WBA vs Aston Villa Match Thread

[Monty]

I think ollie's having a frustrating game, but mainly because they've abandoned trying to compete in midfield in favour of trying to crowd us out in the final third. It's sort of worked, apart from the fact that they're losing and down to ten men.

[Damo70]

We are a goal up against a ten man team who are 19th in the table. We just need to be patient and keep playing football. I am becoming quite a fan of Traore.

[brontebilly]

Need to get the second and finish them off. If anything we have lost a bit of concentration since the red. Everyone playing well with exception of Watkins who has been very poor so far. Delighted for AEG and Traore has been excellent.

[paul_e]

It's a derby against a team managed by a guy who probably isn't that upset about his captain getting a red trying to injure ours. I couldn't give a shit how we play today, 3 points, no bans and no injuries, that's the aim.

[CT]

No offence to our neighbours but this is like playing Walsall. We need to punish this lot second half. Poorest team I've seen this season. They don't even look half-arsed.

That is quite offensive to Walsall.

[Rigadon]

It's a derby against a team managed by a guy who probably isn't that upset about his captain getting a red trying to injure ours. I couldn't give a shit how we play today, 3 points, no bans and no injuries, that's the aim.

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[Toronto Villa]

This is a banana skin game as they say. We need to win, get away unscathed.

[Legion]

It's a derby against a team managed by a guy who probably isn't that upset about his captain getting a red trying to injure ours. I couldn't give a shit how we play today, 3 points, no bans and no injuries, that's the aim.

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This.

[eamonn]

Surprised no one has mentioned Emi handling the ball outside his box. Didnt Michael Oakes get a straight red for that all those years ago at Blackburn ?!

[Jon Crofts]

Width. That’s what we need and we should have it in spades with Traore and El Ghazi.

[clash city rocker]

For too many years Albion have been a poor excuse for a football club.

[Legion]

Surprised no one has mentioned Emi handling the ball outside his box. Didnt Michael Oakes get a straight red for that all those years ago at Blackburn ?!

I think he did.

[Goldie.7]

No offence to our neighbours but this is like playing Walsall. We need to punish this lot second half. Poorest team I've seen this season. They don't even look half-arsed.

For me, we overplay it a lot. We just need to get our heads down and run at their goal with the ball. That clown Phillips will fall for the bait.

[Legion]

For too many years Albion have been a poor excuse for a football club.

Since about 1878.

[brontebilly]

Concerned about Ollie’s lack of a first touch.

We're forcing passes into him with his back to goal.. he needs to be running off of shoulders and getting into odd-man situations. It's hard when teams setup with 10 men behind the ball, but he still has to combine with his wingers and cms.

Have we fed him a through ball in the last 3 games?!

Jack has given him two of them in the first half and he has made a mess of both. Really poor effort with a header too. Confidence looks very low which is surprising given the Arsenal game wasn't that long ago. Could do with Grealish or McGinn getting beyond him occasionally