Aston Villa 2-1 Excellent Ipswich Town Post Match Thread

[ez]

Not as comfortable as i hoped but an important win to keep us in sight of the top 6 before the reinforcements arrive.

[UK Redsox]

It's a bit worrying to me that McGinn has turned into Tonev in front of goal.

[PeterWithe]

He absolutely belted that one in the first half the keeper spilled, other were more half cues that came at him very quickly. He did well to be there to hit them.

[ClarrieBlue]

I was sat in the Lower Trinity and everyone was laughing because it looked like McGinn blatantly dived to get the penalty. It depends on your view I suppose. Generally everyone in the Holte seems to think it was the right decision lol. I also think Elphick deserves a mention. He had a very steady game, geeing the the other players on. One header he did in the first half was insane really. I think he was half-falling over so there was no way he could kick the ball but he dived in with the ball about 2 feet off the ground to nick it off an Ipswich player with his head just outside our box. Fantastic commitment.

[in exile]

I saw Craig Shakespeare before the game. What club is he with now?
I wonder if he was watching anyone or just here for the game.

My first reaction was McGinn dived and seeing it back on telly my mind has not changed.
 

[ChicagoLion]

I saw Shakespeare before the game. What club is he with now?

The Globe

[Lastfootstamper]

It's a bit worrying to me that McGinn has turned into Tonev in front of goal.

I felt bad for mentioning that out of the corner of my eye, he was once standing in a fashion that reminded me of Westwood. But this is just cruel.

[Ads]

Funny that, I saw his sister. She begged me to stay with her.

[UK Redsox]

I saw Craig Shakespeare before the game. What club is he with now?
I wonder if he was watching anyone or just here for the game.

My first reaction was McGinn dived and seeing it back on telly my mind has not changed.
 

From my spot in the LTR, I thought that McGinn was grabbed by the shoulder and pulled down. The TV camera, being on the other side of the field, doesn't show this.

[spartacuss]

Thought the ref gave us the best of the decisions yesterday.  Makes up for that circus of a game against QPR and that clown of a referee.

[Fred Crump]

He absolutely belted that one in the first half the keeper spilled, other were more half cues that came at him very quickly. He did well to be there to hit them.

Much as I love him so it’s not a criticism but I wonder if that worldie is a bit of any albatross round his neck. He looks as if he’s maybe tensing up a bit when he shoots, almost trying too hard.
But if only we could accuse all of our team of trying too hard, it would be a nice problem to have.

[ktvillan]

Abrahams is a funny one - difficult to knock his goalscoring record but he does tend to miss at least one sitter per game and it's not beyond the realms of possibility for him to have had 25-30 goals by now.  And yesterday failure to convert our chances (not just Abrahams) could have cost us all three points given that they hit the post and had a very good shout for a pen.  Plus I'm not 100% convinced ours was a pen, but a better shout than the one given against Whelan v Swansea.   That would have been a travesty but it should never have been that close. 

[villa `cross the mersey]

I saw Craig Shakespeare before the game. What club is he with now?
I wonder if he was watching anyone or just here for the game.

He was there with  his brother, Mike to watch our new loan signing -- he was heard to say " a Hause, a Hause , Mike (kin) come for a Hause"  or sonnet like that

[oldtimernow]

I saw Craig Shakespeare before the game. What club is he with now?
I wonder if he was watching anyone or just here for the game.

He was there with  his brother, Mike to watch our new loan signing -- he was heard to say " a Hause, a Hause , Mike (kin) come for a Hause"  or sonnet like that

Much ado about nothing there

[robleflaneur]

I saw Craig Shakespeare before the game. What club is he with now?
I wonder if he was watching anyone or just here for the game.

My first reaction was McGinn dived and seeing it back on telly my mind has not changed.
 

From my spot in the LTR, I thought that McGinn was grabbed by the shoulder and pulled down. The TV camera, being on the other side of the field, doesn't show this.

That's what it seemed to me as well but that's with my crap eye sight and biased opinion.
Chester needs a break,he's getting slower and slower because of his injury.Surely there are better younger players than Taylor and Elmo who yesterday werent up to the woeful standard.I actually think we were far  worse than against Hull as I can't remember having seen a worse side than Ipswich in any league game including Division 3 at VP. If that is a normal performance from them,I wouldn't be surprised if they are in the 4th tier after next season.