"WE DESERVED TO WIN AND DOMINATED" | ASTON VILLA v BOURNEMOUTH | TACTICAL DEBRIEF |

[@dananderson6342]

Very happy with a point today, you guys were much the better side but as my Villa supporting mate texted me, if you don't finish your dinner these results can happen, our backup goalie played a blinder and a bit of quality at the end rescues us! Looking forward to the reverse fixture near the end of the season 🤝

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Thanks mate all the best

[@donalmc9384]

Hi Luke, Came up from Cardiff with my brother to watch the game today. We battered them, we dominated them for the whole game apart form ten minutes and when they scored the equaliser. Their goal keeper had a amazing game and saved the score being 3 or 4 nil. They didn't deserve to get the point but sometimes that's just how it goes! Looked for you at the end of the game outside the Trinity stand but couldn't see you anywhere. Keep up the great content Luke, look forward to your posts. UTV!!

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Cheers mate glad you had a good time

[@22rascla]

🍒

[@Bobzini-q7s]

I thought we looked great today. Probably best match I’ve seen all season. Bournemouth played very well and deserve credit for their performance. I thought he might have swapped Watkins for Buendia

[@Omi_xo]

Its nothing to do with the team or Unai.. We just have to finish our chances. We have so many - we have to be better clinically.

[@robertpowell7228]

Its the last 15 minutes thst cost us. After we did score we lost control and lost our heads.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Yes mate

[@mcalpha3]

Their 2nd keeper played the game of his life. On another day we win that one. Just unlucky, didn't think we played that bad.

[@Keeter101]

I was gutted personally, to drop two points literally the last kick of the game really stung IMO.

[@Assaulttrojan]

That's what i was so annoyed about giving away a free kick in late injury time and they score

[@SHAZDON]

I know right

[@YoungWolf-g3t]

Another great performance from Villa, controlled the game, created so many chances but their keeper kept them in game. Not sure why we decided to boot the ball up and not play out from the back last 10 minutes. It led to Bournemouth regaining possession, countering and then winning fouls high up the pitch. However, it's still always a joy to watch the Villains who easily play some of the best football in the league. Big games coming up, can't wait to see the lads in action again but Rogers, Youri and Pau need to rest before Tottenham, UTV! Also, still undefeated since September.... GG.

[@leerobbins7533]

3rd in the table honestly though time for Watkins to sit some game's out

[@Omi_xo]

I've noticed he isn't pressing or finding space like he was last season?

[@Lioness_UTV]

What did I learn today: 1. We are definitely NOT title challengers 'yet' we're just below par but ì can see us still battling for 3rd to 5th spot his season. 2. Still not firing on all cylinders - will be really interesting to see how we play against Spurs and Liverpool. 3. By our high standards, our final pass, touch is still below par. Need to fix that sooner rather than later. 4. Have to improve our clinical finishing ratio 5. Bailey goal aside; he still isn't showing signs of his old self. I desperately want him to find his form as there's nothing like a happy, smiling on form Bailey.

[@michellemaynard6808]

Hi thought the ref was handing out yellow like it was confetti.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Mental with the cards

[@andyvilla4489]

13 yellows today. The most ever in a prem match is 14. There wasn't a dirty foul app game. Total nonsense from the ref.

[@hegzneptune7327]

Completely overboard imo

[@Borg1983]

That ref couldn’t wait to dish yellows out from the off. Totally over the top

[@joebees21]

Completely agree with Justin regarding Buendía. I was saying yesterday that we need to take Rogers off for Buendía. He's a player that can just unlock defences and create big chances. I also think he'd have brought a bit of fight to the game and that might have lifted everyone up a bit. Think we really need to use him more and let him show what he can do.

[@amlmorris]

A real shame conceding a 97th minute equalizer,but Bournemouth put up a good fight & kept going till the end. We played well enough overall & we go 3rd for now taking a point, let's hope we're at it for our next 2 away games vs Spurs/Liverpool,it will be tough..... up the mighty Villa!!!

[@Subbuteo_Passion]

Luke your spot on. Not clinical enough when we break the press. Far too many chances go begging. The passes into the box need to find a Villa player. Time and time again they were being cut out.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Yes mate, once this happens we score more.. need to be ruthless..

[@andrewholdsworth4421]

We was out foxed there left the last 10 minutes especially showed our weakness free kicks warmings not dealt with this really shows where we need to strengthen definitely now 💪

[@TheGreenVillain18]

I think it’s being underestimated how much of an effect having more than half the outfield players on yellow cards has.

