Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Sheff Utd

[Farlz]

Performed better than I expected honestly. Apart from the ghost goal did they really threaten us? Bit of a missed opportunity that I feel. 

Had plenty of chances but the same story with Villa this season we have no killer instinct and what will most likely be our downfall. 

[The_Steve]

We had lost 4 in a row prior to the enforced break, a sinking ship. This was about gaining confidence. The players kept their concentration until the end, the nervousness was there, of course, you're playing a well-drilled disciplined team who love to press, with centre backs who bully strikers.

It wasn't a disaster nor a friendly. Improvement needed? For sure. The positives are there.

[R.Bear]

Just now, villalad21 said:

We were by far the better team and barely conceded chances.

Can't see how you can be disappointed by that. Sheff Utd looked like a League 2 side out there. Do i have to remind Y'all where they sit in the table?

We might have been slightly better than a woeful team today but I dont see how that makes you PROUD OF THE BOYZ or think we'll beat Chelsea.

[rodders0223]

Do people really not realise Sheff U were just happy to get a 90 minutes under their belt unscathed and weren't actually trying to compete that much?

...and we still done nuttin.

[Davkaus]

I honestly feel ashamed about us stealing a point when Nyland and Davis clearly knew it was over the line. 

[WakefieldVillan]

Probably a fair result, they obviously had their "goal", we had the better chances in the game. All the talk will be about lucky Villa post-match, but we've deserved a bit of luck after some of the decisions that have gone against us this season.

Thought Hourihane was our MOTM and Davis, Luiz and Targett also had decent games. We got worse with the substitutions but they were subs we had to make really.

The conundrum seems to be Davis or Samatta, well for me Keinan starts the next game, he's far from a natural finisher and I know goals wins games but you can see his hold up play and bringing our midfielders into the game are vital. He was unlucky with the second half shot, should have buried the header. It will come.

I've seen enough to think we can stay up.

UTV

[villakram]

Solid enough performance given first game back. Prem league statement should be fun later.

We'll go down if Davis is our first choice striker, no killer instinct whatsoever.

[Farlz]

Oh and that was the probably the best I've seen Douglas Luiz in a Villa shirt. Thought he was excellent in the midfield, composed and for once not a single error. Even have to give praise to Hourihane, thought them two played well. 

[ciggiesnbeer]

Scraped a point at home against Sheffield United who have spent a fraction of what we have.

Glad we didn't lose I guess. Davis looked decent if we want positives.

[Rolta]

4 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

SO PROUD OF THE BOYS!

Bossed that game. Should have won that.

We were organized, energetic and a threat going forward, until Keinan went off.

Play like that and we can beat Chelsea. I firmly believe that.

I agree. It's on. Aren't United one of the best away teams in the league? We should have won. It was a story of keepers. There's is insane. Ours is insane too but completely for different reasons and he cannot play again. We could have easily won. It's a war now. I prefer our chances as of now than ore lockdown. At least it'll be interesting. We're a point behind, maybe two with the GD, but it's still on. 

[JB]

Some positives. We weren’t exactly bad and it was a definite improvement but much of it was exactly the same. The same formation with Grealish negated out on the left and there was very little zip or energy to our play. We’re still awful at finding/creating space. There doesn’t seem to be much movement and our players seem to always receive the ball under pressure.

[AVTuco]

We just don't have what it takes. Not really anywhere on the pitch. Goal, defense, midfield, attack - all too poor. Poor players would need to work hard, but we're not a hard working team. 

However, this was a reasonably good game from us. We just won't improve much, I don't think.

 

[brummybloke]

No real support down the sides till elmo came on.

For once louiz stuck to the simple things and looked decent. 

Davis played well and should have had samatta up front with him, think we would have been looking at a couple goals had they both played.

We again though separate, theres too much distance between our players.

Nakamba ? Simple forward passes not tryibg to mess around 30 yards out !

Over all it was meh, we had 4 or 5 players who can shoot from range and no one did.

Far better result than it could have been

[romavillan]

1 minute ago, Xela said:

Least we gained something from technology today after being shafted most of the season

Think we're going down though

Hard to say how other teams will react but it looks like Dean and his staff have managed to do some good work and that we look a better than before the break. Hopefully we can catch Chelsea cold and take some confidence in to Newcastle and Wolves. We've got 3 teams one point above us and another 3 points ahead, it's not impossible if we can find some touch in front of goal and keep performing like today.

[Darth Villa]

We're doomed, no urgency, no cutting edge and thankfully no working Hawkeye system or we'd be looking at no points...

We need a miracle to survive...

[AVFCDAN]

6 minutes ago, PieFacE said:

Seriously to which part?

Luiz being man of the match.

[Lerner's Driver]

I think we have benefited from a solid performance, a massive dollop of luck, the weirdness of no crowd and a more conscious/less instinctive footballing experience. As ever, such a shame Keinan didn't score because he was our man of the match. Our defence played well, but all of them have a critical mistake in them. Hope lives on, just about.

[The Fun Factory]

I suspect they will change the rules and give the goal to United and the 3 points as it shown that they are making it up as they go along.

This is a bit of a farce and I am just looking forward to watching football live, regardless of what division we will be in.

[Demitri_C]

Sheffield united did nothing apart from the ghost goal that we all know was a goal but we got lucky. 

Defence was pretty good. Hause was awful at times.  

I actually think we might be better away from home with no fans

[Villa87]

Grealish needs to play in the middle. Samatta wide left. Keinan up front who I thought was excellent despite the criticism levelled at hom.

Drop Conor who is absolutely anonymous and just has no influence on the game. 

Positives = clean sheet and no defeat. Good bit of match fitness - might play into our hands against Chelsea. McGinn got 70 minutes and didn't look as off the pace as I thought - due to all others not being at 100%.

Gutted we didn't come away with 3 points but still in the fight.