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Put simply, we were beaten by a very good Aston Villa side. Sometimes you have to take a defeat on the chin. We were beaten by a top six side, who have quality throughout.
They have quality throughout the side, no more so than James Milner, who was, in my opinion, the best player to come to the DW stadium this season. Too many people were slaughtering Kirkland for his punched clearance, where I thought the way he hit it in, through a packed area, was absolute quality. Fair play. Great player, and one I can see going to United in the next couple of seasons, as he’d be a ready-made replacement for Paul Scholes. He’s got to go to South Africa. I also liked John Carew, who has a great touch for such a big fella.
Latics? I didn’t think we played bad. It was just the same old story, we lacked that final punch, up front. If anything, we are our own worst enemies, with the way we give possession away cheaply, and the mistakes we make.
Still, out of the two games this week, I never fancied us against Villa, and have always put far more importance on the Burnley game. However, slip up in that, and I won’t be taking that one on the chin, as I did last night’s defeat.
the goals we conceded were typical of a team that are edgy because of our league position as well as being low in confidence. the first goal made me laugh (though it shouldn’t have done) when it took the villa fans about half an hour to realise they had scored. thought we responded well & deserved the equaliser, but was frustrating when their 2nd goal went in.
Decent performance and if you were able to look at honest stats, I bet we had about 10 shots on target to their 4 and a lot more posession etc, it’s the end product that isn’t quite there, I quite like Moreno and think he may prove to be a decent striker, a bit of confidence would really help, get a few goals against Burnley, string a couple of wins together and that dithering when players get in the last third would disappear.
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