[@shaneoneill8232]

I sound like a broken record but diaby was so important in those games last season...we really miss him am sure emery will be looking to do something in January. Surely there is opportunity somewhere.

[@andyvilla4489]

Disagree. Diaby was weak, had a bad touch and couldn't hold the ball up. Compared to Rogers or even Duran today I'd take the two young lads. For our most expensive signing ever I expected much much better. UTV

[@shaneoneill8232]

@andyvilla4489 Very true pal it's his pace and ability from the right I think we miss especially with bailey off it at the moment...wide areas are very underwhelming at the moment. Diaby had big moments in those types of games last season

[@Jermaine-v1s]

this is just such a low hanging fruit argument imo

[@andydainty8253]

I was gutted we dropped 2 points at the end of the game the performance was good I think we as underestimate how much the champions league games take out of the players overall very happy to the start to the season 18 points from 9 games 100% record in champions league and a chance to get into quarter finals of the league cup on Wednesday UTV

[@yns203]

I honestly just cannot wait for January, Emery is definitely going to bring some players in and ship some out.

[@martinbeckstein5634]

A game we should have won . Someone is going to get a hammering in the coming weeks if we put away half of our chances. Big thumbs up to there keeper . He had a great game . Still only lost 1 game a brilliant start UTV

[@maplin007]

Duran looked shocked to miss and their striker did a Duran. Went ahead made the keeper look good we have to be much more clinical. We looked a bit to confident we’d win but it might serve as a wake up before some big games. If the game is now nit picking over the ball being out( looked outside, far more of the ball 99.99% over the line) we need a slap. Also think chopping pulling etc players from behind when they have got passed is a professional foul and worth a red, it stops the game and the chance for the crowd to see more goals. I agree on Beundia.

[@johndeakin9359]

Don't forget bournemouth beat arse nul 2nil as saka was suspended and ref was card happy 13 yellow cards ugh

[@Brendan-p4k]

Watkin’s Duran combo will Leave the gaffer with another option to think about

[@lovebleeds8785]

Their keeper was outstanding yesterday, on another day we would've won that comfortably....very frustrating to concede on what was pretty much the last kick of the game to drop 3 points. UTV!!

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Yeah made some top saves

[@gmansid3576]

Two points dropped, but Bournemouth defended well. Their number 2 goalie played a blinder and a great, albeit poorly defended equaliser. They deserved a point.

[@Omi_xo]

Why when Gordon 'stopped' the ball from going out vs. Arsenal, and they scored.. it was allowed? It was literally worse than ours. If I were Unai, I'd be asking the media this question.

[@odinbirkelund7467]

I agree but Unai would never. He is never giving a single excuse no matter the result, gotta back that mentality UTV!

[@Omi_xo]

@odinbirkelund7467 that's where Unai and Arteta are different.. people are talking about Duran.. let's talk about Delap at Ipswich?? What a striker! 21 years old and 8 games/5 goals .. he will be a January signing for some team I bet!!

[@tomjolliffescreenwriter]

We dominated for 80 minutes, sat back and unfortunately made silly challenges to give away free kicks. Punished with almost the last kick of the game, but honestly, if a winger is running the touchline and you're not the last man defending, you don't dive in, especially if they're past you (even if you touch the ball, 9/10 the ref will blow a foul for a challenge from behind). Barkley did, the only thing he did wrong in the game, and we've been punished by sloppy set-piece defending. We know it's a weakness, so the last thing you do is give one away with seconds to go. To be honest no team in the league is good at defending set pieces. It's a weakness in the modern game because the obsession with SP coaches is always the other end. A lot to be happy about though. Played well again. To be fair to Bournemouth they made a good game of it, always looking to try and counter and not just parking the bus. I think the biggest issue, which we've had all season, is converting good chances. Granted, Travers had a great game in goal for Bournemouth, but we should have put away a few. Rogers missed a great chance. Duran, to the shock of everyone, saw a thunderbolt go inches wide (ironically, Travers might have had it covered). I think we've also got to start putting teams to the sword. One goal is too fine a margin. We've dropped 4 points against Ipswich and Bournemouth in games we should have killed them off in. Tielemen's was incredible by the way. Such a classy player. Two very tough games in the league now, and we've got to pick up 3 points I think to stay in that pack.

