Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa post match thread

[Damo70]

I am not sure it was tactical failings that did for us last night. I think we just had too many poor individual performances. Apart from Martinez did anyone else in the team put in a particularly good performance?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Dean said pre-match he first of all wanted us to be hard to beat and that was accomplished. That said we never looked like creating anything further up the pitch. Gone are the days of Targett regularly pushing forward or overlapping, he's obviously been instructed to remain back. On the other side Matty usually has his hands full but neither are adding to our attacking game.

Plenty to do this coming week at BH.

[olaftab]

I am not sure it was tactical failings that did for us last night. I think we just had too many poor individual performances. Apart from Martinez did anyone else in the team put in a particularly good performance?

Tactics deployed by other team nullified our better players making them look poor. We have to keep evolving in order to win matches.

[Allan C]

I am not sure it was tactical failings that did for us last night. I think we just had too many poor individual performances. Apart from Martinez did anyone else in the team put in a particularly good performance?

I agree with that. So many poor performances all around the side.

[Stu82]

Who's JJ?

Bass player in the stranglers

[Pat McMahon]

By my reckoning we haven't conceded a goal in a Saturday game since the home defeat to Brighton almost 3 months ago. So it's a shame we're playing Leicester on Sunday.

[clash city rocker]

As frustrating as it may be we have come a very long way in 12 months. Instead of looking down we are looking up and I can live with that having put up with shit for so many years. Small steps eventually turn into big strides

[Ian.]

That’s quite true CCR, we have made superb progress since last season.

[Nii Lamptey]

We're safe - We've made a monumental shift as a football club since June, so I'm not going to hammer them for one or two bad performances. If you'd have said we were going to be disappointed about not pushing into European places after 20 odd games, I'd have snapped your hand off!

Martinez gets the plaudits for last night, but I think Mings has been much improved the last few games - Cutting out the occasional brain farts, getting into great covering positions and just pumping it into Row Z when not 100% sure he can bring it down and pass it - Long may it continue!

The worrying thing for me is that Dean really needs to figure out a way of playing when opposing teams take Jack out of the game. West Ham and now Brighton have both done a number on him in recent games and we look toothless as a result.

Barkley needs dropping - Early promise has fizzled away, doesn't look fit, or even a worthy addition in the summer. I'd bring Sanson in against Leicester, with both him and McGinn patrolling the midfield with Luiz protecting the back four.

Losing Cash is a worry. Love Elmo, but would feel much more confident with the way more mobile Guilbert in there.

Bad day at the office - Lets put it right against Leicester.

[gpbarr]

It’s easy to get despondent but the bottom line is that we have made huge leaps forward this season and, if we simply average the same points per game through end of the season, we will likely finish around 6th which, aside the real dreamers, is way better than we could have hoped.

These last few games also show how far we still have to go to rise further - we are not yet IMO anywhere near a top 4 side because we need more strength in depth, we need at least one more serious playmaker to take some of the load off of Jack (big summer investment needed), and we need to find the consistency that top sides display through a season. We have shown we can mix it with the big boys but not yet consistently.

Bad day at the office yet we still came away with a point (another sign of progress) and in Emi, the back 4, Jack, Doug, and Ollie I’d argue we have the spine we need (they will get better). McGinn has been spotty for some time now, Ross flatters to deceive, Morgan we need to see more of, and the rest are all IMO squad players.

3 or 4 big additions and I don’t think we are far off at all.

Very very exciting times. UTV

[Drummond]

A point, away from home, with another clean sheet.

Performance aside that's not a bad return is it?

It's a positive that we're all feeling so disappointed.

[john e]

Who's JJ?

Bass player in the stranglers

I went to see the Stranglers at the O2 Academy before lockdown with Dr feelgood In support
They were brilliant

I’m really missing live events football, gigs, pubs whatever
Can’t wait till its all over

Sorry for the downer I’ve drunk a bottle of wine plus
And feeling sorry for myself with the World being in such a shit state at the Mo

[Ads]

If this is our bad patch, then 10 points from 5 games is pretty good. We seldom get anything when we're poor, something we've let opposition get away with for years.

[algy]

If this is our bad patch, then 10 points from 5 games is pretty good. We seldom get anything when we're poor, something we've let opposition get away with for years.

I was thinking the same thing but didnt want to say it! But yeah, hopefully this is our bad patch. If it is, we've come on by leaps and bounds as the 2 seasons previous would've seen us get nothing at all.

[olaftab]

By my reckoning we haven't conceded a goal in a Saturday game since the home defeat to Brighton almost 3 months ago. So it's a shame we're playing Leicester on Sunday.

Actually it's good as I have a firm belief that law of averages says that we will in the next Saturday game.