West Ham vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Small Rodent]

If we had the money, Bowen would be the signing we need for that right side👍

We shall afford him with the money we get from “injured” Martinez in January.

It's genuine. Lower back, which can take a while to shake. He got hit late against Arsenal and went down holding it.

I’m just looking for a Villa Talk yellow card!

[VILLA MOLE]

Didn’t realise Bowen had a trial for us

[rob_bridge]

We really are a CF away from winning this fucking league.

Tony Cascarino

[Matt C]

Didn’t realise Bowen had a trial for us

Neither did I but thankfully the commentator mentioned it every time he touched the ball so now I know.

[rob_bridge]

The pessimist in me can't help thinking it's going to come to a crashing halt against Man Utd but fuck it. Nine in a row is some feat.

We'll beat them but I worry about the following 2

[rob_bridge]

Did Paqueta do anything?

Him and Somerville were dreadful I thought.

It was pretty low quality match.

[Hampshire Villa]

Seven more points and we are safe 🙂

[brontebilly]

Not our best performance as a team but super win in the circumstances. Did our very best to keep an awful West Ham team in the game but our quality told in the end. Whatever Emery saw that day v Boro in the cup in Morgan Rogers, nobody else saw it but what a player he has developed into. Outstanding. Good day for Emery on the bench again, down four? injured players and still getting an impact off the bench. Lindelof had a solid game in Torres absence too.

Bizot 6 - no mistakes but really weak at set piece time. Distribution isn't bad
Cash 8 - very good again, Summerville is a good player and was well held. Strong in the air too
Konsa 3 - nightmare of a first half gave them two goals and had no idea where Bowen was for the tight offside call in the second half
Lindelof 7 - solid game following up from Thurs night. Not as strong distributing the ball with his left foot but still found Rogers for the third
Maatsen 6 - ok ish, defended ok but mixed enough on the ball, takes wrong options in traffic at times
Onana 4 - poor. We lacked intensity in the middle of the park and he was cruising far too much for my liking. Limited on the ball.
Kamara 6 - played his best football after we went ahead. Dug out a nice pass in the build up to the second but quiet enough apart from that.
McGinn 8 - very good again. Does it all really, cracking delivery for our first, won countless turnovers high up the pitch and ran with the ball really well at times. Contrast to Guessand during the week is huge
Rogers 10 - was very bright in first half when we struggled and outstanding in second with two great goals.
Tielemans 7 - fine assist for Rogers after half time. Struggled to get into it at 10 but better in midfield when he went back there.
Watkins 5 - did make a really good run for the first goal but his hold up play against woeful defenders today was nowhere near good enough.

Malen 6 - started really well with a powerful shot with his first touch. But I'm not sure about him at all when he has to lead the line himself.
Buendia 7 - strong cameo. His touch is razor sharp at the moment, unlucky not to be starting
Digne 7 - solid when he came on too.

[rob_bridge]

Seven more points and we are safe 🙂

Which is more than be said for 17 others.

[AV82EC]

First trip to the London Stadium. Absolute soulless shithole and not a place you’d hurry back to visit again. Great win which we did for the most part in 2nd gear. 2 really shit goals both Konsas fault conceded but he rallied second half. What really impressed me was after Morgan scored the winner for the next 5-10 minutes we went up 2 gears and the ball and movement was exceptional. It slightly helped that Nunos subs were Blues and we saw the game out fairly comfortably.

Top day out in London bookended by the Avanti just how shit can we be train service.

[adrenachrome]

John Townley on X:

Quite remarkable that Aston Villa have won each of their last 10 matches following a midweek European fixture, starting with a victory at Brentford after their win at Club Brugge in March.

https://x.com/johntownley11/status/2000301345946124565

[Somniloquism]

And his other fact. We have only ever won one other game after losing the lead twice in a league game since 92.

Today was just the second time Aston Villa have ended on the winning side in a Premier League game having fallen behind twice, with the previous instance coming back in September 2013 at home to Man City.

[DB]

BTW, how shit is that stadium? Quite a few empty seats too. I hope they go down with Leeds.

[brontebilly]

BTW, how shit is that stadium? Quite a few empty seats too. I hope they go down with Leeds.

I think they'll drop this season. Their defence is a shambles but worse than that there is no heart in their team. Once we went ahead they hardly had a shot. Leeds are poor but made us earn it to the last minute. Callum Wilson is the kind of signing we were making before eventually getting relegated.

[rob_bridge]

BTW, how shit is that stadium? Quite a few empty seats too. I hope they go down with Leeds.

Been there for Athletics a few times and it was fine. It's a fine place for athletics. Can't think of any such that make for good football stadiums.

Wolves and Burnley are doomed. Even when they play half decent they lose.

It'll likely be West Ham or Leeds. Leeds are showing some serious backbone at the minute and West Ham less so.
Not convinced Brentford and Bournemouth are all together in a good way either but they have more points.