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I only heard the second half on BBC WM while I was on my way back from work.
And jeez, the game sounded desperate with the first half apparently being equally bad.
Wigan had come with a gameplan that was to basically sit back and try to frustrate us; something it sounded like they did to very good effect.
Fortunately we managed to get the winner in the 88th minute, with what sounded like an absolute cracking 25 yard right foot curler by Jack Grealish.
If we hadn’t of won this today, I’ve no doubt I’d have been moaning like crazy about how it was another two points lost, which could possibly prove very costly and how we can’t afford to keep losing games we really ought to be winning.
But the reality is we actually got a late winning goal as opposed to conceding one and that has to be good news. Hopefully that’s a sign of better resilience in the side.
It was somewhat worrying that Wigan were the better side at times, but I’m not overly concerned. It’s all about getting points regardless of how it happens and Tony Morley said he wouldn’t mind a boring game as long as we won it.
And that seems pretty much what we got.
Morley talked about Grealish and how he did nothing all through the game, except for getting the goal and it’s something I’ve hinted at before, in that Grealish can be a luxury I’m not sure we can afford at times.
Yes, he’s undoubted class, but Morley talked about how he doesn’t play a ninety minute game.
That said, he got the winner and I can live with that.
So it’s happy days again and even more so given that we’re now only three points off the play-off positions and our not so noisy neighbours got battered by the barcodes.
But I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s concerned that with all our striking talent, we don’t seem to score many goals.
And I’m not sure if I heard Tony Morley correctly, but I’m sure he said McCormack was carrying some severe lard around his middle.
If so, what’s that about?
He’ll be gone, as I’ve hinted previously with the press saying similar, if that’s true.
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44 responses to “Villa 1 – 0 Wigan; A late winner via a Grealish early xmas cracker VIDEO”
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That’s better quality Villaaway, so i’ve changed it.
Cheers.
Having a few beers now after another win and finally sorting giddy out 🙂
Jesus thought you’d abandon us Badger, Oohah not his usual self and gone missing. have to say i did get worried at the 80th minute.
I’ve just been madly busy Bill (work’s the curse of the drinking class).
I noticed Oohah predicted a win.
I think I’d better check that he’s ok 🙂
Cracking goal
Strange Badger, I’ve not recieved this post from you? Had to click next to move onto it. Any ideas?
Bill you start getting moderated then you’ll have problems what’s happening to you happened to me a couple of days ago hope not mate, it done badgers head in
Thanks Giddy, i think I’ve found the answer, have to wait till next post to find out ,I’ve registered again. Let’s see.
beating teams like wigan by a single goal,might not headline grabbing, but this victory is as good as most. its so hard to break well organized defenses, which have 10 defenders and no attacking ambitions. better teams than villa can come a cropper in this sort of game. we passed this test. we bounced back from a hard defeat against leeds.we are ticking so many positive boxes this season unlike previous seasons , were we broke many unwanted records.
norwich game this another game, where we will get a good indication where we are in our progression.
NATH, Think that’s the strategy of most teams knowing we have no recognized class midfield or strikers, i heard on a commenter at Newcastle game say the main aim for them is a top premiership striker, that’s I hope what Villa will do.
newcastle started ahead of us,our squad needed more emergency surgery. bruce coming in aswell. he needed to asses his squad. his first goal was to stop conceding silly goals, once this has been achieved, he will add more spice to our midfield. this will add more creative flare we have needed for years. bruce is laying solid foundations. i am impressed. i think had bruce been hired instead of RDM we would be much further ahead of our current situation. January sales can’t come along fast enough,
saw stories bruce has already agreed a deal for a player, any ideas who this is??? no gossip on the streets i reckon its a goalie
Hernandez????
Sam Johnstone – manure’s young GK is the hot tip.
Agreed Nath. He’s also trying to balance the team with an unbalanced squad and doing a pretty good job. If Jordan Rhodes is coming in in January then we need to ship out a couple of strikers. Whilst McCormack is getting a lot of criticism at the moment, I would be for moving Gestede and Kozak out first.
I think Mccormack will get his chance come January when players are in the African nations cup, he’s someone I expected to be the Bees but unfortunately he’s rarely shined
i can’t see us buying another striker, but saying that if bruce doesn’t fancy gestede or mccormack and get a decent offer for either, plus release kojack, he might add another striker. i think bruce will get a goalie and defender. maybe a midfielder if a decent one is available.
why would murphy want to go to rangers. for me he should sign the contract and work on getting in ahead of gabby in jan. i really think he’s better of fighting for a place here at villa. than taking a backward step to scotland.
Nath, Murphy isn’t going to get a game at Villa while we have higher rated, better paid strikers on the books.
It makes no sense whatsoever to play him.
Hence we should sign him up and loan him to the likes of Rangers where he’ll easilly get a start.
And that’s what I think will happen.
I have no problem with him going out on loan, but selling him would be criminal. Personally, I would like to see him on the bench for us. Gabby coming back is just a waste of time.
i see on other blogs people getting carried away with best run in 8 years at home,its not v man u city or chelsea we are playing
we don t need a man utd 3rd choice keeper,yes to aresnal lad at full back followed match yesterday on sky vidi printer and up to 90min we had conceded 4 corners 3 by hutton
we need at least 2 midfielders and maybe a winger
Great win yesterday , that’s what I want to see battle to end and get a result.
