Bournemouth - 2 Aston Villa - 2 Post-Match

[Axl Rose]

Happy with the point

[Hookeysmith]

I guess we all saw how important Kamara is to this team.

Thought we were patchy but sheer guts (and some great quality) got us a decent point.

Ref was appalling and missed so many technical fouls as well as 2 x obviously 2nd bookings

[Paul.S]

In my opinion we do not have the squad depth to finish in the top 4 yet. The fact Emery has us there is unbelievable. He has to rotate while we are playing 2 games a week and with only a few days rest. He’s managed the squad superbly and today we still came away with a point.
We have one of the best coaches in Europe and I reckon he knows what he’s doing.

[VillaTim]

conceded early again in both halves , really is a bad habit and absolutely piss poor

You’re staggering boring

You're staggeringly poor with your grammar . See you next Tuesday.

[maidstonevillain]

We would of beat Bournemouth if we didn't have Europe to contend with. No juggling act involved!!

Just something we have to come to terms with. We can not always start our strongest eleven and Unai will need a year or two longer to have sufficient strength in depth.

Until then, we might occasionally have to put a peg in the wrong hole. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Even with the "getting away with it" element, we've picked up 4 points on the road which is a very good return sandwiched between a tough European game.

!0 days ago. Who wouldn't have taken that if offered?

[VillaTim]

Happy with the point

You have a low bar . Albeit in the grand scheme of things if we keep averaging 2 points a game then we should make the ECL places.
Performance wise that was another iffy one today if we are being honest

[Legion]

conceded early again in both halves , really is a bad habit and absolutely piss poor

You’re staggering boring

You're staggeringly poor with your grammar . See you next Tuesday.

No need for that.

[ROBBO]

It's clear that while we have an improved squad it's still not strong enough for the amount of games we play in Europe. Emery has to rest players as best he can, I would love to be able to give JM a couple of weeks rest as Man City do with their better players. My only question to Emery would be why did you leave Cash sitting on the bench first half when it was clear he needed to be on.

[VillaTim]

conceded early again in both halves , really is a bad habit and absolutely piss poor

You’re staggering boring

You're staggeringly poor with your grammar . See you next Tuesday.

No need for that.

He started it

[dave.woodhall]

conceded early again in both halves , really is a bad habit and absolutely piss poor

You’re staggering boring

You're staggeringly poor with your grammar . See you next Tuesday.

No need for that.

He started it

I'm finishing it.

[Somniloquism]

conceded early again in both halves , really is a bad habit and absolutely piss poor

You’re staggering boring

You're staggeringly poor with your grammar . See you next Tuesday.

Made me laugh you calling him up on the grammar of his post. Has he called you up elsewhere that I missed?

[Chris Smith]

It's clear that while we have an improved squad it's still not strong enough for the amount of games we play in Europe. Emery has to rest players as best he can, I would love to be able to give JM a couple of weeks rest as Man City do with their better players. My only question to Emery would be why did you leave Cash sitting on the bench first half when it was clear he needed to be on.

I had this discussion earlier and our conclusion was that he’ll be needed to play 2 tough games in the coming week so was trying to keep him fresh.

[brontebilly]

It's clear that while we have an improved squad it's still not strong enough for the amount of games we play in Europe. Emery has to rest players as best he can, I would love to be able to give JM a couple of weeks rest as Man City do with their better players. My only question to Emery would be why did you leave Cash sitting on the bench first half when it was clear he needed to be on.

I'm assuming PL managers don't hook players in the first half of games as player and squad morale might suffer. But same as with EtH at Newcastle the previous night, when it's that bad a manager can't simply sit on his hands. Konsa was being destroyed all first half. I didn't see any tactical changes such as switch McGinn over to quell the tide or even switch Luiz and Tielemans. Cash only came on in the 73 min. He comes on at half time or earlier and we win. It's that simple really.

Playing Konsa at RB causes two problems, he's rubbish defensively and offensively there. But we are also taking our best and quickest CB from the middle. As soon as Cash came in we had an outball down the right straight away.

[pauliewalnuts]

conceded early again in both halves , really is a bad habit and absolutely piss poor

You’re staggering boring

You're staggeringly poor with your grammar . See you next Tuesday.

No need for that.

Especially harsh to criticise grammar whilst not understanding the relationship between commas, full stops and spaces.

[Hillbilly]

A very minor point, but seeing 'AFCB' on the back of their shirt really ground my gears. I know they've been at it for years but it still feels like a bit of cheek to try to usurp the Villa and Arsenal in the alphabet order.