Aston Villa Reserves v Forest Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

I agree with Eamonn. If I were a Forest fan, I'd be aggrieved at losing that game.

Eamonn's obviously been on the sauce so what's your excuse?
I was confident before the match that we will beat them and beat them we did with all stats in our favour and EMI hardly had a save to make.
Champions League? They are having a laugh.

[olaftab]

Not quite sure how we got away with that to be honest.

We scored one more than they did. It's usually the way to win a game of football😊

[Clampy]

What’s the matter with everyone? If we were Forest we’d simply bemoan out lack of ability to finish our chances. We go on like there’s not 2 teams trying to win the game. Why can’t we ever be happy?

This. If we'd lost today, this post match thread would be 20 pages long.

[Somniloquism]

Eamonn's obviously been on the sauce so what's your excuse?
I was confident before the match that we will beat them and beat them we did with all stats in our favour and EMI hardly had a save to make.
Champions League? They are having a laugh.

Erm

Just parked up seen this [teamsheet]. Should I just drive back home?

[Rory]

What’s the matter with everyone? If we were Forest we’d simply bemoan out lack of ability to finish our chances. We go on like there’s not 2 teams trying to win the game. Why can’t we ever be happy?

This. If we'd lost today, this post match thread would be 20 pages long.

There are some miserable bastards about.

[Sexual Ealing]

What’s the matter with everyone? If we were Forest we’d simply bemoan out lack of ability to finish our chances. We go on like there’s not 2 teams trying to win the game. Why can’t we ever be happy?

I agree with amfy.

[Toronto Villa]

What’s the matter with everyone? If we were Forest we’d simply bemoan out lack of ability to finish our chances. We go on like there’s not 2 teams trying to win the game. Why can’t we ever be happy?

I agree amfy. There is a sense of entitlement creeping in. If you have been part of the journey we have been on, just the past decade let alone any longer, every single minute should be appreciated. We have a manager obsessed with our success. Players but a few short years back we could only dream of having. Our bench and squad players not involved good enough to give the first team a proper game. We’ve not had that ever. So while there are aspects of every that might be better we won yet again. 7 straight which is incredibly hard to do at the top level of this sport. Enjoy it. Every minute of it. Because when it ends, and it will eventually we might not get it back.

[astonvilla82]

Here's a Idea,put the ball in the back of the net, don't go ah just missed again,we hit the bar etc, you don't get any extra house points for doing that, missing that is

[astonvilla82]

 

I'd probably say Maatsen was our MOTM today .

Not a fan of his, but recently am impressed,I got to give him credit

[andyh]

What’s the matter with everyone? If we were Forest we’d simply bemoan out lack of ability to finish our chances. We go on like there’s not 2 teams trying to win the game. Why can’t we ever be happy?

I agree amfy. There is a sense of entitlement creeping in. If you have been part of the journey we have been on, just the past decade let alone any longer, every single minute should be appreciated. We have a manager obsessed with our success. Players but a few short years back we could only dream of having. Our bench and squad players not involved good enough to give the first team a proper game. We’ve not had that ever. So while there are aspects of every that might be better we won yet again. 7 straight which is incredibly hard to do at the top level of this sport. Enjoy it. Every minute of it. Because when it ends, and it will eventually we might not get it back.

Eh ?
I think the very last thing you can accuse Villa fans of is ‘entitlement’.

It seems to me that most opinions on the post match thread are being honest and realistic rather than entitled.
Most acknowledge we played well, but so did Forest and we did well to hold on.
Not sure how that can be considered entitled.

[passport1]

First half Emery masterclass. Second half tactically  not so good. At the end three more points in the bag. Onwards and upwards !!!

[TelfordVilla]

The first half was as easy a 45 minutes as you will ever see in the premier league. Forest pushed their full backs up further in the 2nd half and penned us back. This is normal when they are chasing the game and we have a lead to protect. Emi launching it was pointless though. Their centre halfs won every header and the extra men in midfield meant they picked up all the 2nd ball. Not sure how Unai expected us to control the game with those tactics. 7 wins is terrific form at this stage. 7 more please.

[Ian.]

What’s the matter with everyone? If we were Forest we’d simply bemoan out lack of ability to finish our chances. We go on like there’s not 2 teams trying to win the game. Why can’t we ever be happy?

We scored two early wonderful goals, could have had more. We beat a team rightfully in third place who are having a brilliant season. Superb result!

How many time this season have we been wasteful and if we’d taken our chances the outcome might have been different. It’s football, we rode our luck but held our.

[Nunkin1965]

I think people  find it very difficult to give credit to the opposition and supporters would rather criticise their own team.
It will happen on Wednesday.
It won't be anything to do with the quality of PSG, it will mostly be about the mistakes we make.
I just enjoy the fact we beat a very tough side yesterday.

[rob_bridge]

I'd probably say Maatsen was our MOTM today .

Not a fan of his, but recently am impressed,I got to give him credit

Toss up between Maatsen and Rogers