Brentford vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[London Villan]

My concern was that it would be the weird 532 formation we played against palace - which it did sort of do when Cash came on.

But it was a great, battling defensive performance for the last 30 minutes of the match and they all deserve the credit for that.

[Ian.]

Strong bench yesterday. When Onana, Barkley and Asensio is back you have to winder who will not get in the match day squad.

We hardly need two right backs so Garcia would be one. Malen unfortunately another and maybe Bogarde. That said what has Onana done in a Villa shirt to warrant a place on the bench?

Early in the season he scored some valuable goals and he was playing very well. He’s has so many niggles with injury, I’m not sure if it’s been the same one or not?

[Ian.]

I thought than a wobble by McGinn at the back we played very well first half, dominated play, passed the ball well and very comfortable but lacked anything in attack.

Second half we obviously started strong and could have easily been two up, then put up a brilliant defensive performance, maybe our best this season.

[Rigadon]

That filthy challenge from Collins on Youri T deserved a red.  Just saw it again, jeez.

[FrankyH]

And the twat was moaning his was hard done by , by getting a yellow. A cowards tackle favoured by Ben Mee.

[PeterWithe]

It was offside with the naked eye, IMO. No complaints from me.

Same here, as soon as the still came up I thought it would be chalked off, although there was a moment of doubt when you realised the camera angle was much higher and further forward. But no complaints, you are off or on.

[taylorsworkrate]

The change in formation in the second half invited a lot of pressure. We defended well against it (Disasi in particular was outstanding) but we need to bin it as a tactic.

[Hillbilly]

It sometimes feels like Emery has been using league matches this season to work through stuff that will stand us in good stead in Europe. Like tweaking tactics to put the defence under pressure to see if they can close down a game.

A crazy notion but hey, it’s how I’m coping with the stress of watching these matches.

[Beard82]

It was offside with the naked eye, IMO. No complaints from me.

Same here, as soon as the still came up I thought it would be chalked off, although there was a moment of doubt when you realised the camera angle was much higher and further forward. But no complaints, you are off or on.

I thought he was off but the lines were further apart then I expected - I do think the technology and law isn’t really designed for this level of scrutiny the spirit v the reality. 

[brontebilly]

The change in formation in the second half invited a lot of pressure. We defended well against it (Disasi in particular was outstanding) but we need to bin it as a tactic.

I thought Cash played more of a standard right of midfield role than wing back in a back 5. Agreed though, Cash isnt good enough on the ball to play there. It still required quite a few last ditch tackles from Disasi so I'm not sure that change improved us defensively either despite what the scoreline says.

A win masks everything of course but I don't think it was Emerys best day on the line. Failing to replace Rogers particularly but also Tielemans was infuriating. That for me was key to inviting pressure onto us. Need them both to go again on Wednesday too.

[rob_bridge]

That filthy challenge from Collins on Youri T deserved a red.  Just saw it again, jeez.

Disgraceful

[Dante Lavelli]

It sometimes feels like Emery has been using league matches this season to work through stuff that will stand us in good stead in Europe. Like tweaking tactics to put the defence under pressure to see if they can close down a game.

A crazy notion but hey, it’s how I’m coping with the stress of watching these matches.

One off the players said they’re barely training at the moment so there’s a chance this is true.

[AV84]

It sometimes feels like Emery has been using league matches this season to work through stuff that will stand us in good stead in Europe. Like tweaking tactics to put the defence under pressure to see if they can close down a game.

A crazy notion but hey, it’s how I’m coping with the stress of watching these matches.

One off the players said they’re barely training at the moment so there’s a chance this is true.

Yes, the match schedule has meany minimal training. The upcoming camp in Dubai should be good for us, assuming there's not too many missing for international duty.

[Flamingo Lane]

Given the purpose of having the offside rule in the game, and the manner in which VAR is sucking away the spontaneous joy of celebrating a goal, on offsides such as the one last night, and the one v Palace, I think it would be good to now change the offside rule, so that a player would only be offside if the whole of his body is in front of the last defender.

[brontebilly]

Given the purpose of having the offside rule in the game, and the manner in which VAR is sucking away the spontaneous joy of celebrating a goal, on offsides such as the one last night, and the one v Palace, I think it would be good to now change the offside rule, so that a player would only be offside if the whole of his body is in front of the last defender.

Would be even more subjective. I think Wenger was proposing something like that. It's frustrating as it was a fine move but Ollie was offside.