Aston Villa 0 Watford 1 Post Match Thread

[The Edge]

You mean others think Queen are meh too?

They are far, far worse than 'meh'. They are an abomination. An absolute embarrassment to our species.

I agree with SE.

Same. They belong at Butlins. Cabaret shite.

Butlins is like a holiday camp compared to where they deserve to be.

Fkin hate Queen.

Fkin love Queen

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

[Brazilian Villain]

You mean others think Queen are meh too?

They are far, far worse than 'meh'. They are an abomination. An absolute embarrassment to our species.

I agree with SE.

Same. They belong at Butlins. Cabaret shite.

Butlins is like a holiday camp compared to where they deserve to be.

Fkin hate Queen.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

[Risso]

I think all that Heavy Metal has sent you a bit mutton, BV!

[Villa Lew]

Just saw the Ings pen decision on SSN. Fucking hell.

The panel saying VAR wouldnt get involved because it wasnt clear and obvious. I will remember that next time we're having a 5 minute check at Old Trafford.

They didn't show it on the highlights but they've got it here on Watford's website:

https://www.watfordfc.com/video/match-highlights/highlights-aston-villa-0-1-watford-premier-league-202122#play

How the fuck is that not a penalty, absolutely nailed on, all day long.

We didn't play well, but score that after two minutes and their game plan of 11 men behind the ball and breaking on the counter plus time wasting at every opportunity goes out of the window, and we'd probably end up 3-0 winners.

Yeah as clear and obvious as you could get, penalty all day long.

[cdward]

From the first 2 minutes of the game where we passed it around the back and kept possession in our own half and not one Watford player even attempted to make a challenge, it was obvious they were happy to just not concede, and would have taken the nil-nil then.
Too many times they pulled 10 men behind the ball and we were left wondering how to break it down.
A couple of key moments, the penalty that wasn't, the Digne free kick (that didn't have a lucky Trippier deflection), and the Ings chance that hit the post, all could have been in our favour but weren't.

I struggle to see where our next win will come from, but it won't be against the bottom teams, unless we change the way we play.

[PaulTheVillan]

I think all that Heavy Metal has sent you a bit mutton, BV!

Queen are pop, not metal

[CT Villan]

Queen were excellent in their day and highly innovative, but times have changed.

I would think "Let Us Burn" by Within Temptation would be more appropriate as the players come out these days.

[LeeB]

Queen were excellent in their day and highly innovative, but times have changed.

I would think "Let Us Burn" by Within Temptation would be more appropriate as the players come out these days.

"I Can't Even Be Bothered" by the Charlatans would be more appropriate.

[Hookeysmith]

The more you see the penalty the more it looks like a penalty

Could you imaging any of the scum 6 not getting that??

[dave.woodhall]

From the first 2 minutes of the game where we passed it around the back and kept possession in our own half and not one Watford player even attempted to make a challenge, it was obvious they were happy to just not concede, and would have taken the nil-nil then.
Too many times they pulled 10 men behind the ball and we were left wondering how to break it down.
A couple of key moments, the penalty that wasn't, the Digne free kick (that didn't have a lucky Trippier deflection), and the Ings chance that hit the post, all could have been in our favour but weren't.

I struggle to see where our next win will come from, but it won't be against the bottom teams, unless we change the way we play.

Right up until they scored they were aiming for the point. Their defending was last-ditch with an hour left. 

[caster troy]

Our xG was 1.25 to their 1.75. But I think that flatters us because I'm sure Ings was offside for his shot that hit the post, so that takes us down 0.44.

Our xGOT (expected goals on target) was 0.08. That is horrific. Our only shot on target was Buendia's weak left foot curler after 60 minutes. Watfords xGOT was 1.94. So Martinez did well, on the flipside they could probably have had Hodgson himself in goal and not conceded.

[dave.woodhall]

Our xG was 1.25 to their 1.75. But I think that flatters us because I'm sure Ings was offside for his shot that hit the post, so that takes us down 0.44.

Our xGOT (expected goals on target) was 0.08. That is horrific. Our only shot on target was Buendia's weak left foot curler after 60 minutes. Watfords xGOT was 1.94. So Martinez did well, on the flipside they could probably have had Hodgson himself in goal and not conceded.

I understood the last sentence but what language was the rest?

[Pat McMahon]

If it wasn't a penalty then why was it a corner seeing as their guy didn't touch the ball?

I think the claim was that their bloke played the ball first before fouling Ings. Which still makes it a penalty.

[caster troy]

Our xG was 1.25 to their 1.75. But I think that flatters us because I'm sure Ings was offside for his shot that hit the post, so that takes us down 0.44.

Our xGOT (expected goals on target) was 0.08. That is horrific. Our only shot on target was Buendia's weak left foot curler after 60 minutes. Watfords xGOT was 1.94. So Martinez did well, on the flipside they could probably have had Hodgson himself in goal and not conceded.

I understood the last sentence but what language was the rest?

Apologies. xG (expected goals) is a measure of the quality of chances created, and xGOT (expected goals on target) factors in the quality of the finishing. So on Saturday even though we had 20 shots they were all from positions where a goal was unlikely, and the quality of the shots was very poor. Watford  created less chances but they were in much better positions and they finished better. Basically the stats back up my instinctive view that we wouldn't have scored if we'd played all night, but Watford would have kept coming up with more goals on the counter every now and then.

[Clampy]

Expected Goals is just a load of bollocks.