Ratings & Reactions: Brentford v Villa

[Lerner's Driver]

1 minute ago, Hank Scorpio said:

There should be some very ashamed people on here after that match thread.

Why?

[Sulberto21]

Ollie has confirmed why he celebrated like that - a fan was giving him personal abuse during the game. 

[Stevo985]

Scummy team. 
 

We weren’t great. One of this strange away performance we keep putting in where we’re the better team but don’t really look like winning. 
 

Luckily Ben Mee can’t help being a dirty piece of shit which got us out of jail a bit. 
 

We were very good after that even though we lost our heads a bit. Fully deserved the win in the end

[VillaJ100]

I mean I think we're 3rd or 4th in the away form table. Albeit we needed a red here to help us out. But these things happen

[TDR V2]

Just now, Ouchmefoot said:

Now what? Do I hope for a Man Utd win? I can't bring myself to do that...maybe a draw

Doesn't matter really, we're still having a happy Xmas either way.

[HanoiVillan]

1 minute ago, Hank Scorpio said:

There should be some very ashamed people on here after that match thread.

Popped in briefly, saw one poster announcing he was off with an extraordinary flounce, and shut it right back down again. 

[Follyfoot]

I would imagine the Kamara red gets overturned

[HanoiVillan]

2 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said:

Now what? Do I hope for a Man Utd win? I can't bring myself to do that...maybe a draw

Always hope for a draw in a game like that, we want 2 points to come out of it not 3. 

[Nigel]

Ben Mee is a despicable player!

[Marka Ragnos]

Kamara. Dude is fearless. 

[rjw63]

3 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

There should be some very ashamed people on here after that match thread.

Did you copy/paste that from the last away game?

 

[allani]

13 minutes ago, TomC said:

Good teams find a way to win. We finally found a way, although it took a Ben Mee gift to do it.

We still struggle to break down park-the-bus teams. We were ponderous. After they scored, it almost looked like Gerrard-ball. Chaos favors the attack. Don't wait for the perfect opportunity. Pump balls into the box and your chance will come.

We missed Doug running the show from deep. We missed Tielemans' through balls. We missed (until the second half) Bailey's runs.

McGinn had to play a different role without Doug and was restricted.

Moreno was still rusty but made amends.

I'll defend Cash as a RB but he is not a midfielder.

Poor self control from Emi and Kamara at the end. You're winning; let it go. That said, the ref let the game get out of hand and was really poor.

To be fair, I thought Brentford should have had a penalty for the shove in the back on the edge of the box.

Well, that was negative even though we won, so let me conclude with something positive. The second goal was a beauty. Great flick, great finish, great character to get there.

 

I really couldn't disagree with a post more than I do with this one.  Aimlessly pumping the ball into the box isn't the answer.  We passed around patiently knowing that the chances are that at some point a defender would switch off.  They did and Bailey picked out an unmarked Moreno with a perfect pass.  No-one has ever told Man City or Barcelona just to hoof the ball into the box. 

[Sulberto21]

Emi owes Kamara a lot of love and some of his wages.

[avfc1982am]

I'd say the biggest take away from today is the team spirit. They're all fighting for each other(literally) like winners do.

I absolutely love that about this team and very much like our great teams of the past. They all had that fire when it was needed. 

[villa4europe]

19 minutes ago, The_Rev said:

I missed the last 20 minutes. Did anything interesting happen?

Literally...i walked out the door as mee was getting his red card 

[villan95]

Absolutely mad last half an hour. Thanks Ben Mee for the red card, couldn't have done it without you.

[rjw63]

3 minutes ago, Lerner's Driver said:

Why?

Yeah, heat of the moment stuff.

I commented that we can say goodbye to a top four finish if we can't even get a point at a place like Stokeford, happilly we turned it round.

[GingerCollins29]

2 minutes ago, Follyfoot said:

I would imagine the Kamara red gets overturned

Hope you're right. Seemed soft to me

[TheStagMan]

Why oh why does Emi get involved in these things? The shoulder charge from Maupay as he passed was rightly booked, and the theatrics when Maupay felt Emi brush past him were being ignored by the ref... why get involved, and Kamara was an utter idiot for sinking to their level. Just walk away laughing at that point, we were winning, we had 11 vs 10 on the pitch and they were the ones wasting their own time. Now Kamara is out for three games. Idiots.

[tinker]

 

Right, Ramsey is rusty, we would have gone in at least level at half time if he had been on top of his form, he needs games though and that one should sharpen him up.

Moreno started rusty as well but grew into the game and looks like he's well on the way back to starting. 

Cash......hes out of position and low on confidence, cutting in time after time when ,imo, he should be forcing his way down the outside and then either crossing or passing the ball back. I like him, he's a honest player and doesn't hide but he was poor first half.

Mee and Maupay, horrible players but we fell for Maupay's bollox and that's disappointing tbh , Martinez......kept us in the game with some standard but important saves but then Maupay dragged him in.

Torres.......went off limping, please no injury.

We lose that game 6 months ago, we are cementing our position as top 4 material,  gonna be hard but I think we have a very good chance.