Kid Dynamite 5908 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Gouffran looked tidy, can't remember him losing the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 That penalty (which was never a penalty) knocked the stuffing out of us and filled their sails. That doesn't excuse our complete inability to get, use or hold onto the ball. Subs were baffling, Jonas should have gone off for Haidara or a pacy wing player, If Perch was tiring bring on Anita not Shola, Baffling. Haidara or a pacey wing player (aside from Sammy) weren't on the bench. I assume Shola came on to hold the ball up in their half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14055 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Oh and haha Villa. Amid all the justified criticism of our second-half performance, let us not lose sight of this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer 3 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 five more wins to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The bench is still a bit shit even with the new arrivals obviously still missing Ben Arfa in a big way. Still think we need another quality striker. So happy about the result. Forget the second half performance. Villa were always going to throw he kitchen sink at us and we were always going to get nervy. Horrible to watch though. Like defence v attack for most of it. It's just a huge result. Puts a bit of breathing space between us and he bottom three and hopefully gives us a bit of confidence now we've won away, despite the second half performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustyelbow 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 hopefully that the match can be used as a positive as a 90min training session for the team to gel together more. hopefully we can build on that performance and push on again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The next 4 fixtures are a bastard H to Chelsea A to Spurs H to Metalist A to Metalist Then 3 days later home to Southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 That tackle from Yanga-Mbiwa was quality. He has to start against Chelsea now. Taylor was shocking tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Villa needed the win even more than we did, and were at home. We did well to hold on tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The subs? No surprise either of the new 2 went off, or that the other new lad came on. So the complaints are Perch came off or Shola/Anita came on. There was no-one else on the bench I particularly fancied coming on. As I said, I would have preferred Perch off for Anita. Jonas should have gone off earlier on and been replaced by one of the new lads. Fair enough Gouffran and Sissoko were tiring badly, but I reckon the former could have stayed on til the end without impacting us too badly. Shola had a negative impact on our ball retention. So even another midfielder and sticking with Cisse up top would have been preferrable for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Cabaye was knackered after the first half and we fell apart as a result. However, he needs game time to get properly up to speed, so I'm relieved / glad that we managed to scrape through. That said, if Villa played like they did in the second half from the first minute, they'd have had 2 or 3 players sent off by the time the full time whistle was blown. The result is the main thing. Onwards and upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Had to turn on a Spanish stream as couldnt stand listening to Brian Little. Fuck me that was painful but lots of players went missing second half as Villa massively upped their game. Claiming that Villa are just shite doesnt really tell the story, they are more than capable of taking points at home and being behind and getting a goal back put a massive amount of momentum behind them. Its not unusual for a side coming back to 1-2 down at home to then dominate the rest of the match. In fact its quite normal, a lot of the distress from that second half is clearly based on watching and expecting the match to continue down the same path as the first half. Goals change games and their goal did that, its to our credit we held on. We are not suddenly amazing, we need the players coming in to settle down and get used to the pace of the league. I thought Anita's energy was used well in closing down their defence allowing Shola to drop deeper to defend the long ball. M'Biwa made one or two superb interventions in the box, Shola was Shola though so frustrated in any attacking sense. Totally agree with Barney and HF's assessments. Some very OTT reactions to our first away win of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5908 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The next 4 fixtures are a bastard H to Chelsea A to Spurs H to Metalist A to Metalist Then 3 days later home to Southampton Home against Metalist should be a win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Tayls first night back from injury, don't forget. He struggled with Benteke at times. Most players would have. He's so much more composed than Williamson(don't want to flog a dead horse too much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The Reading subs were baffling, not tonight's (iyam). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 That tackle from Yanga-Mbiwa was quality. He has to start against Chelsea now. Taylor was shocking tonight. Yep, Taylor wasn't up to much, although he too has been out for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Pardew clearly trying to play jonas through a very sustained drop in form. Made a big show of him after the final whistle. It's a gamble it was like plying with 10 men at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The Phil Thompson verdict - Villa are down. What a prize cunt. I'd be throwing something at the telly if he'd said that about us at this stage of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustyelbow 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 playing long bal like that was doing me nut in and its just horrible football they only have one player and that is benteke but we rode the storm and the 3 points are very much needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I actually think Villa would have been all over anyone in that second half, it's like the penny dropped and they realised that they're actually going to go down. I think we did well to hold it, it was always going to be a containment job from then on. Hell of an entry to the new boys, if they didn't know what to expect from the PL, they do now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUGATRON1000 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 ref let them kick their way back into it in the firsts 5 mins of 2nd half, Debuchy should have let the ball rolll out of the box before challenging (if indeed a challenge was needed, nowt wrong with jockeying him in the corner when hes facing wrong way) One telling point in 2nd half was Cabaye telling Debuchy to hump it long when he was free to receive (although Cabaye was fucked like) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonGoodwyn 1 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 That was pretty hard to watch, but the result was clearly the most important thing and to finally get our first away win is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I actually think Villa would have been all over anyone in that second half, it's like the penny dropped and they realised that they're actually going to go down. I think we did well to hold it, it was always going to be a containment job from then on. Hell of an entry to the new boys, if they didn't know what to expect from the PL, they do now... Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Glad to see a bit more realism seeping in here. Did Perch look like he was holding his groin as he came off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Also, ref completely lost the run of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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