Aston Villa vs West Ham United Match Thread

[Edvard Remberg]

Awesome crossing from gilby

[PeterWithesShin]

Fabianski saves from SJM

[taylorsworkrate]

That's poor from Wesley to be offside there. He was looking right along the line

[SamTheMouse]

I like Jota but he's definitely not a wide player.

[taylorsworkrate]

And Wesley offside there blocking SJM's shot.

[AsTallAsLions]

That's poor from Wesley to be offside there. He was looking right along the line

Yep.

[Bad English]

Shit atmosphere on TV.

[VillaAlways]

Jota gets pushed off the ball far too easily

[PeterWithesShin]

HT

[Steve67]

I think we had the better of that half.  West ham are neat and tidy but when we pass it well, we are sharp. 

[Jon Crofts]

Not impressed with Jota.
Nakamba meh so far.
El Ghazi I’d forgotten was playing until the 35th minute.
Someone needs to get a grip of this game.

[Axl Rose]

I quite enjoyed that...It wasn't stressful anyway.

I think we need two up front, and Hourihane on for Jota.

[PaulWinch again]

Not great, need to be much stronger.

[taylorsworkrate]

Mings and Engels have been excellent again. It's worrying how easily the away team is finding space between midfield and defence though.

Jack has put in some good balls and Jota has grown into it. Nakamba looks decent on the ball, but not particularly strong defensively. SJM has ran and ran like always.

El Ghazi has been a joke, both going forwards and backwards.

[AsTallAsLions]

Time to shuffle that midfield deck for me.

As many have said, Jota is no winger, Grealish is playing too deep, and El Ghazi has been anonymous.