Aston Villa News 24/7This doesn’t require a great deal of narrative, it was never going to be a classic. The statistics reflect a very even affair and, though it may be easy to claim after the event, I really don’t think that Villa did much more than was required.
Young’s 11th minute goal is worthy of mention beyond the merits of being the game’s only goal. It was a very fitting finale to a series of 6 or 7 shorts passes in the left-hand channel between Gabby, Warnock, Petrov and Ash himself and also a perfect illustration of what the inside-out winger can deliver. Nothing new for Ash, but nice to see some of the more intricate passages of play that Aston Villa create – despite what our critics would have you believe – deliver a goal.
That said, it was a piece of majestic beauty.
| 0 | Bolton | Apr 3rd 2010 | Aston Villa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 52% | Possession % | 48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Shots | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | On Target | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Corners | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Offsides | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scorers | 11′ A Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricketts, Jaaskelainen | Booked | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sent Off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 187 | Good Passes | 194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49% | CPS % | 51% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 81 | Bad Passes | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70% | Completion % | 73% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Interceptions | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Tackles Won | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Tackles Lost | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Blocks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Free Kicks | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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[Original data and graphics courtesy of ESPN and The Guardian]
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I don’t think the game was as drab as most articles I’ve read seem to imply ???
It’s interesting to look at the average position graphic though as that makes us seem extremely narrow.
Perhaps that explains why I thought we actually controlled the midfield for once (re my comment yesterday)?
Most of the complaints about MON seem to have dried up since the win, but the question in the back of my mind is what would the response have been if Ash hadn’t scored and we’d drawn 0-0?
“It’s interesting to look at the average position graphic though as that makes us seem extremely narrow.”
that’s a quirk of average positioning and two wingers who swap wings so much. ash and downing spend almost equal time on each wing, so on average they appear in the middle.
i use it to look at the back four, especially how advanced or not the full backs are. the relative positioning of the two strikers, if there are two, is interesting too.
but the way we approach our midfield now, with milner being central, but semi-free to go where he pleases, almost makes a mockery of this graphic.
i still like it though.
“Most of the complaints about MON seem to have dried up since the win, but the question in the back of my mind is what would the response have been if Ash hadn’t scored and we’d drawn 0-0?”
like arnie, they’ll be back.
“that’s a quirk of average positioning and two wingers who swap wings so much. ash and downing spend almost equal time on each wing, so on average they appear in the middle.”
Of course.
I forgot that.
“the relative positioning of the two strikers, if there are two, is interesting too.”
I’ve been down this road on other sites.
We don’t play two upfront, it’s always a 1-1 imo.
It’s why Gabby and Carew can work whereas Gabby and Heskey doesn’t imo.
While Carew is equally useless at playing deep, he can still get into goalscoring positions generally.
Just to prove me wrong though, Heskey did everything I expected him to for his chance yesterday (apart from score obviously) in that he got himself into the box.
That’s been a massive complaint on my part, but perhaps he’s finally learning?
“like arnie, they’ll be back.”
I suspect you’re right.
“We don’t play two upfront, it’s always a 1-1 imo.”
bingo! gabby is *always* more advanced on average than either heskey or carew. comparing matches, heskey tends to drop deeper than carew in the same role.
however, they are recognised strikers, not midfielders, and that’s really what i mean by playing two up front.
however, i do take the point that if we shifted gabby to a right sided wing forward role that it would be fair to describe it as a 4-5-1, so this probably should be 4-4-1-1.
but it’s a fine line imo.