Comments on: As Lady Luck helps us squeeze a 3rd win, is it time to start worrying? PLUS new transfer rumblings http://astonvillablog.com/as-lady-luck-helps-us-squeeze-a-3rd-win-is-it-time-to-start-worrying-plus-new-transfer-rumblings/ A blog. About Aston Villa. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:56:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Martin Banks http://astonvillablog.com/as-lady-luck-helps-us-squeeze-a-3rd-win-is-it-time-to-start-worrying-plus-new-transfer-rumblings/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Martin Banks Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:49:41 +0000 http://astonvillablog.com/?p=954#comment-38 It's infuriating to see us playing the long balls, because we are finally a side capable of playing attractive football (and often do). Petrov and the centre backs were the main culprits in Sunday. Why O'Neill didn't tell the team that he didn't want to see a single long ball played is beyond me. We were up against a League Two side, we should've just kept the ball until they got frustrated and made mistakes. With Barry and Agbon on the pitch I think it would've been a different game. Petrov didn't take to the game without Bazza and Delfouneso let himself down big time, after making such a big buzz in the UEFA Cup. It’s infuriating to see us playing the long balls, because we are finally a side capable of playing attractive football (and often do). Petrov and the centre backs were the main culprits in Sunday. Why O’Neill didn’t tell the team that he didn’t want to see a single long ball played is beyond me. We were up against a League Two side, we should’ve just kept the ball until they got frustrated and made mistakes. With Barry and Agbon on the pitch I think it would’ve been a different game. Petrov didn’t take to the game without Bazza and Delfouneso let himself down big time, after making such a big buzz in the UEFA Cup.

]]> By: James I http://astonvillablog.com/as-lady-luck-helps-us-squeeze-a-3rd-win-is-it-time-to-start-worrying-plus-new-transfer-rumblings/comment-page-1/#comment-37 James I Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:51:11 +0000 http://astonvillablog.com/?p=954#comment-37 First off, the Gillingham match exposed our woeful lack of strength in depth, by the fact that our bench's most recogniseable name was Harewood. I think we need another four players to maintain a push in the league, and not suffer one of our trademark inexplicable lapses (the ship took a battering in November, but the crew have kept her on course for the New World of Champions League qualification). I really don't understand why the players keep resorting to hoofing it long. It's a known fact that we are a ball along the ground team. Even if we string fifteen passes together without penetrating, we still have the ball, and that will eventually frustrate the opposition into doing something rash. A leader on the pitch who will wrest a situation like that is what we need here. First off, the Gillingham match exposed our woeful lack of strength in depth, by the fact that our bench’s most recogniseable name was Harewood. I think we need another four players to maintain a push in the league, and not suffer one of our trademark inexplicable lapses (the ship took a battering in November, but the crew have kept her on course for the New World of Champions League qualification).

I really don’t understand why the players keep resorting to hoofing it long. It’s a known fact that we are a ball along the ground team. Even if we string fifteen passes together without penetrating, we still have the ball, and that will eventually frustrate the opposition into doing something rash. A leader on the pitch who will wrest a situation like that is what we need here.

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