Aston Villa vs Brentford Post-Match Thread

[UK Redsox]

Emi 1 worries me a bit at the moment. A couple of times today, he could have come to gather the ball but stayed back.

I assume that nicking the ball after a keeper throws it in the air is some form of obstruction that I wasn’t aware of. We thought it was a goal

Disappointed in Chuk the Younger. He didn’t have much involvement.

Targett did ok after a ropey start, but still gets caught past the ball.

Would have liked to see JPB come on.

Shame for Cam that he didn’t quite make it on.

Great to see Leeg for the first time in a couple of years.

[manic-road]

I thought the draw was a fair result, with so many players currently unavailable the international break may be at just the right time for players to come back into contention.

Brentford were pretty physical, Ivan Toney looked a handful and with half the spine of last weeks winning team missing we did ok.

[mrfuse]

Targett did ok after a Rooney start, but still gets caught past the ball.

I know Target might not be fully fit but that's a bit harsh

[mr underhill]

mitigating circumstances with up to six players out ( Sanson the invisible man, plus Bert in addition to the others mentioned) but no excuses - that was a very poor performance at home  in front of a full house. We never did brilliantly against them in the Chumps, but the games i saw were of a better quality. It's obvious we need to get players fit and up and running, but if we don't buy or loan a CAM and a DM we are in for a season of toil.

[Lastfootstamper]

Emi 1 worries me a bit at the moment. A couple of times today, he could have come to gather the ball but stayed back.

I assume that nicking the ball after a keeper throws it in the air is some form of obstruction that I wasn’t aware of. We thought it was a goal

Disappointed in Chuk the Younger. He didn’t have much involvement.

Targett did ok after a Rooney start, but still gets caught past the ball.

Would have liked to see JPB come on.

Shame for Cam that he didn’t quite make it on.

Great to see Leeg for the first time in a couple of years.

Easy to forget you're not a born footballist. Yes, you have to allow a goalkeeper to clear the ball. Tis the law.

[Louzie0]

Footy called the team and Buendia and T (theirs) to score. Fantastic, I thought, let’s go!

I would think F’s a guru, but unfortunately the rest of the prognostications (Ings) didn’t happen and that is down to service, as others in here have said. However, almost there, and there’s always next time!

I thought we did well considering the number of first choices Deano didn’t have available and the team were playing to support each other very well, like Targett.

Surprised, yes, that Ollie didn’t come on a bit earlier, but maybe that has more to do with his fitness than DS’s late sub routine.  DS and the coaches were also reacting to the ref waking up towards the end.

[Steve67]

I thought we did ok considering the injuries within the squad.  I'm not sure Dean quite got the side right but hindsight is all too easy.  A win, lose and a draw from our first three games is less than what I thought we might get, particularly with the three games we have next.  But it has been such a disrupted pre-season.  Getting Bailey and Traore back in might help with the creativity but I though we lacked it today.  McGinn and Sanson are not massively creative and I hope we aren't done in the market yet. God help us if Bailey isn't as good as we hope he is.  A draw was a fair result today.

[SamTheMouse]

Last year we had Joe, and Purslow explicitly said we have replaced him with three players. Fair enough.

But it means that compared with last season, we are up the grand total of one Ashley Young and one Axel Tuanzebe. Logically, we can expect to finish pretty much where we did last year.

[richtheholtender]

Last year we had Joe, and Purslow explicitly said we have replaced him with three players. Fair enough.

But it means that compared with last season, we are up the grand total of one Ashley Young and one Axel Tuanzebe. Logically, we can expect to finish pretty much where we did last year.

This. Which at the risk of sounding ungrateful is disappointing.

[Beard82]

Last year we had Joe, and Purslow explicitly said we have replaced him with three players. Fair enough.

But it means that compared with last season, we are up the grand total of one Ashley Young and one Axel Tuanzebe. Logically, we can expect to finish pretty much where we did last year.

This. Which at the risk of sounding ungrateful is disappointing.

The thing is, its the club that have set the bar higher in our expectations -not us

[itmustbe_it is!]

I think with the team we had to put out a draw was ok. Yes it feels underwhelming after the optimism at the start of the season, but you can't take Mings and McGinn out, plus Ramsey who would have started, Traore who probably would also, Bailey who we know nothing about yet all out and expect to carry on as though nothing had changed,

I rarely agree with the often negative post match views on here, maybe I'm just a natural optimist, or maybe I'm just not great at watching football.
I thought Cash was much better than the first two weeks, Targett was good after the first 10-15 mins.
 I thought Carney did well first half - I'm pleased he played. We've seen Nakamba and Luiz together enough to know it doesn't create much.
Ashley Young in midfield - only other option really would have been Hourihane and I think he'd have been a passenger.
El Ghazi was up for the physical battle today and could have scored with the shot when he cut inside - he's fighting for his place and I like that.
 Ings worked his bollocks off and contributed to the Buendia goal.
Buendia has improved each week and the goal was class - if that was Joe scoring that for Man Shitty MOTD would be wetting themselves all night.
Ollie looked a threat when he came on , though I didn't think he was moving freely.
Tuanzebe and Konsa looked like they needed to play together more , no surprise there.
Martinez looked like he was playing behind a defence he didn't have as much confidence in as usual - again, no surprise there.

Put Mings, McGinn, Bailey and Watkins in the team, with Traore coming off the bench and its a different result for me, for sure.

[richtheholtender]

Last year we had Joe, and Purslow explicitly said we have replaced him with three players. Fair enough.

But it means that compared with last season, we are up the grand total of one Ashley Young and one Axel Tuanzebe. Logically, we can expect to finish pretty much where we did last year.

This. Which at the risk of sounding ungrateful is disappointing.

The thing is, its the club that have set the bar higher in our expectations -not us

Exactly. As I said to a mate of mine earlier, when a boxer fights another boxer and he's on the ropes you don't tell him he can have a breather to her his strength back. You deliver the killer blow. We needed to act this summer and we haven't really, we've just replaced Joe. Arsenal, Everton etc are there for the taking.

[Footy-Vill]

An ok performance and second half better. Smith very honest and go with assessment.
Would add.
Thought Cash was poor today in his defending
Konsa may have the pressure of captain and playing ex club but did some loose passing and needless fouls. Had a struggle at times defending when usually been so good. Maybe the injury was there all game
Particularly enjoyed El Goalzi tracking back on Canos
And of course Buendia goal
Carney Chukwuemeka started well and has a okay beyond his years but was right to be replaced
Great to see Watkins and hoped he would net the winner.
Looking forward to him and Ings playing on counter Vs Chelsea anf surprising a few teams this season.
Fair play to Brentford

[Footy-Vill]

Martinez 6
Cash 5.5
Konsa 6
Tuanzebe 6.5
Targett  6
Luiz 7
Carney Chukwuemeka 6.5
Young 6.5
El Ghazi 7
Buendia 7
Ings 6

Subs: Nakamba 6.5
Watkins 7
Hause unscored.

[ez]

Last year we had Joe, and Purslow explicitly said we have replaced him with three players. Fair enough.

But it means that compared with last season, we are up the grand total of one Ashley Young and one Axel Tuanzebe. Logically, we can expect to finish pretty much where we did last year.

This. Which at the risk of sounding ungrateful is disappointing.

The thing is, its the club that have set the bar higher in our expectations -not us

The window's not shut yet 😉