Aston Villa Reserves v Forest Post-Match Thread

[Mellin]

Fucking hell. My poor ticker.

[PaulTheVillan]

Just keep winning

[PaulWinch again]

Just keep winning. Fingers crossed for a Deano-esque ten-in-a-row.

Plus about 7.

[The Moose]

We're great, aren't we?

[Goldie.7]

We normally have a shit first half and a good second. Today we switched it up for more neutral excitement. (Coping)

[ChicagoLion]

Why did he take Garcia off?

[Somniloquism]

Even in the second half we had better chances at their goal. They had one on target the whole of the half they "dominated"* us.

*I know you didn't say that, others have though.

[Dave]

Just keep winning. Fingers crossed for a Deano-esque ten-in-a-row.

Plus about 7.

Draw in Paris to take the "consecutive victories" pressure off.

Win all the rest.

[KevinGage]

Made far harder work of that than we should have.

A more ruthless team pumps them 3 to 4 zip in that first half when they were all over the place.

Instead, Forest are coming out of this one thinking they should've got at least a point.

Kamara helped when he came on but still way too nervy for the last 25-30 mins.

[Scovilla]

 

We're great, aren't we?

We are..

[Nelly]

Forest are a good side, we had to match them in the second half and we sort of did. We didn't have the control we like to have but fucking well done Villa!!! Seven in a row is obscene! Keep going boys. We found a way to win today.

I thought we kept going long but the ball didn't stick with Watkins or Rashford, really. One thing we could work on is downing tools when winning, but then really struggling to pick it back up when required.

This was a big game to win - well done Villa.

[eamonn]

Outclassed in the second half, we should really have lost that game. Every single restart from Emi seemed to result in the ball coming back at us.

They pressed us too well for us to play out from the back and when we went long, Forest won the 50/50s.

I've dismissed Forest as counter-attacking merchants but they kept us pinned in our third for most of the second half and we kept coughing-up chances. I worry for us in Paris after that, to be honest.

[Somniloquism]

Why did he take Garcia off?

Maybe he could see Malen wasn't helping back enough so wanted a defender there, but wanted to keep Malen's speed on the attack. Luckily took more control when Rogers moved over and Kamara came on.

[usav]

Why did he take Garcia off?

Unless he was injured it is a strange decision.

[PaulWinch again]

Outclassed in the second half, we should really have lost that game. Every single restart from Emi seemed to result in the ball coming back at us.

They pressed us too well for us to play out from the back and when we went long, Forest won the 50/50s.

I've dismissed Forest as counter-attacking merchants but they kept us pinned in our third for most of the second half and we kept coughing-up chances. I worry for us in Paris after that, to be honest.

I think should have lost is over stretching it. We let them get on top and they had their chances, but so did we - Rogers and Rashford both should have probably scored.