Well the score is fine but that was a tense 45 minutes. Hull are fighting like tigers and, in Bullard, have a player with far more flair than anybody in the West Ham squad, Diamanti apart. Why is it that Hull can accommodate Bullard against Villa but Zola can't find a way of getting our equivalent into the first 11 against Liverpool?
Ivebonkedawhore's finish for the Villa goal was superb but it was a very lucky rebound from an attempted clearance that gave him the chance. Apart from that, and a couple of long shots early on, Villa haven't offered a lot going forward. Hull, on the other hand, have missed two good chances, one with Bullard shooting high and the other seeing an incredible block on the line from our own James Collins to stop Kilbane scoring. If Villa win this 1-0, I might end up calling the decision to sell Ginge to them as inspired. It was, quite simply, one of the best goal line blocks I have ever seen! Keep it up Ginge! By the way, there was a Hull tackle in the build up to the Kilbane chance that showed more commitment than our whole team mustered in 45 minutes at Liverpool.
Fingers crossed that Villa find another goal and kill the game off. If Hull equalize, I could see them winning. And on this showing, they would thump Sunderland at the weekend! The next 45 minutes could decide whether we stay up or go down! Don't let Zola near the Villa dressing room!
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John Collins is still our best defender – while playing for Aston Villa!
John Collins made some incredible blocks in the match against Hull and averted a sure goal for Hull tonight. While I watched that on TV I couldn’t help but think that he is still by far our best defender and that without even playing for us! If his contribution helps Aston Villa beat Hull City tonight he would undoubtedly have done more for West Ham than most of our existing defenders in the match against Liverpool and probably for most of our games in the past few months! This is the measure of how bad our defensive play has been under Gianfranco Zola.
James mate.
come on villa. if hull loose tonight and on saturday against sunderland and we beat wigan then we are safe. come on villa.
All ifs and buts. We still need to beat Wigan and if their performance against Arsenal is anything to go by then we aint got a hope in turning them over.
0-2! Unless they do a Wigan on Arsenal we should be home and dry now!
Come on villa finish the game i love ginge
Language mate.
I couldn't agree more with you (as usual) about James Collins. Think perhaps Zola prefers the more lightweight continental types, that have so far all been very average or completely useless. Personally I think having a James Collins type of player in a side is essential and I despair that Hammers management let him go at all, and especially for so little, but great that he is still helping us from afar.
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