[Albion] Against Villa, did we pick up a point...

[severnside gull]

As my son and grandsons are Villa fans (born a mile from Villa Park) I’m happy with the draw.
Given how our season was going up until the New Year I’m happy with a point.
If we stay up in May I’ll be happy we got a point.

That aside...........two points dropped but hey, I’m a pragmatist

 

[Invicta]

Win there for the taking, but a point nearer survival. Cant complain.

 

[barmyarmy]

Every point counts towards survival! I'll take it !

 

[OzMike]

2 dropped trust us to catch a shit Villa team with a great goalkeeper.

 

[Jahooli]

Disappointed we only drew after the way we dominated but no complaints about the team or Mr Potter

 

[Gazwag]

Other fans think we are the luckiest team in the league. Every other team we have played save their worst game of thr season to play against us (save Leicester). Its all you ever bloody hear, rearly do the pundits give us credit for making the other team play badly.

 

[nickjhs]

All over them, no decent striker. Again.

Oh come on. Martinez was the equivalent of a 12th player. 3 world class stops. For me at least there was no complaints in this regard, Maybe Maupay should have laid one off rather than having a go, but other than that the attempts on goal were quality, its just that Martinez is excellent and now has 12 clean sheets for the season.

 

[crodonilson]

Delighted with a point, Villa are a fine side. 99% of us would have taken a point before the game.

 

[nickjhs]

He's not a bad player and he gives his all, but is he good enough? I'm not so sure.

I am, he is not good enough. Great attitude, but just doesn't have the level of skill required.

 

[nickjhs]

They were mostly easy saves straight at him.

I suggest you have a look at the highlights or maybe you were watching a different game? Burns header couldn't have been closer to the top left corner, for Trossard he was diving high reaching back over his head and Veltman's was going straight to him until it took a deflection. We would most likely have scored except Maupay decided to be a dick head and not pass it to an unmarked Lallana standing in front of an open goal.

 

[nickjhs]

Yep, so many chances have gone begging this season.....................lacks composure & really frustrating.

I'm genuinely surprised when he does score !

Yep, the mental picture I get of Maupay is him looking disappointed with himself, where as whenever he gets it I expect him to miss either the chance or miss the correct pass.

 

[BadFish]

Sorry but Maupay is just not good enough. Give the bench a chance

The thing is apart from Welbeck the others aren't any better - and Welbeck struggles with injuries.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

C’mon , it was a ruddy good performance by our team. They were all over them .. we were stifled by a goalkeeper having a brilliant game. A lot of our shots were on target.
It just didn’t run for us last night....
incidentally, where is this clinical striker going to come from if we haven’t got £50million to spend?

 

[Hamilton]

It's always a point gained but on the balance of play we have to put that down to 2 points frustratingly dropped.

 

[vagabond]

Delighted with a point, Villa are a fine side. 99% of us would have taken a point before the game.

Not me.

 

[Icy Gull]

Not me.

I would, I thought we might be lacking in energy after the last three tough games. Potter played an absolute blinder and I ended up very disappointed

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Other fans think we are the luckiest team in the league. Every other team we have played save their worst game of thr season to play against us (save Leicester). Its all you ever bloody hear, rearly do the pundits give us credit for making the other team play badly.

The Sky team doing last night’s game were ridiculous in their bias.

So positive about Villa despite them doing nothing. And so negative about “Brighton” - despite our talented young team putting in another excellent performance.

The number of times we put together a very good move - either by an individual player or a number of players combining - and it just went uncommented on until they could trot out a line they wanted to about Villa’s potential or our wastefulness. Grrrrr....

 

[dazzer6666]

3 outstanding saves from Martinez........thought we’d be lucky to get anything before the game, in the end we were unlucky not to get all 3 points. Totally outplayed them and restricted them to nothing. Bossed the midfield and outstanding in defence, continuing the form of recent games. Keep this up and the points will come. Room to improve up front but the progress is fantastic.

 

[Rinkmaster]

Maupay on a bad run at the moment other strikers have been through it and come out of it. The problem with him is twofold. Bad decisions and more seriously terrible distribution in the final third. I have lost count of how many times Neil has given the ball away in the opposition half. Maybe it is indecision I don't know

 

[Arkwright]

Villa are a good side so you would take a point but on reflection we need to put teams away when we are on top.

Same old, same old!