Aston Villa v Sheff United Post Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

Hard to judge what felt a bit like a training session but we were basically okay while rarely looking like scoring. Very lucky with a decision, for once, too.

Hopefully being back earlier will mean that we are better prepared than Chelsea on Sunday. You never know.

[andyh]

Decent first half. Not bad early second half. Modern Aston Villa thereafter.

We seem to have an issue up front in that Davies can play but can't score. Samatta can score but not play.

I'll take the point.

Maybe the manager needs to show some balls and play 2 upfront.

[Dave P]

Impressed with Luiz.  Targett supported well.  Grealish got in the game.  Defense seemed stronger even if Sheff Utd looked understandably off the pace.  More positives than negatives for me.

[olaftab]

there away support was shit
Never heard a peep the whole match

Leeds would have made more noise.

[dave shelley]

Gone.

[pauliewalnuts]

I thought both teams looked lethargic, it will be a few games before we are anywhere near full fitness.

Totally agree with this.

I think it's a bit of a fucking shambles restarting, tbh, and the lethargy on show didn't do anything to dissuade me of that.

[myf]

I saw a few positive moves but our defence scares the shit out of me. if only we could have drawn more games like this we'd be sound

[CT]

I’ve always thought GDS was absolutely 100% correct. For them to miss it is incredible. I didn’t think VAR could overrule GDS but apparently they could.

So to get away with that is pretty Incredible.

Thought we played ok at times and they we happy once Davis went off.

[Sexual Ealing]

Decent first half. Not bad early second half. Modern Aston Villa thereafter.

We seem to have an issue up front in that Davies can play but can't score. Samatta can score but not play.

I'll take the point.

Maybe the manager needs to show some balls and play 2 upfront.

I think the balls will come if he chooses two up front ahead of even greater chasms through the midfield.

[Stu]

Shite. We need another 14 points still. Can't see how we're going to get them; we still don't score and the defence is still crap.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Clean sheet. Only positive from tonight.

The pitch looked great. Shame there were two poor teams on it to spoil the view.

[kippaxvilla2]

Well considering we should’ve lost I guess I’m ok with a point and they looked a lot better at the back.  Not a lot of home wins so far in the German league.

[hilts_coolerking]

We need to win games and we're not going to do with Davis up front by himself.

[SoccerHQ]

Very poor game but it was never going to be a cracker.  We were the better of two mediocre sides.  I don't know what Davis has been doing in training to convince Smith that he's a changed man but as soon as he got on the pitch it was business as usual.

He did well first half. Ultimately he dosen't have that predatory instinct a Darren Bent has and that's why it will be a struggle for him to even get 10 a season.

[Rory]

The first of many dull, cagey affairs from all teams, I imagine. Anyone thinking the PL would be back with a bang, ten-goal thrillers everywhere is living in cuckoo land.

With no crowds, and after what has been going on (and continues to go on) these games are little more than friendly matches. My hope is that we scrape through them and start afresh next season, which is what I think should've happened in the first place but without the scraping through!

Another point closer to safety, and if we've made a few money-grabbing TV folks pull their hair out at the lack of spectacle, all the better.