NoelVilla Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Good point. We need to keep Okore fit for the rest of the season. Ayew MOTM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Feels like a loss aftwr leafing for so long, which is a shame cos it's a good point. Problem is, we needed 3. No chance to build on this either because the annual battering by Arsenal is next week. Still, we did ok today and that's a positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) Lucky singular points here and there is the best we can do under this team and manager, who's about as inspirational as my limp penis. Edited December 5, 2015 by supernova26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Awol Posted December 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2015 Only 6pts adrift. We're not dead yet. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 2 minutes ago, Nigel said: Unexpected point...please build on this! This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 a good point, gutted we couldn't hold on but given the disparity in sides form at the moment, it is something. we have to edge it up to the wins. We do need to get the 3 points / per match asap but that's ok for now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Woeful game, two woeful sides (one on current form and one generally woeful) but a possibly valuable point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 1 minute ago, darrenm said: Not sure he had much of a choice with the subs. Both Gestede and Bacuna injured. Garde looked clearly agitated that he had to take Bacuna off and his only choice was Richardson. Adding Westwood to bolster the midfield was fine as that's where Gestede was playing anyway. The final sub was just to get another man on the pitch for a few mins. I'm not sure if he committed to the sub before or after the goal. Personally I'd have made a straight swap for Gestede for either Gabby or Traore, I think the pace up front would have stopped Southampton from committing too many forward for fear of being caught on the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nigel Posted December 5, 2015 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2015 1 minute ago, supernova26 said: Lucky singular points here and there is the best we can do under this team and manager. Who's about as inspirational as my limp penis. Oh...my..god 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 5, 2015 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2015 I think with Gabby back and Ayew playing very well, there's no need for Gestede going forwards - I've seen nothing to suggest he's a footballer who can play at this level. I thought Veretout was good today - he needs to build his fitness, but he looks a neat, tidy footballer of exactly the sort we need. I like having Okore back, I hope it's him and not Lescott that keeps their place when Richards returns. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Cut the gap to 6 points now. Small steps, onward and upward from here hopefully. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 2 minutes ago, Villanun said: I agree with almost everything you posted there. But Sanchez just got Man of the Match on Setanta, so I wonder how they saw it so differently to you. Sanchez was the worst player on the pitch by far, IMO. Lots of passes directly to Southampton players, and he should have been watching his man for their goal. I can only assume he won MotM for services to comedy in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Would have taken a draw before the game, would have laughed at a draw after half an hour, feel disappointed with a draw at full time Thought the subs were poor, Westwood was made before their goal and should have been changed, Richardson made sense, gabby was only because of the injury Sinclair was absolute garbage (again) should never have lasted 90 minutes, rudy simply isn't good enough, ayew head and shoulders our best player Lescotts best performance, Guzan with some shakey moments but couple of decent saves, lots of good blocks, lots of shit clearances, pretty much all 3 midfielders do something great followed by something shit, veretout ran himself in to the ground 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thunderball Posted December 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2015 In fairness to garde, if that was sherwood he would've brought on Gil, Adama and Gabby after going one up 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I'll take that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Everyone put in a shift against a very strong team. No complaints here. I think Bacuna was the best player in the 2nd until he had to go off. Guzan unusually commanding too. We're starting to click. We're not dead yet. Spend some serious money in January on a few good players and we can stay up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 First half was shocking so lets pretend that never happened. Second half was much better! If we continue to play like we did there we should be able to get a couple of more points, survival however is still pretty far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Davkaus said: The first half was as bad a 45 minutes of football as I've seen Villa play in the last 20 years. Southampton could have scored with every single attack, and it was absolutely absurd that we went in to half time with a 1-0 lead. It was the same last season, except that time they did score with every attack - surely that was worse, for one! I thought we were really bad for first 25 mins but grew into the half a bit. The goal was against run of play but we had improved by that point. Showed some decent battle in the 2nd, shame we couldn't hold on for much needed win but a point is more than everyone expected. Edited December 5, 2015 by switters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 1 minute ago, darrenm said: Everyone put in a shift against a very strong team. No complaints here. I think Bacuna was the best player in the 2nd until he had to go off. Guzan unusually commanding too. We're starting to click. We're not dead yet. Spend some serious money in January on a few good players and we can stay up. Agreed on Guzan, I was really impressed with him, he kept us in the game at times. Hope you're right about Jan, but I can't see Lerner risking losing more money for the chance to keep us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 5, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2015 2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think with Gabby back and Ayew playing very well, there's no need for Gestede going forwards - I've seen nothing to suggest he's a footballer who can play at this level. I thought Veretout was good today - he needs to build his fitness, but he looks a neat, tidy footballer of exactly the sort we need. I like having Okore back, I hope it's him and not Lescott that keeps their place when Richards returns. Gabby is actually the better target man, which says a lot about Gestede. Weak and out matched at this level (unless you put the ball in the air as he gets a good run at it...then hes a+). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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