Aston Villa vs West Ham post-match thread

[astonvilla82]

When other team players press Villa they are like greyhounds on steroids, when we do it we are like cuddly little puddles

[VillaTim]

Playing every 3 days with the same 2 central defenders was always going to result in an injury to one of them. Carlos should not have been allowed to leave before the Celtic game and now we have no choice to play a fullback there.
As for the game it’s so frustrating as we have a very good squad but as always we let ourselves down defensively. Their goal was as bad as it gets with absolutely no one marking at the back post.
Now instead of one new central defender we need 2, and quickly. Best wishes to Mings, I pray it’s just a sprain but it did not look good.

Can we not play Bogarde or Swinkels in there ?
Agree re Carlos being sold without a replacement in, that is very poor planning.

[Tuscans]

Once the game became a battle, with the ref turning a blind eye to everything, we were always going to struggle. It's a common theme, we lack physicality & something Onana was brought in to address, but he's never fit.

We need a proper No: 10, who can pick a pass.

Probably why he wanted Felix so bad since he became manager. Even though he would make Bailey look like David Goggins.

[VillaBoy_23]

VillaBoy_23,

You have received a warning for inappropriate activity. Please cease these activities and abide by the forum rules otherwise we will take further action.

Regards,
The Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine Team.

You should probably read the forum rules.

Do the rules say that you’re allowed to be negative and talk rubbish as long as you’re in the clique?

None of the ones you mentioned are in any clique, but a big rule is you do not post DM messages in the private forum AND if you want to question Mods, do it via DM. So I suspect bye Villa_boy and see you in a week maybe.

Please ban me permanently and prove my point. 

[Jon Crofts]

Bye then.

[Martyn Smith]

Martinez didn't dominate his area anything like he usually does

Perhaps he needs a rest midweek

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

We can all be hysterical during and after games. Calm down

That’s our season finished. Utter garbage. Slow, ponderous, kept giving the ball away, terrible set pieces, players then out of position and we make the same mistakes over and over and over again. And to top it off we threw away our only realistic chance at a trophy this season. Watkins, Rogers, Bailey, Philogene and McGinn completely ineffective. The one time we have momentum in the first half we drop off ten yards and let them have the ball uncontested. The honeymoon period is well and truly over.

[Somniloquism]

Please ban me permanently and prove my point.

Tsk. Well I'm not a mod, but they do usually make a point that if someone asks for a ban, they get a ban. Not sure what point it makes for you though, you are the one who ignored original mods requests to tone it down. If there is a clique that contains VillaTim, DC and CV, it is there own and nothing to do with the site.

[Paul.S]

Playing every 3 days with the same 2 central defenders was always going to result in an injury to one of them. Carlos should not have been allowed to leave before the Celtic game and now we have no choice to play a fullback there.
As for the game it’s so frustrating as we have a very good squad but as always we let ourselves down defensively. Their goal was as bad as it gets with absolutely no one marking at the back post.
Now instead of one new central defender we need 2, and quickly. Best wishes to Mings, I pray it’s just a sprain but it did not look good.

Can we not play Bogarde or Swinkels in there ?
Agree re Carlos being sold without a replacement in, that is very poor planning.

Bogarde maybe but he’s right sided, I suppose we don’t have much choice though.

[jwarry]

Bye then.

If you are a moderator that is not good moderation

[Astnor]

Performance must be lowest point since Emery came in.

[Rory]

Bye then.

If you are a moderator that is not good moderation

Don't call out the mods asking for a ban = don't get banned.

[PeterWithesShin]

Asking for a ban was always an instant ban, I doubt that's changed in the time since I quit.

[eye digress]

Noticed a few being fairly generous to Malen: twice he left Cash with two men on the back stick, the first of which was the goal. It was extremely poor defensively, and he’s going to need to up his game there.

In addition to the Mings injury - sure we were tailing off before, but it was terribly deflating for all, I felt - wonder if there weren’t a few eyes on the Celtic game?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Performance must be lowest point since Emery came in.

Monaco was worse.