[@stephenhayes-nf1gw]

Gutted to concede at the end . Big picture is ok , with a lot to improve on . Players looked hurt which will help going forward. UTV

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Yes mate

[@mclibiez6525]

Vite le retour de kamara a 100%Tilemans est un bon joueur mais je trouve qu'il veut en faire un peu de trop quand tu n'y arrives pas (goal)fait une bonne passe 😅enfin je sais que villa y arrivera 💪💪

[@stuhector3511]

While we indeed haven’t lost, it’s still not great that we’ve shared points with Ipswich and Bournemouth at home

[@kaptaink6960]

Fine margins. We have to dissect every aspect of our game now to ensure we are the right side of these margins. The point you made Luke about if that was Salah, something is happening and couldn’t agree more. Ramsey and Rogers need to make these breaks towards goal count more. This is why we will not challenge for the prem this season, however if Liverpool beat Arsenal today, we stay 3rd! So it will soften the blow, so c’mon the scousers! Happy for Ross getting his goal and to be fair, their keeper had the game of his career. I predict 2 wins in our next 2 games, UTV!

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Cheers mate

[@st454MC]

Honestly with games like totenham and liverpool away coming up we CAN NOT drop these points, hope emery fixes this issue and UTV

[@milliefrankieshaw2009]

Just before the ultimate freekick , Ramsey and co should of ran the clock down (soft ball to give away) It was sloppy by Barkley, cash had it covered. I’m not to sure why we set our line so high for the freekick which essentially allowed them to have the run on us and let them drop the ball into a dangerous area . As for the ball being out… I’d say it was out (agreed) but I also thought the Newcastle one was out . I remember the PGMOL explaining why the ball was still in play and all the pundits agreed in unison… I would love to hear them explain and divid the 2 because ours was a lot closer to the line. The way the rules are now, allows match officials to manipulate games and get away with it with ease. On paper, that game looks filth with all the yellows being handed out. I was at the game yesterday and it was anything but that. Blows my brains out We played brilliantly yesterday but we were the makers of our own down fall all in the last 5 or 10 minutes

[@leejohnson3209]

The defending of the free kick was poor but our problems started 10 minutes before we got to that point. We had chance after chance to get our foot on the ball and spurned every one. Misplaced pass after misplaced pass, bad decision after bad decision, so many miss controls. It was clear the goal was coming, it wasn't even a shock when it did, I called it as soon as they got the free kick, I knew it was going in our net. Ah well. We move on to the next one.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Agree with you mate

[@stephenevans6861]

I agree about needing to keep ball last 10

[@preston17717]

Mo Salah is one of the best wide forwards in Premier league history mate. I thought a few times JJ got wide and just had to try thrash it thru the box, as not many were gettin up with him and olly was on his heels today. Which was a suprise because he looked a live wire when he came on midweek. That last 10 minutes game management was terrible tho. How many needless free kicks did we give away. Then leaving there goalscorer the freedom of villa park to score whilst Duran and cash marked fresh air. Such a shame. Has to be 2 points dropped.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

I know that mate but we need to be ruthless and punish teams

[@johnmorrissey3358]

also rodgers wasn't his usual today ramsey wasn't great until he switched to a more central role , wouldn't get too upset , they are a very good side andwill give anybody a game , no need to panic

[@danielwheeler7850]

Would it be better if we started Barkley for weaker teams where we need to hold onto possession. Onana is just not press resistant.

[@stephenevans6861]

Once I quickly moved on from feeling a bit frustrated to lose 2 points....I have to say we played really well. We can't always win....small margins.... Brighton dropped points too and if games go our way we stay top 3.

[@Joseph64-y9z]

I feel like were missing the leon bailey from last season because we always attack down the left and we need to go down the right at times

[@thehighlight8625]

Bournemouth fan, you guys played better outright, travers had a great game which kept us in it, always a brilliant atmosphere at villa, best of luck lads going forward. UTC 🤝 UTV

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Cheers mate

[@sprintingcactusAVFC]

how many more chances is cash going to get?

[@leftmono1016]

Bournemouth are a decent team. We needed a second goal and missed our chances. Can’t win ‘em all but should have done better.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Yes mate

[@no1arab502]

Kick in the teath to concede on 96 minute but was lucky not to concede a penalty or two. We in 3rd at the end of the day & Bournemouth played good so UP THE VILLA 🩷🩵🩷 and bring on spurs next week

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Spot on

[@Technobliterator]

Still bitterly bitterly disappointed and a bit worried but I’ve seen enough from Unai to know he’ll fix it. Agreed the game was crying out for Buendía, I guess he’s not up to his full strength yet. Worried about the next few fixtures but if we get points from them it’ll all be forgiven

[@roy9816]

Defending free kicks into the box should be the easiest part of the game to fix, but we can't do it.

