West Ham London - 1 Aston Villa - 1 The Post Match Thread.

[colin69]

Watched the second half on VillaTV, thought we played some decent stuff at times and were under the cosh at times.
From what I saw, I thought Ramsey and Chambers when he came on were better than some of the comments. Bailey though, really is a waste of a shirt at the moment.

[ChicagoLion]

If the ref does not give the pen we win that comfortably.

[clash city rocker]

We play some lovely stuff at times, we've scored in all 13 league games Emery has been in charge and compare that to 6 goals in the first 11 under Gerrard. 7 points from the last 9 and a decent away point that was decided by 2 penalty decisions in a match that more than half on here thought we'd lose and 20% thought we'd win. There's way more positives than negatives.

Absolutely.. stand back and look at the facts and Unai has transformed us. The reason we have to look so far up is because Unai didn't start the season with us. Take the positives. Mid march and we don't have to look down

[Smirker]

Shit performance imo and we're struggling to score.

Sorry yes but still, we look like we're struggling to score.

We have scored in 13 consecutive league games. When did we last do that?
The negativity is ridiculous

Negativity 

We've scored 3 in 3. That's not enough. We can't keep clean sheets every game.

How about the 4 in 3 we have scored?

[curiousorange]

Hopefully these fill one of the three basement spots. Pointless club, horrible to play.

[Toronto Villa]

Emery wants us to keep the ball more. We are doing that better than previously in the season. We now need to add threat on the final third. We are always good for a goal but we need to evolve to more than 1 or 2, and when we do, make sure we continue to keep it solid at the back. It’s coming together.

[astonvilla82]

Can see the improvement of McGinnis over the last few weeks, need to spend more time in Dublin, not trying any silly balls across the pitch

[Gareth]

Hopefully these fill one of the three basement spots. Pointless club, horrible to play.

Think Villa would like the 3m for them surviving

[garyellis]

We play some lovely stuff at times, we've scored in all 13 league games Emery has been in charge and compare that to 6 goals in the first 11 under Gerrard. 7 points from the last 9 and a decent away point that was decided by 2 penalty decisions in a match that more than half on here thought we'd lose and 20% thought we'd win. There's way more positives than negatives.

Absolutely.. stand back and look at the facts and Unai has transformed us. The reason we have to look so far up is because Unai didn't start the season with us. Take the positives. Mid march and we don't have to look down

Steady on lads that’s far too sensible, you should be listening to the genius that keeps criticising the manager

[ez]

We didn't lose. That's about it.

[eamonn]

Skill level was low today, from both sides, which made for a pretty dull game.  You wouldn't have known that there was plenty at stake.  Players started arguing and jostling just to stay warm.

I disagree, it was very competitive with both sides trying to win. We looked like a team with a new identity taking shape. Short, concise passing, trying to move opposing players out of shape and play an incisive ball to get us in on goal. We got the better of their press time and time again. Just let-down by the final pass or shot. But contrast that with West Ham's direct style, long balls over the top and relying on set-pieces. Jarrod Bowen celebrating winning a corner as if he had just scored (or maybe assisted) summed-up the difference in approach.

West Ham have arguably better players but we have the more progressive style and with upgrades for a few of our lot surely coming in the summer, I'm much happier as a Villan than I imagine most Hammers are.

[Grande Pablo]

WHU deserve everything chucking at them - wholly insufferable.  Paqueta a lucky boy - my Argentine feed suggested he was subbed for his own protection.  Plus I hate the fact as a taxpayer I've effectively paid for their stadium to fund Porn Dwarf, his cronies & their annoying fan base.

Bailey is a conundrum.  Gets in some brilliant positions, but then does something infuriating & before you know it the ball is in our box.  Think he'll be shipped on in the summer, but we'll make a huge loss.

[villadelph]

Skill level was low today, from both sides, which made for a pretty dull game.  You wouldn't have known that there was plenty at stake.  Players started arguing and jostling just to stay warm.

I disagree, it was very competitive with both sides trying to win. We looked like a team with a new identity taking shape. Short, concise passing, trying to move opposing players out of shape and play an incisive ball to get us in on goal. We got the better of their press time and time again. Just let-down by the final pass or shot. But contrast that with West Ham's direct style, long balls over the top and relying on set-pieces. Jarrod Bowen celebrating winning a corner as if he had just scored (or maybe assisted) summed-up the difference in approach.

West Ham have arguably better players but we have the more progressive style and with upgrades for a few of our lot surely coming in the summer, I'm much happier as a Villan than I imagine most Hammers are.

Well said. “Skill level low today..” 

[eamonn]

The new system is also clearly bringing out more of Meatball and Buendia's game. Jacob's previous license to run free has been curbed somewhat but you could see today how he still has that driving-run capability that no one else on the pitch did. He just needs to know when to try it and when to keep to our patient approach but I thought Ramsey was a big improvement today on recent months.

[PeterWithesShin]

We gave everyone above us an 11 games head start thanks to Gerrard, that we're even talking about the chance of qualifying for Europe is testament to the job Emery has done turning us around from the shambles we were.