Ratings & Reactions: Brighton v Villa

[VillaAlex]

Well done to young Vassilev when he came on. Made a real difference.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Loved Vassilevs work rate. Hopefully his skills can come in time.

[jim]

A good point but another poor performance, saved only by Jack. 

[Blasterpocket68]

1 minute ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

A much better second half for Villa after a pretty rubbish first-half. 

Grealish saves us again.

Luiz made a difference when he came on.

El Ghazi was fighting really well especially later in the game.

Trezeguet rubbish again.

i thought Trez wasnt to bad unlucky to get the pull 

[Talldarkandransome]

Better second half... My view of the game disappeared so I missed the equaliser, was it good?

[Lerner's Driver]

2 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Never play Drinkwater again.

Smith. Read this.

Never post cack again.

villalad21. Read this.

[DeepDish]

Mings and Grealish held us in th ematch, and then Luiz came on and turned for us. Bit worried seeing both Hause and Konza with lots of errors!

[Vive_La_Villa]

The young lad chased defenders, put pressure on them and hurried them allowing us to win the ball back. That’s all you can ask for really. Fair play to him. 

[Herman22]

I only caught the second half bit I thought we played well. Much the better team. 

We looked better with Douglas in midfield and a striker would make such a difference. 

Watford is a real 6 pointer now.

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

Mings MOTM was brilliant today

What a goal Grealish. Never loved a player as much as him

Reina was good. Lets see if Samatta can score the goals to get us safe

[A'Villan]

@TRO

Quote

I don't know whether to have or haven't misinterpreted my post.....but that argument is weak for me.

There is plenty of evidence of the right players, giving good performances at other clubs.....There is enough transfers around of John McGinns quality and price  to suggest that is a red herring.

sure if you are going for the title the availability pool gets smaller and consequently the price reflects that.

You can't tell me, Nakamba, Luiz, Targett, Trez represent good value for money, right now......whether they get better is speculative.

I am just not convinced sorry.

 

It's not a weak argument, I'd be inclined to call it fact..

The money we have spent on each position comparative to other clubs, both wages and transfer fee considered, is small.

So we spent 120 million in one window, we bought 12 players! 9 of which needed to be starters!

As for your point regarding the quality of our acquisitions, I think Targett and Trez are the only two who have fallen short of expectation, given the fee.

 

[TRO]

4 minutes ago, Rodders said:

we got a point. that's ok. now to get more players in quickly please.

win at home, draw away...will see us ok

considering how we played it was a dug out point.....good sign.

[Kiwivillan]

2 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said:

Disappointed in a draw as we all should be, but happy with the second half response.

Mopey was funny. So easy to wind up.

Why? Brighton don't lose a lot at home

[villalad21]

Don't care about the little banter on the pitch. He got a bit aggressive and joked about Jack's hair, uu big deal..

Would have loved Maupay.

Edited January 18, 2020 by villalad21

[ciggiesnbeer]

Just now, Vive_La_Villa said:

The young lad chased defenders, put pressure on them and hurried them allowing us to win the ball back. That’s all you can ask for really. Fair play to him. 

Yeah he really did help flip the pressure towards the end there. Good stuff.

[Brumstopdogs]

3 minutes ago, hippo said:

Shout for Mings he held us together there - back to his best

Yeah I thought Mings and Grealish were our stand out players.

Really need those two to stay fit until the end of the season.

[OutByEaster?]

We've got something out of that through effort and application in the second half - fair play to them - the first half was abysmal and we're a complete mess tactically, none of these players have played without a striker and none of them quite look like they know how to, I'm not going to hammer them for their individual efforts, they're all trying to do something they've never done and should never have to.

The players we have are good enough to keep us up; the players we haven't got leave a big enough hole to send us down.

I thought our fans were superb and I hope Maupay gets run over in the car park, he's a horrible little man.

 

[AVTuco]

Should be only one option for MotM.

Mings was the glue at the back. Pepe made a good save in the end, but I felt he should've saved their goal.

I liked Fred again, even if he was a bit all over the place.

Edited January 18, 2020 by AVTuco

[Smartin]

I'll take that point but we made Davy Propper look like KDB for most of the game, which is concerning. Start with Vassilev if we have to. We must have an actual striker up front. Nakamba literally hiding behind Brighton players instead of showing for the ball is pathetic. Drinkwater needs to get up to speed fast. Grealish saves the day. Don't understand all the stick that Targett gets. Apart from 2 or 3 dodgy defensive displays I think he has been one of our better signings.

[Vive_La_Villa]

1 minute ago, Blasterpocket68 said:

i thought Trez wasnt to bad unlucky to get the pull 

Same here. I though Jack aside he looked our biggest threat. He also looked shattered second half though.