Wycombe Wanderers vs Aston Villa Post-Glorious Triumph Thread

[Perthvillan]

It certainly looked what it was (players who have never played together as a team before).
Most of it was a hard watch but the result is the only important thing in the end.
I thought all of our youngsters performed well and would have been a great experience for them.
We got lucky with that penalty as it wasn't one.
It reminded me of a similar penalty from the opening day of the 2003/04 season when Gareth Barry tripped himself up in the penalty area at Portsmouth and the ref got it wrong and awarded us a pen which Gareth took himself and scored.
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[Allan C]

Not the best game I’ve ever watched but given our lineup of mainly young players and seniors who need game time it wasn’t too bad. Added to that Emery’s insistence that this is very low on our priority list and we can’t really expect much more. I hate the term “a win is a win” but in this case it fits quite well

[London Villan]

Bailey seemed to playing at half speed too - probably under instructions just to get back up to speed.

[Demitri_C]

Thought Kosta was solid and clearly is a better option at RB than Bogarde. Would much prefer to see him get minutes. Not convinced that Bogarde is good enough at either position to make it in the first team, but he is still young.

If Bogarde is going to make it I would assume it would be at right back, lacks the physicality to be a top centre back.

I think its a hard one to judge in yesterday' when he had swinkels as his cb partner.  We would get a better idea if he was alongside pau or mings at cb

[lovejoy]

Should Gauci not have saved the goal at the end, it seemed to go straight through him?

[PeterWithe]

On an evening like today, why can’t Hause get a game at centre back? Is he really worse than Carlos, Bogarde and Swinkels?

But Bogarde and or Swinkels ‘might’ develop, in time, into players who will either play regularly for the first team or be sold for profit. Hause will do neither, even if fit playing him adds nothing.

[boozey182]

It wasn't the most enjoyable of games to watch, but we've been a bit spoiled for those recently. There have been plenty of occasions over the last decade or two where a scrappy win in the cup, while resting nearly every starter from the previous match, would have been a pipe dream!

I thought the two CBs were much better than they've been given credit for. I was worried when I saw the team, to be honest - centre back is such an important role for us, given how we set up, so to leave it to two players that have never started for us in that position, I thought was a massive (albeit understandable) gamble. But other than the mini-disaster that was their goal, I thought the two of them were pretty composed (the most important attribute for a Villa CB) for the majority of the game, against very physical opponents with plenty of experience. Lesser kids would have crumbled, but they stood up to the task admirably.

I thought Kosta looked decent, as well as Young (love a direct winger that runs at his full back - I think we under used him to be honest). All of those kids will benefit from the minutes they got tonight, against the type of opponents that they just won't have come up against very often.

Bailey is a bit of a worry, as he hasn't found any kind of form this season yet. It's been stop-start for him, so it's understandable, but he was one of our main threats last season, and we really need him to start contributing. Barkley was little help to the kids, I felt. If I was being kind I'd say that he seemed to treat the game purely as a way to build up fitness, like a pre-season game. If I was being harsh, I'd say he strolled around like it was all beneath him. His form so far leads me to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I think it was really important to get the win though - even if we aren't prioritising this competition, it could prove to be so valuable to give minutes to players like Mings, Kamara, Jaden, Barkley, Buendia, Duran, Kosta, Bogarde, Gauci etc, that might not get many otherwise. We will need all of them at some point, so getting them primed and ready to go could help us in the 'more important' matches. We have to look for the benefits that this competition has to offer (other than it being an actual trophy that we could win), and not see it as a burden.

[Ads]

Probably the most bored I've been at a game for many a year. It was utterly tedious.

[Jon Crofts]

On an evening like today, why can’t Hause get a game at centre back? Is he really worse than Carlos, Bogarde and Swinkels?

He had a booking to DJ at the Dog & Pigeon in Rugeley.

[Dogtanian]

I'm not sure where we are with Hause, now. No idea if he has come to an agreement over the best course of action regarding his knees, or whether there is still a standoff over whether he needs surgery or not.

The key thing I think is that his contract is up in June and he won't be getting another one. So even if he was available to play, there would be no reason for him to be getting minutes over players we are trying to develop.

[dicedlam]

Duran can certainly take a penalty.

I'm not 100% sure, but if you take a closer look, it looks like at the last moment just before he hits the ball he sort of does a 'no look pass' before striking it.

What a cheeky fucker if he meant it!

[Percy McCarthy]

Kids did okay. Adults trying desperately to avoid being out injured for the Bayern game.

[PaulWinch again]

Kids did okay. Adults trying desperately to avoid being out injured for the Bayern game.

Hope the adults don’t replicate that in the Ipswich game if that was the case.

[olaftab]

Adults trying desperately to avoid being out injured for the Bayern game.

You are right about that. Bayern is looming large on the horizon and I believe it could also impact our game on Sunday against Ipswich.

[Clark W Griswold]

Probably the most bored I've been at a game for many a year. It was utterly tedious.

I dozed off. Oh well.

I was awake to see the shambolic defending at the end but i didn't realise Swinkels has had an ACL so like everyone with that injury he'll need time to be fair. Bogarde has shown enough in other games to suggest he might have something so not too worried. I was expecting to see JD tear it up, which didn't happen, but he did get another goal at least.

I do like the look of this young keeper though on the whole.