Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Post-Match

[Clampy]

He took an absolute age over that pen when he didn't need to. I doubt it would have even gone to VAR at somewhere like Old Trafford or Man City.

[Matt C]

Unai’s reaction when Cash smashed the ball out of play right before our third goal was priceless. The fury. Cash will hear about it.

That made me laugh too, he was livid. Cash will be hearing about that one on Monday.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

What a strange game.
Should have been out of sight by half time.
Looked dead and buried in the second half.
Then somehow bounced back. 
Palace are shite. 

I think Kamara needs benching.
Pau can pass but not much of a defender. 
Zani could be a superstar. 
And Bailey did ok. Cough.

Doesn't even rhyme.

Love it.
Exactly what I thought! :-)

[RamboandBruno]

ffs can we just stop with the ripple of questioning the best manager we have had for nearly 30 years 🙄

He’s not above criticism, but some people love looking for problems….but if we didn’t win, we did like. We haven’t lost at home since February…we play averagely and still win.

[Toronto Villa]

The performance was poor because we were chasing the game. We played well in the first half and should have been out of sight. We didn’t play well after their goal and individual players made some very poor mistakes. But we have players on the bench to the level they don’t. And that’s what good teams can do especially with the 5 sub rule. And as much as we benefited from it today it will also hurt us at top teams when they can bring on even better talent late in games to save points or win against us.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Watching Duran's goal, and it is a brilliant goal, and I get why he'd want to celebrate it, but I notice Watkins goes straight for the ball in the net, presumably to try to get the game restarted as quickly as possible. Not a complaint against Duran, but it's always interesting to see the more experienced players reactions in these situations.

They were going mad at him on the bench to get on with the game.

And dig them out of a hole? Emery has to take his share of the blame for the average performance we put in today and credit for the subs.

We had all summer to replace Young and what did they do; nada. I think a proper right sided wing back will be top of our shopping list come January. For all his effort Cash is no wing back. He looked far more comfortable dropping back when Bailey came on.

I’m confused, does Unai take the blame for a poor performance or credit for the subs turning it around?

Both. I thought it was obvious.

[Meanwood Villa]

He took an absolute age over that pen when he didn't need to. I doubt it would have even gone to VAR at somewhere like Old Trafford or Man City.

True

[rougegorge]

I thought we were comfortably the better team in the first half, spurning those great chances that Watkins and Cash had, along with the close disallowed goal.

Torres was exposed for their goal and then they managed it pretty well with the time wasting and breaking through their out ball to Eze (we kept giving him too much room to receive).

In real time, I thought it was a penalty, but that was from some distance. The longer the VAR went on, the more likely I actually thought the ref might stick with the decision.

Unai complimented the support today, but it was subdued like the players in the second half until we equalised.

Overall, we deserved to win and we had far more shots and possession than they did.

[Clampy]

Im surprised at how many people have said we were poor. I thought we were alright overall. It's not as if we didnt create  create anything. We had a wobble early in the second half but that was about it. Id say it was more frustrating that we hadn't scored than poor.

[Astnor]

He took an absolute age over that pen when he didn't need to. I doubt it would have even gone to VAR at somewhere like Old Trafford or Man City.

How come VAR decided that the referee had to go over and look at it again? I thought that only happened if a clear and obvious fault had been done.

[RamboandBruno]

Watching Duran's goal, and it is a brilliant goal, and I get why he'd want to celebrate it, but I notice Watkins goes straight for the ball in the net, presumably to try to get the game restarted as quickly as possible. Not a complaint against Duran, but it's always interesting to see the more experienced players reactions in these situations.

They were going mad at him on the bench to get on with the game.

And dig them out of a hole? Emery has to take his share of the blame for the average performance we put in today and credit for the subs.

We had all summer to replace Young and what did they do; nada. I think a proper right sided wing back will be top of our shopping list come January. For all his effort Cash is no wing back. He looked far more comfortable dropping back when Bailey came on.

I’m confused, does Unai take the blame for a poor performance or credit for the subs turning it around?

Both. I thought it was obvious.

We were the better side first half and if Ollie and Cash had put those really good chances away, it would of been business as usual like Bournemouth, Forest, Fulham etc at the tail end of last season. Not amazing performances like Newcastle at home,  but almost boringly competent.
They got a very early second half goal after Emi’s slip, which turns the game on its head.
Im not an evangelist but I don’t really see too much criticism for Unai in this, only recognising what needed to be done and making some changes of players and tactics that paid dividends.

[Goldenballs]

I'd like to hear that VAR chat, fair play to the ref for having some balls.

[paul_e]

Im surprised at how many people have said we were poor. I thought we were alright overall. It's not as if we didnt create  create anything. We had a wobble early in the second half but that was about it. Id say it was more frustrating that we hadn't scored than poor.

I agree with this, I think it's why I've been annoyed on this thread. We weren't poor other than for a short-ish spell after they scored from nothing and we seemed to not know what we wanted to do to get back into it.

[AV84]

Tielemans pass for the last goal was great but I doubt anyone other than Diaby was chasing that down. He's so quick.

[Meanwood Villa]

Im surprised at how many people have said we were poor. I thought we were alright overall. It's not as if we didnt create  create anything. We had a wobble early in the second half but that was about it. Id say it was more frustrating that we hadn't scored than poor.

I agree with this, I think it's why I've been annoyed on this thread. We weren't poor other than for a short-ish spell after they scored from nothing and we seemed to not know what we wanted to do to get back into it.

I agree. No way we deserved to lose that.