Aston Villa v Brentford Post-Match Thread

[Smirker]

You can't confidently state something which is impossible to prove eitherway. This is obvious.

Tell that to the people saying we missed Watkins.

[rob_bridge]

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.

All 4 ball players in 2nd half were off it. Bailey Sancho Elliot did little and Buendia was tactically not in a goos space.

Posiitves were Cash and Luiz. Wr didnt work Kelleher enough - Watkins would have worked their centre halves more I feel.

[kippaxvilla2]

Oh and Villa are the ultimate bottle jobs.  I’ve no idea how we are ever going to shift that culture.

[Beard82]

Bailey needs to do much more with his chance late on.  I didnt see anything much in Elliot.  Sancho, was better on the left but we really need more contributions from players like Sancho and Bailey.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Some positives for me (though they were buried under a mountain of dreck)

First Half - It looked like Luiz and Buendia linked up well
Bailey looked as though his confidence was coming back

Err...tha...tha...that's all folks

[AV82EC]

We seemed utterly devoid of ideas and just couldn’t move the ball with any pace.

[Sexual Ealing]

I would also ask Dave to keep his daughter away from our matches in future.

[Goldenballs]

At least we're not Spurs

[PeterWithesShin]

At least we're not Spurs

Yeah fuck them and their trophy and CL football. So glad it's not us.

[django]

VAR were obviously guessing because after reviewing the ball on the line from all available angles they moved to checking incidents in the box. At that stage I was confident they’d award the goal as that’s the precedent.

Overall we could have created better chances but Brentford understandably packed the box and we couldn’t break them down.

[Paul.S]

We’ve lost our whole midfield for weeks and Watkins. It’s not an excuse but a reason as to why we aren’t at it. I’m not laying into any of those out there today and definitely not the manager.
I’d like to lay into what is a farce of this VAR crap but I think everything has been said about it that can be. We all know what it is.

UTV

[Nev]

We didn't bottle anything, those players gave everything but were devoid of ideas and inspiration and it is just not good enough to keep pace with those around us.

But we have had enough shit thrown at us to last a lifetime in terms of injuries, VAR and not being allowed to spend.

We are absolutely punching above our weight in the circumstances, that's not say that I'm not disappointed.

But lesser managers and sides may buckle, but Emery won't and nor will we.

[eamonn]

I wish Bailey hadn't gone for the Hollywood top-corner as the clock struck 90. Just get it on target and hopefully it spills to a Villa player if Kelleher can't handle it. It was the only time we had them running towards their own goal in the second half following a a rare foray forward.

You need to score the first goal against the likes of these and Everton. They're too well-organised at the back so our penchant for coming from behind to win was always going to be sorely tested. I hate Brentford!

[FatSam]

I think we’d have won with 11 v 11

I think so too. Their goal is partly due to complacency. As soon as they go down to 20 men, there’s no pretence about them trying to force the issue. They just sit back in a compact shape and we struggle to play through them.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I think we’d have won with 11 v 11

I think so too. Their goal is partly due to complacency. As soon as they go down to 20 men, there’s no pretence about them trying to force the issue. They just sit back in a compact shape and we struggle to play through them.

20! I knew that box was congested.