chappy Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 A draw and a clean sheet away from home against a team who beat Newcastle (who we lost to three weeks ago) shouldn't be sniffed at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Lads, Benteke back next game. Smiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Our points total from the fixtures we have had is very good. I'm glad that we are getting points on the board, regardless of the performances from a footballing point of view. We are harder to beat than before, obviously a positive and a sign of improvement in some ways. I just think that today has given people a view of what it might be like once Benteke goes, and it is scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 We are playing bad yet winning and drawing games. This is a very good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Incredibly disappointing result and an example of why we needed some midfield creativity in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Complete contrast the reactions on H & V to those on here. We simply arent going to turn up at away games and win easily. A look at our team sheet should tell you that. We are a hard-working, counter-attacking side. When the home side sit back we will struggle to create, especially without our best CF and Gabby not at 100%. I do agree we need a creative mid, whether to start or give us a spark off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeroGabe Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Extremely dull match. However I'm happy with a point. Hull are very good at home but despite that I believe if Benteke had been fit he could have changed the match massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 6, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 6, 2013 Positives. I found a nice pub, the weather was good, I finally managed to get to a game at hull. Defensively good, second clean sheet away in 2 games. All the defenders played well, Delph another really good game. Negatives. Some brainless play, in terms of they kept knocking it to kozak, in the air, but he was losing it every time. They should have played it to feet more. Strangely after he got a knock on the head he was much better. Tonev and Kozak have clearly not adjusted yet. Saw Matt Lowton just wandering along with the crowd, after the game, which was curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Very poor disjointed performance but we got a point which is better than nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I thought we were absolutely fine until the ball made it to the front three, where Gabby fluffed his chances and Kozak and Weimman were dreadful. Defence and midfield were sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Went to the game, but as it was a 8 hour round trip I went straight to bed last night and gave VT a miss. Now I am up and fullly refreshed I will give my 2 pence worth. It was a dull match. You can't say otherwise. Due to a slight technical hitch (having a extra pint in the cheapest pub in the world and local traffic) we missed the first 5 but I dont think I missed much. I think both teams at least subconsciously were fairly happy with a point at the start of the game. I thought it would be a draw but I thought we were good enough to score at least 1 V Hull. On the plus side we kept a clean sheet from a toothless Hull side. From that peformance I am suprised they have started so well- though they could probably say the same for us! As ever, I think many Villa fans are not happy unless they have something to moan about. 4 points V City and Hull is a excellent return. A second clean sheet in 3 games is good as well. Yes we were not at our best, but really there was only 1 team that could have won and that was us. If our front 3 had a better day we could have knicked a ugly win. I though Vlaar and Clark did their jobs well yesterday and Delph is maturing into a real class player. I was also pleasantly suprised with El Ahmadi as I am not his biggest fan. Still it was another ground to tick off and at least Hull's programme is a decent read. That was probably the highlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCAM Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Didn't watch Nice to know you didn't bother watching the team you 'support' Oh give it a break with the 'I'm a better fan then you' bollocks. Enough times Villa are playing and I don't watch either, because there are actually other things going on in my life, Aston Villa fc does not rule it. This. 1 million times this. And, after wasting money as time watching years of crap, you earn a right to choose to switch off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 agree on the programme, was very nice and probably the highlight of the day... they also had really good pies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 We are playing bad yet winning and drawing games. This is a very good sign. Good point. We weren't great at Norwich, we didn't play well against City either and yesterday, yet we have 7 pts from those three games. Wait until we start playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Our points total from the fixtures we have had is very good. I'm glad that we are getting points on the board, regardless of the performances from a footballing point of view. We are harder to beat than before, obviously a positive and a sign of improvement in some ways. I just think that today has given people a view of what it might be like once Benteke goes, and it is scary. We're not going to GIVE Benteke away. Assuming Randy doesn't pocket too much of the transfer fee, we should at least be able to buy a couple of 10 million pound players with some of the cash, which could well leave us in a better position than we're in with Benteke playing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted October 6, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2013 A bit disjointed - hardly surprising given the Benteke size hole we have in attack and Gabby obviously not 100%. We looked best when our midfielders and fullbacks took on the defense - especially Delph and Bacuna. However, we didn't do this enough and lumped a lot of ball at Kozak, who struggled to win possession. Clean sheet. 1 point. We can and will do better. We go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 A point at Hull will prove a decent result this season. Especially for a team with ambitions of finishing around 10th. Positive about the clean sheet and 7 points from the last 3 matches is fantastic form, especially with Benteke out for all 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 just had a hull fan on another forum claim they were comfortably the better team with far more attacking intent and that our tactics are stone age the tactics weren't great, but I really didn't think hull were the better team, other than the huddlestone shot straight at guzan I cant remember them doing anything, or having any spells or pressure or what id describe as threat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I'd say it was even Stevens to be honest , both teams lacked that bit of flair and dynamism . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 It has now 24 hours since the end of the match and I cannot recall a single piece of it. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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