Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Brentford

[Tom13]

Just now, bobzy said:

Curious.... why would it matter?

We were completely cruising this game but stopped playing for 20 minutes.  It's happened so many times this season.

Answered your own question.

[timbaughan]

Bottled it yet again, will finish 6th at best

[KentVillan]

Strange game. Definitely 2 points dropped. Not sure Emery actually got a lot wrong, just a lack of concentration from the players.

Brentford's game plan was obvious, but it worked pretty well for them.

Dougie Luiz definitely deserved the booking, and that's a big shame.

 

[jim]

Just now, VillaJay said:

Important point in the end, should have been more, Dougie needs a rest

Well he’s got one now.

[VillaJ100]

Just now, CVByrne said:

We are the masters of it and we're not done yet.

4th is gone now. We have to put hope in 5th being enough 

Being as I'm worried Lille will give us a right battering I'm concerned about this

[bobzy]

Just now, Tom13 said:

Answered your own question.

So absolutely nothing to do with resting players - just faux outrage?

[switters]

Dreadful, pathetic, almost season-endingly bad 10 minute spell in the 2nd. Come away with a draw that feels like a punch in the balls of a loss.

Their keeper is shite we should've been peppering balls in at him

Defence appalling. Ref truly appalling.

Watkins did little wrong and 2 goals so has to be motm.

[CosmicVillan]

2 Points dropped. Could cost us 4th place.

[TheMightyVillans]

of course luiz has to get booked in the last minute... summed the match up perfectly.

Ref shit in general though and awful defending on their goals

[Mantis]

Absolutely shameful collapse. We almost did it against Forest as well - we'll dominate most of the game but then just have 15 minutes where we turn to absolute shit. There are definitely some mentally weak players out there. Still, showed some character to get a point I guess.

That said, some absolutely ridiculous bed-wetting in here regarding the race for 4th.

[bobzy]

Just now, KentVillan said:

Strange game. Definitely 2 points dropped. Not sure Emery actually got a lot wrong, just a lack of concentration from the players.

Brentford's game plan was obvious, but it worked pretty well for them.

Dougie Luiz definitely deserved the booking, and that's a big shame.

 

He's a good player, but been a liability lately so I'm not sure it's a huge miss.  I guess it purely is because we have no Kamara, but other than that...

[est1874]

2 minutes ago, Herman22 said:

People can say what they want. I’d be checking the refs betting records at half time. He came out with the absolute intention of getting Brentford point(s) in that game. 

Anyone who thinks these refs aren't making money for their mates or betting on games just like some of the players evidently are needs their head checked.

It's so **** obvious there's fiddling going on.

[romavillan]

Did well to get it back to a draw but should have won that by a few clear goals.

All the bedwetting at 2-3 was embarrassing chaps in the match thread, we could have still won it in the end.

Lots of football still to come, hopefully we will play Konsa as a central defender from now on. Disappointing to have to settle for a point but it's another point on the board.

[The_Steve]

Resting players wouldn’t avoid the defensive lapses today - the reality is that Konsa, Pau and Diego all share the blame for the goals conceded, even if one was a total fluke. 

[foreveryoung]

Just now, timbaughan said:

Bottled it yet again, will finish 6th at best

Don't get carried away chap 

[calcifer]

Lol Toney arguing with the players on sky sports news, Must have had a bet on

Yet again we go 2 up and the players just take the foot off the gas. 

 

Disappointed, could have had a nice 5 point cushion and finally shut sky up banging on about Manure getting top 5.... 

[rbcuk]

Bottle jobs like under the o’Neil days when we was going for it back then, top 4 is over, absolute piss take to throw that game away 

[Pinebro]

1-0 is a much better lead for us than being 2-0 up

[UpTheVilla26]

Should have won that by 3 or 4-0.

Instead, we totally switch off at 2-0 again. Not sure why we keep doing it but it needs to be sorted out. 

[bose]

Laughable that we managed to throw this away. We have a lot of work left to try and get a top four finish.

Lack of leadership on the pitch and then Emery way too long to realise what was going on.

A point in the end but you have to question the mentality of these players. 2-0 up and once again thinking the job is done.

We’re severely limping over the finish line here and with a heavy fixture list ahead it’s not going to getting any prettier.

We really need that 5th place to be a Champions League place.