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Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham - the fans' verdict

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Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa makes a save from Carlos Soler of West Ham
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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Aston Villa and West Ham.

Here are some of your comments:

Villa fans

Henry: Brilliant Villa performance up until Tyrone Mings' injury. After that, we lacked leadership and purpose. Lucas Digne did his best but was very shaky on the ball. A point in the end is something to be happy with. Villa need a senior centre back replacement as soon as possible to try and save the season as letting Carlos go without getting a replacement centre-back in first seems criminal. Big effort now needed against Celtic on Wednesday!

Ian: Villa fell apart when Mings went off. Usual poor passing and giving the ball away. We need better performances if we are to achieve a European spot. Looks like the normal fade away at the tail end of the season.

Damien: Really disappointing, especially after scoring early instead of conceding early as we have been lately. The attack was so disjointed for most of the game and the players looked weary and hopeless. Boubacar Kamara was the only bright spot again. We seem to suffer a drop off both pre and post-Champions League matches which is worrying.

David: The first 10 minutes showed just how good we can be but it was downhill from there. When Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers went off, our ability to retain the ball up the pitch disappeared. The cameo from Donyell Malen was promising though.

West Ham fans

Ben: Absolutely brilliant second-half performance from a threadbare squad. Lucas Paqueta, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomas Soucek and Oliver Scarles were all tremendous. Great point and we deserved more. The wizard is weaving his magic. Front-foot football has returned to West Ham. Keep it up.

Mike: Gritty and determined effort from the boys. Paqueta was different class today - where's that player been all season? Let's hope his injury isn't too bad. We'd have won this by a long way if we hadhad a top-class number nine.

Mark: How Paqueta played up front had shades of Cantona. Wan-Bissaka was man of the match. Ran his socks off - what a player. Encouraging second half!

Barry: We started poorly, way too open. We conceded and was lucky for that to not increase. But, we worked our way back into the game and was well worth the point we got. Paqueta was immense on his own, holding the ball up and bringing players in. It is a good point away to Villa.

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