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Offline Astnor

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #150 on: January 11, 2025, 09:00:40 AM »
We were poor for the first hour, we made a bang average side look half decent.  Once we came alive there was only one winner though.

Once Ings came on they had no competent outlet up the field and Konsa / Mings had acres of space to operate….the fact there was so little movement from the midfield to take the ball from them was not good.

Paqueta is an embarrassment of a footballer…snivelling, diving cheat

Referee needs to go to specsavers :-)
Yes our former player Ings did not look like what he was as a player more closer to be ready for retirement

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #151 on: January 11, 2025, 09:01:31 AM »
Not very good first half better second half.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #152 on: January 11, 2025, 09:03:11 AM »
Any news on ross's injury ? Midfielders dropping like flies atm. One plus from last night was buendia's performance ...looked lively and linked up well and played a couple of nice passes thru

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #153 on: January 11, 2025, 09:07:06 AM »
I think I would have given their young lb MOTM had he stayed on a bit later. He owned Bailey in that first half and pretty much nullified our right

A strategically positioned hat stand could have nullified Bailey in the first half.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #154 on: January 11, 2025, 09:08:09 AM »
We were poor for the first hour, we made a bang average side look half decent.  Once we came alive there was only one winner though.

Once Ings came on they had no competent outlet up the field and Konsa / Mings had acres of space to operate….the fact there was so little movement from the midfield to take the ball from them was not good.

Paqueta is an embarrassment of a footballer…snivelling, diving cheat

Referee needs to go to specsavers :-)
Yes our former player Ings did not look like what he was as a player more closer to be ready for retirement

Ings was a complete passenger when he came on. Caught on his heels when Olsen spilled a shot in the first half. Think his time at PL level is over.

Summerville was excellent in the first half. Potter has some very good attacking players to work with including Pacqueta.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #155 on: January 11, 2025, 09:10:17 AM »
I think I would have given their young lb MOTM had he stayed on a bit later. He owned Bailey in that first half and pretty much nullified our right

A strategically positioned hat stand could have nullified Bailey in the first half.

He got tackled, not hard just the ball knicked away in the first 10 minutes and stayed in a heap on the floor and I thought "here we go, he doesn't fancy this".

Needs a spell out to sort out his injuries and head.

Offline caster troy

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #156 on: January 11, 2025, 09:13:06 AM »
Interesting game tactically. We went to Emery v1.0 in the second half with Kamara dropping into the back three in possession and we started making inroads down the right winning corners and getting crosses in. 

I like the look of Kosta, reminds me a bit of Mark Delaney. I wonder if the plan is to sign a RB in this window then sell Cash in June for PSR (To Everton maybe?). Keeping Kosta as the reserve next year.

Tielemans was off it, he had a couple of chances to play balls through similar to Buendia’s pass for the second goal. Emi2 made a difference there. Ramsey and Maatsen should be starting against weaker teams at home.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #157 on: January 11, 2025, 09:13:08 AM »
In fairness we’d be moaning about the corner too, regardless if the previous decision was balanced out.

I’d have been moaning, but then I’d have moaned more about how it was dealt with. Especially if one of our own players was rolling around acting like he’d been punched because he couldn’t be bothered to track his man.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #158 on: January 11, 2025, 09:16:24 AM »
Massive  block from Ned at the end and a few important clearances. Will do his confidence the world of good!
Ned also had a good cross from the sideline, tele pictures showing Emery applauding straight after the cross.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #159 on: January 11, 2025, 09:17:15 AM »
West Ham was always going to be up for it from the off after the buzz of appointing Potter, it was expected. I thought for so long it was going to be one of those games where we have the ball without really testing them. It’s so hard against these low blocks when a goal down. It was a really tough first half.

We done well in the end to turn it around and we had some much needed luck, which was due at some point.

In the hat for the fourth round, amazing, forgot what a FA Cup win feels like.


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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #160 on: January 11, 2025, 09:40:02 AM »
Not pretty . Not warm . It's a game we would have lost previously
Played shite mostly and won , got to take it and enjoy and move on .
Hope we get a good draw . Maybe it's our year. We owed them from 1981
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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #161 on: January 11, 2025, 09:46:12 AM »
Awful first half. much better second. Emi B made some nice passes when he came on but that is a game to quickly forget.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #162 on: January 11, 2025, 09:54:10 AM »
Kit looks better and better. It's a shame the FA/Emirates insisted on their patch on the sleeve and didn't act in good faith as Betano did.

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #163 on: January 11, 2025, 09:58:22 AM »
In fairness we’d be moaning about the corner too, regardless if the previous decision was balanced out.

I’d have been moaning, but then I’d have moaned more about how it was dealt with. Especially if one of our own players was rolling around acting like he’d been punched because he couldn’t be bothered to track his man.

They'll card players (sometimes even red card) for an overjubilant goal celebration.

But they'll let shite like that fly. Priorities.

A few red cards for that prat and he'd soon stop.

Offline Rudy65

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Re: Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread
« Reply #164 on: January 11, 2025, 09:58:51 AM »
Ian Wright conveniently forgetting the corner we should have had just before. Sulky Pillock. I’m bored stiff with the same pundits jumping from channel to channel. At least we didn’t get fatty hyena
No idea why Keane and Wright are everywhere. Give someone else a go and get some fresh perspective

 


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