Webbs Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Where was Bennett today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Another great pre-season performance then. Let's hope this doesn't follow us into the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Westwood's goal was excellent and very well disguised. If that were Rooney/RVP et al - SKY would be creaming themselves right now and having a 'mass debate' about it on SSN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 What a goal from Westwood haha. Excellent stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Great assist from Bacuna for Lowton's wonderfully powerful header and Westwood's free-kick was sublime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limvillian Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 At the ground. First was unlucky, not Guzans fault. It deflected off Clark and over Guzan. The deflection wrong footed him. 2nd was Clark being utterly shit per usual. Really shit performance from him. Just watching the highlights now. Deflection or no deflection that goal was definitely a mistake by Guzan , reacted slowly and didn't recover at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks1876 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 At the ground. First was unlucky, not Guzans fault. It deflected off Clark and over Guzan. The deflection wrong footed him. 2nd was Clark being utterly shit per usual. Really shit performance from him. Just watching the highlights now. Deflection or no deflection that goal was definitely a mistake by Guzan , reacted slowly and didn't recover at all. Call that highlights? 2.21mins where is the game that people paid to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 both our goals were nice! Poor goals to concede though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Willing to give Guzan the benefit of the doubt over the first, it was a significant deflection. Loved the free kick though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I really think Lambert should be looking to get his best back 4 to play together. Mixing the defence all the time isn't helping them Gel - I know Okore is injured - but I would looking at giving my best defenders time together. Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Baker(Okore when fit), Luna - should be starting defense - the others can push for a place in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 What were the fans doing at the front, good banter turned into destroying the temporary hoardings. Nothing like football to make grown men act like 5 year olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 yeah our fans were dicks tbh Me and my mates were right at the back of the stand and after our 2nd goal, there was a pitch invasion. Pointless and stupid imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yeah, seemed to be the same people doing it. That fat word removed kept knocking his missus into it and pushing it over so that young steward lad had to keep picking it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Bacuna has got a rather good cross on him ay' he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caw2510 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Another great pre-season performance then. Let's hope this doesn't follow us into the real thing. wouldnt worry too much, basically played without any of our first choice attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Someone above mentioned 2.21 minutes of highlights. Not sure what service that was. I have just watched about 14 minutes on AVFC.co.uk. Still hard to get much of an impression if the game but I feel I've picked up where I left things at the end of last season. Two excellent goals that I enjoyed watching very much but two conceded from abysmal and naive defending sour the mood a bit. Guzan made a bad mistake for the first goal but the real problem developed earlier on down - you've guessed it - our left side. Looking Wycombe's goals, for the first, the problem starts here The winger draws in three players seeking to stop him, leaving a free man behind them So he slots it through to the free man leaving the three players on the left stranded. Note there are 10 Villa players defending in this shot against 7 from Wycombe. And he surges towards the wing, creating a 3 on 2 balance for Wycombe, 3 on 3 at best. True Guzan should still have stopped it but with that many Villa players around, the cross/shot should never have come in. Wycombe will be pleased with their second goal - looked like something they had worked out on the training ground. It all starts fairly normally - 4 Villa defenders on the goal line and a good number in front of the Wycombe players in the centre. But note that two of them are starting to run to their left while two are setting off towards their right. Now the guy who was on our right post has run across the face of the goal to meet a short cross, getting in front of his marker and flipping the ball further to his right - where two of their players are surging forward. At least four of our defenders are not in a position to do any defending. And the inevitable happens - their scorer is strong enough to get into a scoring position. This and the talk on the OS of our "injury-hit squad" left me feeling just a bit gloomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanxamillion Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Was at the game yesterday and have to say it was very disappointing how easy the second goal was for them to score, it really seemed like deja ve from some of last season's dark days. Without blaming any of the players I felt when Baker came on in the second half he seemed up to speed and dealt with most of the threats well. ( it was at the other end though and I could be mistaken). Big season for concrete Ron he's big and strong but not as mobile as some on the pitch. Fairly composed on the ball - the Wycombe forwards were quite intense pushing for tackles and regaining possession etc. For me i'd start with Luna, Vlaar, Baker and Lowton, I know Okora is injured but even when fit I think he'll need a steady introduction to the vigours of the premier league. We all know what could happen when an inexperienced defence faces the top premiership forwards. I think Clark is still learning his trade a little and will hopefully prove to be a great all round defender in the future, really happy with competition for places and it looks like most of the players are bothered about getting a crack at the first team. UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks1876 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Someone above mentioned 2.21 minutes of highlights. Not sure what service that was. I have just watched about 14 minutes on AVFC.co.uk. Still hard to get much of an impression if the game but I feel I've picked up where I left things at the end of last season. Two excellent goals that I enjoyed watching very much but two conceded from abysmal and naive defending sour the mood a bit. Guzan made a bad mistake for the first goal but the real problem developed earlier on down - you've guessed it - our left side. Looking Wycombe's goals, for the first, the problem starts here The winger draws in three players seeking to stop him, leaving a free man behind them So he slots it through to the free man leaving the three players on the left stranded. Note there are 10 Villa players defending in this shot against 7 from Wycombe. And he surges towards the wing, creating a 3 on 2 balance for Wycombe, 3 on 3 at best. True Guzan should still have stopped it but with that many Villa players around, the cross/shot should never have come in. Wycombe will be pleased with their second goal - looked like something they had worked out on the training ground. It all starts fairly normally - 4 Villa defenders on the goal line and a good number in front of the Wycombe players in the centre. But note that two of them are starting to run to their left while two are setting off towards their right. Now the guy who was on our right post has run across the face of the goal to meet a short cross, getting in front of his marker and flipping the ball further to his right - where two of their players are surging forward. At least four of our defenders are not in a position to do any defending. And the inevitable happens - their scorer is strong enough to get into a scoring position. This and the talk on the OS of our "injury-hit squad" left me feeling just a bit gloomy. It was me that posted the 2.21Mins of coverage last night at 7,50pm, as far as i know the extended highlights were only shown this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conorm Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yeah, seemed to be the same people doing it. That fat word removed kept knocking his missus into it and pushing it over so that young steward lad had to keep picking it up. Thank god - thought it was just me. At one point his missus, aka Daft Bird (on back of shirt) gave him a bear hug and bit his ear for about 10 seconds. Proper love/hate those two. Had a great view of Westwood's goal. Very clever thinking but, in fairness, keeper's position was poor. Guy next to me even said it just before Westwood struck. Same view for Wycombe's first and I honestly don't think there was much Guzan could have done about it. Very low key performance all-round. I thought Bacuna looked solid and Luna comfortable. Shame not to see Helenius, Okore or Tonev. Not sure what Lambert will have taken from the game - like he says, though, it's pretty much about fitness at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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