Ratings and Reactions: Villa v Nottm Forest

[maqroll]

reading these reactions, i don't feel so bad for not getting up at 8 to watch it.

a late goal concession to lose 2 points is the villa way at this point

[sidcow]

I don't care what the circumstances are,  as soon as you take your foot off,  time wasting and sitting back only one thing is going to happen. Especially with our recent record. If we are on top and take the lead,  especially after once again dominating the game I only want to see us press on. 

I know it's supposed to be the professional thing to do but it almost never works for us,  far more often we cave in. 

[Eastie]

Plenty of positives to take from today - Westwood and gardener combined are not good enough in midfield - we will be much stronger with jedinak and tish In midfield hopefully on Wednesday - attacking wise we have options and exciting ones at that - goals and wins will come as will confidence - I've seen nothing in this division to worry about and feel very confident good times are ahead this season  

Edited September 11, 2016 by Eastie

[jim]

What happened to all these wins everyone said we were going to get in this division?

[rjw63]

Sick of seeing Westwood pass square, move forward ten yards, then trot back to half way, pointing as he goes, ready to collect the ball for another "keep things ticking over" sideways special. Just **** off. If we didn't have a recent knack of signing new players who aren't actually fit to play this joker would be out.

[Eastie]

1 minute ago, jim said:

What happened to all these wins everyone said we were going to get in this division?

They will come - it was always going to take time to gel but today we created many chances and have now got a decent strike force who will only improve the more they play together . 

[jim]

1 minute ago, Eastie said:

They will come - it was always going to take time to gel but today we created many chances and have now got a decent strike force who will only improve the more they play together . 

Hmmmm I'm not convinced. The midfield is nowhere near good enough even when the bloke with the beard who beats his chest a lot comes back.

[OutByEaster?]

1 hour ago, JoeParker91 said:

I can't believe RDM didn't bring on Jedinak in central midfield, really was baffling leaving ourselves so exposed. 

Ayew was brilliant, hope this turns a few of his critics around. 

Jedinak was on the sideline prepared and ready to come on a couple of minutes before they scored the second goal.

 

[mjmooney]

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[Keener window-cleaner]

28 minutes ago, maqroll said:

reading these reactions, i don't feel so bad for not getting up at 8 to watch it.

a late goal concession to lose 2 points is the villa way at this point

It was a very entertaining game, can't remember the last time we created so many chances.

[OutByEaster?]

We were excellent in lots and lots of ways, we really were - RDM has Ayew and Grealish working hard and we're an absolute handful going forwards - we could have scored six or seven today - Ayew was outstanding, a step above this division (Happy Birthday Jordan) and we looked like scoring every time we went forward.

Forest didn't look like they'd attack - it's not a tactical thing today, it's not the managers fault, it's not down particularly to any individual - it's a freak result, a mugging - Forest won't believe their luck. This should have been a very straight forward win.

It wasn't, we've conceded a late equaliser and we're 17th and it feels crap. I get that, but this team is going to beat a lot of other teams this year and we're going to score a lot of goals.

Gollini (7) - did everything well enough until his injury. The injury could have been avoided, the flag had been up a long, long time and if the referee had blown his whistle earlier the collision wouldn't have happened.

De Laet (7) - looks solid enough - like Hutton without the slightly ragged edge.

Elphick (7) - Never overly troubled and helps keep everyone else calm

Chester (7) - Solid citizen 

Cissokho (7) - He's having a very decent start to the season, he looks balanced both going forward and in defence - I was worried about him before the season started; less so now.

Westwood (6) - struggled to get any real control on things.

Gardner (7) - in the first half, along with Ayew he was our best player, he did a lot of things right today and although I think the change was the right one given the circumstance, there seem to be an awful lot of people judging Gary Gardner on the idea that's he's Gary Gardner rather than the performances in front of them.

Ayew (9) - a threat all day, runs into space, takes four defenders with him and then lays it off - he pulls defences all over the place, is aa threat in behind and holds the ball up well

Grealish (7) - just off his best, but constantly involved and a threat.

McCormack (7) - Not quite sure he's completely settled into a role, but he links it well and knows where the goal is.

Kodjia (7) - physical, quick and keen to get onto the end of things - he looked promising.

 

Subs

Bunn (5) - looked nervous with the ball at his feet and didn't get near either shot. 

Gestede (8) - did really well in the air, scored a good goal and was really positive, urging on Kodjia in particular and trying to make things happen.

 

I know it sounds wrong, but we were very good today, a pleasure to watch for much of the game, we looked comfortably the better side and never looked like we'd do anything but win - even at 2-2 with three minutes left, I was surprised we didn't score.

Just a freak result with loads of positives.

Move on and beat some teams.

 

 

 

[briny_ear]

33 minutes ago, Eastie said:

They will come - it was always going to take time

Funny, I don't remember anyone mentioning how it would take time. 6 from 6 is quite hard to justify IMO.

[ferguson1]

Good balanced post from OBE above and has said much of what I was going to post.  I do think midfield in a weak spot for us, as per the second for them.  The Forest guy just ran at us and we were all over the place. Westwood needs replacing with Jedinak if fit I think and Tish for Gardner also.  All in all a lot of good football was played by us, we just need the breaks.  Promising debut from Kodija and Ayew MOTM for me.   Don't know if anyone else thinks this, but Lansbury is a very good player for them and someone who could do a job for us.

[villa4europe]

Another game where we should have scored 5 before deciding to make hard work of it

[Stratvillan]

8 minutes ago, briny_ear said:

Funny, I don't remember anyone mentioning how it would take time. 6 from 6 is quite hard to justify IMO.

Most people said it was going to take time. You can't change an entire team, ethos, management and expect to start the season brilliantly. The best we were, and are going to do is playoffs this season. Newcastle will win the league, then it's 10 teams battling for 5 places. We are 2 wins away from playoffs.

[AntrimBlack]

Another game we should have won. We were extremely unlucky again. But how many games will it take before our luck changes. We are already, even at this early stage, looking to struggle into the playoffs.

[Vive_La_Villa]

I can understand being disappointed with the result. We all are. But to be worried at this stage of the season is crazy. 

[Vive_La_Villa]

2 hours ago, Mjvilla said:

Of course it would've mattered, a central midfielder broke from midfield and a central midfielder scored. It's not difficult. It was completely avoidable and all on RDM. If Jedinak isn't fit, put bacuna in the middle just for the legs. Run, chase and put a foot in. It's all we needed. 

I think RDM has a lot to prove now, today was a huge error. I called for it as soon as we scored and nothing. And look what happens. I've never understood how fans can see things managers can't. 

You don't know that. Jedinak might have not been with the pace of the game. He clearly didn't help against Bristol City and neither did Bacuna. I understand where you are coming but in that game it shouldn't have mattered that they scored 2. Game should have been dead and buried way before then. 

Does he get any credit for bringing Gestede on for a midfielder? 

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by Vive_La_Villa

[SirSteveUK]

4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I can understand being disappointed with the result. We all are. But to be worried at this stage of the season is crazy. 

This- some teams are going to need anal surgery after we play them

[Nigel]

1 hour ago, Eastie said:

Plenty of positives to take from today - Westwood and gardener combined are not good enough in midfield - we will be much stronger with jedinak and tish In midfield hopefully on Wednesday - 

Yet we dominated the game except for about 10 minutes in the second half. 

They managed two shots in 90 minutes.  Dont get this attack on those two.

They are fine for what they are, squad players.