Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City post match thread

[Astnor]

I was frustrated watching the game, but on reflection I think they came for a draw and made it very difficult for us.  There was no pivot out of the defence, they had Kamara, Barkley and Tielemans all man-marked, which is why we saw so much of the passing between Mings and Konsa and then balls out to Digne and Cash.

Better in the second half, but we always have that one slip-up in us, don't we?  The commentator on the NBC feed gave a mad statistic about the amount of goals we have conceded from the other team's first shot on goal and although I can't remember the exact number, it was alarming and we are by far the worst team in the league for that particular stat.

Although we didn’t add to it today.

Indeed, their first shot was another world class save from Martinez. Shame the rebound got put away.

Talking of that, am I the only one that thinks Cash should have done better there to slide/block the shot?  I know other things went wrong before that, so not trying to blame him, but thought his tackle was late and on the man, rather than trying to block the shot.

Cash s talent is not about reacting fast and accurate with tackles (or blocks) in tight situations, see his efforts when he stamp the ankels of the opponents getting a yellow trying to take the ball or his tackles when giving away a pen.

[rob_bridge]

Not a great display , but 3 points is most welcome.

It's been said before but Leicester fans are a strange breed . They seem to have a school boy hard on about all things Villa. They sing  " We forgot that you were here " , really , you sang about us for 90 minutes and know when we last won a trophy. Farty little upstarts.

I thought they were fairly noisy given their teams performance. The 30 year chant is harsh but fair

They're from Leicester. 'Normal' isn't in their vocabulary.

I lived there for 2 years when I was much younger. Went to Filbert St when BL was manager a couple of times.

I remember speaking to a half decent local and I quote him word for word '....Leicester is full of wankers with an attitude problem...'

I never forgot it - he was right.

[VillaTim]

Unbeaten in 10 at home .
B6 is gradually becoming a fortress again .
If we can sort the away form (Goodison next ) we could be back in business .
Definitely need some reinforcements and the cheque book out this week even if it's just clever loan moves .

[ChicagoLion]

I have noticed the last 2 games large sections of the crowd venting their frustrations with the team and certain players.Villa Park has been a great place over the last couple of years but the we are all in it together feeling had definitely dissipated.
It was a lot worse today than Monday. We were not great but some of the reactions were over the top. Just before Bailey scored lots of people shouting get him off.
Maybe the Heck phenomenon has something to do with it.

[BC54 VFC]

Not a great display , but 3 points is most welcome.

It's been said before but Leicester fans are a strange breed . They seem to have a school boy hard on about all things Villa. They sing  " We forgot that you were here " , really , you sang about us for 90 minutes and know when we last won a trophy. Farty little upstarts. 

No they don't; they were singing 30 years...it's not even 29...quite!

[rob_bridge]

Not pretty but job done eventually.  I thought Leicester defended very very well in that we had a lot of ball with Mings and Konsa but they had everyone tightly behind the ball and marking up so rarely an easy attacking option, missed Rogers running/dribbling option to open them up.

Again an individual error punished for their equaliser, the ball Ollie played towards Mings was hopelessly under hit

Great substitutions Unai :-) Maatsen the man :-)

Kamara motm for me

Kamara was brilliant again.

Should he have had a pen just before half time?

[Villan82]

I have noticed the last 2 games large sections of the crowd venting their frustrations with the team and certain players.Villa Park has been a great place over the last couple of years but the we are all in it together feeling had definitely dissipated.
It was a lot worse today than Monday. We were not great but some of the reactions were over the top. Just before Bailey scored lots of people shouting get him off.
Maybe the Heck phenomenon has something to do with it.

The club was on a wave for years and they are playing a dangerous game since Heck started pissing off the loyal fan

[Villatillidie25]

He always does that celebration doesn’t he?

Yeah and isn’t it more fingers to the temple, rather than ears?

[Somniloquism]

Kamara was brilliant again.

Should he have had a pen just before half time?

I'm guessing the ref decided the ball was going away as he had passed it back to Cash, and then Cash had a very good shot on target. Very rare for a ref to then call back a foul when that happens. People have mentioned minimal contact but to me, it doesn't have to be a bone breaker to be a pen and the defender was no where near the ball when he contacted Kamara.

[rob_bridge]

Apparently that's the first double over Leicester in twenty-one years.

Yes children born in that year are now fully grown adults, unbelievable Jeff!

How many league seasons have we played against them - the got relegated 2003-04 and didn't come back for 10 seasons. We then went down 2 seasons later and came back 3 years later. They got relegated 4 years after. So first time in  7? . We beat them in cups in that time.

[Brazilian Villain]

I have noticed the last 2 games large sections of the crowd venting their frustrations with the team and certain players.Villa Park has been a great place over the last couple of years but the we are all in it together feeling had definitely dissipated.
It was a lot worse today than Monday. We were not great but some of the reactions were over the top.

I thought the match thread was a bit quiet today.

[rob_bridge]

Kamara was brilliant again.

Should he have had a pen just before half time?

I'm guessing the ref decided the ball was going away as he had passed it back to Cash, and then Cash had a very good shot on target. Very rare for a ref to then call back a foul when that happens. People have mentioned minimal contact but to me, it doesn't have to be a bone breaker to be a pen and the defender was no where near the ball when he contacted Kamara.

Not exactly an advantage - long range shot v pen.

[Somniloquism]

Still rare that a ref calls back anything if a shot has gone in whether the contact happened in or out the box. Also he didn't play advantage as such, just that he felt he wouldn't need to make the call because of the shot happening straight after. And as VAR don't override refs much anymore.....

[eamonn]

I have noticed the last 2 games large sections of the crowd venting their frustrations with the team and certain players.Villa Park has been a great place over the last couple of years but the we are all in it together feeling had definitely dissipated.
It was a lot worse today than Monday. We were not great but some of the reactions were over the top.

I thought the match thread was a bit quiet today.

 No scorchios or BE referencing "beating the traffic" and "giving the wankers" (his quotations), no party.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Poor first half, much improved 2nd half although it wasn’t difficult.

Awful miss by Oli but he was much improved in the second half where we were at least trying to find him in the channels but he’s got to be putting chances like that away.

Bailey awful as well but great run to get in position for the goal so I hope that gives him some confidence.

Barkley mom for me and was unlucky to get dragged although the subs did give us a spark.

Thought the Leicester fans were pretty vocal and if you’ve won the FA cup and league in the last decade when we’ve done fuck all, why wouldn’t you shout about it?