Aston Villa v Bournemouth Post-Match Thread

[brontebilly]

I felt we looked so much bigger, quicker and critically stronger than them, especially in the first half. Totally smothered them and won the ball high up the pitch, while danced around their lukewarm press. We owed them that hammering after last season.

I was browing a Bournemouth post-match thread and they said that Scott and Adams always tend to get bullied by bigger, stronger midfields. And while Onana hasn't had a perfect start to his Villa career, if we can get the most out of his size and strength there shouldn't be many opposition midfields that we don't bully.

Buendia turning over Scott at one point in the first half wasnt a great look for them or him. I didn't see all the game yesterday but from what I did it wasn't a complete 4-0 hammering. They were well on top early in the second half up to the penalty. Repeating myself but Tielemans and Barkley really helped us retain possession better when they came in. The third finished it and it could have been any score for a finish.

[Villa Lew]

Going into the last 4 games, I was concerned we might not win any of them, now I'm thinking there is a good chance we're gonna beat Arsenal twice next month.

[Dave]

I felt we looked so much bigger, quicker and critically stronger than them, especially in the first half. Totally smothered them and won the ball high up the pitch, while danced around their lukewarm press. We owed them that hammering after last season.

I was browing a Bournemouth post-match thread and they said that Scott and Adams always tend to get bullied by bigger, stronger midfields. And while Onana hasn't had a perfect start to his Villa career, if we can get the most out of his size and strength there shouldn't be many opposition midfields that we don't bully.

Buendia turning over Scott at one point in the first half wasnt a great look for them or him. I didn't see all the game yesterday but from what I did it wasn't a complete 4-0 hammering. They were well on top early in the second half up to the penalty. Repeating myself but Tielemans and Barkley really helped us retain possession better when they came in. The third finished it and it could have been any score for a finish.

Yup, that's all pretty accurate. As has been said on the Martinez thread, if he doesn't make those saves and it's suddenly 2-1 with them on top, I'm not sure I'd have been completely confident we'd have seen the game out.

I think on seeing the game out, Tielemans and Barkley (and I'll Malen as well running and stretching them) obviously did help - but I think it was more about belief at that point. Once the penalty is saved, both teams clearly knew who was winning from that point and the game was more or less allowed to play out.

[eye digress]

Among the subs, I thought Barkley and Bogarde made the standout contributions and that Sancho was quite involved up the left. Tielemans, after a spectacular 15 minutes on Thursday, looked slightly rusty to me. Fresh legs were important though; Kamara in particular was looking a bit leggy, I thought.

[tomd2103]

Among the subs, I thought Barkley and Bogarde made the standout contributions and that Sancho was quite involved up the left. Tielemans, after a spectacular 15 minutes on Thursday, looked slightly rusty to me. Fresh legs were important though; Kamara in particular was looking a bit leggy, I thought.

Yep, thought the same about Youri.  Looked off the pace when he came on, but I thought he got up to speed as it went on.

[tomd2103]

Only noticed on the highlights why Evanilson seemed to be in space twice at the back post when they hit the post and the penalty, it was because he pushes his marker in the back with both hands each time but the useless twats with VAR would if course miss that

Yeah, looked like a tactic to find him at the back post, for as you say they did it a couple of times.  I wonder if their analysis on us showed that Rogers covers that space and they fancied Evanilson against him.

From my view in the Holte I thought the penalty looked harsh, but it looked a little more obvious on TV.  That said, it was a blatant push though, which probably made Rogers' arms go up into that position.

[tomd2103]

Bournemouth are strong in midfield, lively in attack but all over the place defensively.
Our game plan was very effective against this particularly in the first half.
The 2 saves by Martinez were critical at the time when they were at their most dominant, their heads went down after the penalty.
Any contact with your arm now in the box is a penalty less it is by your side or behind your back , it was a ridiculous decision but that is now the law.

Yep and there is very little chance it will be overturned by VAR after it has been awarded.

[Somniloquism]

Second half they replaced the (replaced) fullback with a specific central defensive midfielder as we weren't using the wings as much and it gave them the platform to pressure us more in the center.

[darren woolley]

Great win and great performance.