[Albion] Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Flounce]

As an aside, I’d rather he control his ‘animation’ - one touchline ban and a yellow card with still a third of the season to go, I think he probably gets animated enough.

Trouble is we never actually see the animation he gets booked for

 

[Flounce]

Tough crowd

Well that’s what happens when you become entitled

 

[nickbrighton]

Satisfying point and a welcomed result which I never thought we would take at Villa Park. Only downside was having to endure the vocal tones of that plank Lee Hendry
co commentating.

I miss the days of neutral commentators, and just the one commentating on a match. No silly banter between two commentators and just thoughtful insights into the game being played

Tonight's pair were obviously happy when Villa took the lead, ,and it distracts from the game when the commentating favours one side-its fine on local radio which is meant to be from one sides perspective, but national TV should always be neutral

 

[BadFish]

This was supposed to quote the mom O'Riley post.

Lamptey for me

 

[US Seagull]

Found Minteh to be very frustrating so far, but he really put himself about today.

Looked like he was really trying out there. Which is nice to see when a few other heads looked like they might be dropping.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Fantastic point, very stressful at times, nice loud support today, huge contrast from West Ham. Pedro’s attitude questionable, he needs to stop getting the arse when things aren’t going his way, team looked v poor defensively at times but much improved in the second 2nd half. Commitment pressing the opposite number and marking said players from us was bad also, again that did improve in the closing stages. UTA.

 

[Winker]

Warren was getting pissed off with Gruda and Adingra for not tracking back and helping the defence.

He wasn't too happy with Bart at times either, at fault for their first goal?

 

[oldboyroy]

Just got back home. A deserved draw after villa came out firing in 2nd half. Not sure on the pen given will need to see it back. Didn't look like a pen from where we were sitting but 1 pen appeal looked more like 1. Good last 15 from the lads and could've won it at end.

 

[Invicta]

Great result and looked decent in short Sky highlights. Expected a battering so happy with a point.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Rub it half in I guess

We can call a score draw it’s a good point but I still think he is the wrong guy to lead the team

 

[Bob!]

We lost 1-6 there last season.

A few munchkins need to pull up their knickers and make me a cup of tea.

Lactose free milk and no sugar.

Ta.

Decaf I presume?

 

[Alex BH]

I say we stick the Villa fans in the car park at the Amex and give them all lollipops so they don’t sing that bloody irritating yippe I o song

 

[Sorrel]

That was a lot better than the last time here - and a lot better than against Brentford; while there were spells they looked like scoring, we had spells like that too.

The Villa fans walking away from the ground thought 2-2 was a fair result. The substitutions in the second half worked too. Not overjoyed, as there’s much that can be improved, but it was a decent point, well-earned.

 

[el_ciddy]

Fantastic point, very stressful at times, nice loud support today, huge contrast from West Ham. Pedro’s attitude questionable, he needs to stop getting the arse when things aren’t going his way, team looked v poor defensively at times but much improved in the second 2nd half. Commitment pressing the opposite number and marking said players from us was bad also, again that did improve in the closing stages. UTA.

With 2 assists Pedro’s attitude can be overlooked Shirley.

 

[BN41Albion]

With 2 assists Pedro’s attitude can be overlooked Shirley.

Mmm assists or no assists, it's still not a great look acting like that when things aren't going well - does nothing to help, if anything makes things worse

 

[oldboyroy]

The fck has this 12 minutes added time come from?

Pedro was down for about 6 mins a few mins in then the 2 VAR checks

 

[Triggaaar]

I think it's a foul on Bart

 

[Quebec Seagull]

I miss the days of neutral commentators, and just the one commentating on a match. No silly banter between two commentators and just thoughtful insights into the game being played

Tonight's pair were obviously happy when Villa took the lead, ,and it distracts from the game when the commentating favours one side-its fine on local radio which is meant to be from one sides perspective, but national TV should always be neutral

I always try to get a French feed for our matches. The on-air teams are completely neutral, although they do get slightly more animated when the underdog / non-filthy rich side is making a comeback or winning. The commentary itself has twice the verbiage, insights and fun than Sky or the BBC.

I know many of you in NSC speak 2 or more languages. What do you think of the Germans, Spaniards, Italians, etc. when they cover our games?

.

 

[OzMike]

Didn't get time to make the usual comment.
Looks like we are the draw specialust again !

 

[Uh_huh_him]

only seen the limited highlights.

Our fans sounded good on the clips.
Well done to those that made the trip, and rewarded with a rare result.