The Holy Trinity: Aston Villa conclusions from disappointing Premier League draw with Bournemouth

Villa threw away the lead, dropping points from a winning position at the Vitality Stadium

Sometimes, even the most positive supporter has to look at a performance and accept that it just wasn’t good enough to win a football match.

Aston Villa have started to deliver those performances more regularly than their Premier League position would suggest and Saturday’s flat display against AFC Bournemouth was certainly one of them.

From my point of view, the frustration isn’t that Villa weren’t good enough to beat Bournemouth but that they had much more to give and it’s becoming a pattern. This isn’t about regressing to the xG; Villa are failing to impose themselves.

Perspective is important. Villa are third in the table and still have a Champions League spot to defend. They’re through in the Europa League and will be favourites in the round of 16. They’re still in the FA Cup.

The worst thing they can possibly do is to panic those positives away.

Here’s your Holy Trinity of match conclusions: