Bournemouth v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[eamonn]

Physically out-muscled in the second half, they seemed to win every challenge and we kept giving away free-kicks whenever we did put a foot in.

Digne reverted to the soft as shite poser we bought from Everton four years ago, I thought we had beaten that out of him.
Badly missed McGinn. He would have won us free-kicks and stopped their momentum in the second half.

In isolation, not a bad point at a competitive team who are in good form.

Bournemouth played more football in the second half than Everton and Brentford did in four games against us this season, yet they only have a point to show for it.

Think our chances of winning the league are probably gone.

[Goldenballs]

Slim pickings for motm. Probably Onana, without him winning everthing in our box they very likely score from a corner or long throw.

Or Emi, but beaten at near post for the goal.

[cdbearsfan]

Only watched the 2nd half

Sigh.

When will people learn?

[Beard82]

We look tired in the second half.  Sancho and rogers were great in the first half.  Ollie had a couple chances and on another day we would have been 2 up.

Bailey comically bad, and the midfield was overran in the last 30 mins. 

Win the next 3 home games and all will be well again.  Could be an important point. 

[Crown Hill]

Poor performance. Relieved to get a point at the end.

Our injuries are killing us and this is reminiscent of two seasons ago.

Midfield was completely overrun and couldn’t get a grip. Without Kamara Onana is a Carlton Palmer figure. He has never really suited our style of play and without Kamara looks odd. Sticks a leg out occasionally and useful at set pieces.

Dougie was off the pace and we couldn’t retain possession. No craft or guile just breaks.

Probably worth giving Barkley a go. He can’t be worse.

mings and Martinez a little bit dodgy today. Digne weird for the goal.

Rogers peripheral.

Not certain whether their scorer meant his shot. Strange finish at near post which fooled Emi.

[kippaxvilla2]

I think we can safely say there’s no title coming to Villa this season so from now on we support C115 starting very much with tomorrow!

[wolfman999]

Bournemouth beat Liverpool the other week.  It’s a great point in the end.  Get a win next Wednesday and we will be back on track.

That's the spirit! Was terrified Bournemouth would snatch it in injury time like they did against Liverpool!

Surely we can't lose 3 home league games in a row. Surely? Surely?

Hope not. And don't call me Shirley

[JUAN PABLO]

pretty meh

Awful goal to give away, Id prefer Lindelof in there too  , watkins was on 80 mins too long , Bailey wouldnt get a game  at Harrogate playing like that Id prefer JJA coming on instead of what I saw today  , Buendia had one of those games and too many of them lately .

Emi kept us in it , Sancho is slowly getting better , most couldnt control the ball most the match , our goal was ace and the ref was bollocks.

We are missing players of course, but elite international players playing under Emery and for our club like ours  should know how to control a ball.

very meh

[dorsetvillian]

Glad for the point. Poor second half. That midfield without Kamara and Youri is just not doing enough. Bailey OMG that was bad. It just shows how fucked we were in Jan to sell Malen and bring him back. Surely Kaden Young would have been a better option. We just need to keep going and hope our winning form returns and that Chelsea and Man Utd start to falter.

[RichardBatchelor]

Okay result but dreadful in the second and not great in the first. Konsa and Martinez were superb, especially Ezra's clearance off the line. Bailey was just terrible. And of course the injuries are and excuse, daft to say otherwise.

[SamTheMouse]

I'm afraid it's going to be a matter of damage limitation until McGinn and Tielemans are back.

Not a disastrous result today, by any means.

[eamonn]

Glad for the point. Poor second half. That midfield without Kamara and Youri is just not doing enough. Bailey OMG that was bad. It just shows how fucked we were in Jan to sell Malen and bring him back. Surely Kaden Young would have been a better option. We just need to keep going and hope our winning form returns and that Chelsea and Man Utd start to falter.

At least you can strut around Dorset without cruel jibes this weekend.

[TaxDodger]

Not a catastrophic result - Bournemouth are a decent side, but we were concerningly woeful. If we win Wednesday then it's been a broadly ok week. We'll presumably have to do it without Onana though, who I imagine will have picked up some form of a knock.

[Monty]

Digne for the goal was just inexplicably terrible. Mings too, just watched their guy run at the goal and shoot. It was like when your controller briefly loses connection while you're playing FIFA.

[eamonn]

Not certain whether their scorer meant his shot. Strange finish at near post which fooled Emi.

He shanked it, wrong-footing Martínez but despite lil'Lee pointing it out, the commentator jizzed-on about how good it was.