Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

I think we're going to get battered, sadly. An inept defence and too many players like Ramsey and Bailey who are nowhere near their best.

I think we'll win handsomely on Wednesday and gift those bastards a win at the weekend.

I don't know about "win handsomely", but I'm definitely more confident about Bayern than those cheating rats on Sunday.

[Neil Hawkes]

Clear penalty.

Similar to West Ham's against Villa?

You grab and pull a shirt anywhere else on the pitch and it's a foul, why is it viewed differently in the box?

[eamonn]

Could Fernandes have his red card rescinded for Sunday?

[ChicagoLion]

Clear penalty.

Similar to West Ham's against Villa?

You grab and pull a shirt anywhere else on the pitch and it's a foul, why is it viewed differently in the box?

He had hold of Watkins for some time and was still pulling him when he went down. As obvious a penalty as you will see, but with that Ref!

[Neil Hawkes]

He had hold of Watkins for some time and was still pulling him when he went down. As obvious a penalty as you will see, but with that Ref!

It looked all game as if the Ref would not make any direct decision that could affect the outcome of the game - 2nd yellows-No.
Clear penalty-No.
The score would have been completely different if the correct rules had been applied, and the correct rules would have been applied if that would have been against City, Arsenal, Liverpool - not a happy bunny.

[Somniloquism]

Could Fernandes have his red card rescinded for Sunday?

Don't see why not when DCL had his rescinded even though it was an over the ball studs up contact on the shin (no matter what the studio commentators seem to think).

[Chris Smith]

I wonder if subconsciously some of the players, having seen what has happened with McGinn, were playing within themselves to make sure that they don’t risk missing the game on Wednesday.

[Sexual Ealing]

I wonder if subconsciously some of the players, having seen what has happened with McGinn, were playing within themselves to make sure that they don’t risk missing the game on Wednesday.

We've got a problem if that's the case. There are loads of these games.

[kippaxvilla2]

In my inebriated state on Saturday night I think I calculated that we had something like 20 games in 84 days in the lead up to and including Christmas.  That’s going to need the whole squad at various points.

[Mister E]

He had hold of Watkins for some time and was still pulling him when he went down. As obvious a penalty as you will see, but with that Ref!

It looked all game as if the Ref would not make any direct decision that could affect the outcome of the game - 2nd yellows-No.
Clear penalty-No.
The score would have been completely different if the correct rules had been applied, and the correct rules would have been applied if that would have been against City, Arsenal, Liverpool - not a happy bunny.

Just like David Cootes, he relies on VAR to make decisions; which doesn't work well now, since VAR have been told to back off.

[Chris Smith]

I wonder if subconsciously some of the players, having seen what has happened with McGinn, were playing within themselves to make sure that they don’t risk missing the game on Wednesday.

We've got a problem if that's the case. There are loads of these games.

True but only one of them is the first in decades at that level against one of the biggest clubs in Europe at Villa Park. It might not be the case but they wouldn’t be human if it thought didn’t occur to them.

[Keeno]

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.

Yeah, pretty decent summary of the game there. We're definitely not the only team they'll take points off at home this season.

[Risso]

True but only one of them is the first in decades at that level against one of the biggest clubs in Europe at Villa Park. It might not be the case but they wouldn’t be human if it thought didn’t occur to them.

Are they really going to be THAT bothered though? Players like Tielemans, Digne , Torres, Maatsen and Onana have all played Champions League. Lots of them have played in big international games. I don't think it'll have quite the same meaning for the players as it does for the fans. Unai has stressed that the Premier League is his focus this season, so I think if he got the sense that there was any coasting going on, the players concerned would find themselves in hot water pretty quickly.

[Chris Smith]

True but only one of them is the first in decades at that level against one of the biggest clubs in Europe at Villa Park. It might not be the case but they wouldn’t be human if it thought didn’t occur to them.

Are they really going to be THAT bothered though? Players like Tielemans, Digne , Torres, Maatsen and Onana have all played Champions League. Lots of them have played in big international games. I don't think it'll have quite the same meaning for the players as it does for the fans. Unai has stressed that the Premier League is his focus this season, so I think if he got the sense that there was any coasting going on, the players concerned would find themselves in hot water pretty quickly.

You’re probably right but something seemed to inhibit us in the second half. I initially thought they’d been told to play a containing game which was undone by Konsa’s mistake but according to Unai that wasn’t the case.

[TelfordVilla]

2-1 up, away from home, in the 2nd half. Why is the stand in full back even in the opposition half. At that stage of a Premier league game the defenders should be in shape and looking to shut out any sniff of an attack. We have enough firepower up front to be threatening a 3rd goal without the need for help from defenders.