Bournemouth v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[eamonn]

Regarding our midfield being over-run, I think there is some mitigation in that it was the first time Onana and Luiz have ever played together and neither of them are fully fit.

[kippaxvilla2]

One win in six is it now?  I was feeling positive earlier.

[PaulWinch again]

One win in six is it now?  I was feeling positive earlier.

Yeah it’s a difficult run, did you expect we’d just cruise through to the end of the season? Especially with the injuries. Every other side has had tricky runs of results, and they will again.

[kippaxvilla2]

I hope so.  I’ll be happy with fifth.

[LeonW]

Completely outplayed by Bournemouth once they scored. Lucky to get a point. Probably Sancho’s best game so fair play to him.

A word for the referee; abysmal. And then look at Chelsea’s second penalty with a push on their player and then the same thing on Buendia first half but because it’s Villa and Taylor; nothing. This is what we’re also up against on top of everything else.

[N'ZMAV]

Poor performance today.
Bournemouth were just more lively than we were.
That's the sort of game we could have done with McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara.

[BoVillan esq]

Terrible performance, but we got the point, personally I thought it was always a reality we would lose this, we didn't, even with McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara this end of the season would start to get very difficult, I always thought months ago that the best we could do is try to hang on to top 4, we've lost our midfield, over night, we have replaced them with Luiz and Onana, the latter being in a perpetual state of injury, they will never do the job of the aforementioned 3.

We got the point, I think we win the midweek game and we are back in the race despite this blip, we've got the wolves at the door, the whole world of football want Man Utd back in there, Liverpool will be and then of course Chelsea, we can't lose anymore games.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think we need to bring an extra body in midfield for the following games, the gulf in class between having McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara compared to Onana and Dougie was there for all to see. I'd probably bring in Bogaarde as at least he has the legs and knows how to keep it tidy.

[PaulWinch again]

I think gap in class might be fair, but it’s a bit early to say gulf given Doug and Onana have never played together.

[N'ZMAV]

I think we need to bring an extra body in midfield for the following games, the gulf in class between having McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara compared to Onana and Dougie was there for all to see. I'd probably bring in Bogaarde as at least he has the legs and knows how to keep it tidy.

Agreed - might be worth us dropping Sancho or Buendia and putting Barkley in the middle, or Bogarde.

[London Villan]

Barkley
Onana
Luiz

Rogers
Watkins
Sancho

[BoVillan esq]

I think we need to bring an extra body in midfield for the following games, the gulf in class between having McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara compared to Onana and Dougie was there for all to see. I'd probably bring in Bogaarde as at least he has the legs and knows how to keep it tidy.

The problem we have is Luiz and Onana (mainly because of his physicality) are for me squad strengtheners, the bench squad you bring on to give Mcginn, Kamara and Jouri a rest in the 70th minute, we are now depending on them to hold up the team in a vital area. Same with Tammy, anybody who thinks Tammy is going to be some sort of goal machine just isn't reality, however, we live in hopes. 

[Ian.]

I think we need to bring an extra body in midfield for the following games, the gulf in class between having McGinn, Tielemans and Kamara compared to Onana and Dougie was there for all to see. I'd probably bring in Bogaarde as at least he has the legs and knows how to keep it tidy.

Agreed - might be worth us dropping Sancho or Buendia and putting Barkley in the middle, or Bogarde.

I agree, especially if we sit Onana and Bogarde pushing Dougie forward.

[dorsetvillian]

I do wonder if the box midfield  if Onana, Dougie, Barkley and Sancho behind Rogers and Watkins/Tammy might be tried. Barkley was a six at Luton. Unai sees him as an 8 or 10.
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[aj2k77]

Just saw the goal again. Absolutely bizarre from Digne.