Aston Villa 2 Brighton 0 post match thread

[PeterWithe]

We started and finished very brightly, the bit in the middle was largely forgettable but we did look a lot better organised defensively.

Midfield all took the eye individually without looking like a cohesive unit, oh for a Bassouma in there for us, he looked really special.

Thought we suffered a lack of width with the FBs not committing forward enough in the first half although both were solid defensively, and given that the front three were pretty compact, we didn’t really get the press to work at all, they played through it easily and constantly. Boundia is a strange one, a few rare moments open teams up bUt his general play leaves a lot to be desired, and that bit of second half showboating made him look a bit of a twat when he immediately lost it. At the moment, not for me.


They will be pretty annoyed to have lost that but our forward quality only needed a spark.

A good start but we’ve played better this season, we know this team can do more.

[AV82EC]

Whilst I concur with the view on Buendia hasn’t it been rumoured that he’s carrying a hip injury so this may be the reason for his less than stellar performances. I also get the impression he’s trying too hard for it to happen and he needs to relax a bit.

[PeterWithe]

I think SG will like him coming in and opening up space for the RFB to push into, you do wonder if he has the legs and strength to fill in and and make the required recovery runs if we lose possession with the FB out of shape.

[LeeB]

Bissouma was very good, he did get away with 2 blatant fouls in the first half though that the referee missed.

https://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?391420-Aston-Villa-vs-Brighton-amp-Hove-Albion-***-Official-Match-Thread-***/page47

The Brighton view if anybodys interested. Including a weird hatred for Mings and a bit of obsession with the Villa Park atmosphere (Thats right, Brighton and Hove Albion talking about atmosphere).

They're a bunch of twats, I've decided. When they get relegated in a season or two we won't see them again for 30 years.

They've got it in for Mings as he gets in the England side over Dunk.

Yeah, Lewis Dunk.

I know.

[Clampy]

Bissouma was very good, he did get away with 2 blatant fouls in the first half though that the referee missed.

https://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?391420-Aston-Villa-vs-Brighton-amp-Hove-Albion-***-Official-Match-Thread-***/page47

The Brighton view if anybodys interested. Including a weird hatred for Mings and a bit of obsession with the Villa Park atmosphere (Thats right, Brighton and Hove Albion talking about atmosphere).

They're a bunch of twats, I've decided. When they get relegated in a season or two we won't see them again for 30 years.

They've got it in for Mings as he gets in the England side over Dunk.

Yeah, Lewis Dunk.

I know.

Dunk is not a bad defender at all to be fair though.

[PeterWithe]

I thought they were very well coached, all knew exactly what was expected of them and were very disciplined with and without the ball.

I think he’ll do very well in his next job with better flair players.

[Clampy]

I didn't think much of the referee yesterday either.

[PeterWithe]

I didn't think much of the referee yesterday either.

No nor me, some really strange decisions, a few very lucky not to be booked. Inc Targett, and I thought Nakamba was going to get a red for that challenge although I haven’t seen it again. Also one where he ruled out a free kick indicating a fair shoulder charge, then blew for it anyway.

[AV82EC]

Brighton, the southern version of Sheffield United. 3-5-2, boring possession football with no end product. And their ground is a proper pain in the arse to get to. And whilst everyone thinks it’s a hip place, it’s just Blackpool with nicer weather. Piss off you wannabe cockney wankers. Oh and criticising our atmosphere, jeez that throbbing AMEX stadium renowned throughout the land and Europe.

[PeterWithe]

I used to chat to a Brighton fan at work get togethers, he was a nice bloke apart from his unfathomable dislike of Villa, something to do with taking Gareth Barry off them. I think it wound him up that I was utterly none plussed in an Alan Partridge way and always returned the conversation to how shit Steve Foster was.

[yammers]

I went yesterday for the first time in nearly 2 years.  Took my son for his 10th birthday for his first time so a nice winning debut there!
He’s Ollie obsessed so he went nuts when he smashed the first one in.
He’s already asking about next time so now I’ll definitely get a pass from the wife for more games!

Thanks to the 2 chaps (Trinity Upper) who chatted to him during the game.  2 nice blokes from Bournemouth, hope they had a smooth journey home!

[caster troy]

To be fair I did think the atmosphere was unusually crap yesterday, you could be understanding and put it down to nerves (as Gerrard himself alluded to). Personally I was disappointed considering there was a new manager in the dugout.

Great win though. Back five looked like the solid unit from last season. Nakamba had one of those good games where he looked up to the standard required. Watkins proved a point with the goal after being moved inside, I thought he was hopeless on the left wing and it was an excellent sub to give him a chance in his usual role. Ramsey and McGinn perhaps getting slightly more praise than I expected, they both seemed to disappear for spells during the game but definitely had really good moments. Buendia needs a rest. My MoTM was Mings, took some stick from the Brighton fans but I thought he was immense and showed incredible determination for the goal.

[PeterWithe]

Atmosphere was crap but for long spells there wasn’t much to get excited about. And, as has been written about at length, our first match for a long time without Villa fans leading the team, an end of one era and the start of one which will probably be more functional.

[Drummond]

It's difficult for the fans to get going when the opposition have most of the ball and there's really not much happening.

[Flamingo Lane]

I did think the atmosphere strangely flat yesterday, which I kind of attributed to some sort of left-over sense of disappointment that things ended up as they did with Smith.

On the pitch though, I'm sure that Gerrard will have learned alot from that game, and well done to him (and the team of course) for the win which, the way it came with two excellent late goals, was especially pleasing.