Aston Villa vs Brentford Post-Match Thread

[walsall villain]

There was a foul on Cash for their goal

Would have been very soft, IMO. Would have been disallowed if it was Villa scoring it against Man Utd, but that's about it.

The clear and obvious foul was the on McGinn as they started the attack. Rogers played a little pass, and the Brentford player seemed to kick through the back of SJM.

Indeed, I was fully expecting it to be disallowed as a result. Overall though I thought the ref was decent although the bar has been set low just lately.

[Villatillidie25]

It's nice to have options. Expecting Mings to play 180 minutes a week for the next three months after having over a year out might be asking a bit much. I like Konsa and Mings against Southampton on Saturday. I'd be tempted to pick Carlos and Torres against, say, Man City as they have a different sort of threat, more physical than pacy.

Other than their big, bruiser centre forward… Haaland has the potential to eat Torres alive.

[usav]

It's nice to have options. Expecting Mings to play 180 minutes a week for the next three months after having over a year out might be asking a bit much. I like Konsa and Mings against Southampton on Saturday. I'd be tempted to pick Carlos and Torres against, say, Man City as they have a different sort of threat, more physical than pacy.

Other than their big, bruiser centre forward… Haaland has the potential to eat Torres alive.

Yet he didn't last season, did he?

[cdbearsfan]

There was a foul on Cash for their goal

Would have been very soft, IMO. Would have been disallowed if it was Villa scoring it against Man Utd, but that's about it.

The clear and obvious foul was the on McGinn as they started the attack. Rogers played a little pass, and the Brentford player seemed to kick through the back of SJM.

Fair enough, I missed that, then.

[Richard]

Really enjoyed watching that on tv. Defence all excellent. Brentford huffed and puffed after their goal but Emi had very little to do. Should have scored more than 3, their keeper was very good apart from when he punched the ball up in the air!

[eamonn]

I thought Kamara's twist & turn for the Rogers goal was orgasmic.
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[Hookeysmith]

Konsa and Pau have proved for a season and a half that they are not a good partnership, despite what football illiterates believe.

Then i must be illiterate as i am sure they got us (in the main) to 4th in the table and a semi final in the Conference cup and after a 4 game winning streak, without conceding, we were top of the Champions league table.

Mings is one of my favourites and its great to have him back but even though Torres has some weaknesses he is also a superb footballer who is fundamental to the way we play.

[olaftab]

Especially as, I believe, it was his first Premier League match, I thought the ref did ok, now where did I put my tin helmet.

It wasn’t. His first match was our match with Fulham last season.

In that case he’s an excellent ref. Two matches two wins for the Villa.

[john e]

Konsa and Pau have proved for a season and a half that they are not a good partnership, despite what football illiterates believe.

Then i must be illiterate as i am sure they got us (in the main) to 4th in the table and a semi final in the Conference cup and after a 4 game winning streak, without conceding, we were top of the Champions league table.

Mings is one of my favourites and its great to have him back but even though Torres has some weaknesses he is also a superb footballer who is fundamental to the way we play.

Oh ffs you’ve done it now

[kippaxvilla2]

I thought Jhon Jader Duran Palacio did really well when he came on.

[VillaTim]

They did well first half the season when Mings was injured then after Xmas it wasn’t so good and this season has been worse . Last night looked like the defence of old (it was)

[Mister E]

Some rubbish on here about pen and offside. It was most definitely a penalty as Ollie was unbalanced with the tug on his arm. There was no interference by Ollie as defender was able to do what he wanted to do, clear the ball. That’s what he would have done 10 times out of 10 in that position regardless of where attacker was.

Agreed.

[Percy McCarthy]

Especially as, I believe, it was his first Premier League match, I thought the ref did ok, now where did I put my tin helmet.

His first match was us at Fulham last season.

[Percy McCarthy]

Konsa and Pau have proved for a season and a half that they are not a good partnership, despite what football illiterates believe.

Then i must be illiterate as i am sure they got us (in the main) to 4th in the table and a semi final in the Conference cup and after a 4 game winning streak, without conceding, we were top of the Champions league table.

Mings is one of my favourites and its great to have him back but even though Torres has some weaknesses he is also a superb footballer who is fundamental to the way we play.

That’s Carlos and Pau who play in the CL. You’d think that as we put so much store in clean sheets people would notice who plays virtually every time we keep one. (It’s Konsa/Carlos/Pau/Digne by the way, which is way better than Cash/Konsa/Pau/Digne, but nowhere near as good as Young/Konsa/Mings/Moreno was).

Konsa and Pau conceded 61 in the league last season. Konsa and Mings conceded 46 the season before, which included 11 games under that clown Gerrard.

Also, our points per game was better from when Emery took over the year we finished 7th, than the year we finished 4th. So there was, in fact, a dip when Pau replaced Mings.

We did great against the very best teams, but that was when Unai always picked his most resolute defence without Mings (Konsa/Carlos/Pau/Digne)

[Olneythelonely]

Especially as, I believe, it was his first Premier League match, I thought the ref did ok, now where did I put my tin helmet.

His first match was us at Fulham last season.

If only a really attractive poster had already pointed that out.