Thelonious said:Nah mate, a point away to Villa is triffic
A point away at Villa when reduced to ten men for much of the second half - and chasing a goal just to equalise - is not a shameful result. In the context of the flow of the game it looks like we should have coasted it, but we didn't in the end and that's football.
My only beef is with the Parker sub. The Defoe one I can forgive. JD isn't as adept as Ade in general play, he's too one-dimensional and it would have smacked of a panic sub when there was no need. Two mins later, penalty + goal = different game. I think H got that one right.
Shouldn't have taken Rafa off for Parker IMO. It was just time wasted in the end. Not sure I'd have made a sub unless I was sure that we gained something without losing the overall momentum.