Aston Villa v WBA Match Thread

[German James]

I think Traore has been woeful yet again. He frustrates the hell out of me. God knows what stick he would be getting if Villa Park was full.

Loads. And it would make him worse.

[Sexual Ealing]

I think Traore has been woeful yet again. He frustrates the hell out of me. God knows what stick he would be getting if Villa Park was full.

I'm sorry to labour the point, but I completely disagree with this. That one-two with Konsa was sublime.

[andyh]

Apart from Pereira who's obviously the best man on the pitch by several country miles, Baggies have offered the square root of fuck all. As usual, Villa get to the edge of the opponants' box with ease, but that's about it. Otherwise, I think we're doing OK. Barkley seems to be trying at least. But he's just not very good. McGinn's been sloppy, and I think Watkins flatters to deceive. Traore's a pain in the arse... But we knew all that. It's really not as bad as some seem to think... But then, I was a Happy Clapper under O'Neil (so they tell me!)

They’ve offered the square root of fuck all, yet have created 3 glorious chances.

[SoccerHQ]

I think that first half typifies the different expectation levels of us on this site

Nobody is really right or wrong it’s just people have their bar set at different heights
It’s as simple as that really

I think it's just who we're playing I think. They'll still get relegated but their 11 is much much stronger than what they put out v us in December and they've picked up up 7 points from last 5 games so really halfway up the form table we're at looking at in the Grealish less malaise we're in.

[PhilVill]

I’m getting a little pissed off with the smart arses who keep having a go at a few of us who are really fucked off with the last few months. This is a team full of international players who, at the moment, are wank. Forget about the bad old days, this team should be doing far better than this shite. These lads are paid a lot of money week in and week out to perform and many aren’t. If you happy with last three months then we are a championship side in 2022, I personally want progress. 

[Villa Lew]

Given far too many free kicks away in dangerous position, one they hit the bar and another put a header just wide. Albion are the team, who look more like scoring again.

[Flamingo Lane]

I'm just finding it a bit, well, boring, game in game out now, to be honest.  This one is just the latest, though I obviously hope that something happens for us to carve out a win.

[German James]

Apart from Pereira who's obviously the best man on the pitch by several country miles, Baggies have offered the square root of fuck all. As usual, Villa get to the edge of the opponants' box with ease, but that's about it. Otherwise, I think we're doing OK. Barkley seems to be trying at least. But he's just not very good. McGinn's been sloppy, and I think Watkins flatters to deceive. Traore's a pain in the arse... But we knew all that. It's really not as bad as some seem to think... But then, I was a Happy Clapper under O'Neil (so they tell me!)

They’ve offered the square root of fuck all, yet have created 3 glorious chances.

... Which they didn't take.

[N'ZMAV]

a problem is there's 5 midfielders in our team today who aren't very good.

[Smithy]

Seen far far worse in recent weeks against poorer teams than them.

Poorer teams than the Baggies?  What on earth are you on about, there's only one team poorer, and we managed to lose to them!

I'm going more by their last 6-7 games, they've won 3 of them so without checking that's probably more than Fulham, Brighton, Southampton Newcastle, Palace and perhaps even Arsenal. And errr ourselves.

I guess it's a low bar but we were truly dire v likes of Fulham and Newcastle for most of the game so this has been an improvement against similar level of opposition.

At least we've had shots on target and some decent passages of play which have seemed near impossible for most of the last two months without Jack.

Form guide for the last ten games, the boggies are solidly mid-table now they're playing the Allardyce way. We're 17th...

[N'ZMAV]

Apart from Pereira who's obviously the best man on the pitch by several country miles, Baggies have offered the square root of fuck all. As usual, Villa get to the edge of the opponants' box with ease, but that's about it. Otherwise, I think we're doing OK. Barkley seems to be trying at least. But he's just not very good. McGinn's been sloppy, and I think Watkins flatters to deceive. Traore's a pain in the arse... But we knew all that. It's really not as bad as some seem to think... But then, I was a Happy Clapper under O'Neil (so they tell me!)

They’ve offered the square root of fuck all, yet have created 3 glorious chances.

... Which they didn't take.

lucky us.

[German James]

I’m getting a little pissed off with the smart arses who keep having a go at a few of us who are really fucked off with the last few months. This is a team full of international players who, at the moment, are wank. Forget about the bad old days, this team should be doing far better than this shite. These lads are paid a lot of money week in and week out to perform and many aren’t. If you happy with last three months then we are a championship side in 2022, I personally want progress. 

We are progressing.

[Toronto Villa]

The thing I have been most critical of with Smith is that while nobody in their right mind would expect the same without Grealish but the drop off given the players we have should not have been this steep. We’ve gone from top 6 form to bottom 6. That’s not good enough.

[German James]

Apart from Pereira who's obviously the best man on the pitch by several country miles, Baggies have offered the square root of fuck all. As usual, Villa get to the edge of the opponants' box with ease, but that's about it. Otherwise, I think we're doing OK. Barkley seems to be trying at least. But he's just not very good. McGinn's been sloppy, and I think Watkins flatters to deceive. Traore's a pain in the arse... But we knew all that. It's really not as bad as some seem to think... But then, I was a Happy Clapper under O'Neil (so they tell me!)

They’ve offered the square root of fuck all, yet have created 3 glorious chances.

... Which they didn't take.

lucky us.

Yes. But they're still worse than we are.

[Goldie.7]

Given far too many free kicks away in dangerous position, one they hit the bar and another put a header just wide. Albion are the team, who look more like scoring again.

Betting on Luiz to get carded is basically free money.