Match Day Thread Aston Villa vs QPR

A well-deserved point, and one we probably would have taken before the game, but I can't help feeling slightly disappointed that we didn't win it. I don't think Villa would have too much to complain about had we done so (not that that would have stopped them, of course). The Smith substitution was a very negative change and we had some good possession towards the end without even considering trying to score, it seemed. A bit more positivity could have seen us with three points. I thought Cousins and Scowen did better than expected in the middle, and Eze played much better than he has in recent games.

 

Pouncing! Now you’re talking. Nowt better than a good pounce. As long as it is appropriate and consensual of course.

 

Had a quick look at some of their forums.......apparently we're a disgusting little club who wastes so much time with fake injuries, offer nothing going forward and are dirty people who foul their players all the time.......

They believe that if they bring in a raft of new players this month then they'll still be promoted..........

Poor deluded souls.....

 

https://www.villatalk.com/topic/18352-ratings-reactions-villa-v-qpr/


Hahahahaha

 

He was ****ing embarrassing mate.

 

Not really. You could see he was in a bad way from the stumbling around immediately after. No way he was putting that on. Could have been concussed.

 

Can never see the sense when he comes on.....completely pointless and adds zero. Like going down to 10 men. If the point is to defend the lead bring on Chair who can hold on to the ball and control possession.....god we need Hemed back or an alt to Smith....

 

I'm obviously not talking about the injury!!!!
That was a disgrace and should have been a red card imo.
I'm referring to the last 20 minutes or so where Lumley was trying every trick in the book to waste time and was lucky not to get a 2nd yellow following his booking for the same thing.

 

Just been looking at the MASSIVE board and saw this gem from someone named jammy:-
Roofe was fantastic second half...virtually unplayable at times.
Unfortunately he missed 3 gilt-edged chances which would have made a massive difference
Don’t you love a football fool

 

I think we would have taken a point at kick-off so have to be pleased. Another tricky away match at Sheff Utd but if we can win our home matches this month we will be looking in good shape entering the last quarter of the season.

 

Meh. About time we wised up. Not like it wasn’t added on. We were the last game to finish in the entire UK.

 

And they just can't get enough of Alan Hutton

 

"rocket polishers"

 

Bloody hell some of the comments from Villa fans on Twitter are OTT.




What muppets.

 

"....not in the true spirit of football...."

So kicking the opposition keeper in the face and diving to try to win a penalty is???

What scummy self obsessed fans Villa have

 

**** me, what a bunch of twats.
They were dirty ****s and the kick in Lumley's face should have been a red card.

 

The things we have to do to piss John Terry off...

 

Oh well, this is from the villa talk forum and he must be overfrustrated....

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Grrrrrr and also Aaaaaargh.

It's all very well adding eleven minutes at the end, but it doesn't really make much difference if you're still going to continue to allow the time wasting. That game lasted for 104 minutes and a good 70 of those were spent with their right back taking throw ins as slowly as he possibly could, from wherever he liked.

We opened slowly but methodically built to the point where we put some pressure on them and then scored. Even in that opening twenty minutes though, there had already been some time wasting from their keeper and a succession of pull backs and fouls, none of which had tempted a card from the referee. We then went into a slightly lazy mode having scored and they pulled a wonder goal out of the bag. As soon as it went in, they pushed the time wasting and the fouls a little more until by half time, they were perfectly satisfied they understood the referee.

The keeper took the slightest of flicks from Kodjia, there was next to nothing in it - it took seven minutes for the physios to ask him if he was alright and comb his eyebrows a few times - in so far as I could see, there was no blood. There really ought to be some sort of rule with players that if an injury can't be treated in five minutes an enforced substitution has to take place, other than in the case of the most serious injures (Neck, spinal etc). The actions of their physio who came back onto the field of play to treat a keeper who had started the process of taking the free kick were a disgrace and I'd like to see him fined.

The game then became a bit frantic through our frustrations and they scored on the break, our bench were incensed by the QPR tactics, our players were too and our discipline went a little. The two subs changed it and we deserved the equaliser, but it was hard getting anything going because of the cheating. The number two, as well as his two-minute-throw-in routine also went down on four separate occasions holding the back of his head - getting up just in time to avoid the physio having to come on in each case - I can only imagine he'd bumped it getting off the bus. I hope he bumps it again getting back on.

They were vile throughout, fouls, pushing and the worst time wasting I think I've ever seen. How the number two goes home without a booking is utterly beyond me. The man who knows would be our referee; Mr Linington - it's not a name I've seen before and I would assume on this performance, not a name I'll see again - he never had any sort of control over this game at all, from the opening moments he was managed and controlled by QPR. A referee of any sort of ability whips out a couple of cards immediately after half time for time wasting and we get a game of football. He's awful and I hope he has lovely 2019 in whichever other profession he decides to take up; refereeing ain't for you James.

For us, I thought the key thing (and it was really noticeable) was how tired our middle two looked - McGinn's attitude gets him through games, he's still trying to McGinn along, but the legs have lost some snap, Hourihane looks knackered - both are ghosts of the players we had a month ago. Bjarnason was our best midfielder on the day, simply through not looking like he'd run the London marathon as a warm up. We miss Grealish that's obvious, but I think what's perhaps been overlooked is that we really miss Lansbury - he'd be perfect to have given each of these two a rest over the Christmas period.

Elphick improved the defence, we look like a team with two centrebacks, it's not perfect but it's better - Bree looked good for long periods and then would occasionally spoil it with a bad pass, I'd persist with him. Hutton was poor today - the touch wasn't there. Jed Steer didn't do anything of note, but he also doesn't make me feel afraid.

Adomah looked good for an hour I thought. Kodjia looked dangerous to a point, but then got every single decision he made wrong. Take him on again when the cross is there, cross to an empty box, shoot when there's a man unmarked in a better position. I remain completely unconvinced by Jimmy the winger. The two that came on looked full of life and ideas and running and I thought if either team deserved to win on the balance of play it was us, but then I also thought that if either team deserved to win on the basis of karma, or the principles of the game, or sporting principles, it was definitely us.

Best player on the pitch was Abraham - he was strong against the barrel-on-legs 37 of theirs, he was excellent at holding the ball and linking play, he called their keeper a couple of names that he thoroughly deserved and he scored two opportunist goals. He's got ability, an excellent attitude to the work and character that's evident in the way he approaches games and the way he interacts with a crowd. He came and thanked everybody at the end and gave the Holte End a couple of little waves - I'm hoping that's just because he's a good lad rather than because he's off - we'd be poorer without him, there are times where I wonder if Chelsea are poorer without him. He's a class act.

So, yeah - another draw - one we've been unlucky not to get something from - one that's been earned by a team playing anti-football and a compliant, weak referee. I took my eleven year old nephew - he wants his Sunday team to have a game tomorrow so that he can kick someone. I know how he feels.

We'll have better days, better referees, better results. We could do with a bit of a rest, but there's not too much fundamentally wrong with this side. QPR on the other hand need to have a good look at themselves and ask what it is they want to be - it's a point they can be ashamed of