal lead)
same old same old

where did that fresh young manager go that we first had
I want him back

(If it’s all about Jack being out we are in trouble with this manager....again)

[LukeJames]

traffic was a nightmare

This is what happens when the owners tell all and sundry that they're not bothered about the traffic management flow outside of Villa Park.

[saunders_heroes]

Played some good stuff and should have won by more, but our defence is bloody shocking with Chester having yet another nightmare at the back. If nothing happens in the transfer market this week (regarding the defence) we can kiss goodbye to the play-offs.

[Legion]

Chester is playing with a groin injury and should really be rested but there is currently no other viable alternative.