Aston Villa 2 Brighton 0 post match thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I thought Targett was very good today, certainly at the defending part.

He was and probably won't get tested (or isolated) so much again this season.

[UK Redsox]

AEG’s run made the chance for Ollie. The defenders either went with AEG or stopped, allowing Ollie the space for the shot.

[Sexual Ealing]

Aston fuckin villa I love you...My 92 year old father who is very close to departing this earth. Well you made his day and brought a smile to his face. VTID. Thank you Villa. I fuckin love you.

Wishing you and yours the very best, mate. I'm glad that Villa were able to lift your father with a win - brilliant! UTV.

Same here.
A really special post.

+Several. Wishing you well.

[Gareth]

After 3 diabolical, weak and frankly soft performances I enjoyed that - we fought and earnt a foothold in the game - for me it was a really even, competitive match until the last 10 when we hit our straps. Lovely.

Mings attacking every defensive set piece like prime Laursen was great, when you looked at their land of the giants 3 centre halves (including the one who had to have a sit down every ten minutes) it made sense to have Mings do that whilst the others mixed and matched marking.

Nakamba was excellent-tackling, harrying moving it on to better players to use.  Ramsey I also thought did very well.

Hopefully that goal fires Watkins….really need that spark for Buendia now, a goal or assist to go with his work rate and he’ll be off and running.

Weird refereeing performance, seemed to be letting a lot go and it felt like the crowd got him to finally book the Joe Wicks tribute act when he wasn’t going to initially

Expect the u23 game on Monday to be fun now, a lot of those youngsters getting a first chance to impress, particularly those that were away with international squads last week so lost the opportunity to impress Gerrard in week one.

Hopefully we take that last ten minutes into the Palace game, another 3 points will release the pressure a bit.

[passport1]

Interesting comments from Watkins.

“It has been intense & the standards have gone up. That’s no disrespect to Dean Smith but he’s (Gerrard) brought in some new rules & everybody was on it. I’d be here all day if I was to say them all, there’s quite a few."

That is really interesting, disciplinarian then.

Interesting comments from Watkins.

“It has been intense & the standards have gone up. That’s no disrespect to Dean Smith but he’s (Gerrard) brought in some new rules & everybody was on it. I’d be here all day if I was to say them all, there’s quite a few."

That is really interesting, disciplinarian then.

Thing is I think either approach is fine when it’s working, but when it’s not it gets pulled apart. When the approach is relaxed and you’re winning you hear all the stuff like it gives players freedom to express themselves etc. But when you’re struggling people say there isn’t enough discipline. Conversely when you have a disciplined approach and you’re winning people will say it gives the players structure and a clear identity. But when you’re losing you start to hear things like players are banned from having ketchup and it’s made to sound petty.

Exactly.

I saw Dean's Norwich press conference and he spoke about the importance of the players enjoying training, and I see the value in that.

Personally I enjoy a miserable Liverpudlian disciplinarian managing our team. Well I enjoyed the last one and I suspect this one will turn out rather well also.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Mings attacking every defensive set piece like prime Laursen was great, when you looked at their land of the giants 3 centre halves (including the one who had to have a sit down every ten minutes) it made sense to have Mings do that whilst the others mixed and matched marking.

Didn't he just. He owned our box. Great to see somebody had told him to stop hoofing it up the pitch to the opposition and instead play it to feet. There's so much basic coaching to be done with this team but there were enough signs to make you think they'll be addressed sooner rather than later.

[Percy McCarthy]

Much improved.  I like the aggresion, intensity and one touch football we are trying to play. Never really had that under smith.

Thought mcginn was great. Konsa and emi great.

My mot was ash youbg. He was brilliant

No , we were so passive when we hammered Liverpool.

Agree, a complete re writing of history

Yep.

[Dazvillain]

The thing is Buendia has done it in the Premier League before, with a weaker side. I wouldn’t write him off.

Buendia looks knackered. Thought he tried but hes tired. Thought we looked more organised and Ollie is better when Ings isn't on.

He did look knackered, but kicking water bottles, punching seats and really showing off when he sat in dug out I can’t understand…… was he the only one who thought he did ok ? Is he that far removed from expectations of him ? I just don’t understand the correlation between his performance and his response to being taken off

[Legion]

Is it just me or did El Ghazi look really pissed off when Watkins scored?

[LeeB]

Is it just me or did El Ghazi look really pissed off when Watkins scored?

He did at first but then he did a little fist pump. He wanted the pass, can't blame him, he's on the bench and wants to impress.

[brian green]

I don't think so Lee.  It is his default attitude.  I was worried that that bloody referee would disallow Ollie's goal because there was a Villa player off the field by the goal.  I worry too much.

[brian green]

To be clear my reply was to Legion not LeeB.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Is it just me or did El Ghazi look really pissed off when Watkins scored?

Check out Watkins' face every time a teammate scores.. he never looks happy. To be fair to Watkins, El Ghazi's run made it near impossible for him to score from such a narrow position. I'd only have trusted Brian Little to finish it.

[Richard E]

The thing is Buendia has done it in the Premier League before, with a weaker side. I wouldn’t write him off.

Buendia looks knackered. Thought he tried but hes tired. Thought we looked more organised and Ollie is better when Ings isn't on.

He did look knackered, but kicking water bottles, punching seats and really showing off when he sat in dug out I can’t understand…… was he the only one who thought he did ok ? Is he that far removed from expectations of him ? I just don’t understand the correlation between his performance and his response to being taken off

I actually thought he did OK today.

[Sexual Ealing]

To be clear my reply was to Legion not LeeB.

The easiest thing, Brian, is just to agree with LeeB.