Aston Villa (H): The Match

[Leyton388]

So far so good as it looks like Villa have no bite up front. Get a second one to kill the game.

[redmike65]

Stodgy fare for all the possession, we desperately lack a smart final ball and a willing runner from the middle.

[tanner]

Can we score a second for a change?

Second half is going to be a goalfest!

[~LFCHistory~]

Meanwhile, in the real world, we spend £300m on a load of men to kick a ball about

Very insightful.

[Fredo]

We need to take fewer touches and up the tempo a bit. Also, need to eradicate the effing sloppiness in our passing at times as it leaves us all open in defence.

[Venton]

Yes, it's not great, but it's a bit of an improvement at least. I watched Villa get beat by Palace the other day and they were actually the better team, organised well and playing on the break. They'd have won that game if they'd still had Benteke - they just didn't look like they had a finisher though. Hopefully we won't gift them some calamitous **** up. We've dodged one so far, fingers crossed that's the only one.

[Chris]

Was ok. Not much in this performance to suggest we'd get anything from all these tough aways coming up but small steps and all that.

They are utterly horrendous though, genuinely appalling so it's a little disappointing we havent created or scored more. Still fear a ****ty equaliser mind!

[DannyMan2006]

Similar to Carlisle but with an early goal whilst Villa were caught cold.

Think second half be interesting as Villa started to play higher towards the end and that may allow the two Danny's to get in behind.

Interestingly it looks more of a 3142 with Lucas in behind Couts (left) & Milner (right). We also get Can who naturally advances slightly ahead of Skrtel & Sakho helping out Lucas.

[peekay]

Promising in attack. Everytime Villa cross the halfway line our defenders are going out of the way to present chances to them.

[McDermotX]

Some positives with Moreno and Milner upping the energy for a 10-15min period, but again, the midfield looks susceptible when we give away a sloppy pass, a couple of times leading to defensive lapses.
Ings looks busy, Sturridge understandably out of sorts

[Daffy Duck]

Sturridge looks like Chelsea Torres at the moment I really hope it's not permanent.

[Exiled_red]

Not a great game to be fair, we are having the better of it and are in deservedly in front, but you could it only takes a minute for things to turn around.

[Ams12]

Similar to Carlisle but with an early goal whilst Villa were caught cold.

Think second half be interesting as Villa started to play higher towards the end and that may allow the two Danny's to get in behind.

Interestingly it looks more of a 3142 with Lucas in behind Couts (left) & Milner (right). We also get Can who naturally advances slightly ahead of Skrtel & Sakho helping out Lucas.

Double D's!

[Buzzo]

We need to break with tradition and grab a 2nd goal.

[Venton]

Our movement isn't good at all.