Aston Villa v West Ham Match Thread.

[jwarry]

Patchy that half. Periods of good control punctuated by small periods of pressure from West Ham.  I suspect Unai would like more control but Spam are no mugs

[Mister E]

Done well but that last 10 mins was sloppy. Need to sharpen up, they’re a tricky side to play.

Agreed, they've bought well in the main and play well as a team.

[taylorsworkrate]

Poor from th eref letting him take it 2-3 yards further out than it should've been to give himself more time to get it up and down.

I agree, but our players should have been screaming about it. Only Cash made a half hearted attempt to draw attention.

Really good first 30 minutes where we should have had one or two more. Last 10 to 15 we've allowed them to come back into it. Paqueta looks an excellent player

[paul_e]

Very good first half, kept Bowen, Paqueta and Antonio very quiet and created 3-4 decent chances ourselves on top of the goal.

[ez]

So far so good. I don't think we've actually got out of first gear  yet.

[Toronto Villa]

That was overall a decent first half. They’ve come to grab a point and hit us on the break. We need to grab that second and hold them off. But some nice play. Sometimes we are too static and predictable and get caught out with sloppy passes but overall controlled the game and tempo.

[Bad English]

Fackin' get in Daggie my saahn! 1-0.

[devilla]

Very good half that but we should be two up. West Ham seem to be having too much joy down their left side though. Need to tighten up there but overall we've been the far better side.

[SoccerHQ]

Table at half time looks really good with Luton, Forest and Fulham to come over next few weeks.

[johnc]

We need another goal. Ward P  likes scoring at VP.

[Villa Lew]

Ray Graydon has got a mention.

[Lizz]

Penalty.

[PeterWithesShin]

Oh hello

[JUAN PABLO]

come on now make it  2 

[devilla]

Pen!!