Aston Villa v Brentford Post-Match Thread

[PaulTheVillan]

All fart and no shit.

As soon as they went to 10 men I knew we wouldn’t win that

[caster troy]

Why didn’t we bring Onana and Mings on and try a bit of Pulis-ball ourselves?

I tried to be optimistic about Bailey coming back but he was exactly as I remembered, awful.

[Sexual Ealing]

I still think 45 mins of continuously crossing into their box would bring more decent chances than constantly passing back and forth across the pitch! It never works!
Their centre backs must’ve thought it was their birthdays!

It never works, apart from when it did 14 times this season. We used to throw crosses into the box all the time. We got relegated.

[PaulWinch again]

I thought the VAR thing was very irritating, but there was so long to go and we didn’t really force any decent saves. That’s not good enough - we’ve had a great season so far, and hopefully it’ll conclude as a great season - but there’s no getting away from it the last two home league performances have been rubbish.

[brontebilly]

Why didn’t we bring Onana and Bailey on and try a bit of Pulis-ball ourselves?

I tried to be optimistic about Bailey coming back but he was exactly as I remembered, awful.

He wasn't too bad but awful effort with that shot. Should have scored.

[PeterWithesShin]

It works very well, but not against sides that rarely leave their penalty area.

[ez]

The disallowed goal was the only time we broke quickly. The rest of the time we were so slow.

[steamer]

Can not lose as many influential players and not stutter
New guys not in tune with each other, however totally pissed off as it is the Villa way
Need another wide option tomorrow I dont see Leon as the man

[Cropley10]

On this occasion, with time running out, we should have had more height in that box and throw it in there!

[cdbearsfan]

Bit weird by Emery today. Playing ten men so he takes off the only wide player who was causing them any trouble. Playing against a bunch of 9'3" mutants and getting dozens of corners so he doesn't bring on our most physical player.

Losing three times to those twats is unfun, but glad I don’t have to watch them every week, horrible side. If that sounds bitter, yes, it absolutely is.

Oh and Man U got a 94th minute winner, because of course they did.

Football can fuck off this week. It has been an absolute twat.

[Goldenballs]

If you're going to sling it in the box for 20 minutes chuck Mings in there

We didn’t sling it in the box at all..? We put one corner in, and it seemed like only Matty had permission to cross from the right. Everything else was 3-man at the corner of the box.

We tapped it around in front of them, sometimes went down the left and crossed it low, other times went across to Konsa, then Cash, Bailey, then crossed it in.

Other than the Leon chance on the break, that's pretty much all we did.

[PaulWinch again]

The quality of the passing was poor and that really hindered us gaining momentum - so often the pass was slightly behind the player, or overhit. It just spoke to a pretty sloppy performance.

[Jane]

It was always going to be a banana skin today, even before the red card. We can't win every game.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The middle was far too congested, we needed wingers to keep swinging balls in and anticipate the knock-downs. Except we left two of our best aerial assets, Mings and Onana, catching splinters on the bench.

It wasn't a game for nifty but lightweight players like Buendia and Elliott. We had to fight fire with fire. But Emery just stroked his chin and pulled those odd expressions of his.

We could have had Haaland, Peter Withe and Andy Gray and none of them would have scored because we can't bloody cross the ball. Cash can only cross from the left but he plays on the right, his brilliant one-twos with Bailey - Cash to Bailey back to Cash back to Bailey back to Cash, Cash to Konsa, as threatening as turning up to a gun fight with a water pistol and so fucking predictable. Useless. No wonder Roma sent Bailey back and still pay his wages.

Rogers out on the left wing for most of the game was another pointless exercise. Why not trust Maatsen to own the space? Again, like Salzburg Brentford filled the centre of the park forcing us to go wide and we immediately become toothless. We had more than enough to win today but put in such a lame performance we didn't deserve a point.

Beautiful move for the disallowed goal but I think everybody and their dog would be furious if that was the other way round. The ball was clearly out. The only discussion is why did it take VAR so long to decide.

[PaulWinch again]

It was always going to be a banana skin today, even before the red card. We can't win every game.

Well no, but you’d hope to not lose to Everton and Brentford in back to back home games and fail to score in either.