Aston Villa 2 Brighton 2 Post Match Thread.

[The Edge]

The way Torres was walked off the pitch and down the tunnel was painful to watch.
It took an age and the bloke was clearly in a lot of pain and discomfort.
It happened to another player last year (I can remember who) and it looked like it nearly killed him getting from the pitch to the tunnel.

Is there no way of transporting an injured player other than a stretcher.
Surely making a player hop / hobble that far on an injury cant be be good for him?

I guess they are too butch to use something like a folding / collapsible wheelchair ?

Exactly what I said at the time and it made me recall:

"Tony! Cascarino! Cascarino in the chair"

It happened right in front of us. Torres seeed to by laying there for quite a while before anyone noticed. Really half arsed. Kind of sums us up right now.

[Dave]

The story of the season is not holding on to leads and letting in early goals.

Fix those and things would be much better.

We’ve let more late goals in (11 after 75th minute) than anyone in the league, so we’ve got an issue letting in early and late goals, not a great combination.

What did your lad make of the evening?

[Olneythelonely]

Defenders needed urgently. 

Err...NO. If you were there last night you would have noticed that It was our attackers and Ollie in particular who were responsible for some abject finishing when found in great positions. If forwards keep fluffing it there is always a chance that opposition will get a lucky break.

I’m not sure why you needed to be there to notice stuff about the match, but whilst Ollie was  ponderous in front of goal, he scored and assisted whilst our defence let in two goals. AGAIN.

[Demitri_C]

Honestly, everyone - especially Unai - knows what happened here. We were the better team, but our midfield got tired especially against their subs, and Emery changed it too late.

Agree with this.

[ChicagoLion]

Honestly, everyone - especially Unai - knows what happened here. We were the better team, but our midfield got tired especially against their subs, and Emery changed it too late.

Agree with this.

Yep.

[PaulTheVillan]

Honestly, everyone - especially Unai - knows what happened here. We were the better team, but our midfield got tired especially against their subs, and Emery changed it too late.

Agree with this.

Spot on.

As soon as they made the 3 sub change I knew Emery had to react. He didn’t. That moment cost us

[john e]

After our second goal we were all over them, one way traffic playing some great stuff for 25 mins
Unfortunately abysmal in front of goal and also squandering some decent opportunities even before a chance is created

we all knew that if it went into the last 15 mins at 2-1 our bottle jobs would cough up a goal and so it proved
another game where we should have scored 3/4 at least but we didn’t which is worrying because we concede 2 goals minimum in most games

for all those using statistics to prove points on here
Watkins came off the pitch with a goal and an assist which is the difference between stats and reality
his finishing is woeful but he’s not the only culprit by a long way, to many players making bad choices when we’re going forward

As for the defence when the going gets pressurised at the end of games they turn into 4 Christmas trifles wobbling about like twats

[stevo_st]

Agree too, Onana on for Tielemans would have been enough to initially respond with

[wince]

Piss poor again. Frustrating as Forest are where we were last year.

[Olneythelonely]

After sleeping on it, I thought we were pretty good for about an 50-60 minutes yesterday. Let down at important times at both ends of the pitch.

We’re very close to being a really good team again but confidence seems low.

[PaulWinch again]

After our second goal we were all over them, one way traffic playing some great stuff for 25 mins
Unfortunately abysmal in front of goal and also squandering some decent opportunities even before a chance is created

we all knew that if it went into the last 15 mins at 2-1 our bottle jobs would cough up a goal and so it proved
another game where we should have scored 3/4 at least but we didn’t which is worrying because we concede 2 goals minimum in most games

for all those using statistics to prove points on here
Watkins came off the pitch with a goal and an assist which is the difference between stats and reality
his finishing is woeful but he’s not the only culprit by a long way, to many players making bad choices when we’re going forward

As for the defence when the going gets pressurised at the end of games they turn into 4 Christmas trifles wobbling about like twats

Well yes but the point is the team constantly conceding lots of goals is the problem. Two goals by the attack in most games should be plenty, but it rarely is for us and one goal is pretty much never enough. I know you don’t rate Watkins, my view is you’re wrong but that’s just a difference of opinion. But the root cause of problems is very clear —all teams, regardless of level, miss chances but few decent sides concede goals with the alarming regularity we do.

[john e]

After our second goal we were all over them, one way traffic playing some great stuff for 25 mins
Unfortunately abysmal in front of goal and also squandering some decent opportunities even before a chance is created

we all knew that if it went into the last 15 mins at 2-1 our bottle jobs would cough up a goal and so it proved
another game where we should have scored 3/4 at least but we didn’t which is worrying because we concede 2 goals minimum in most games

for all those using statistics to prove points on here
Watkins came off the pitch with a goal and an assist which is the difference between stats and reality
his finishing is woeful but he’s not the only culprit by a long way, to many players making bad choices when we’re going forward

As for the defence when the going gets pressurised at the end of games they turn into 4 Christmas trifles wobbling about like twats

Well yes but the point is the team constantly conceding lots of goals is the problem. Two goals by the attack in most games should be plenty, but it rarely is for us and one goal is pretty much never enough. I know you don’t rate Watkins, my view is you’re wrong but that’s just a difference of opinion. But the root cause of problems is very clear —all teams, regardless of level, miss chances but few decent sides concede goals with the alarming regularity we do.

Can’t disagree with any of that

[PeterWithesShin]

We've conceded 2 or more in 10 of 19 league games, blaming the strikers for not scoring 3 more often seems the wrong end of the pitch to be blaming.

[Olneythelonely]

Apparently, 11 of the 19 teams have scored against us with their first shot on target too.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

The story of the season is not holding on to leads and letting in early goals.

Fix those and things would be much better.

We’ve let more late goals in (11 after 75th minute) than anyone in the league, so we’ve got an issue letting in early and late goals, not a great combination.

What did your lad make of the evening?

He absolutely loved it. To be fair he’s not one that’s needed much persuasion or conversion. Mom, Dad and his 5 older siblings are Villa mad. All 8 of us were there last night, a cracking evening slightly spoiled by the late equaliser of course.

A very proud Dad, who got talked into ordering West Ham tickets on the way home! Thanks for asking.