Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Wigan

[ciggiesnbeer]

That was brilliant fun, a REALLY enjoyable game.

[penguin]

Win despite Bruce's tactics, if you can call them that, I hope the owners are sounding out replacements for when results inevitably start to reflect the performances.

[rbcuk]

Good 3 points but doesn’t gloss over putting players out of position yet again from that clueless bruce 

[jjaacckk91]

 

[romavillan]

Great result!

The late goal doesn't paper over the **** biblical cracks on show.

Jedi should not play there, especially as we have Tuanzebe. Far too defensive a shape, should have gone one holding, we looked decent away with the 4-1-4-1,, why do we need two holding players at home? 

Looked like a bunch of randoms that had only just met again. He's had TWO pre-seasons now. Why the **** do we look so totally disjointed? What do they do at bodymoor? Can't see any training ground routines on set pieces, no pattern of play, when the pressure is on there's no "auto pilot" easy out ball for whoever's on the ball. Looked really really poor.

6 points from 2 games, Bruce is awesome!

[Demitri_C]

Thats why you **** start this bruce!! Boom !!

But ginna be honest brice got lucky today. That was some dreadful selections today esp jedinak at cb

Mcginn class and motm!

[VillaAlex]

John McGinn  What a debut.

Great ball by Hourihane (rightly corrected in thread) and run so late on from Bjarnason.

Thought the wing backs were ok, and Grealish was ok. But not the best performance otherwise. Jedinak had a nightmare, cannot play CB again. THe keeper looked incredibly shaky and couldn't kick anything and thought Andre Green didn't offer much which is a shame as he needs to take these chances.

Kodjia was extremley poor for 60 mins but showed some promise in the end, and young Rushian put himself about well.

Great win, not sure about the tactics and the selection but to fight back from 2-1 down is absolutely superb. We need to keep this momentum going. Good start to the season!

[lexicon]

Just now, penguin said:

Win despite Bruce's tactics, if you can call them that, I hope the owners are sounding out replacements for when results inevitably start to reflect the performances.

[a m ole]

I think Bruce is a man who makes a rod for his own back. Makes some odd selection decisions, tactically we look lost for periods of the game, but he gets effort out the players and a late sub is the man to assist the winner.

There was signs of a more fluid, passing style of play with McGinn, Grealish and Green all showing their worth in that - but some of the other players didn’t seem like they had the memo. Hourihane was missed in midfield, and our back four looked like they’d not played together even in training at times.

But still, a win.

[AJ]

[Czechlad]

I just don’t understand Bruce’s thought process. He wanted to Jedinak there. Okay that’s fine, but then subs Tuanzebe off and keeps Jedinak on. 

 

I dont blame Jedinak. He just is not a center back.

[Villaphan04]

Not convincing at all but 3 points is 3 points. Better start to the season then last year.

Also think we need a CB + CF on loan and possibly a LB as well

[trekka]

The result came, eventually.  We're on a roll!

McGinn has the potential to be a Villa legend...

Edited August 11, 2018 by trekka

[MikeMcKenna]

McGinn was excellent! Need to desperately sort out the defence - Jedinak is a liability 

[pacbuddies]

Bruce out.

[VillanousOne]

Keeper looked awful, maybe unlucky for the goal but he didn’t command the goal area at all, came for nothing.

Kodjia was also useless.

plenty of positives despite that, but Bruce needs to sort out his defence.

[penguin]

1 minute ago, lexicon said:

Seems a bit childish...

Did you think we played well?

 

[AVTuco]

McGinn was so impressive. I love him already.

On the other hand: Kodjia is broken, Jedi horrid and Nyland a mistake.

[PieFacE]

McGinn was ace. His delivery was spot on.

Jedinak can never play CB again though. He's a great DM to "fill a gap" and deal with long balls, but a CB he is not.

[briny_ear]

I gave up following the match thread because of the stupid anti-Bruce hysteria. Now it seems to have carried over to this thread where we are celebrating our second win of the season and maintenance of a 100% record. 

Take a deep breath guys, reflect...

We won, we have 6 points from 2 games, we are 2nd in the table. We have scored 6 goals in 2 games despite having all of our strikers injured except for Kodjia who seems to have forgotten how to score.

We are not bankrupt.

Life is not as bad as you are making out.