sne Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Not that he'd been my #1 choice yet. But I'm certain Terry could have gathered the team in the second half when Brentford quite cleverly started to disrupt the tempo and fooled our players to focus on the wrong things around the 65th minute. We totally lost focus and almost gave away a game we played rather good in until then.. I don't care if it comes from the bench or from a player but someone must be able to get the player to focus even when the ref is not giving the calls and the opponents are being bell ends. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 Makeshift defence cost him. We pressed high, we were full of energy, we attacked in numbers, we were quicker, sharper, on our toes, quick throw ins. We were everything I want us to be, on the front foot, no respect to anyone. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Taxahunter said: People are quick to forget the 20 minutes in the 2nd half where Brentford had most of the play andnearly scored to 3-1 Nobody is forgetting it. But they were always going to have a stron spell. By the point we should have already have a decent lead so could have a shut up shop. Our makeshift defence will not handle pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Dean who ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Why cant we play like that every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andym Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: It was a much better approach today, far more on the money, more aggression, a much higher line, that's how we need to approach every match. Levels dropped after 65 mins, and Bruce's sub of Adomah didn't help things, but this was a lot better from Bruce, crucial we continue like this and with El-Ghazi and Bolasie to come in (straight away surely) we will be a lot better. Agreed, but interesting how our game fell off a cliff as we got tired and Brentford pressed, while Brentford who we had put under the cosh were able to come back and keep passing the ball well and creating chances deep into the game. No doubt in my mind that is because they have been well drilled in training and have looked to play that way consistently - that means they have a base level of pass and move to fall back on even in tough games. We need to keep with the approach of the first 65 mins so we get it ingrained and we can make it last for the full 90. We cannot have Bruce reverting to type at the first bad result. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sort that defence out and this is how it's done. More please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 22, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Taxahunter said: People are quick to forget the 20 minutes in the 2nd half where Brentford had most of the play andnearly scored to 3-1 And some people are quick to forget the other 70 minutes where we had most of the play and nearly scored a hat full. Edited August 22, 2018 by Stevo985 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, Taxahunter said: People are quick to forget the 20 minutes in the 2nd half where Brentford had most of the play andnearly scored to 3-1 Well I’m happy for them Brentford fans to remember that ... I prefer to remember the 70 minutes we had them chasing shadows. Dont you ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 We deserved that win every step of the way. Mcginn and Grealish played fantastic, adomah looked dangerous nearly every time, they couldn't deal with him most of the time. Kodjia's first equaliser came out of no where and he didn't half work hard for that first goal and deserved it, then to give us that second equalizer, really made my heart cry for the guy. Nyland had a couple of shaky ones but I felt overall his performance was good, made a few important saves, i feel he could be very good down the line for us, he will deffo improve. My biggest annoyance is not from any part of villa, but the fact players who are getting frustrated eith the likes of Grealish are now doing it towards Mcginn. Point blank maupay shouldn't of been on and deserved a red for that stamp on Mcginn, ref's need to get tough on this because it's getting worse and costing us. Brentford got outplayed 96% of tonight's clash, well done Steve and the lads, that's how I want to see us play all the time as we looked completely professional. I think as soon as we have more attacking options, we will be very dangerous indeed, because we looked it already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, Taxahunter said: People are quick to forget the 20 minutes in the 2nd half where Brentford had most of the play andnearly scored to 3-1 And the anti Bruce fans are quick to forget the other 70 minutes where we could have won 8-1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: And some people are quick to forget the other 70 minutes where we had most of the play and nearly scored a hat full. Great minds etc ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxahunter Posted August 22, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, terrytini said: Well I’m happy for them Brentford fans to remember that ... I prefer to remember the 70 minutes we had them chasing shadows. Dont you ? No Im not, we drew 2-2 at home against Brentford and we are happy we played well for 70 minutes and nearly scored.. I remember maybe 2 chances in the 2nd halt, thats it 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Get Bolasie and El Ghazy firing and we won't need a defence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) Good job from him and the team tonight. Glad to see him turn things around after ipswich His back line choice is still baffling to me but overall good job today. He can rightfully claim we deserved to win that game and probably would of with a competent officiating team. Edited August 22, 2018 by ciggiesnbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just now, jacketspuds said: Get Bolasie and El Ghazy firing and we won't need a defence. Well that's a relief, since we don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 22, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Taxahunter said: No Im not, we drew 2-2 at home against Brentford and we are happy we played well for 70 minutes and nearly scored.. I remember maybe 2 chances in the 2nd halt, thats it Who's happy? Most people I can see are unhappy that we didn't win a game we clearly deserved to. All people are saying is it was a good performance despite the lack of a win. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, Lord Willard said: Why cant we play like that every game. Cause we can't On a serious note, if we don't play the high game the weekend, many fans will be pissed, he has set the bar now! No repeat of the games after the Wolves thrashing please Brucey. Even though it ended 2-2 you have left most of us on a high and positive for this season, don't blow it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 15 minutes ago, Lord Willard said: Why cant we play like that every game. Maybe, just maybe, it's the start of doing exactly that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 15 minutes ago, Lord Willard said: Why cant we play like that every game. Steve Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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