Ratings & Reactions: Sheff Wed v Villa

[wilko154]

I'm not really sure how we won that, and by two clear goals...

Awful first half, however it was no surprise we played better when Onomah went off. I've defended him on here in the last few weeks but over the last two games he has been abysmal, bottles challenges, strolls around, gives the ball away. Taking him off and moving Grabban (who can play as a wide midfielder) opened the game up for us more with an outlet... who would have thought it.

Snodgrass was brilliant as usual, his workrate is immense and he carried us through at the end driving us on.

Defensively we were all over the place today, Whelan had a good game but, similar to Jedinak against Preston he now doesn't have the pace to keep up with a someone cuts in or turns on the edge of the box. Bjarnasson would have been the stronger option as Sheff Weds played a lot of balls on the deck when breaking.

Second half a massive improvement, and hopefully we will see a few players back next week.

Great 3 points all round!

 

[fightoffyour]

12 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said:

nope, Wolves lose, Cardiff win tomorrow and wolves lead is down to 6 points. Funny things start to happen when a huge lead is wiped out and the pressure is then well & truly on. 1st is still up for grabs.

Why would you possibly want Cardiff to win tomorrow?! Are you smoking crack or something?

Edited February 24, 2018 by fightoffyour

[alreadyexists]

Still laughing... that’s just too good!

Probably just about deserved a point there, but to take all 3 is brilliant. Next game, we’ll have Albert, Jack and others back and we can win classy again. 

Today was like having a w**k over Katie Price, you feel dirty and ashamed but it’s all about the result. 

[tinker]

Very lucky today. Wednesday should have been out of sight on the first half. 2nd half Bruce made his changes and it worked.

[Brumerican]

[AntrimBlack]

10 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said:

nope, Wolves lose, Cardiff win tomorrow and wolves lead is down to 6 points. Funny things start to happen when a huge lead is wiped out and the pressure is then well & truly on. 1st is still up for grabs.

Far greater chance of Fulham catching us than us catching Wolves.

[rjw63]

2 minutes ago, alreadyexists said:

 

 Next game, we’ll have Albert, Jack and others back and we can win classy again. 

 

[troon_villan]

9 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said:

nope, Wolves lose, Cardiff win tomorrow and wolves lead is down to 6 points. Funny things start to happen when a huge lead is wiped out and the pressure is then well & truly on. 1st is still up for grabs.

Yep, I'm following the same train of thought. We're gonna finish in the play offs, worst case scenario imo. Might as well keep 1st place mathematically possible and go for it. 

[alreadyexists]

1 minute ago, rjw63 said:

Ha ha, just laughed way more than I should’ve done at this. Thanks for the lol.

[OutByEaster?]

First and second are the same prize - we're much more likely to catch Cardiff than Wolves - Fulham are in the conversation for second - a Wolves win followed by a Cardiff defeat keeps second a real possibility - you're suggesting it'd be better if Cardiff were seven points clear of us and Fulham closed the gap to four points?

 

[Alakagom]

That's 3 games we were outplayed in which doesn't bode well long term, but eh, a win is a win.

Hopefully this was the last match with Hogan in first XI, he tries and is hard working but just not good enough. 

 

 

[NeilS]

Important win, and good to get back to winning ways again after a couple of disappointing results. It sounds like we didn’t play at our best today, but every game in the Championship is a battle. Sounds like Snodders pulled us through, but We do need Jack back ASAP to compliment him.

[fightoffyour]

2 minutes ago, troon_villan said:

Yep, I'm following the same train of thought. We're gonna finish in the play offs, worst case scenario imo. Might as well keep 1st place mathematically possible and go for it. 

You'd want Cardiff, the (current) team that we are trying to finish ahead of, to win tomorrow and go further ahead of us, making 2nd place less likely?

[Alakagom]

Onomah awful as well. Pointless player.

Grabban

Adomah Grealish Snodgrass

Hourihane Jedinak/Tuanzebe

 

If we can get them all fit and playing we should just get that 2nd spot. 

[OutByEaster?]

I have a feeling Grealish, Adomah, Snodgrass and Grabban could be a goal machine.

[Eastie]

Got off of jail a bit today but the result is all that really matters at this point - poor team selection again - hopefully jack back next week - come on wolves and Bristol city !

[This Could Be Rotterdam]

17 minutes ago, villianusa said:

4-2 Villa

16 minutes ago, villianusa said:

That's what I meant 

[Newry_Villan]

Get all the grannies to light a candle for a Bristol win tomorrow.  Don't care if we didn't deserve that, we got the 3 points and that's all that matters.

[jim]

32 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said:

 

Will be a good day all round if Fulham can beat wolves

We need Wolves to win surely? We can forget about 1st it’s not going to happen.

[Brumstopdogs]

Spare a thought for Sheffield Wednesday.