Aston Villa Banter Archive September 11 2016

11 Sep 2016 19:14:37
can't fault today's game by the lads. only thing it lacked was that bit of luck needed to get us over the line get a win and grow in confidence and as a group. we can do no more as a team than dominate games. need to take the chances though. only think I would say is at 2 1 up I'd of put jedinak on to boss the midfield and sure us up a bit. keep the faith people this team will smash someone soon then I think we will take off. utv.

11 Sep 2016 19:43:41
Kingy as you say Jedinak should of come on, Jack and Mac are not going to run back covering . Jedinak would have made us safe . Villa forever.

11 Sep 2016 21:12:29
I agree Jedinak should have come on in CM. This is the problem area and I think other teams are well aware of it.
They have cottonned on to the fact that we are weak when pressured in midfield.
Westwood is very limited and so is Gardener at the moment. I think they could both be off in January to Burnley and Forest respectively.
Midfield steel and creativity costs big and I feel that this is the area that the Doctor and RDM will invest in.

12 Sep 2016 09:54:33
Kingy what an accurate review of the game, lads played well just silly mistakes at the back! If jedinak comes on that stays at 2-1 I bet. I was there and I am the first to slate players when it's deserved but do not get people calling for Westwood and gardeners head, it looked poor on paper because in previous games they've both been terrible, but yesterday they played well, Westwood was a bit limited going forward and Gardner a bit limited going back (gave 2 fouls away) but other than that they did their job! 26 shooting oppertunities created, the midfield is NOT the problem, 8 shots on target shows how much we dominated, we have to score more!

11 Sep 2016 18:05:15
Played well second half, if only we could put more of the chances away . Couldent understand RDM leaving just one in midfield, after we went 2-1 up, Jedinak should have come on to shore it up . Sorry to say Super Jack, not so super . Time after time he slows play up, keeps getting the ball caught up in his feet . Thought the big lad put his self about up front, Bristol fans where saying he tended hide, but didn't see that today . let's get these new player all fit and involved and I think things will certainly be better . Onwards &Upwards Villa forever.

11 Sep 2016 18:46:44
didnt he move mccrmack to cm with westwood and play ayew rm with jack lm?

11 Sep 2016 15:48:13
i can't believe the amount of people moaning on facebook about how poor we was and its the same old villa,

am i the only person watching that game thinking we was by far the better team and we definitely deserved a win?

if the likes of messi or ronaldo or saurez had scored that goal or made that run people would be banging on about it for years, we need to fix the center mids out and we might start winning games.

11 Sep 2016 16:01:19
We moan because we are fed up with our overpaid players letting us long suffering fans down. We have had 6 years of abject failure some of us have had enough and are entitled to vent our spleen.

11 Sep 2016 16:01:41
26 shots, 8 on target, hit the post twice, the bar once and had 2 or 3 inches wide. You was watching the same game mate, we was unlucky. Need to take chances from now on!

11 Sep 2016 17:45:15
I don't do stats. However Villa were the much better team today. I think we will continue to create chances and score plenty. Ayew was IMO the best player on view by a country mile.
BUT we do have a big problem which is preventing us from killing off teams AND holding onto a lead. Centre midfield is simply not good enough.
We can all see it. Westwood and Gardener are useless .
Can RDM not see this? .
I'm afraid if we don't sort this out quickly we will be too far adrift to push for promotion.

11 Sep 2016 23:39:09
Agree with some posters is it me or does grealish try TOO much sometimes . and he cuts in all the time I'd like him to go out wide and put in crosses more like ayew did second half.

Id like to see the championships most potent striker to be played in his natural role.

Whete does adomah fit into this equation? Who do we drop .

We can't moan at the midfield (well we can but will be here all day) we know they aren't good enough but tish and Jedi will occupy those spaces.

Played good today Mind.

12 Sep 2016 07:41:11
my transfer knowledge is only based on footy manager but can we still loan a player or two in the next week,

i think this is where we should have a word with a few prem clubs see who is free as we really need back up for if we have an injury or a ban because westwood and gardener are not going to help.

adomah i can see we brought in expecting ayew to be leaving.

{Ed001's Note - no, the emergency loan window has been scrapped for this season mate.}

12 Sep 2016 13:25:56
damn it. could have got a few useful players in too.

well that's my footy manager 2017 messed up then as would look to see whos not getting games mid sept and loan them for 2-3 months.

11 Sep 2016 15:31:25
17th in the league, taking any positive marginaly better thsn last year, how long do we remain positive, I suppose a lap of honour when we survive at the end of the season will be our only success.

11 Sep 2016 16:53:40
Now you've just made yourself look silly.

11 Sep 2016 18:18:16
I honestly think we will go up you can't keep attacking like that and not win games i would like baker to partner elphick chesters to nice.

11 Sep 2016 18:50:23
From the various post-match posts from 'hopeful' today, I can only assume this is a name adopted with an excruciating level of irony. It's still early days but what todays performance showed was that we can score goals, have a potentially deadly strike-force and, in Kodja, have someone who could restore the power in the air we lost with Big Ben. This is a brand new team so, at this point, still gelling. Today's performance was one of the best and most promising I have seen for a long time. Granted, Westwood looks way out of place. Some people need to get their heads around the fact that we may not bounce straight back. The reality check is that this is a very strong division - I'm sure there are embittered old Forest fans still banging on about the glory days when they won the European Cup as well and just how long has that famous old club been out of the top flight?

11 Sep 2016 14:57:27
be intresting to see how many people are singing to the hills about how great ayew is after this match? I've said all along that i think he is a great player just a shame he can't finish for toffee.

12 Sep 2016 12:11:30
He's only playing for a transfer in the january window, his agent is already touting to all and sundry, money grabber.

12 Sep 2016 13:28:15
might only be playing for tranfers and every footballer will take a transfer if the cash is right, but if he can play like that every week and we replace with a player just as good that's fine, but if he was wanting out i think he would have took any deal in this window and left.

12 Sep 2016 16:09:26
He was going to, but dr. xia drew his line in the sand to show he has the final say, not ayew's agent, come january though; could be a different kettle of fish?

11 Sep 2016 14:11:32
Poor 1st half. Loads of possession no end product. Got to start creating chances and converting them. Already 11 points behind leaders. RDM will soon be under pressure from the good Doctor.

11 Sep 2016 00:42:46
Anyone else a bit twitchy about the men in tights, i'm hoping bentdner lives down to his reputation and clarkey has the defence ticking like a swiss clock; 2-1 to us, and the watch word, concentrate!