[@Kevinpayneuk]

Just home and have had time to reflect on a disappointing end. Overall I thought we were wasteful in front of goal and should be put the game to bed in the 1st half. The referee was very disappointing with almost everybody tackle/foul getting yellow but he did get the big decisions right.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Cheers mate

[@gavinford9606]

I’m surprised kosta is not getting minutes

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

I'm sure he will play Wednesday

[@deejay5224]

We need to do better at home. More intensity and pace. It's time for maatsen to start. Digne just isnt pacey enough. Tmans is doing too much heavy lifting without getting enough help from onana who's being subbed on 45mins. Mcginn isn't quite as dominant

[@thejlgamer1480]

Why don't we leave one player up on a corner? Or an opposition attacking half free kick? Because if Duran is standing near the halfway line, they then have to leave two back. I honestly hate seeing Watkins or Duran defend corners or free kick crosses into our box. It really annoys me, and since the 2-4 lose to Arsenal nearly 2 years ago, we haven't learnt our lessons.

[@Lioness_UTV]

Luke, just wondering as it wld be interesting to track; are there any stats that shows the success rates of our final passes, or balls given away? **not won or lost duels as that only tells part of the story.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Il speak to Earl mate

[@MartinPackwood]

Only real downside is having to listen to idiot pundits banging on about how we can't handle Champions League and Premier League together.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

So annoying this narrative, we're unbeaten after playing Europe so nothing should be said really

[@jkutv]

Reality was Rodgers looked knackered and ineffective. And we were very flat against utd. It's not a coincidence. Huge highs in Europe then have to get back up for it in the league which is tough.

[@TheJust-]

We lost control of the football match in the last 7mins when Martínez kept going long. With the quality of our players now it wasn’t necessary. Should have just played our normal game and kept the majority of the possession for the last 7 mins. On a plus note thought the lower grounds was excellent.

[@L.Fairbrother]

Personally, I thought that challenge by Barkley was just stupid. As soon as he was running back, I thought “don’t jump in”, he did, they get a dead ball and he gets a stupid yellow.

[@GraniteStateOfMind603]

Last second goal was payback for the fixture at the Vitality when you stole a point in te same manner. Good luck for the rest of the season except when you meet the mighty 🍒 again.

[@Keeter101]

It looked to me that the Bournmouth players had stopped playing when the ball went out.

[@Omi_xo]

So did arsenal and newcastle scored.

[@harryjohnson8371]

And please analyse what the hell matt cash is doing for the goal. What area is he marking ? Absolutely none. Hes a liability

[@johnmorrissey3358]

dont know what happened to us , after we scored, just invited pressure, but i have to give them credit , they battleted , funny that its been us that battles back after going behind, feels like role's reversed

[@NoelCowanupthevilla]

Thought we were the better team didn't create enough clear cut chances

[@daviddavidge204]

Still unbeaten and points a point. Thought they would hit us in the break at 0.0 so 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@daviddavidge204]

ON the break

[@standuplive1]

refs are giving quick yellows to control the game but mostly only 2nd yellows for time wasting

[@gavinford9606]

We need to beat Liverpool to open the race up

[@Trianglevillan]

Overall its a point you take and move on As a whole it's disappointing and very worrying. 3 draws in the last 4 against average sides., Duran had stopped saving us. Were not being clinical enough and teams seem to score easily past us. On matty cash, I've seen abit of a debate again today of some fans saying the usual he's awful and some fans then calling those fans nasty words for calling him out. I'm getting sick to death of the same thing every week with cash. He might not be the reason we didn't win today but he was the one at fault for the goal. He was marking evanilson and he scored from that free kick. End of cash was at fault.

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Duran would be thinking about that chance tonight...

[@Omi_xo]

​@UTVFANCHANNEL I'm sure Watkins is thinking about the header, Konsa thinking about his shot, and McGin thinking how incomplete the refs are.

[@SRJ-b4s]

That vulnerable area seemed thinly marked and I'm not sure why Cash drifted away. Barkley seemed annoyed by it after but ideally would have warned Cash beforehand.

