Ratings and Reactions: Villa v Leeds

[VillaCas]

Bunn - 3 Really poor. Definitely not the answer and not superior to Gollini imo

Hutton - 6 decent defender, enthusiastic going forward but cant cross for toffee

Amavi - 3 Awful today, out of position time and time again

Chester - 6 solid but very uninspiring distribution

Baker - 6 solid but lost his man at set pieces (looked like Jansson was Bakers responsiblity)

Jedi - 5 good defensively, nothing really going forward, runs out of steam

Westwood - 6 Worked very hard, didnt hide but wish he could add the odd forward pass to his game

Bacuna - 4 Aspires to be average. just seems to run around aimlessly

Grealish - 5 Flatters to decieve. Incredible potential but so rarely realised. little end product

Kodija - 6 Could (should) have had ha-ttrick Needs to pass occasionally

Ayew - 5 Not happening for him.

Bruce - 5 Working with what he's got but needs to get more from Amavi. Ayew, Grealish, Kodija. Westwood. Bunn over Gollini is a mistake and I imagine Gollini's confidence is now in tatters (and Bunns). Adomah and McCormack should have started

Interesting to see what happens in January

 

[darrenm]

4 minutes ago, TRO said:

Shouldn't Baker be marking Jansson or in front of him and Hutton be at the far post picking up the loose no 17....Chester is covering the other one.

they all look out of position to me ball watching.

Yes. But Baker was trying to get across and would have likely had the ball in front of Jansson but Hutton blocked him. No Hutton there means the ball gets cleared.

[villianusa]

19 minutes ago, darrenm said:

I've just watched it again. Not only did he lose the challenge against Jansson, he also blocked off (literally put his arm out and pushed him off) Baker from getting there.

 

I think others got the funny I was making but yes I agree.

[darrenm]

Just now, villianusa said:

I think others got the funny I was making but yes I agree.

Sorry. Missed that one completely! :-)

[One For The Road]

Thank **** for that. 

[Stratvillan]

2 nd game in a row hut tons cost us, by being unable to defend crosses.

 

we need a midfield. 

[Demitri_C]

If we get a big offer for ayew get rid guys terrible offensively. Jedinak was cack. Westwood was good and Chester was my motm

[striker]

When you look at that Leeds team how many of their players would get into the Villa side? On paper not many yet collectively they have imo bettered the Villa over both games not only in points but in game content.

Monk has done some job there and seems to be more tactically astute than Bruce while building a team that is much more than the sum of its parts.

That may be unfair on Bruce who hasn't had a chance to bring in his own players yet but I would still like to see more cohesive team play from the Villa.

[Stevo985]

I thought we were comfortably the better team apart from the 20 minutes or so after half time. Unfortunately Leeds made their period of superiority count and we didn't.

Our biggest problem remains our midfield and the lack of options it gives us going forward.

[Nigel]

If only Kodjia looked up in that last attack.

[One For The Road]

29 minutes ago, Stratvillan said:

2 nd game in a row hut tons cost us, by being unable to defend crosses.

 

we need a midfield. 

Hutton was decent tonight. He also can't be blamed for our midfield problem. 

[Slanes73]

1 hour ago, maqroll said:

Why is Bunn our No. 1 now? He sucks.

He saved us in last minute in previous game. That said, he doesn't seem the long term option.

[AJ]

13 minutes ago, One For The Road said:

Hutton was decent tonight. He also can't be blamed for our midfield problem. 

I think thats the problem. Our fullbacks seem to be trying to make up for our midfield problem.

[flamingsombrero]

Even and enjoyable game which either side could have nicked had fortune favoured them. Happy with a point and left Villa Park with a smile. Huge room for improvement in Jan but the fact that we're already holding our own with the main contenders is very promising.

I just hoped Bruce would keep us up when he arrived, to have us fighting where we are is nothing short of remarkable. I appreciate we have some expensive talent on display but the imbalance in that team is plain to see and its a credit to Bruce the way we keep picking up points.

[Mic09]

Westwood man of the match.

What was Jedinak doing today??

[sheepyvillian]

When are we going to play well ? This run of luck is just covering up the obvioustairs , Imo , Bruce still has a lot to do to prove himself worthy of this great club of ours .

[Mantis]

3 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

When are we going to play well ? This run of luck is just covering up the obvioustairs , Imo , Bruce still has a lot to do to prove himself worthy of this great club of ours .

I'm sorry but that's rubbish. We're in the Championship FFS - we can't exactly be choosing and he is delivering results. You call it "luck" but that "luck" suddenly appeared as soon as he walked through the door.

Obviously things could be improved but give the guy a chance. It's not as if he's not getting points on the board.

[DonRevieTheKing]

Very close game. Periods in the first half where we could consider ourselves lucky not to be behind. Your failure to capitalise and the brilliance of Pontus Jansson kept it 0-0. Different story in the second. Lot more impetus and more adventure to our play and had a goal to show for it- was then your turn to benefit from piece of good fortune when Jansson cracked the bar. We should have really added to to our lead but you came back- very strong options from the bench like McCormack who livened things up for you. Clear penalty to be honest. Cooper was naive at best- our second choice centre back who's a big step down from our first choice. In terms of how the teams compared- a lot of your players namely Ayew looked as though they'd rather be anywhere else. What's noticeable is the lack of team spirit compared to our lot who fist pump and high five with every block made and every corner won. On the balance of play, although it was close the fact we had more clear cut opportunities and were more threatening in our period of dominance, we probably deserved to win. 

[TRO]

42 minutes ago, DonRevieTheKing said:

Very close game. Periods in the first half where we could consider ourselves lucky not to be behind. Your failure to capitalise and the brilliance of Pontus Jansson kept it 0-0. Different story in the second. Lot more impetus and more adventure to our play and had a goal to show for it- was then your turn to benefit from piece of good fortune when Jansson cracked the bar. We should have really added to to our lead but you came back- very strong options from the bench like McCormack who livened things up for you. Clear penalty to be honest. Cooper was naive at best- our second choice centre back who's a big step down from our first choice. In terms of how the teams compared- a lot of your players namely Ayew looked as though they'd rather be anywhere else. What's noticeable is the lack of team spirit compared to our lot who fist pump and high five with every block made and every corner won. On the balance of play, although it was close the fact we had more clear cut opportunities and were more threatening in our period of dominance, we probably deserved to win. 

If it was a boxing match......you would have outpointed us.

far more business like about your duels....won most second balls.

[TRO]

1 hour ago, sheepyvillian said:

When are we going to play well ? This run of luck is just covering up the obvioustairs , Imo , Bruce still has a lot to do to prove himself worthy of this great club of ours .

He has said so himself....do you want blood.

He Knows, he can see what we see.

Edited December 30, 2016 by TRO