Aston Villa vs West Ham Post-Match Thread

[BC54 VFC]

Not pretty . Not warm . It's a game we would have lost previously
Played shite mostly and won , got to take it and enjoy and move on .
Hope we get a good draw . Maybe it's our year. We owed them from 1981

8th March, 1980

[Martyn Smith]

I think I would have given their young lb MOTM had he stayed on a bit later. He owned Bailey in that first half and pretty much nullified our right

[Martyn Smith]

Not pretty . Not warm . It's a game we would have lost previously
Played shite mostly and won , got to take it and enjoy and move on .
Hope we get a good draw . Maybe it's our year. We owed them from 1981

8th March, 1980

Never in dobut. Fuck Sullivan and Co

Was amazed to learn that they aren't nice people to work for

Can see the Gold family home from our bedroom window

[tomd2103]

Poor in the first, gradually built some momentum in the 2nd and then had an excellent 20 or so minutes which won us the game.  A couple of nervy moments at the end when we didn't deal very well with some balls into the box, but we're in the next round.

[N'ZMAV]

we got away with that one last night, let's hope the draw is a good one for the next round - we're not used to being this deep in the FA cup.

[Taylor]

I thought Olsen had a good game. He had a couple of issues with his distribution, but Emi’s prone to those on occasion too.

[PhilVill]

The manager has to ditch this god awful slow tempo crap and we revert to how we play best, hitting teams hard and fast with three or four forward passes. That first half last night was painful.

[Rigadon]

The manager has to ditch this god awful slow tempo crap and we revert to how we play best, hitting teams hard and fast with three or four forward passes. That first half last night was painful.

The first half was turgid.  Maybe this slower approach reflects the fact that we have so many more games now, and perhaps to avoid the injurpocalypse of last season from reoccurring.  The high line has gone too.  Great coaches do evolve their teams over the course of time so that they don't' get 'found out' (a term I actually hate).

[PhilVill]

Let's be honest, when we play that slow, we get found out but yes, I've felt for a while now that he feels we have to play that slow due to the amount of games we have but it's awful to watch and I still think it breeds a casual like attitude in the players.

[RamboandBruno]

The manager has to ditch this god awful slow tempo crap and we revert to how we play best, hitting teams hard and fast with three or four forward passes. That first half last night was painful.

The first half was turgid.  Maybe this slower approach reflects the fact that we have so many more games now, and perhaps to avoid the injurpocalypse of last season from reoccurring.  The high line has gone too.  Great coaches do evolve their teams over the course of time so that they don't' get 'found out' (a term I actually hate).

McGinn already out for weeks abd Barkleys looked fairly serious last night. We’re down to 4 main midfielders now (Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, Ramsey) and 5 more games in January to come, 6 maybe if the cup 4th rd is in Jan?

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Hopefully someone at the Villa takes note that sensibly priced tickets and cheap beer equals a full house and a decent atmosphere. Lots of youngsters sat by us who were clearly having a great time, a more ethically diverse crowd than I’ve ever seen at VP too which is fantastic to see.

As for events on the pitch. A horrible first half but we stepped it up when we needed to and won fairly comfortably in the end. The better side has gone through is all that matters.

It’s our year this year. Please God.

[AV82EC]

The manager has to ditch this god awful slow tempo crap and we revert to how we play best, hitting teams hard and fast with three or four forward passes. That first half last night was painful.

The first half was turgid.  Maybe this slower approach reflects the fact that we have so many more games now, and perhaps to avoid the injurpocalypse of last season from reoccurring.  The high line has gone too.  Great coaches do evolve their teams over the course of time so that they don't' get 'found out' (a term I actually hate).

I was talking about this last night with my son and I think Emery is trying to evolve the play this season to a more possession/pressure based game and we’re struggling to adapt due to the number of games. However when it works as per second half we can look sensational.

[PaulTheVillan]

West Ham fans moaning about the corner.

Well, tough shit. We should have had one before that anyway.

When we upped the pace we looked much better.

[PaulWinch again]

In fairness we’d be moaning about the corner too, regardless if the previous decision was balanced out.

[Walmley_Villa]

Onana should always have started, we needed more physicality and he played well against them first game of the season. Bailey was shocking and just didn’t seem to fancy it. Subs made the difference, Ramsey, Emi and Ned were great. I like the way Maatsen and JJ link up. We’re through!