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

[Woody17]

Decent point away from home. Soft penalty but Bailey was a little clumsy, his only contribution to the game really. Utter shite. Bert will get a start ahead of him soon once he gets a bit of match fitness.
Not sure what’s happened to Cash, he seems to be be slowing regressing after his impressive start with us…..which seems a long time ago now.
Every thing else has been said already but we are definitely moving in the right direction under Emery. Once we get Kamara back and Carlos bedded in alongside Mings we will improve enormously I reckon. A couple of signings in the summer and we’re in for a good time I think. UTV.

[Percy McCarthy]

I thought Bertie T did okay.

[villadelph]

I thought Bertie T did okay.

Did he grow? He and Duran looked massive out there today.

[eamonn]

Seeing first Bailey and then his replacement Traore both so left-footed and playing on the right gave me real anxiety. I was just hoping that Spam hadn't done their homework on Bert/or forgot that he existed so that they wouldn't keep showing him onto his right side!

[pauliewalnuts]

Emery has done brilliantly so far, and you can see the way he wants us to play.

We need quality signings in the summer, but I can see where he wants to take us and how he wants us to play, and I like it very much.

Imagine being West Ham, shackled to Moyes and his MONish football.

[Clark W Griswold]

Yeah a point isn’t bad, we don’t get much down there for the most part.

[olaftab]

Three points lost more than a point gained.

How do you figure that out?

He rolled a dice and came up with 3😂

[enigma]

At least we didn't lose. We have an awful record against them in recent years.

[RamboandBruno]

Emery has done brilliantly so far, and you can see the way he wants us to play.

We need quality signings in the summer, but I can see where he wants to take us and how he wants us to play, and I like it very much.

Imagine being West Ham, shackled to Moyes and his MONish football.

Yep agree. I thought we were mostly dominant first half, a bit more scrappy 2nd half and they had loads of corners. But i thought we had some lovely passages of play. I thought McGinn and Dougie were good today and if Kamara was in there as well, we probably win. I thought Mings and Konsa were very good as well.

Bailey is obviously struggling and although he did ok, im not sure Bert is the long term answer. Ollie looked good but shame he missed that chance after some lovely football. I would start Duran instead of Bailey now. Chambers had a poor cameo.

Overall, a point away from home is positive, we have some good players and need a few more and we have an absolute top drawer manager, we’re going to go far with him, im convinced.

Finally, the interesting thing for me is three players that lots of us, including myself have said regularly need to be upgraded, McGinn, Mings and Watkins and probably the three most improved players under Emery, actually coaching going on here.

[Hookeysmith]

I’m in Budapest so didn’t see it.

I'm currently in Mauritius  and could not get a feed. Will watch YouTube later

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12832289/west-ham-1-1-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights

[brontebilly]

Game was played at a pedestrian enough pace but in the main I thought we played well. Without Kamara I thought both Luiz and McGinn (out of position) were excellent. Mings pocketed Ings. If Watkins and Duran were sharper with their chances we would have taken the three points. I liked Emery's subs, Traores silky first touch was a highlight. Compared to Bailey....

On the flip side, Moreno and Cash particularly were woeful defensively. Even Digne is piss poor when ran at.

Martinez 5 - soft as shit today at set piece time
Cash 3 - useless, no idea how to position himself against bog standard cross field punts
Konsa 6 - no obvious errors but doesn't inspire confidence in anything he does these days
Mings 8 - solid throughout and sharp on ball too
Moreno 6 - horrible start but fine assist and dangerous going forward, defensively average
Luiz 8 - quality yet again, very good on ball and protected area in front of the centre backs superbly
McGinn 8 - out of position but really good driving display, we won the midfield battle easily
Ramsey 7 - very slow start but great ball into Watkins and had a good second half
Buendia 7 - sharp throughout I thought
Watkins 7 - scored the hardest of his chances but was better than the cat kicker

Very lively cameo from Traore, Young saved a certain goal, Duran looks a good addition, Digne can't defend, Chambers can't keep the ball

[eamonn]

And they have a great recent record of being spawny against us. Today's stupid penalty, the corresponding game at VP in August which was an awful nil-niller but they got a shitty deflection for a barely deserved winner. We also murdered them away in the Covid season and had that Watkins goal disallowed for a dubious offside before he missed a penalty.

[Monty]

Emery has done brilliantly so far, and you can see the way he wants us to play.

We need quality signings in the summer, but I can see where he wants to take us and how he wants us to play, and I like it very much.

Imagine being West Ham, shackled to Moyes and his MONish football.

It has been us so often, as well, the backwards club with the lumpen tactics. It is nice to look like a team from the present.

You can see exactly where the holes are, but fill them and I suspect you start to see a real side come through. Of course, I don't know how many times I've said that, but this time does look different!

[rob_bridge]

Emery has done brilliantly so far, and you can see the way he wants us to play.

We need quality signings in the summer, but I can see where he wants to take us and how he wants us to play, and I like it very much.

Imagine being West Ham, shackled to Moyes and his MONish football.

I concur with this - I don't think we need that many new players. A couple of upgrades will lift the whole team. Dependent on how good Carlos is, we probably need a Bailey replacement, another quality midfielder and another versatile forward. We also need a good keeper as back up and an even better one if Martinez leaves.