Aston Villa v Sheff United Post Match Thread

[Three Spires Villa]

I feel better this morning than I did last night. We are still fighting. Defence looked better, granted that incident should have been a goal, and would have been added to all the other defensive mishaps this season, but luckily for us it wasnt. Luiz looked good. We do lack that creativity, and draws from now on are not much use, we need to  win games and to start very soon.

[andyh]

Dougie saved Nakambas bacon after that horrible loose ball across our goal. A really mature performance from Luiz I thought. Looks like he's been working hard in pre-season.

Yes Douglas was really good. Marvellous was not.

Wasn’t it Hause who played that awful ball ?
I thought Nakamba added some good energy for the few mins he was on.

[Mister E]

Think Nyland is a bit unfortunate to be getting this stick for ‘That goal’, if he hadn’t made contact with KD he was all clear.
I thought his reaction was excellent, too. He knew the ball was probably over, but pushed the ball to the post and kept his cool. Going back to the Enkelmann faux pas, he panicked and made the refs mind up.

Totally agree

[Mister E]

Dougie saved Nakambas bacon after that horrible loose ball across our goal. A really mature performance from Luiz I thought. Looks like he's been working hard in pre-season.

Yes Douglas was really good. Marvellous was not.

Wasn’t it Hause who played that awful ball ?
I thought Nakamba added some good energy for the few mins he was on.

  Both dropped a potential clanger.
Hause played a suicide ball early in the second half. Nakamba played himself into trouble later on in the second half.

[Flamingo Lane]

Those of us of a certain age will recall Pat McMahon's 'goal' against Leicester in 1970 that was not given, as the ball came back off the stanchion.  They do say that luck evens itself out over time.

[LeeB]

Hause is rightly getting stick for that awful ball, and he's a worry with the ball at his feet, but he was utterly dominant in the air and we've missed that when he's not played. Think back to the Leicester game where every ball into the box looked like it was going in.

[Luke8]

Hause is rightly getting stick for that awful ball, and he's a worry with the ball at his feet, but he was utterly dominant in the air and we've missed that when he's not played. Think back to the Leicester game where every ball into the box looked like it was going in.

Agreed, as with a few of our players you have to trade off the weaker points in their game with what they do bro h to the team.

Don’t think it helped that he was having to play as the right sided centre back, but not a lot of choice with Engles injured I guess.

[Lsvilla]

Those of us of a certain age will recall Pat McMahon's 'goal' against Leicester in 1970 that was not given, as the ball came back off the stanchion.  They do say that luck evens itself out over time.

Didn’t we also score a ghost goal at the Baseball Ground once with the ball going through the net near the post ?

[taylorsworkrate]

Think Nyland is a bit unfortunate to be getting this stick for ‘That goal’, if he hadn’t made contact with KD he was all clear.
I thought his reaction was excellent, too. He knew the ball was probably over, but pushed the ball to the post and kept his cool. Going back to the Enkelmann faux pas, he panicked and made the refs mind up.

Totally agree

Nylands reaction was inconsequential though wasn't it?

He couldn't have known that the referees watch could malfunction

[chrisw1]

I thought we were mostly the better side, which is encouraging.

I'm not going to cry for Sheffield's missed goal when we should have had one and possibly two penalties.  How can a player physically throw mings to the ground in the area to stop him attacking the ball and it not be a pen?

I was impressed with Davis but wish he could take his opportunities. 

I don't get the criticism of Nyland - he had taken the ball smartly and was pushed into the goal by his own player.  If the collision didn't happen he had no problem.

In terms of the subs, we were the better team in the system we were playing and I suspect Smith was hoping with the added energy we'd have a chance of nicking a goal.  I'm not sure that with a point at stake it was the time to gamble with a change in system when we were doing ok.

But overall I thought Sheffield were really poor and all in all it feels like a missed opportunity.

[London Villan]

Their keepers one handed save from Davis was lucky/brilliant...

[chrisw1]

Their keepers one handed save from Davis was lucky/brilliant...

Henderson is a quality keeper and did well yesterday.

[sid1964]

just received an email from the club that there is now extended highlights of lasts nights game to view (that will take all of 2 minutes to watch)

[CT]

A decent result against a top 6 side but thought we were well off the pace as were they .

Grealish non-existent , McGinn not fit , they should have had a goal.


Can't see how we will stay up we simply do not have the quality

Great to have you back. Great input on a game you clearly didn't see.

[Somniloquism]

"I think the goalkeeper was in the Holte End when he caught it," said Blades boss Chris Wilder.

So it was out of play then. Thanks Chris for stating it wasn't a goal.