Drew Pettifer

Villa 1 - Fulham 1 Passive and lethargic performance. Flat atmosphere. When we failed to capitalise on Fulham passing the ball to Manzambi in the area early on and the McGinn penalty miss, you kind of felt we wouldn’t win. We’ve seen this type of performance in past times, I don’t know what it is - maybe the players are thinking of Barca? We play too many long balls and lack control in the centre, which is concerning against Fulham. When we played ball to feet, especially in attacking areas, they closed us down and used their strength incredibly well - this is one of the things that Glasners Palace did so well against us, and something we don’t really have a solution for. The subs came 10 minutes too late, maybe with them on before conceding we could have taken a bit control. Zion is known to have a mistake in him, but his pro’s far weigh out his cons, felt bad for him, it was like a millimetre over the line. He shouldn’t have had to be as busy as he was. I’m pretty sure if the game had the same atmosphere as we had against Man City, things may have been different. Very disappointed we couldn’t get the win, lucky to get a draw, at least we didn’t lose. #avfc