Ratings and Reactions: Ipswich v Villa

[Davkaus]

2 minutes ago, LondonVillian said:

too much negativity here - away point is not that bad with the injuries we have got shame ayew had poor day

We just had 0 shots on target and held on by the skin of our teeth to Ipswich **** Town. Just how **** low are your standards?

[villa4europe]

out thought by Mick McCarthy...the new lows just keep coming

worrying thing is Ipswich won't be the last team to use that tactic, we're easy to defend against because our final ball isn't good, grealish and ayew slow the play down too much and take too many touches and we're shit at set pieces, sit back against us soak it all up then attack with ten minutes left

we were lucky to get a point at the end, unbelievable considering Ipswich were utter **** garbage

[Supervillan78]

Champions league in 5 years??? at this rate it'll take 50

[steve1986]

Said it for a few weeks now, his last game will be the match against Wolves, but by then our season will be looking beyond bleak. Never wanted him, was quite vocal on the matter after watching his drab football at Schalke. He is a clueless idiot, he's spent a fortune to draw every week, Big Eck could do that with his eyes closed! Go get Steve Bruce to get us out of the league and quickly, forget the Blues link, I couldn't be less bothered about who he managed before.

[TheStagMan]

I started watching at 80 mins to see if we could hold onto the lead this time, and was unsurprised to see our players defending against wave after wave of attacks. Situation normal, unfortunately they seemed to have forgotten about the "score first" bit before defending for the whole game. 

 

Still, the unbeaten run continues. 

[Razor]

1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said:

LOL, it's not even one of the 20 most shameful performances this calendar year. You must never watch us play. 

Last season we lost nearly every game. This season we draw nearly every game. 

 

Are you forgetting that those other performances were in the best league in the world? Wake up

[Ponky]

Maybe those saves and line clearances at the end were the lucky break our defence needed. It wasn't the greatest performance up front but they had their box absolutely jam packed and showed very little intent for the first 80 minutes.

Given McCormack and Gestede were both missing I am not sure what else could have been done. Rudy probably would have had a field day with Bacuna and Amavi as wing backs.

Then again the Ipswich defenders could have pinned him down with tent pegs and the Ref still would have called play on.

[osmark86]

2 minutes ago, Razor said:

Last season we lost nearly every game. This season we draw nearly every game. 

Next season we win nearly every game. This is why championship is where Aston Villa will remain.

Edited September 17, 2016 by osmark86

[AVFCDAN]

Glad people are coming around to RDM being useless.

Hopefully he is gone soon and we can look ahead again, he's clearly not the man.

[HanoiVillan]

1 minute ago, Razor said:

 

Are you forgetting that those other performances were in the best league in the world? Wake up

I'd say losing 6-0 at home to Liverpool is a sight more shameful than drawing away at Ipswich, whatever division it happens in. 

[Davkaus]

Just to remind everyone, Ipswich have spent about £2m in transfer fees in the last 3-4 years.

[Razor]

Just now, HanoiVillan said:

I'd say losing 6-0 at home to Liverpool is a sight more shameful than drawing away at Ipswich, whatever division it happens in. 

 

I wouldn't, especially after spending more money than a lower league club has ever spent.

[striker]

18th in the Championship. Not good.

[lexicon]

1 minute ago, Ponky said:

Maybe those saves and line clearances at the end were the lucky break our defence needed. It wasn't the greatest performance up front but they had their box absolutely jam packed and showed very little intent for the first 80 minutes.

This is important to note. There were 2 teams playing today, it's never just about us - it's how the other team play too. They were ridiculously defensive and made almost no attempt to win the game until right at the end. They regularly had 10 men in the box when we had the ball about 25 yards out and were clearly defensively drilled and organised. 

[HanoiVillan]

Just now, Razor said:

 

I wouldn't, especially after spending more money than a lower league club has ever spent.

Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion.

It just happens to be risible nonsense, unfortunately. 

[StefanAVFC]

Just now, lexicon said:

This is important to note. There were 2 teams playing today, it's never just about us - it's how the other team play too. They were ridiculously defensive and made almost no attempt to win the game until right at the end. They regularly had 10 men in the box when we had the ball about 25 yards out and were clearly defensively drilled and organised. 

Yet, we were the ones hanging on (post, 2 off the line) and had zero shots on target.

[S-Platt]

The luck was on our side for once that's a positive so was a clean sheet.  Beat The Toon next week and we will have turned the corner.

[lexicon]

1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said:

Yet, we were the ones hanging on (post, 2 off the line) and had zero shots on target.

Yeah - their game plan was to repress us until we got to our usual wobbly period and then attack us with everything they had. Almost worked. 

[Razor]

3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion.

It just happens to be risible nonsense, unfortunately. 

 

If you fail to see the difference between losing to Liverpool in the Premier League and holding on against Ipswich in the Championship and not having a shot on target then you're really not worth discussing football with.

[chrisvilla4]

Well, we kept a clean sheet. Will do Wonders for the defence and keepers confidence. A win against Newcastle and things could be very different.