[@junior-v3h8o]

I see full back who fills me with no confidence what's so ever ,there's a reason unai plays cons and Carlos in the champions league ! I worry every time I see him defend ,Bailey still isn't right but we have to play him into form , gutted we lost two points anyway on we go

[@mikekane9213]

Frustrating. We can't finish the weaker teams. Emery's gotta figure that out. Bailey's underperformance thus far has really hurt us. Ramsey is looking very average. Need wing help!!!

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Need to find a way mate

[@no1arab502]

Ramsey hasn’t been the same since he got injured in the u21 for England & Bailey going through a bad patch hope they both turn it around quick or I can see Emery offloading both of them in the summer

[@chrisweaver5222]

To be honest I was far more gutted with the result yesterday until I saw today's results with united and spurs, hopefully Liverpool beat arsenal and we will battle for 3rd or 4th place for successive champions league campaigns, or we can just take the easy route in and win the champions League 😂

[@BrianTenBeers]

👍🍒👌

[@stuartingram6525]

Rodgers has got to start scoring with them late runs into the box! But at least a point and we're all disappointed with a point. Before we'd have been pleased, just shows how far we have come.

[@chips859]

Don’t know know how he said the ref had good game , he gave 12 or 13 yellow cards !! The refs in premiership are shocking

[@carlmcclatchie2122]

We were very unlucky lets be honest, we could have been 2 or 3 up before they really had a half chance. Duran missed that sitter and I thought we would draw tbh. That all said that ref was horrid every foul was a yellow

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Yes mate

[@jaywillz7753]

Gutted about the result… not too bash anyone in particular but cash’s defending in that equaliser is shocking … his stats in the last 3 seasons aren’t good enough, defensively not great and going forward not great … once we get the right side as dominant as the left we will be even closer to the top 3

[@stephenwallace2888]

Ramsey s performance again ??????

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

Played okay but needs to improve that final ball and goal involvements

[@jkutv]

Threw away 3 points. Had enough chances to win that 3/4clear ones and lots of half chances and being in good quality positions. Don't think Bournemouth had any proper chances really. Rodgers looks knackered and Watkins was poor in my opinion. Onana has zero creativity and got caught playing out.. Their press was good and they were defensive which we struggled with.

[@davidsmith-bu7jx]

I think cash needs to be benched lads UTV

[@harryjohnson8371]

He needs to be sold

[@thefilmandmusic]

We were good , but a consistent fault is not hanging on to a lead .. Maybe the lads just get tired last 10 ..Look at the stats how many winning positions … Not moaning doing brill ,,, but need to look at that .. Get a lead , stop playing , been saying it for ages . Buendia in that 10 role would be a shout I think , but he needs game time .. Also the wide players get the ball in quicker , sometimes don’t take a touch ping it in ..I listened to the fame on the radio , didn’t sound like Bournemouth had a kick ???😊

[@TrainerRay13]

Justin>Earl ez

[@kevinjeenes]

We can beat spurs, they'll attack us, which will suit our style

[@UTVFANCHANNEL]

For sure

[@kevinjeenes]

​@@UTVFANCHANNELps spurs have man City in the caraboa cup I believe, so they'll probably play a near 1st team, here's hoping abit of fatigue sets in ,b4 they play villa

[@soulsnipergaming6081]

Away v Spurs will be critical in top 4. If spurs win v Palace & us, they go ahead of us.

[@kevinjeenes]

@@soulsnipergaming6081 they won't beat villa, trust me

[@jonnyhull7860]

Its early days not even 10 games have been played yet ,we gain points threw the season teams are going to slip up

[@Jermaine-v1s]

Digne most overrated player by this fanbase no doubt. Only player to turn open space into a tackle and throw in for them. So slow, can’t beat a man, absolutely replaceable. Need Maatsen to start from now on. Not reactionary as I’ve always said this

[@daviddavidge204]

I personally think buendia is trash and will be worse since his acl

[@andyvilla4489]

Very harsh. All he did was sit on the bench today, like the whole season so far. Don't see how he's to blame. He was in flying form preseason last year just before his injury. He'll get going again.

[@daviddavidge204]

@@andyvilla4489 I don't mean this season, I mean before acl injury he's was hardly pulling up trees. Emery may of got a tune out of him but he's a villa flop in my eyes atm. Now the acl injury so can't ever see it working for him at the villa

[@harryjohnson8371]

Need to talk about how bad Ramsey and Cash are. Game after game after game they are just dismal