Fair. I agree we did put them to the sword a couple of times in the 2nd half but for me that first half was all Villa from the get go. A lot of it had to do with them keeping Sidders and Stephens contained as well.
You are absolutely right about their trajectory. Based on last night I'll be...
It wasn't a "poor performance". Well, the first half was.
We came up against a team coming into form who for the first 45 minutes looked every bit a Premier League team. They had us figured out tactically and allowed us minimal time on the ball resulting in questionable decision making and...