Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread

[FrankyH]

They didn't invite that miserable bastard in the ticket office in the 90's with the bumfluff moustache either.

Ha ha , forgot all about that surly chap . I wonder if he still has a public facing role or realised he wasn't really a people person.

[john e]

I’d like to think it wasn’t done on purpose just overlooked

it wouldn’t have anything to do with Heck he’s only been here 5 minutes and wouldn’t know who to invite, maybe just a human error hopefully

( I don’t think Wolfie or Tarzan got one either)

[Villan82]

Was God there? Didn't see him.

On the match, I am annoyed with myself that I got sucked into the negativity in the first half. I usually stay positive.

Second half we turned it on and swept them aside.

[TopDeck113]

They didn't invite that miserable bastard in the ticket office in the 90's with the bumfluff moustache either.

Ha ha , forgot all about that surly chap . I wonder if he still has a public facing role or realised he wasn't really a people person.

One thing's for certain, he was never going to be the public face of Gillette.

[Simon Page]

Point of order: William McGregor wrote a widely circulated argument about why club directors/committee members should not be paid. We revived it back in the day to fling insults at Doug. Didn't necessarily agree they shouldn't be paid, but you take the ammunition available.

I loved Rogers' comment after the match when he was given a softball of: "Another comeback win, what does that say about the character of the side?"

"We need to stop conceding early goals."

I like our players.

[dave.woodhall]

They didn't invite that miserable bastard in the ticket office in the 90's with the bumfluff moustache either.

Ha ha , forgot all about that surly chap . I wonder if he still has a public facing role or realised he wasn't really a people person.

He died about twenty years ago.

[Demitri_C]

I’d like to think it wasn’t done on purpose just overlooked

it wouldn’t have anything to do with Heck he’s only been here 5 minutes and wouldn’t know who to invite, maybe just a human error hopefully

( I don’t think Wolfie or Tarzan got one either)

Thats what i think too.  Very doubtful it was done deliberately

[brontebilly]

Thought it was a great turnaround win, atmosphere seemed to be cracking too. I think our squad will
 have benefitted far more from our approach last night rather than the league cup non effort v Palace. Great impact off the bench again, Kosta best cameo for us by a long way. First half was diabolical, play like that against a decent side and we will be battered.

Olsen 6 - solid enough but fortunate to get away with semi spilling a shot in first half and punch at end wasn't hectic. But he was ok
Cash 7 - our best player in first half, key to getting us back into it too, great cross to Watkins at one stage.
Konsa 5 - dreadful for their goal, will have tougher tests than Ings and did improve. But his form is a worry, really poor with ball at his feet. Not sure where he was at the end either as Kosta seemed very isolated for that block
Mings 6 - came for a routine header in first seconds and missed it. Struggled to release Maatsen down the left to the groans of the crowd. Improved but tougher tests ahead.
Maatsen 5 - roasted by Summerville in the first half and fortunate he limped off. Looked better with Ramsey but not doing enough to move Digne out of the team.
Kamara 7 - struggled early on but settled into a solid performance again.
Barkley/Onana 6 - Barkley struggled early on until limping off, took Onana a long time to get into the game. Needs to do more
Bailey 5 - getting bullied by a kid in first half was embarrassing really, improved a bit in second half but failed to build on his goal v Leicester
Rogers 6 - awful first half performance where he gave Maatsen no support and gave ball away constantly. Carbon copy winner to Bailey's last week and did brilliantly to cut out a possible equaliser at end. Was decent on right.
Tielemans 5 - struggled again to make an impression in what should be his best position. Bit more prominent when he dropped back
Watkins 6 - long way from his best at the moment. Thought he summed up our performance. Asleep in first half for a possible tap in when Bailey squared it. Dragged himself into the game and a cracking assist.

Ramsey - rocket of a shot and very lively, Buendia and Kosta best cameos this season. Emery will be happy with all three.

[RamboandBruno]

Thought it was a great turnaround win, atmosphere seemed to be cracking too. I think our squad will
 have benefitted far more from our approach last night rather than the league cup non effort v Palace. Great impact off the bench again, Kosta best cameo for us by a long way. First half was diabolical, play like that against a decent side and we will be battered.

