Bournemouth - 2 Aston Villa - 2 Post-Match

[VillaTim]

A very minor point, but seeing 'AFCB' on the back of their shirt really ground my gears. I know they've been at it for years but it still feels like a bit of cheek to try to usurp the Villa and Arsenal in the alphabet order.

Haha good point , the yellow pages wars .
Aadvark Building Solutions ltd , lol

[SoccerHQ]

The defence is a lot weaker without Mings.

We just need to sign a RB next month so we know Konsa will always be central for the second half of the season.

I had my doubts in August but he's stepped up magnificently to be the senior head at the back (while Pau continues to settle in). Just taking him out because of lack of alternatives at RB (given Chambers basically sold himself with that performance in Warsaw) is detrimental as that was schoolboy stuff from Carlos for their opener.

Is Lenglet injured as he was playing in europa yet isn't even making the bench for our prem matches. Barca will probably recall him in January as he's featuring significantly less here than Spurs where he did play a fair amount.

I think we'll see a bit of squad restructuring in January, all of Chambers, Donk, Lenglet and Traore moving on which hopefully gives us flexibility to bring in 2-3 who can be trusted to come in and give us the edge to get where we want to be.

[VillaTim]

RB was a priority in the summer imho , as was a backup to Watkins and a better nr2 keeper , I still stand by those as priority signings still

[RamboandBruno]

The defence is a lot weaker without Mings.

We just need to sign a RB next month so we know Konsa will always be central for the second half of the season.

I had my doubts in August but he's stepped up magnificently to be the senior head at the back (while Pau continues to settle in). Just taking him out because of lack of alternatives at RB (given Chambers basically sold himself with that performance in Warsaw) is detrimental as that was schoolboy stuff from Carlos for their opener.

Is Lenglet injured as he was playing in europa yet isn't even making the bench for our prem matches. Barca will probably recall him in January as he's featuring significantly less here than Spurs where he did play a fair amount.

I think we'll see a bit of squad restructuring in January, all of Chambers, Donk, Lenglet and Traore moving on which hopefully gives us flexibility to bring in 2-3 who can be trusted to come in and give us the edge to get where we want to be.

I think Lenglet was on the bench yesterday? Apart from the first game in Warsaw, he’s been very good in the Euro games. The problem he’s got is he’s not as good as Torres.

[pauliewalnuts]

The defence is a lot weaker without Mings.

We just need to sign a RB next month so we know Konsa will always be central for the second half of the season.

I had my doubts in August but he's stepped up magnificently to be the senior head at the back (while Pau continues to settle in). Just taking him out because of lack of alternatives at RB (given Chambers basically sold himself with that performance in Warsaw) is detrimental as that was schoolboy stuff from Carlos for their opener.

Is Lenglet injured as he was playing in europa yet isn't even making the bench for our prem matches. Barca will probably recall him in January as he's featuring significantly less here than Spurs where he did play a fair amount.

I think we'll see a bit of squad restructuring in January, all of Chambers, Donk, Lenglet and Traore moving on which hopefully gives us flexibility to bring in 2-3 who can be trusted to come in and give us the edge to get where we want to be.

Why would Barcelona recall him? That’s the sort of thing that clubs do for a kid or developing player on loan but Lenglet is neither of those.

[Risso]

Why would Barcelona recall him? That’s the sort of thing that clubs do for a kid or developing player on loan but Lenglet is neither of those.

Perhaps if somebody wanted him on a permanent deal?

[Bad English]

I would like to apologise to the world for starting a post-match thread before the final whistle. I now realise that this was a grave error and shows disrespect for women, former slaves, trans and gays, union members, the 35,000 people in the queue for season tickets and balti pies.

The person you should be apologising to Darren is yourself, because that's who you've let down most.

I do believe I was fairly refreshed by the end of the afternoon, which may account for this or that. I chose not to continue posting.  A quick reread shows some lovely comments though. Thanks all!

[The Edge]

We look the real deal ar times now but we've developed a very unfortunate habit of giving away really avoidable goals. Carlos yesterday Kamara on Thursday both gave the ball to our opponents under no pressure whatsoever. Cut those silly mistakes out and we are capable of beating anyone. Konsas tackle in the first half was incredible. Baresi in his pomp would of been proud of that. I would love to hear from the officials why Semenya wasn't booked for a blatant pull on Bailey's shirt when he was already on a yellow. And listening to talk sport this morning some twerp from a bookmaker has us behind Man U, Spurs and Newcastle for a top four spot. His reasoning was down to us losing to Bournemouth yesterday. Strange that. I must of dreamt that Ollie Watkins scored in stoppage time with a brilliant header.

[pauliewalnuts]

Why would Barcelona recall him? That’s the sort of thing that clubs do for a kid or developing player on loan but Lenglet is neither of those.

Perhaps if somebody wanted him on a permanent deal?

Yep but not because he's not playing enough.

[VillaTim]

salvaged a point thanks to a great header and some world class goalkeeping

[Axl Rose]

salvaged a point thanks to a great header and some world class goalkeeping

It's the kind of things champions do.

[VillaTim]

salvaged a point thanks to a great header and some world class goalkeeping

It's the kind of things champions do.

win our next 2 and that point won't look too shabby

[pauliewalnuts]

It seems the law that, however flush we are and however well we are doing, we exit each transfer window with one really important position unfilled, and I suspect this window it might be RB.

[Risso]

Lenglet was on the bench yesterday, in any case.

[LeeB]

I would like to apologise to the world for starting a post-match thread before the final whistle. I now realise that this was a grave error and shows disrespect for women, former slaves, trans and gays, union members, the 35,000 people in the queue for season tickets and balti pies.

The person you should be apologising to Darren is yourself, because that's who you've let down most.

I do believe I was fairly refreshed by the end of the afternoon, which may account for this or that. I chose not to continue posting.  A quick reread shows some lovely comments though. Thanks all!

That's it now though, if we're losing late on you've got to go early on the post match thread in order to invoke a goal.