Ratings and Reactions: Cardiff 0-0 Villa

[The_Steve]

 

Terribly unlucky. Sometimes it's just one of those games.

Got lucky in the first half though.

 

 

True. Sometimes it's our own shit finishing but Marshall pulled off two top saves.

[jacketspuds]

Play like we did in the second half and we should be fine this season. Sadly we also tend to play like we did in the first half too often.

[jayEm]

My goodness, how on earth didn't we win that.

AAAAAGHHHHHH

A point isn't a disaster, especially considering our 1st half. But we had the opportunities to win it.

[packoman]

 

We're in big trouble if we can't beat Cardiff and West ham.

 

we need 12 points from 12 games, easily doable.

 

But games against Cardiff and West Ham should have been 6 points, imo.

[R.I.C.O.]

Oh well, at least we got a clean sheet. Without Vlaar we would have lost so easily. So he gets my MOTM.

 

The team look so disjointed, out of shape and clueless, its like Lambert threw 11 random players together and expected them to play.

 

Benteke was awful, he needs another spell on the bench. I reckon he'll be with us next season as no bugger will want to buy him!

[terrytini]

Helped by Cardiff being poor, but really good second half, full of passing, running off the ball, chances.

 

Clearly part of the reason for the intermittent nature of this type of play is their youth, but it also does seem that once PL gives them licence they are better.

 

Would rather see this type of energetic, attacking football, than some of the cautious stuff.

 

0-0 because of excellent centre half performances on both sides, plus 2 breat saves from their keeper.

[BG_Villa_Fan]

Cardiff are so going down. They looked much better with Malky at the helm.

 

Good point and a better performance than the usual crap.

[Danwichmann]

Very good second half. Wiemann desperately unlucky at the end but everyone else should have been a bit more clinical up until then.

 

Albrighton man of the match again for me, Vlaar and Bacuna also playing well. 

[Nath182]

Gabby was shit. What a save at the end though.

[switters]

poor first, very good 2nd other than the finishing! had to take one of those chances.

 

much better in defence with Vlaar (as we always say), so I guess I'd give him MOTM

[ermie123]

Agbonlahor is not and never will be a striker he needs to be dropped as he has scored 3 goals all season and misses sitters like that one tonight absolutely pathetic and at on point he took an eternity to get up and also Bennet should not get near the bench let alone the team again he fell asleep which nearly led to them scoring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[djdabush]

 

We're in big trouble if we can't beat Cardiff and West ham.

 

we need 12 points from 12 games, easily doable.

 

 

 

Realistically more likely 9 I'd imagine.

[dAVe80]

Much better in the second half, but still not great. Got myself in a right strop with Albrighton. His lack of an end product is really starting to get on my nerves. Thought we were unlucky in the end, but draw was probably the fair result. Vlaar MOTM without a doubt. 

[adw95]

A draw away from home is fine by me, especially after first half.

[Jimzk5]

Frustrating. Awful first half, lot betterin the second, Ben turner was the difference along with that save from the keeper at the end.

Keep putting the ball in the box, zero anticipation from the forwards.

[maqroll]

Plenty of close calls for both sides, so a draw is probably fair. An away point is nothing to shrug at, but the CM situation is a full blown crisis right now. Westwood needs to be dropped, but who do we have that is significantly better?

 

This should have been addressed last month, it'll be our achilles heal the rest of the way.

 

Vlaar MOTM

 

Gabby probably earned himself a seat on the bench for the next match.

[The_Steve]

That lack of finish was disgusting from Gabby. Delph and Andi were very unlucky. Turner and Marshall played out their skins.

[Morpheus]

On that performance probably the worst two teams in the Premiership right now.

[Spoony]

[Davkaus]

A draw away from home is fine by me, especially after first half.

 

 

For most teams a point away from home is good.

 

 

We have to be up there as having the worst home form in the country. A solid away form is all we have, we need to be getting results against teams like Palace.