Olsen 6 - solid enough but fortunate to get away with semi spilling a shot in first half and punch at end wasn't hectic. But he was ok
Cash 7 - our best player in first half, key to getting us back into it too, great cross to Watkins at one stage.
Konsa 5 - dreadful for their goal, will have tougher tests than Ings and did improve. But his form is a worry, really poor with ball at his feet. Not sure where he was at the end either as Kosta seemed very isolated for that block
Mings 6 - came for a routine header in first seconds and missed it. Struggled to release Maatsen down the left to the groans of the crowd. Improved but tougher tests ahead.
Maatsen 5 - roasted by Summerville in the first half and fortunate he limped off. Looked better with Ramsey but not doing enough to move Digne out of the team.
Kamara 7 - struggled early on but settled into a solid performance again.
Barkley/Onana 6 - Barkley struggled early on until limping off, took Onana a long time to get into the game. Needs to do more
Bailey 5 - getting bullied by a kid in first half was embarrassing really, improved a bit in second half but failed to build on his goal v Leicester
Rogers 6 - awful first half performance where he gave Maatsen no support and gave ball away constantly. Carbon copy winner to Bailey's last week and did brilliantly to cut out a possible equaliser at end. Was decent on right.
Tielemans 5 - struggled again to make an impression in what should be his best position. Bit more prominent when he dropped back
Watkins 6 - long way from his best at the moment. Thought he summed up our performance. Asleep in first half for a possible tap in when Bailey squared it. Dragged himself into the game and a cracking assist.

Ramsey - rocket of a shot and very lively, Buendia and Kosta best cameos this season. Emery will be happy with all three.

Your assessment of Maatsen is way out. He was probably our MoM overall.

[eye digress]

Tielemans 5 - struggled again to make an impression in what should be his best position. Bit more prominent when he dropped back

Thing with Youri is that he can be devastating in both roles, deep and advanced. When he is blunt in the deep role, there’s much clamour to move him higher up the pitch, and vice versa. So it strikes me that the trick is to maintain enough flexibility in our formation so he can move to where he can do the most damage, depending on how the opposition is set up (to stop him).

On a side note, I was quite surprised to see him stay on for the full 90 (in this and other games), as to me he seems to run on fumes after 75 or 80 minutes, and his fatigue can be a bit of a liability when we’re looking to retain possession and run the clock down.

[Gareth]

Thought it was a great turnaround win, atmosphere seemed to be cracking too. I think our squad will
 have benefitted far more from our approach last night rather than the league cup non effort v Palace. Great impact off the bench again, Kosta best cameo for us by a long way. First half was diabolical, play like that against a decent side and we will be battered.

Olsen 6 - solid enough but fortunate to get away with semi spilling a shot in first half and punch at end wasn't hectic. But he was ok
Cash 7 - our best player in first half, key to getting us back into it too, great cross to Watkins at one stage.
Konsa 5 - dreadful for their goal, will have tougher tests than Ings and did improve. But his form is a worry, really poor with ball at his feet. Not sure where he was at the end either as Kosta seemed very isolated for that block
Mings 6 - came for a routine header in first seconds and missed it. Struggled to release Maatsen down the left to the groans of the crowd. Improved but tougher tests ahead.
Maatsen 5 - roasted by Summerville in the first half and fortunate he limped off. Looked better with Ramsey but not doing enough to move Digne out of the team.
Kamara 7 - struggled early on but settled into a solid performance again.
Barkley/Onana 6 - Barkley struggled early on until limping off, took Onana a long time to get into the game. Needs to do more
Bailey 5 - getting bullied by a kid in first half was embarrassing really, improved a bit in second half but failed to build on his goal v Leicester
Rogers 6 - awful first half performance where he gave Maatsen no support and gave ball away constantly. Carbon copy winner to Bailey's last week and did brilliantly to cut out a possible equaliser at end. Was decent on right.
Tielemans 5 - struggled again to make an impression in what should be his best position. Bit more prominent when he dropped back
Watkins 6 - long way from his best at the moment. Thought he summed up our performance. Asleep in first half for a possible tap in when Bailey squared it. Dragged himself into the game and a cracking assist.

Ramsey - rocket of a shot and very lively, Buendia and Kosta best cameos this season. Emery will be happy with all three.

You’re losing your touch bronte….surely you could have found a 3/10 from someone :-)?

[Brazilian Villain]

You’re losing your touch bronte….surely you could have found a 3/10 from someone :-)?

He's still on the Christmas port.

[amfy]

Can I just say, it’s well worth watching the highlights on the OS just for the madness of the subtitles!

[fredm]

I agree with ed above regarding Tielemans. He seems out on his feet for the last 15 minutes or so. Maybe letting Buendia come on in his place a lot earlier than he has in past league games.

[PhilVill]

Looking at the photos from the game, I think the jersey looks great on the players that wore long sleeve base layers underneath. A proper long sleeve version would have been epic.

Mrs Villa Phil said exactly the same during the game, and yep, I concur, long sleeved would have been very 1800's