Wolves v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[LukeJames]

We had a little bad luck with injuries but should have enough to at least match them and Wolves wasnt actually that good , well they didnt need to be.

I cant stand the ****** but cant agree with that, Uncle Jorge has got them some quality playere in Neves, Moutinho, Jota and Jiminez.

[Luke8]

We had a little bad luck with injuries but should have enough to at least match them and Wolves wasnt actually that good , well they didnt need to be.

I cant stand the c***s but cant agree with that, Uncle Jorge has got them some quality playere in Neves, Moutinho, Jota and Jiminez.

They are, sadly, a good team. Think a big advantage that they do have is that the majority of their players are into at least their second season playing in their team and that system. You can see that they have had the time to be well drilled/coached.

[LukeJames]

We had a little bad luck with injuries but should have enough to at least match them and Wolves wasnt actually that good , well they didnt need to be.

I cant stand the c***s but cant agree with that, Uncle Jorge has got them some quality playere in Neves, Moutinho, Jota and Jiminez.

They are, sadly, a good team. Think a big advantage that they do have is that the majority of their players are into at least their second season playing in their team and that system. You can see that they have had the time to be well drilled/coached.

Absolutely, they have been lucky with injuries for 18 months but I think that such a small squad in the Premier League and Europa will catch up with them. Hopefully when we play them at Villa Park they will have as many first team absentees as we did today.

[tomd2103]

Smith is learning too. Look at his background and compare that 5 years ago then look where nuno, pep and klopp were.

I kind of agree (and he should definitely be given at least this season to prove himself), but you’ve got to question if he IS actually learning?
We seem to be on here after every draw/ defeat complaining about the same mistakes he makes regarding formations/tactics/subs every bloody time. Where are the examples of him changing it up to improve things?

I'm not sure about being given the season to be honest.  The thought of going back down to the Championship and the inevitable asset stripping that wiould take place in that eventuality is pretty unthinkable at the moment.  There may be a time a bit further down the line where a change might be deemed necessary to keep us up, but I think we are nowhere near that point just yet.

[BC Villain]

We had a little bad luck with injuries but should have enough to at least match them and Wolves wasnt actually that good , well they didnt need to be.

I cant stand the c***s but cant agree with that, Uncle Jorge has got them some quality playere in Neves, Moutinho, Jota and Jiminez.

They are, sadly, a good team. Think a big advantage that they do have is that the majority of their players are into at least their second season playing in their team and that system. You can see that they have had the time to be well drilled/coached.

They came up from the Championship with a Premier League team already built.  We came up with a Championship side largely on its last legs.

[ROBBO]

Agree with the last comment they were a premiership side playing in the Championship totally different circumstances. With our squad we need every player firing up and yet I hardly heard Luiz mentioned, we have a centre forward who's standing jump seems to be about three inches and needs time under less pressure to get up to speed. JM badly misses Grealish as he gets a lot more freedom to do his thing. Smith needs to promote players who have missed out so far and I don't mean Kodja who for me has had his day.

[AVH87]

Didn't deserve anything, they've got some classy players in fairness that showed it today.

Some of their fans won't change though, cheering when Mings went down injured to go with the racist chant aimed at Mcginn when we played them in the Cup.

[PeterWithesShin]

Joleon Lescott https://twitter.com/astonforza/status/1192571662002249728

[PeterWithe]

There's only one ground in the country that guarantees some grizzled old boys will be trying to trade punches with anything that moves. And so it was again today.

I’m guessing they had moustaches, black slip on shoes and creases down the front of their snow washed jeans? Or maybe they’d looked a little more modern after picking up some ideas from the travelling Banik Ostrava fans in the week?

[LukeJames]

There's only one ground in the country that guarantees some grizzled old boys will be trying to trade punches with anything that moves. And so it was again today.

I’m guessing they had moustaches, black slip on shoes and creases down the front of their snow washed jeans? Or maybe they’d looked a little more modern after picking up some ideas from the travelling Banik Ostrava fans in the week?

They have more middle aged fat blokes in clothes that dont fit, trying to be hooligans than any other club. Strange as fuck club.

[PeterWithe]

The cloying desperation for us to care about them is quite endearing.

Their big game, not ours.

[vilan461]

Very disappointed with that performance especially Targett Luiz (does he want to be here?)ducking under the ball for the first and a timid challenge for the seond,and SJM who seems badly jaded and missing Jack-
We are woeful with headers throw ins and corners,free kicks too for that matter,seem not to be match fit and why is it that almost every team we play seem to have more players on the pitch than we do?

[sid1964]

First half, we looked like a team that had been selected on the car park after coming out of the night club a few hours before

2nd half was better, but that was not difficult.

[Clampy]

Wasn't great all round yesterday was it? Lost our first choice keeper and centre half before the game, then lost our first choice left back and second choice keeper during the game and  didn't play very well either. The ball didn't stick in midfield. McGinn looked a bit lost without Jack and I forgot Luiz was on the pitch at times.  I thought Nakamba did well again though. They were the better side but we made it too easy for them, especially for their goals.

[alanclare]

The cloying desperation for us to care about them is quite endearing.

Their big game, not ours.

I’ve only just read this. Beautiful. Sums up my own feelings. It is endearing - rather quaint and old fashioned, in a rapidly-changing world.