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Author Topic: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread  (Read 20966 times)

Offline aldridgeboy

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #30 on: September 21, 2020, 08:04:15 PM »
Not great. But a win is a win.
Cash looked decent , Targett didn’t.

Trez too little attacking flair for me. Mcginn not anywhere near what he can do. Kings and Konsa decent.  Goalie looks very assured , and awesome save. I thought Davis did well when he came on.

We’ll play better and lose. But big 3 points.

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #31 on: September 21, 2020, 08:04:19 PM »
Thank you Douglas and Emi for making sure we got 3 points.

It needs to be better but I won't complain about it one match in.. Here's to hoping Traore can step in and improve our attack.

UTV, onto the next one!

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #32 on: September 21, 2020, 08:04:29 PM »
I’ll take 3 points.
I don’t ever want to see Trezeguet or Hourihane start another premier league game.

MOM - Dougie by a mile.

Martinez has a shout too
Almost as impressive as the pen save was the way he dealt with a couple of hospital passes.

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #33 on: September 21, 2020, 08:05:14 PM »
Dull game, but could have won by two or three in the end with sharper passing. A bit rusty perhaps.

What a save from the pen, couldn’t have got much closer to the corner.

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #34 on: September 21, 2020, 08:05:35 PM »
Two shots on target against 10 men. #pride

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #35 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:03 PM »
I was really impressed by the three new guys, Matt Cash in particular looked calm and assured.

A win is a win and I reckon last season we’d have conceded in the last 15 so we are starting to show some game management nous. If we win next Monday then there will already be 6 points between us and the bottom.

We need to improve in a couple of areas but that side has a strong spine and we have something to build on.

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #36 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:03 PM »
Solid professional win against a niggly side. We would have lost that last year.

Very true. This turgid performance is progress.

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #37 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:07 PM »
So I thought we were crap but then I take a step back and think we haven’t beaten these in God knows how long, they were always going to be nearly impossible to break down with ten men, they finished 9th last season and we have won our first game of the season on home soil for the first time since 2011 (I think). 

We are three points better off than last year.  Only 35 more points and we survive.  More pace to follow at the weekend.  All good for me. 

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #38 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:11 PM »
happy with the 3 points
unhappy with the lacklustre performance

Seeing us try and play out from the back is like watching that Russian Roulette scene from The Dearhunter

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #39 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:19 PM »
Dreadful. Just to bright spots - Martinez will win us points, he looked very assured albeit not a lot to do aside the penalty save. And the 3 points.

Negatives - McGinn (woeful), Smith's formation (far too negative), Jack (doesn't grab hold the game like a captain needs to - clearly has the skills but does he have the mental aptitude to lead on the pitch?), and Targett / Trez (they should be ashamed of the wastefulness on the ball).

I guess we move on and hopefully improve.

WILL win us points? I'd say he's won us at least two already!

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #40 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:24 PM »
It was always going to be a hard fought game against the Uruk-Hai of Sheff Utd, and going down to 10 suited them to the ground, sticking two banks of four in their box.

So looking at the positives: all the new signings looked good; Konsa was excellent again; 3 points down, 37 to go; the unpredictable nature of Traore will make a real difference - you know that he for one will have none of the "always give the ball to Jack" mentality; I liked the look of Watkins on the left and Davis in the middle as a plan b

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #41 on: September 21, 2020, 08:06:43 PM »
Konsa and Luiz are developing into really decent players. Good performance from Davis when he came on. Once Jack started attacking the box rather than us just firing in crosses we looked much better.

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #42 on: September 21, 2020, 08:07:02 PM »
Clean sheet!!

Offline wolfman999

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #43 on: September 21, 2020, 08:07:09 PM »
Not a great watch but when the other team park the bus on the edge of their box, it’s going to be ugly.

And fucking Sky, no review or interviews. They couldn’t wait to get onto the Citeh V Dogheads build up.

Offline colin69

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Re: Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United Post Match Thread
« Reply #44 on: September 21, 2020, 08:07:41 PM »
Not much of a spectacle but 3 very welcome points nonetheless. Keeper looks very decent and an excellent penalty save.
Not sure Cash is better than Freddie and I can’t really fathom that one. Looking forward to seeing Bertie and I’m sure there may be more signings to come yet.

 


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