Aston Villa Reserves v Forest Post-Match Thread

[LeeB]

I'd have that Murillo if they fancy doing a bit of PSR hokey cokey in the summer.

He did very well, although he seems very similar in style to Carlos-Diego-Carlo ( I never could remember which way round it was), very strong, not particularly quick, decent on the ball but always seems to be on the same postcode as a clanger.

I've seen him a bit and I'd say whilst the Carlos comparison is fair, to me he looks like the player you'd hope Carlos would've been, the best version of him.

I like Disasi, and I think we need to add a physical centre half in the summer but I like this guy too.

[olaftab]

Really enjoyed that one, I thought 1st half we were superb, with Garcia galloping into the space that Forest left for us, and I just love watching Asensio play, he just pops up into all sorts of areas.
2nd half, Forest pushed on and we couldn’t keep the ball, it was a thankless task for Watkins & Rashford leading the line against their 3 big defenders. It helped when McGinn came on to add a bit of physicality and another option for Emi to hit.
I was in the North Stand and how some of those Forest efforts stayed the other side of the post I’ll never know, it looked to me and a few around us that Emi touched that Murillo shot onto the bar, but not seen it again.

I was there as well and the reason those shots didn't go in is because they were shit. Helter skelter under pressure  no composure shooting. Despite their overwhelming number of shots  in the second half we still had the clearest chances to score more.
I agree with all else you said. I thought taking Andi off denied us an outlet through which we were dominating them in the first half.

[Olof's Beard]

The wait for a complete, 90 minute performance goes on but brilliant win. Much like the West Ham game a couple of months back, we started like a train but this time we got ourselves a cushion. They stood off us first half, Onana and Tielemans had the run of the midfield and our full backs had acres of space.

We let them get a bit of a foothold at the end of the first half so I thought Unai would get into the players at the break. But Nuno did a bit of a number on us, had them press Martinez and forced us to hoof it long, where their big, ugly centre backs won every header and their midfield picked up every second ball. Anderson and Gibbs-White starter to run the show and the half ended up feeling like it went on for about three hours.

I'd have had McGinn on in the first batch of subs to fight for those second balls. That said, the changes we did make helped us stem to flow a bit so it became more of a basketball match. If Forest had a striker fit,  there's a good chance we don't win that. But they didn't and we did so balls to it.

[Ian.]

I'd have that Murillo if they fancy doing a bit of PSR hokey cokey in the summer.

He did very well, although he seems very similar in style to Carlos-Diego-Carlo ( I never could remember which way round it was), very strong, not particularly quick, decent on the ball but always seems to be on the same postcode as a clanger.

I've seen him a bit and I'd say whilst the Carlos comparison is fair, to me he looks like the player you'd hope Carlos would've been, the best version of him.

I like Disasi, and I think we need to add a physical centre half in the summer but I like this guy too.

I agree Lee, he’s what we hoped and wished Carlos would have been. Disasi has been a real quality addition. Our January window was incredible.

[Rigadon]

Just watched MOTD and was reminded of the Temu Grealish shoving Martinez, twice, and not getting any kind of punishment.  They've been getting away with that shit all season.

[Richard E]

Just watched MOTD and was reminded of the Temu Grealish shoving Martinez, twice, and not getting any kind of punishment.  They've been getting away with that shit all season.

Teams that have a reputation for being ‘physical’ seem to be allowed to get away with more than teams that don’t, for reasons I’ve never understood.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Just watched MOTD and was reminded of the Temu Grealish shoving Martinez, twice, and not getting any kind of punishment.  They've been getting away with that shit all season.

Unbelievably Alan Smith on commentary just kept saying that Emi had taken the ball outside of the area.

He's being fouled Alan, you chest.

[dave.woodhall]

Just watched MOTD and was reminded of the Temu Grealish shoving Martinez, twice, and not getting any kind of punishment.  They've been getting away with that shit all season.

Teams that have a reputation for being ‘physical’ seem to be allowed to get away with more than teams that don’t, for reasons I’ve never understood.

Stoke under Pulis were the arch-examples. There was one match here where they committed so many fouls the ref gave up then whenever Delap took a throw-in the officials would make sure our players were where he wanted them

[London Villan]

Their keeper made two brilliant saves. Don’t really remember any from Emi, other than a few regulation catches.

[Somniloquism]

Just watched MOTD and was reminded of the Temu Grealish shoving Martinez, twice, and not getting any kind of punishment.  They've been getting away with that shit all season.

Unbelievably Alan Smith on commentary just kept saying that Emi had taken the ball outside of the area.

He's being fouled Alan, you chest.

Ref has blown when Emi was 2 feet inside the area still.

Wasn't he also arguing Forest should have had a penalty as well? An incident that was so controversial it hasn't appeared in any highlights packets or match reports.

[darren woolley]

I'm so pleased we got another three points.

[tomd2103]

I'd have that Murillo if they fancy doing a bit of PSR hokey cokey in the summer.

He did very well, although he seems very similar in style to Carlos-Diego-Carlo ( I never could remember which way round it was), very strong, not particularly quick, decent on the ball but always seems to be on the same postcode as a clanger.

I've seen him a bit and I'd say whilst the Carlos comparison is fair, to me he looks like the player you'd hope Carlos would've been, the best version of him.

I like Disasi, and I think we need to add a physical centre half in the summer but I like this guy too.

I agree Lee, he’s what we hoped and wished Carlos would have been. Disasi has been a real quality addition. Our January window was incredible.

Yep, would definitely be looking to make that a permanent deal in the summer if possible.

[john e]

Their keeper made two brilliant saves. Don’t really remember any from Emi, other than a few regulation catches.

That’s because forest only got three shots on target in the whole match

[Ads]

Excellent and dominant fiest half. Garcia created an availability for us to play out, assisted by their limp mid-block.

Second half, them pushing higher, us reverting to playing long led to at least 11 balls in the air that we lost. Play came back, territory was ceded and we failed to control the game.

Ollie was poor, but it was brainless to consistently expect him to win in the air when he was clearly mismatched.

Fortunately Emi didn't really make a save and we ought to have scored two more with Rogers and Rashford.

There was no protection from the referee for their over physical play, so we ought to have adapted. They got in dangerous positions and were wasteful. It was an exasperating 2nd 45, but fortunately we held out.

[PeterWithesShin]