Aston Villa v Southampton Post Match Thread

[LukeJames]

Our set pieces are naff aswell, I never feel confident that we will score from a corner or free kick.

[WilliamStanding]

Score 7 against the champions doesn’t make us til 6, conceding 7 against two very good teams BTW doesn’t make us bottom 6.

We all would have accepted mid table and that’s where we will likely to finish.

Relax.

Up the Gers.Right up 'em.

Good grief.

[SoccerHQ]

Our set pieces are naff aswell, I never feel confident that we will score from a corner or free kick.

It's annoying given how good Mings was at them in our championship winning run. His goal was reminder he can still do it if the cross is good enough.

I'd just have Jack taking everything if Hourihane isn't on the pitch, Barkley set pieces were woeful.

[rougegorge]

I said to my son for the second free kick, is there a new rule that you can not have a man on the line ?
Have someone on that left post and it takes it down as an option
Instead they fucking score there !!

Guess it's up to what Martinez wants. Player on the line brings opposition players into his eyeline infront of him but yeah it likely would've stopped at least one of the goals.

Next time v Southampton we just have to let them run on in occasions rather than taking them down on edge of the box as we saw today what is more likely to lead to goals conceded against them.

Yes, statistically the chances of them scoring when Luiz committed the foul were probably low and even on the Cash hand ball the likelihood was less.

I almost think that keepers would be better off with no wall sometimes as some shots would be easier to save, but then it's easy to be wise after the event and I know that the wall is still the safer option.

[john2710]

We need to find a way to get Watkins in the game, 2nd half he came out wide & got involved. He needs to bulk up too.

Midfield of Luis, McGinn & Barkley is too open. It's McGinn or Barkley but not both.

We simply didn't play in the first half & conceded from set-pieces.

On the plus side, we didn't capitulate & could have got a point.

[SamTheMouse]

We went into these last two games all Billy Big Bollocks, and left ourselves wide open at the back. It was so easy for them to slice us open, fucking huge avenues to run into, shit pressing, and all very slow.

The bizarre thing in the first half was just how open we were, despite not actually committing many players forward.

We need to be much more compact and hard to break down.

[dave.woodhall]

I said to my son for the second free kick, is there a new rule that you can not have a man on the line ?
Have someone on that left post and it takes it down as an option
Instead they fucking score there !!

Guess it's up to what Martinez wants. Player on the line brings opposition players into his eyeline infront of him but yeah it likely would've stopped at least one of the goals.

Next time v Southampton we just have to let them run on in occasions rather than taking them down on edge of the box as we saw today what is more likely to lead to goals conceded against them.

Yes, statistically the chances of them scoring when Luiz committed the foul were probably low and even on the Cash hand ball the likelihood was less.

I almost think that keepers would be better off with no wall sometimes as some shots would be easier to save, but then it's easy to be wise after the event and I know that the wall is still the safer option.

That's something which has apparently been talked about a lot in coaching circles, with the way modern balls fly around. I suppose nobody wants to be the first to try it.

[CT]

Our set pieces are naff aswell, I never feel confident that we will score from a corner or free kick.

Agreed. Plus other teams defenders tend to jump and block them as well which is mighty annoying.

It’s an area where we miss having Conor on the pitch and he must be disappointed to have been completely left out after scoring and assisting in his last game.

[ktvillan]

Oh and despite the inevitable doom and gloom, we win our game in hand, we’d be joint 2nd.

Err you do know it's Man City away don't you?. 

[Drummond]

It's the nature of our squad, a bit gung-ho. We need to just slow it down at times but there's a rush to get forward and often there isn't a coherent plan.

The scoreline suggests a closer match.

They scored with their shots and we gave away set-piece goals. Naivety.

Still, Watkins scored, the goal difference wasn't badly affected and that last half an hour will give us confidence against the arse.

4 wins from 6 with. +6 goal difference.

[Damo70]

Oh and despite the inevitable doom and gloom, we win our game in hand, we’d be joint 2nd.

Err you do know it's Man City away don't you?.

City score and concede a fair few goals (as do we). I predict a 3-3 draw.

[WilliamStanding]

Oh and despite the inevitable doom and gloom, we win our game in hand, we’d be joint 2nd.

Err you do know it's Man City away don't you?.

Thats the spirit.

[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/football/a-villa-vs-soton/report/428897

[Brend'Watkins]

This result didn’t need to be. But you’re not giving yourself much of a chance having a 5ft nothing marking a giant for their first. That was really poor.

[Damo70]

It's the nature of our squad, a bit gung-ho. We need to just slow it down at times but there's a rush to get forward and often there isn't a coherent plan.

The scoreline suggests a closer match.

They scored with their shots and we gave away set-piece goals. Naivety.

Still, Watkins scored, the goal difference wasn't badly affected and that last half an hour will give us confidence against the arse.

4 wins from 6 with. +6 goal difference.

Those two late goals made the scoreline and our goal difference more respectable. After the restart last season and the situation we were in down the bottom of the table I started obsessing about the goal difference of ourselves and the other teams in the bottom six.