14-03-2019, 02:22 PM
(14-03-2019, 02:08 PM)DMaltared Wrote: Salvatore...the midfielder that did the most damage was the one Colback was supposed to take care of. Grealish did nothing out of this world, apart from taking the piss. The danger mostly came from the flanks, where Villas defenders were running towards our defence un opposed. They were only intercepted once at the edge of our box... a very dangerous place ...
Villa came with a plan, they knew that they had a day less of rest, so they gambled everything in the first half hour. If they didnt score early on, I doubt that they could have continued playing on the same tempo. We just needed to control the came for a half and then up the tempo ourselves in the second period. Scoring first should have helped us, but it gave us the illusion that we were going to have it easy ...Villa had other thoughts...
Interesting viewpoint Malta. I think we simply came up against a better team all round last night. The thread is about recruitment, Villa could put out a better (and far more expensive) 11 but I reckon with just a few missing they would be like us with far too many squad fillers which is why they are still outside the top 6 and not storming the league.