JW1985
Vital Champions League
Just got home and feeling somewhat depressed about all things Villa. Thought we matched them in the opening 30 minutes and as the yank says above of Tammy puts away his chance it's a completely different game. I'd appreciate someone telling me what exactly happened with the 1st goal, I sit in the upper North and thought it had gone onto the roof of the net till they started celebrating. The second was obviously a flukey deflection abley set up by conner hologram.
Second half they just sat back and we didn't have enough to break them down. Sad that even after all the players we've bought and money we've spent we're totally reliant on 1 man to be the creative spark.
Defensive wise we weren't too bad. Mings was good again and Hause improved hugely I thought, definitely worth a run at left back based on this game. Attack wise Tammy could and perhaps should have had 2. Green got chopped down whenever he beat his man it seemed. I groaned when I saw elmo was in but to be fair to the bloke he did ok. Can't beat a man or cross a ball still but he pressed and harried their defence all game.
Midfield is the problem area now. McGinn was decent as ever but will now be suspended I understand. Whelan did what he normally does. Hourihane though. Not only was he partly responsible for the second goal but all game he just didn't seem to want to take any chance whatsoever. He either plain refuses to turn and face the opposition goal or dawdles so long that he ends up going backwards. He was awful and fully deserved to be hooked for a 17 year old who'd never kicked a ball in a pro game before. I didn't ironically cheer the sub or boo him off but I would not start him next week even without McGinn.
Another rubbish afternoon at villa park alas but I'm not entirely convinced we deserved to lose. We don't have any spark in us though. I look at the current fully fit players we have and I can't think of top many ways we can change things. 3 at the back? 4-4-2? Still doesn't change that we've no midfield to speak of. McGinn and who? Whelan, Jedinak, Bjarnason and hourihane will all be the same as they've ever been.
Second half they just sat back and we didn't have enough to break them down. Sad that even after all the players we've bought and money we've spent we're totally reliant on 1 man to be the creative spark.
Defensive wise we weren't too bad. Mings was good again and Hause improved hugely I thought, definitely worth a run at left back based on this game. Attack wise Tammy could and perhaps should have had 2. Green got chopped down whenever he beat his man it seemed. I groaned when I saw elmo was in but to be fair to the bloke he did ok. Can't beat a man or cross a ball still but he pressed and harried their defence all game.
Midfield is the problem area now. McGinn was decent as ever but will now be suspended I understand. Whelan did what he normally does. Hourihane though. Not only was he partly responsible for the second goal but all game he just didn't seem to want to take any chance whatsoever. He either plain refuses to turn and face the opposition goal or dawdles so long that he ends up going backwards. He was awful and fully deserved to be hooked for a 17 year old who'd never kicked a ball in a pro game before. I didn't ironically cheer the sub or boo him off but I would not start him next week even without McGinn.
Another rubbish afternoon at villa park alas but I'm not entirely convinced we deserved to lose. We don't have any spark in us though. I look at the current fully fit players we have and I can't think of top many ways we can change things. 3 at the back? 4-4-2? Still doesn't change that we've no midfield to speak of. McGinn and who? Whelan, Jedinak, Bjarnason and hourihane will all be the same as they've ever been.
