Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Steve67]

Everyone’s grumbling but two teams play football and Ipswich were superb. It may turn out to be a decent point.

We played some great stuff going forward and defended badly. Carlos is truly awful. No longer the Sevilla player.

Great stuff going forward? Really? How many shots on target did we have in the second half? I think you'll find it was a big fat zero.

One that I can remember, Barkley's piledriver, but that was about it.  Far too tippy tappy and not ruthless enough.

Ramsey put a pretty decent chance over just after they scored.

The one that went 30 yards over the bar?  Doesn't count as on target. Ramsey should have done a lot better with it.

[enigma]

I don't get it with Philogene, at all. Why were we so desperate to bring him back? Doesn't even look as good as Archer or Iroegbunam to be honest.

I'll give him time to get up to speed but i really hope he's not one of those 'too good for the Championship, not good enough for the Prem' types.

[Holte132]

The media has been labelling us the comeback kings. Seems like the team believed them, thinking that a win for us was inevitable

[AV82EC]

Everyone’s grumbling but two teams play football and Ipswich were superb. It may turn out to be a decent point.

We played some great stuff going forward and defended badly. Carlos is truly awful. No longer the Sevilla player.

Great stuff going forward? Really? How many shots on target did we have in the second half? I think you'll find it was a big fat zero.

One that I can remember, Barkley's piledriver, but that was about it.  Far too tippy tappy and not ruthless enough.

Ramsey put a pretty decent chance over just after they scored.

The one that went 30 yards over the bar?  Doesn't count as on target. Ramsey should have done a lot better with it.

Yep passed it to an overlapping Digne for a start.

[SoccerHQ]

Whats concerning for me is we rested a  majority of the team vs wycombe so should have been fresh for this one yet we were really bad. Lucky to get a point.

It did feel at times players were trying not to get injured foe the munich game. Not aggressive enough.

That midfield without mcginn really struggled

Ipswich were imo the worst sort of team we could've played away three days before Bayern Munich. They remind me a bit of how Luton were last year and we just about won there after a torrid second half.

I think they'll stay up as they're more positive than Leicester who probably have a better starting 11.

They've played six games in prem now and they've only lost to Liverpool and Man. City so they're a long way from being no hopers at this level. Think they'll take points off the likes of Newcastle and Spurs if they can keep that 11 fit.

[Steve67]

I don't get it with Philogene, at all. Why were we so desperate to bring him back? Doesn't even look as good as Archer or Iroegbunam to be honest.

I'll give him time to get up to speed but i really hope he's not one of those 'too good for the Championship, not good enough for the Prem' types.

Good shout, but for me, it's defo the way that it looks at the moment.

[john e]

Everyone’s grumbling but two teams play football and Ipswich were superb. It may turn out to be a decent point.

We played some great stuff going forward and defended badly. Carlos is truly awful. No longer the Sevilla player.

Great stuff going forward? Really? How many shots on target did we have in the second half? I think you'll find it was a big fat zero.

One that I can remember, Barkley's piledriver, but that was about it.  Far too tippy tappy and not ruthless enough.

Ramsey put a pretty decent chance over just after they scored.

You’re all forgetting Buendia’s close effort free kick

[Jon Crofts]

Everyone’s grumbling but two teams play football and Ipswich were superb. It may turn out to be a decent point.

We played some great stuff going forward and defended badly. Carlos is truly awful. No longer the Sevilla player.

Great stuff going forward? Really? How many shots on target did we have in the second half? I think you'll find it was a big fat zero.

One that I can remember, Barkley's piledriver, but that was about it.  Far too tippy tappy and not ruthless enough.

Ramsey put a pretty decent chance over just after they scored.

You’re all forgetting Buendia’s close effort free kick

Which had Row Z written all over it as soon as it was awarded.

[Martyn Smith]

We seemed to have the game in our pocket at 2-1 up but had no clue how to switch it back up once they equalised. Duran was given nothing to work with; he ended up doing more in defence than attack

[Astnor]

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins speaking to Sky Sports: "They always put a lot of pressure on us and we couldn't really implement our game plan. Ipswich were always on to us and it was a bit of a basketball game which is what they wanted but we didn't.

"It was a difficult game and I think a point is a fair result. We didn't get it right in the final third, we could have been more ruthless myself included.

"A point is a fair result but disappointing because there were a lot of opportunities for us. They kept putting pressure on us, they're here at home, the made runs in behind and we grinded the result out in the end."

On facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League in midweek: "Everybody is ready, there's a buzz around the club. Last year was special and this will be even better this year in the Champions League. You want to play in the best games in the world."

Reasonable words from the good man there, had a good game most of the time.

[villa_cads]

This was has left me very grumpy, a complacent performance and an early missed opportunity.

[Villafirst]

Anybody would think we'd lost today! We missed McGinn and Cash. It'll be different when they're both fit along with Mings and Kamara.

[Astnor]

Very disappointing freekick from Buendia when he came on. Wasted a good opportunity.

[cdbearsfan]

Pretty poor, but still would have won if the referee wasn't a coward. I'll forgive them if they win the next two.

[The Edge]

The referee not sending off their thug of a number 5 was pivotal. But when you have a defence that leaves huge gaps to exploit you are likely to let goals in. Our goals against stats are alarming. We're lacking leadership and hopefully the return of Mings will address that. When Konsa made his kamikaze run and brainless pass Carlos was woefully out of position. Why didn't it occur to him to shuffle over to the right once he saw Konsa going forward? The amount of space that was given to Delap to run into was Sunday league levels of defending.