Aston Villa v Young Boys Post-Match Thread

[rougegorge]

They were as poor as Go Ahead, but at least we won this one. It really should have been far more comfortable as the game was so one sided for the most part. Our attacking threat waned with the subs although I've no idea how Guessamd stayed on.

Watkins still looks well off scoring. I thought when he was put through he should have scored comfortbaly, but it went tamely at the keeper, unless the angle from my seat deceived me.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Thought we played well first half, looked sharp and threatening. Quieter second half but all good in the end.

We do have a seriously good squad these days with the majority of them fit and Konsa, Rogers and Malen in particular in great form we have some happy days ahead. Our home record is bloody marvellous.

Special mention to the Young Boys fans, what a bunch of massive pricks.

[john e]

We’re not clinical enough in the box, we have a problem in scoring goals
not just the actual shooters ie Watkins and Malen but the creators are also just as wasteful with to many sloppy balls (ooh Matron) being played

[paul_e]

We’re not clinical enough in the box, we have a problem in scoring goals
not just the actual shooters ie Watkins and Malen but the creators are also just as wasteful with to many sloppy balls (ooh Matron) being played

I'm not sure how true this is. We clearly started the season badly but since we scored our first against Brentford in the cup the only game we haven't scored in was away at Liverpool, that's 13 games out of 14. In those 14 games we've scored 26 goals, so nearly 2 a game on average. That's a very decent return and, over a season, would see us pushing towards 100 goals in all competitions, which would be an incredible return given we've had many season in the past 30 years where we've struggled to manage 50.

We can do better, we can all see that some of the team are a little shot shy, but I don't think it's fair to suggest we have a problem scoring goals right now.