Ratings & Reactions: Brentford v Villa

[thunderball]

We could just do with a few more quality options in the squad.

Not at our best but a difficult trip and we come away with a result and unbeaten run continues. 

Lots of passive positives today: still on a run; still score every game; didn’t lose with Olsen in goal; didn’t play well but didn’t lose; came back from a losing position; Emery again made changes to improve our position; main players still to come back. 

Happy enough but the disappointment is only the fairytale couldn’t continue. Bring on Fulham at home.

[El Zen]

I’ll take the point and run, but can’t help feeling a bit unhappy we didn’t nick it with the chances we had right at the end there.

Edited April 22, 2023 by El Zen

[VillaAlex]

That was a really good point all things considered. Shame the game ended as thought if it went on a bit more we could have got a second.

[GingerCollins29]

Brentfor have lost twice at home all season. The fact we were dreadful and still came away with a point is very positive - as long as we beat fulham tuesday

[AvonVillain]

Martinez still MOTM.

[Philosopher]

Lucky to draw.

We were poor.

Ollie was totally off it.

Moreno couldn't get going.

Buendia's final ball was off all game.

McGinn like buendia tended to spoil good work by giving the ball away with a poor final ball.

Ramsey was OK, but kept failing to track the midfield runner inside Moreno, when Moreno was going to close down the Mbuemo.

Doug and Mings top performers. Martinez had a very good first half.

[CLARETANDBLUEFOXY]

Don’t you just hate Ivan Toney?? 

[villan501]

4 minutes ago, OhioVilla said:

Feel its too hard to blame Olsen for this one. Point on the road at a tough venue, I'll take it. Need better

I don't blame olsen but we couldn't play the emery way with him in goal, playing from the back without a capable keeper just won't work, olsen is not able to play that way he just HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFSSSSS it.

[Indigo]

Not good at all but no too bad either really, outside of a dreadful first 20 minutes or so to the second half where Brentford should have put themselves out of sight. Had a decent number of chances otherwise away to an extremely difficult side to play while the squad is being pushed to its limits.

A shout out for Digne and Chambers, both of whom impacted the game in a very positive way when they came on I thought. The latter probably has a game-winning assist to his name if Buendia gets that header in the last minute rather than Watkins.

[Condimentalist]

Not a great performance but a decent point in the end. Keeps the momentum going. 

[calcifer]

1 minute ago, Raymond said:

Martinez going out changed the game. The players clearly have no faith in Olsen. 

 

This, when you know you have a world class keeper behind you, you feel more confident.

 

When you have a clown behind you, its puts extra pressure on you and you make more mistakes! 

Olsen is not a commanding keeper at all. Would be one of the 1st out the door end of the season if we want to push on. 

[ozvilla28]

Take the point and move on and have to lift our intensity for Tuesday boys looking flat maybe the reminder we needed and the squad that we need more to get into Europe. We need Cash , Kamara , Phil back asap got no depth that's my worry.

Edited April 22, 2023 by ozvilla28

[brummybloke]

We were slow, lacked energy, and watkins was terrible, I mean truelly bad, no movement refused to move down the sides and just stood there time after time a ball went down the line. 

Apart from 4 minutes at the end of the game, I don't think we won 1 2nd ball, pulled out of most tackles, and there was no movement. 

We were very lucky to come away with a point which feels like a point won rather than 2 lost, that's how poor we were today.

Emery will have to watch that back a good few times and have words with quite a few players.

Digne change is what got us the point, also should have seen mbouma with his 2nd yellow but the ref chose to ignore the kick to his face.

Feel that's any dreams of 4th gone now, and we hardly out up a fight the whole game.

[lexicon]

Subs changed the game in our favour. Happy not to lose seeing as he had to put Olsen in goal. 

[LondonLax]

[Sulberto21]

Very good recovery from a very poor 30 minutes in the second half. First half was even maybe we shaded it. But by god Brentford dominated the first 30 of the second half. 

Someone mentioned it in another match thread our boys have got big bollocks now and they were the only ones who looked like winning in the end. 

Players looked mentally tired after that epic win last week. 3 points would have been very nice. We’re a good side. 

[Lochheads twin]

Not good today but

if you can’t win, don’t lose.

a valuable point.

[VillaAlex]

It's a point that could get us Europe, it also extends our unbeaten run and scoring run which is massive for morale. Big game midweek now, three wins in six gets us what we want I think.

[tonyh29]

Bad day at the office for some reason we always struggle against teams that are anti -football 

but despite all that we got a point and nearly stole it at the end , the subs seemed to change the game so that’s a positive for the team / squad going forward 

[AVFC_Hitz]

Brentford are our bogey team. They bum otters and video it on an old Sony viewcam. It's a fine result.

Under Gerrard we were losing this game 3-0.

German invasion of the Rheinland.