Bournemouth - 2 Aston Villa - 2 Post-Match

[olaftab]

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

No, Axl sets highest standards for himself and others from what I know and as far as bars are concerned living in Tokyo they are all high

[simon ward 50]

As many have pointed out under the previous manager we would have lost the match!

[coreyfeldman]

They'd won two before they played us, a good win against Newcastle and an expected one against Sheffield United. Before that though, it was 1 win in 11, against Burnley. So two of their three wins are against bottom three teams. They'd be 17th without Everton's points deduction, so let's not pretend they're better than they are.

They'll finish around 12th IMO. Although we obviously weren't at it yesterday I thought they looked a very decent side and will take points off top 8 teams all season

[85kota]

It's clear that something has clicked for Bournemouth recently.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

As many have pointed out under the previous manager we would have lost the match!

Had we still been managed by him we wouldn't have lost the match as we'd have been in the Championship.

[VillaTim]

As many have pointed out under the previous manager we would have lost the match!

Had we still been managed by him we wouldn't have lost the match as we'd have been in the Championship.

correct, we'd have been grinding out a 0-2 defeat at somewhere like Huddersfield

[TonyD]

Starting Zani was plain wrong. 
The defence was all wrong. 
Our previous managers would have kept on repeating these kind of glaringly obvious mistakes. 
Let’s hope the penny eventually drops for Emery for away games. 
Otherwise he’s doing fine. 

[brontebilly]

It's clear that something has clicked for Bournemouth recently.

Definitely were lively in midfield and up front. Any time we attacked with purpose they looked very weak at the back, mind..

[Somniloquism]

Their stats against Newcastle in the last home game were a damn site better then the ones against us. So we definitely stopped them playing the same game style, just a shame we then gifted them the opening goal.

[AV82EC]

Iriola has certainly turned things around for them and his ideas seem to be gaining traction. They were very aggressive and good in transition. That No10 Christie was an absolute pain in the arse all afternoon and we really struggled with their 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 approach.

[VillaTim]

It's clear that something has clicked for Bournemouth recently.

Definitely were lively in midfield and up front. Any time we attacked with purpose they looked very weak at the back, mind..

very similar to the spurs game in the sense they murdered us down the left wing

[Drummond]

They'd won two before they played us, a good win against Newcastle and an expected one against Sheffield United. Before that though, it was 1 win in 11, against Burnley. So two of their three wins are against bottom three teams. They'd be 17th without Everton's points deduction, so let's not pretend they're better than they are.

Nobody is. Also let's not pretend they are pushovers (especially at home) either.

They have a new manager who has his team playing well at the moment, that's all.

An away point is a good point. I'm disappointed we didn't win, because I felt we had the beating of them but the next best thing is not being beaten ourselves.

[Drummond]

Luiz pulled out of some challenges yesterday, clearly to not get booked, so with him at 80% and Kamara out we were going to struggle to impose ourselves as much as we'd like.

[The Edge]

Just watched a re-run of yesterday's game. Both our goals were absolutely superb. But I'm now raging again due the utter incompetence of the officials. I just can't get my head around the decision not to book their player for a second time which would of meant them being reduced to 10 men with a whole hour left to play. I mean the referee was looking straight at it. He completely bottled it the absolute tosser.

[PaulTheVillan]

Just watched a re-run of yesterday's game. Both our goals were absolutely superb. But I'm now raging again due the utter incompetence of the officials. I just can't get my head around the decision not to book their player for a second time which would of meant them being reduced to 10 men with a whole hour left to play. I mean the referee was looking straight at it. He completely bottled it the absolute tosser.

The standard of PL referees is a total joke. Surely the premier league need to be calling them out as they are making a mockery of their ‘product’. I certainly would be if I were them.