Luton vs Aston Villa post-match thread

[brontebilly]

Emery will have learned Rodgers isn't ready to be thrown on after 35 mins , he will also be disappointed with Irogbunam

I think you're wrnog.
Rogers played well during the first half. In the second, Edwards changed his set-up; Emery didn't react, which might have had Rogers playing differently.
Tim did what he did: he added some physicality and wasn't one of those players booked by a card-happy ref so - although he gave away some sill fouls - did what was asked. He broke up the game and made things more difficult for the opposition.

We need Emery to give the young guys some game-time and have to accept that they are learning 'on the job' ... as Miley, Bradley and other feted youngsters from other clubs are doing.

At least Tim can run anyway and got stuck into them. We seemed to have a bit more about our midfield. Will learn about his composure on the ball on the other days.

McGinn had a poor second half anyway and didn't offer anything bar falling over looking for frees after he pushed forward.

[wince]

Only caught up with the result laste last night. We like to sail close to the wind but have that quality now to really look like a team on the up. Bring on the floor soap detergent team now!

[Ads]

Felt Rogers booking impacted his ability to cover Moreno effectively. That and our inability second half to stop the descent into chaos played into Luton's intent of bombarding the box, usually via a long diagonal and chase down our left.

Defended to 2 goals poorly too. Not quite sure what McGinn was doing for the 2nd.

Excellent first half and it really should have been 4 or 5. Great to have the determination to keep plugging away. They're 100mph with their dog chasing a car style press and I felt they ran out of steam with 10/15 to go when we made our subs.

Beautiful ball from Diaby and a lovely drift in at the back post from Digne. Absolute carnage in the away end. All about finding a way to win. 11 games now, it's in our hands.

Hopefully JJ isn't too injured. He walked in front of us going off and seemed to be walking freely.

[VillaTim]

It's nice to have £100m of subs to throw on when needed . We found a way and ultimately thats all that matters.

[ChicagoLion]

I’m not saying it didn’t play a part, but I think our drop off in performance played a greater part, and I don’t think he has an agenda against us.

If every time there was any contest between opposing layers, the ref decides to give Luton the ball then it’s pretty difficult to get any momentum in the game.
I think his persistent poor or biased decisions got to our players.
It was an astonishingly awful display by the ref and the fact that so many have commented on here bares this out.

I just don’t think it was every time. I’m not saying he had a good game, or that he got some decisions wrong, I just think some of the reaction is overblown and the reality is we massively dropped off and allowed Luton back in. I don’t think the referee was a significant factor in that, could have been better yes, but we were the main problem in that phase.

We see it differently, but for me the ref was a factor in that second half. You could see it on the players faces after decision after decision went the wrong way.
i also agree that we did give some silly fouls away that did not help.

[VillaTim]

The Ref was a dick but we didn't help ourselves 2nd half and gave away some stupid free kicks . Our heads totally went

[algy]

Sat in the pub with a couple of mates who are ManU fans. Giving it bigun after equaliser, but that's so satisfying!

Top 5 for sure now.

Those red scum ****** will be looking at 11 points come tomorrow 6pm with same games played. They can kiss our arse.

12 efffectively with -22 goal difference before they face their cheating neighbours.

Drummond - hope you give it the big un after the winner & followed it up with ‘the most annoying thing about this season is losing 6 points to their dog turd if a team’

We'd be 2nd, 2pts behind Liverpool, if we'd have won those games. That's the frustrating thing about it.

[JUAN PABLO]

Out of interest, I wonder if anyone joins in the match thread whilst they are actually at the game?

PWS used to post from the games which is how he used to get the Scorchio's in.......

But in seriousness, Risso has posted sometimes (when he was beating PWS for one) and some others have as well.

I thought PWS was one of the players to be honest.

[eamonn]

By the law of averages, the concession of so many corners and free-kicks to Luton in the second half was inevitably going to lead to at least one goal. Emery made a point in the post-match interview of saying how the squad and Villa coaches this week had discussed cutting-down on needless set-pieces to the opposition.

Unfortunately, last night, the corner for the first goal is a result of Lenglet not getting a shout from Dibu so he takes no chances after the Fulham fuck-up between the two of them, and boots it wide for a corner.

Second goal - there is no need for Konsa to pull Ogbene's shirt, Cash is covering. Really poor from someone of Konsa's experience.

Was really worried when Irogbuenam missed two or three challenges leading to fouls when he came on. I don't see him as ready to start for us yet.

In a little bar in Hove, I screamed like a fucker from the dead when our winner went in, hopefully the seagulls nearby heard it and scarpered too.

[Olneythelonely]

Unfortunately, last night, the corner for the first goal is a result of Lenglet not getting a shout from Dibu so he takes no chances after the Fulham fuck-up between the two of them, and boots it wide for a corner.

I was sure I heard a shout, watching it live.

[VillaTim]

By the law of averages, the concession of so many corners and free-kicks to Luton in the second half was inevitably going to lead to at least one goal. Emery made a point in the post-match interview of saying how the squad and Villa coaches this week had discussed cutting-down on needless set-pieces to the opposition.

Unfortunately, last night, the corner for the first goal is a result of Lenglet not getting a shout from Dibu so he takes no chances after the Fulham fuck-up between the two of them, and boots it wide for a corner.

Second goal - there is no need for Konsa to pull Ogbene's shirt, Cash is covering. Really poor from someone of Konsa's experience.

Was really worried when Irogbuenam missed two or three challenges leading to fouls when he came on. I don't see him as ready to start for us yet.

In a little bar in Hove, I screamed like a fucker from the dead when our winner went in, hopefully the seagulls nearby heard it and scarpered too.

Ah nice one, anywhere near the Whitehawk ground

[lovejoy]

That’s the other side of Brighton

[Somniloquism]

Unfortunately, last night, the corner for the first goal is a result of Lenglet not getting a shout from Dibu so he takes no chances after the Fulham fuck-up between the two of them, and boots it wide for a corner.

I was sure I heard a shout, watching it live.

I think he had the shout, but he also had the shout for that Fulham fuck-up which is why he didn't take the chance. However, after Cash's clearance, the team were second to every ball. The player on the byline should have got no where near playing it back in.

[amfy]

The moment the commentator said something along the lines of ‘If there's another goal in this game, Luton look most likely to score it’…I knew our winner was on its way & relaxed!

[ChicagoLion]

Tim was given the job to stop Berkeley which stopped him picking passes.
It did help along with the other subs to stop Luton’s dominance in the second half.