Aston Villa 2 The Arse 4 Post Match ah well what could have been thread

[eamonn]

I thought it was a good match but obviously extremely disappointed with the result.

Yes Mings could have done better with his header and probably should have put it behind for a corner.I know it wouldn't have counted but his clearance of the line was something else. At the moment we are better with him than without him so the new contract makes sense.

Buendia is an enigma for me, I wish he would cut out the going down too easily followed by throwing his hands in the air while the opposition are then carrying the ball forward.

Buendia is shit.

Short, weak, all the control & balance of a penguin & the vision of a sloth.

He is a waste of a shirt.

His step-over for Coutinho's goal was worth the proverbial admission fee alone. I haven't seen us do that trick since the Hendrie and Angel link-up days but you probably thought they were shite too.

[Axl Rose]

I wondered at the time how this didn't warrant a card but seeing this...
https://twitter.com/TyBracey/status/1627263298298060802?t=NZ6wsLPmWTdrver4aqn4Ww&s=19

That's a yellow at worst.
Andy bloody Townshend. What are you talking about?

I've gone right off Andy Townsend since he left his video van and started co commentating.

He's fucking rubbish.

Saka is a cheating little shit. He's Arsenal's Grealish and I thought yesterday that he was a cocky prick. Didn't like being tackled. Fuck him

[Clampy]

I thought Saka was great for them yesterday, first half especially.
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[Axl Rose]

I thought Saka was great for them yesterday, first half especially.
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I agree with that part, also

Still, what a prick

[Rigadon]

I wondered at the time how this didn't warrant a card but seeing this...
https://twitter.com/TyBracey/status/1627263298298060802?t=NZ6wsLPmWTdrver4aqn4Ww&s=19

Yeah but saka gets no protection from refs.
 

[pablo_picasso]

I thought it was a good match but obviously extremely disappointed with the result.

Yes Mings could have done better with his header and probably should have put it behind for a corner.I know it wouldn't have counted but his clearance of the line was something else. At the moment we are better with him than without him so the new contract makes sense.

Buendia is an enigma for me, I wish he would cut out the going down too easily followed by throwing his hands in the air while the opposition are then carrying the ball forward.

Buendia is shit.

Short, weak, all the control & balance of a penguin & the vision of a sloth.

He is a waste of a shirt.

His step-over for Coutinho's goal was worth the proverbial admission fee alone. I haven't seen us do that trick since the Hendrie and Angel link-up days but you probably thought they were shite too.

Awesome. He manages to pull off a trick once every 37 games. Well worth £30+ million.

The odd trick aside, he is shit. He is consistently shit. Consistently offers nothing creativity wise. Consistently offers nothing goals wise. Consistently offers nothing assists wise. Consistently does nothing other than give the ball away or fall over with his hands in the air.

But he managed to not touch the ball in the build up to a goal, so all is forgiven.

He is shit... Consistently.

[PeterWithesShin]

Ever since this I've thought Townsend was a twat

[VILLA MOLE]

Ever since this I've thought Townsend was a twat

Where on earth did he get a slice of the ball??

[pelty]

Genuine question: why does our press seem so ineffective compared to nearly everyone ego you against? We rarely keep up sustained pressure that leads to errors by our opponents (such as we saw Arsenal do yesterday, but it happens against lesser teams, too), yet it seems like nearly every team we play pressures us and we crap ourselves. Most would agree that we have a striker who presses with verve, but what is missing that causes us to be on the back foot because we struggle to recover the ball in the opponents half?

[Skerra]

Regardless of who our manager is, can anyone recall the last time we played well in both halves of a match? Don’t know if it’s all in the mind of the players or just that we aren’t fit enough to play high tempo throughout 90 minutes.

[astonvilla82]

Genuine question: why does our press seem so ineffective compared to nearly everyone ego you against? We rarely keep up sustained pressure that leads to errors by our opponents (such as we saw Arsenal do yesterday, but it happens against lesser teams, too), yet it seems like nearly every team we play pressures us and we crap ourselves. Most would agree that we have a striker who presses with verve, but what is missing that causes us to be on the back foot because we struggle to recover the ball in the opponents half?

we are so crap at it, noticed the different even when Bailey come on it got worse

[Cropley10]

Matty Cash's problem was summed up late in the game when Bailey was attacking with the ball, Cash overlapped and was played the ball --with everyone in the box, he again crossed woefully to an area outside the box, Arsenal picked the ball up and they were away!