Glad it was Grealish who got the goal too, a confident Jack will do wonders for our team. Our one midfielder that can make things happen.
Yes, he turned a trick for this game.
But if you listen to Tony Morley, he was basically non-existent for the rest of the game.
You simply can’t afford a luxury player in the Championship, imo.
Don’t get me wrong, I rate Grealish.
But he’s still too in and out of games and we don’t have the mids to carry him.
You could possibly apply the same to Ayew.
Stop moaning he won us the game. Who cares if he’s not a 90 minute plate most flair players arnt.
Blimey Oohah, you’re criticising me for moaning?
Things must have seriously changed.
Luxury players win games, hard working players do not, because hard working players tend to lack the talent to do anything in the game. As you can see by that Wigan side. You have to have technical/creative players in the Championship. Newcastle have them and they’re dominating the league. Brighton have them. Our problem is, we don’t have more.
I have to echo want some previous posters have said about McCormack. He’s been a bit unfortunate and hasn’t had a decent run in the team. Thinking back to the Wednesday game at the start of the season and wondering if things had been different if he’d of taken that 1 on 1 with the goalie.
I may be wrong, but I don’t think he had a full pre season behind him at Fulham due to injury and has been a bit stop start with us due to suspension/injury.
After all he’s a prolific goal scorer and some players just have that instinct in front of goal. I feel it’s a bit too early to judge him in under 6 months and would be more than willing to be patient with him and hopefully reap the rewards in the new year when he fires us to promotion 😉
I’d mostly concur with that, except there’s no excuse for being fat/overweight.
It it’s true, it’s no wonder he’s not starting.
If he is indeed overweight, he needs to be binned, the same as Flabby, no ifs, no buts.
The minimum requirement is that you stay as fit as possible, imo and if you can’t you need to leave.
Bloody hell, surely if you aint as fit as possible, you aint worth a toss and shouldn’t even be considered?
If the club puts up with this, we’ll never get anywhere.
This is my biggest problem with Bruce, if we get Johnstone, is he has no vision. He’s going the safe way. Especially for a keeper who’s not even as good as the one we have. I realize we have 3 keepers and 2 are injured, but Bunn is out of contract this summer and so is Steer I believe. No point in loaning someone in who isn’t good enough.If you believe the Sun, Rhodes prefers Wednesday as they play attacking football and we really don’t. The Telegraph believes we don’t want Rhodes and are after other targets. Hopefully we put the new scout from Everton too good use as he’s head of our European scouting and go that way.
The ins and outs could be more drastic than you think. At the moment Bruce has not bought any of the players he has, but as soon as he completes his buys in January all the remaining players become ‘his’ players as much as the new arrivals. This is a problem and I envisage sweeping changes.
Perhaps the better question that ‘what do we need?’ is ‘who would you keep?’
than not that.
OLL – will he not be hampered in January by (a) the tendency for prices to be over inflated and (b) FFP rules?
Don’t get me wrong I agree with your sentiments but, tbf to Bruce, think this is much more likely to be next summer.
Couple might go but I suspect we’ll see very few acquisitions and maybe a couple of loans.
FFP might not be a factor if he sells more players than he buys. Considering their importance GKs are cheap, and RB cheaper than forwards. A creative midfielder will be expensive if he is an established 1st team player.
I hope the rumour about Jenkinson is true. Very good right back.
Just been reading that Benno , sounds like its a loan deal, also Johnston from Man Utd , to me its a midfielder needed along with a known goal getter.
Decent RB on loan to cover for De Laet has to be a sensible move. Priority has to be a play maker in mid field with a GK loan also right if Steer is out for an extended period. Think Bunn will leave when his contract is up.
Interesting rumour about Robbie Brady going to Villa. Haven’t seen him play so often for Norwich but as an Ireland fan I must admit I rate him very highly from what I’ve seen of his international performances.
Any truth in it do you think?
Interested probably, but would Norwich sell him to us, even for 10m? I’d be surprised. We’re linked to Schlupp too.
i like some names being linked now. getting more exciting closer the window comes. cant see norwich selling their biggest asset to us,even if we do meet their asking price, but you never know money talks and b/s walks lol
anyways tonight game is a hard one to predict,unlike against wigan where a low villa win to nil was a very good and safe bet. norwich are worst than us for predicting, hit and miss their fans wonder which norwich will turn up, they are also go missing in half’s of games. last being at weekend,they did come back strongly second half but still lost.
iam going for norwich 1 villa 2 i just think we will be too strong for them, hopefully we will turn the home support against them early and have a nice peaceful 90 minutes.
It’s live on Sky too. Almost looking forward to it
I see a 0-2 VILLA win we seem to do well against the carrot crunchers. UTV COYL
You know I want Villa to win, but cannot see it yet, no midfield, no striker, best I see is another draw, please let me be wrong and win….
Yet a win would put us over Norwich and (if the tractor boys get their finger out tonight) we might even go over the noses on GD!
Here’s hoping