Aston Villa Women 2022/23

[NorthYvillan]

Well done Villa that was a great effort, against one of the best teams in the league.

This

[Monty]

A mark of the progress we've made that we feel robbed after a Cup semifinal defeat by Chelsea.

[BC54 VFC]

Good game, spoilt by a totally biased commentary team. Sarah Mayling the standout on our team, she has improved so much as this season has progressed.

[Proposition Joe]

BBC commentary is so biased..

Yes, she just said Chelsea can still go up a couple of gears. Totally condescending.

Agree, it seemed like I'd tuned into Chelsea Fan TV.

As for the match, bloody Sam Kerr again. Second half we were very good, just lacking that finishing touch, Lehmann maybe should have equalised from one of her chances. And Ollie would love some of those crosses Hanson put in!

[eamonn]

Was disappointed with Knobbs, seemed quite wasteful for someone with decent pedigree.

[BC54 VFC]

Was disappointed with Knobbs, seemed quite wasteful for someone with decent pedigree.

Couldn't agree more. I think Nobbs has been poor since she joined us, and her presence in the team is hampering the development of Laura Blindkilde-Brown.

[Olof's Beard]

My first time going to a Ladies game, good turnout but Chelsea's travelling contingent made most of the noise. Like others, I expected them to coast to victory once they scored but it just spurred us into life. We just lacked a bit of a composure in the box. Hanson was superb and a constant threat, Dali grew into the game. The back four did well too. Shame we couldn't force extra time, we'd have won it.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Was a great effort. Not watched the women much, but Hanson impressed me, caused Chelsea all sorts of problems.

[boutrosboutrosgnarly]

Thought we started slowly, then grew into the game especially after half-time, thought they all played well especially Hanson & Mayling.Didn't deserve to lose imo.

[NorthYvillan]

How Farah Williams gave Player of the Match to Kerr .......... Apart from being so one-eyed that is

[kippaxvilla2]

Useless.  Ward Out.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Not our year

[Lastfootstamper]

I thought we were good out wide on both sides, chelsea were nowhere near as comfortable there as in the league game. We just couldn't convert it into decent chances. That said, I was behind the goal (crossbar was obstructing my view) so didn't have the best perspective in the second half, but it did look like we had maybe a handful of opportunities we could have executed a bit better.

[algy]

First womens game for me. Good fun, my little girl absolutely loved it. As others have said, real sign of progress that we've come away a bit disappointed.

[Olof's Beard]

I thought we were good out wide on both sides, chelsea were nowhere near as comfortable there as in the league game. We just couldn't convert it into decent chances. That said, I was behind the goal (crossbar was obstructing my view) so didn't have the best perspective in the second half, but it did look like we had maybe a handful of opportunities we could have executed a bit better.

We entered their box loads of times in the second half and Hanson put in some great crosses but we lacked a bit of composure when it mattered. And none of the big chances fell to Daly. We did threaten down the right when Nobbs linked up out there but Lehmann struggled to get much change out of Carter, who was really good. I presume Lehmann is the most at threat of losing her place next season of the current XI. But hopefully she sticks around because we need more depth (no subs used today) and her leaving would make our social media department as mad as a lorry.