The goals against is down to a poor defence, that has been obvious for a while. Moreno is a much welcome addition to left-back, but we need the other 3.

Martinez can go as he takes far too many risks playing out ( his time wasting is just boring and embarassing) and he seemed to keep aiming for a bloke in the first row of the Doug Ellis during the 2nd half rather than Moreno!

[eamonn]

I thought it was a good match but obviously extremely disappointed with the result.

Yes Mings could have done better with his header and probably should have put it behind for a corner.I know it wouldn't have counted but his clearance of the line was something else. At the moment we are better with him than without him so the new contract makes sense.

Buendia is an enigma for me, I wish he would cut out the going down too easily followed by throwing his hands in the air while the opposition are then carrying the ball forward.

Buendia is shit.

Short, weak, all the control & balance of a penguin & the vision of a sloth.

He is a waste of a shirt.

His step-over for Coutinho's goal was worth the proverbial admission fee alone. I haven't seen us do that trick since the Hendrie and Angel link-up days but you probably thought they were shite too.

Awesome. He manages to pull off a trick once every 37 games. Well worth £30+ million.

The odd trick aside, he is shit. He is consistently shit. Consistently offers nothing creativity wise. Consistently offers nothing goals wise. Consistently offers nothing assists wise. Consistently does nothing other than give the ball away or fall over with his hands in the air.

But he managed to not touch the ball in the build up to a goal, so all is forgiven.

He is shit... Consistently.

"I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate" etc.

[pablo_picasso]

Genuine question: why does our press seem so ineffective compared to nearly everyone ego you against? We rarely keep up sustained pressure that leads to errors by our opponents (such as we saw Arsenal do yesterday, but it happens against lesser teams, too), yet it seems like nearly every team we play pressures us and we crap ourselves. Most would agree that we have a striker who presses with verve, but what is missing that causes us to be on the back foot because we struggle to recover the ball in the opponents half?

Because the whole team isn't doing it.

Pressing people isn't just about chasing down the man on the ball. Its about closing down the options for the man on the ball at the same time. If he has nobody to pass to, then it makes it easier for the person pressing to either win the ball or make the man on the ball make a mistake.

But if the whole team, or at least 75% of it doesn't close down the passing avenues, then all we have is Ollie Watkins wearing himself out pointlessly sprinting after the ball as it gets pinged about at will.

[pablo_picasso]

I thought it was a good match but obviously extremely disappointed with the result.

Yes Mings could have done better with his header and probably should have put it behind for a corner.I know it wouldn't have counted but his clearance of the line was something else. At the moment we are better with him than without him so the new contract makes sense.

Buendia is an enigma for me, I wish he would cut out the going down too easily followed by throwing his hands in the air while the opposition are then carrying the ball forward.

Buendia is shit.

Short, weak, all the control & balance of a penguin & the vision of a sloth.

He is a waste of a shirt.

His step-over for Coutinho's goal was worth the proverbial admission fee alone. I haven't seen us do that trick since the Hendrie and Angel link-up days but you probably thought they were shite too.

Awesome. He manages to pull off a trick once every 37 games. Well worth £30+ million.

The odd trick aside, he is shit. He is consistently shit. Consistently offers nothing creativity wise. Consistently offers nothing goals wise. Consistently offers nothing assists wise. Consistently does nothing other than give the ball away or fall over with his hands in the air.

But he managed to not touch the ball in the build up to a goal, so all is forgiven.

He is shit... Consistently.

"I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate" etc.

Fair play to your reaction mate.

After re-reading my post it does come across a bit shirty.

I apologise. Its not my intention to have a go at fellow fans who only want what they think is best for the club we all love.

I am just so frustrated with us at the moment.

Still have that feeling of anger towards the game & every event in it, especially that bell piece official over 24 hours later. I am sick to death of Villa ruining my weekends...

But I didnt mean to be shirty towards you, so I humbly apologise...