Aston Villa 2-2 Always bitter Sam’s Bitters post match thread

[Legion]

No way they should have been awarded that penalty. Ours was soft, but theirs was feather-lite.

[olaftab]

It wasn't though, was it? Bruce was dishing out his slop in the division below.

Absolutely this team is miles better than the team Bruce left us.

[brontebilly]

First business this summer, in for their man Pereira.

He's a class act. Best player on the pitch this evening by a considerable distance.

[olaftab]

We could offer them El Ghazi in exchange

Well that's one way they can stop him scoring against them.

[ChicagoLion]

There were periods without any structure to our play and we were lucky they did not score a 3rd.
We were better after the subs for a change but should have changed it sooner.
A draw was a fair result.
Both pens were soft.

[Toronto Villa]

With Pereira makes you wonder how nobody figured out just how good he was while at Sporting Lisbon? They have essentially paid around 10m for him (loan and clause triggered for the transfer fee). Bargain, and now worth 3 or 4 times that.

[dave.woodhall]

With Pereira makes you wonder how nobody figured out just how good he was while at Sporting Lisbon? They have essentially paid around 10m for him (loan and clause triggered for the transfer fee). Bargain, and now worth 3 or 4 times that.

There's probably a few clubs thinking the same about Konsa.

[BC Villain]

Delighted for Davis,  but it's getting harder to defend these dreadful displays.  It's as bad as anything served up by Bruce during his tenure.

Desn Smith may not necessarily get the sack, but NSWE need to give him and Purslow a severe talking to in the Summer.

If you think we are worse now than when Bruce was in charge you obviously didn't go in Bruce's tenure

We really wasn't that bad.

Didn't say worse.  I said as bad as.

It wasn't though, was it? Bruce was dishing out his slop in the division below.

True.  But Bruce hadn't spent the amount of cash Smith’s been given

There's an entire recruitment department that'll tell you Smith doesn't spend the cash.

I get that 100%  It's not the recruitment teams job to find a way of being able to get a tune out of the team when Jack' out though.  That falls at the door of Smith and the coaching team.  That we haven't despite what we've spent is damning. 

[Aldridge Villa]

Wouldn’t fancy our chances right now in a winner takes all super league comprising us, Albion, Sheff Utd and Fulham. This season can’t finish soon enough.

[Sexual Ealing]

We got a point in a local derby. It's not ideal, but it's not damning either.

[Legion]

Wouldn’t fancy our chances right now in a winner takes all super league comprising us, Albion, Sheff Utd and Fulham. This season can’t finish soon enough.

But that's not going to happen, though.

[Sexual Ealing]

Wouldn’t fancy our chances right now in a winner takes all super league comprising us, Albion, Sheff Utd and Fulham. This season can’t finish soon enough.

Lucky for us that we're not in one then.

[Gareth]

70 per cent possession and 24 shots, eleven on goal, yet we were jammy and fortunate?

Exactly, thought we were better than them all game...they were the Jammy ones with the own goal & the 2/3 similar deflections at the other end that went wide.

How Traore made it beyond half time is a mystery, he hasn’t put in a performance worthy of 5/10 since Jack got injured, needs to be benched ASAP.

Chuffed for Keinan

[Aldridge Villa]

Very observant Legion, it was hypothetical

[Toronto Villa]

With Pereira makes you wonder how nobody figured out just how good he was while at Sporting Lisbon? They have essentially paid around 10m for him (loan and clause triggered for the transfer fee). Bargain, and now worth 3 or 4 times that.

There's probably a few clubs thinking the same about Konsa.

Yes fair I get that. Every club has a player they picked up on the cheap who is worth more. With Pereira, like Konsa he really does stand out but there wasn't a line up to get him. Just interesting how players can fall under the radar