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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on August 23, 2019, 09:54:58 PM
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Fucking hell yes. My PL match thread losing streak is over as is Jack’s. Fucking brilliant boys.
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And I love that the post match song is Sweet Caroline
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Massive 3 points, for me stand out performances from Wes, Tyrone, Engels, Jack, Taylor and Jota.
Come on you Villa beauties.
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Fucking hell.
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Get the fuck in. Deserved. Monkey off back.
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So fucking happy.
Come on Villa!!
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The noise and the scenes from the ground are amazing.
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Wes was a fucking beast! His hold up play was superb. Mings and Engels absolute rocks.
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I love this team. They can play.
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Lovely
Great to see the ground rocking and a rolling
They all put a shift in and paced themselves better.
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We're out the blocks and not in a small way, we needed this, boy did we need this, at last the team have tasted victory,.............Now they are hungry.
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So good...so good!
Emotional stuff.
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Fookin brilliant. First half there was flair and attacking threat. Second half was about soaking up pressure and hitting them with a sucker punch. An all-round performance. Great stuff.
Fans were amazing.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
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What a fucking team.
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Wow. I’m a bit emotional watching those post match scenes. Amazing crowd!
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Wesley was immense after he had scored
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Tonights all about us but just a word for Andre Gomes, Ive never seen so many mis-placed passes, absolutely horrendous.
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Wes was a fucking beast! His hold up play was superb. Mings and Engels absolute rocks.
Hope he can grow from this. Hopefully we learn that hoofing doesn't work with Wes. Thought he was great and was nice to see Anwar come on briefly and work hard and get on the score sheet. You guys can have Jack but he's mine...
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about us that did for me.
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Wow. I’m a bit emotional watching those post match scenes. Amazing crowd!
Get emotional, it's been a long time coming, we've suffered enough, we are we're we should be.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
I'm buzzing. We'll be ok.
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My main concern is losing mings or Engles as we are very reliant on them as we do allow the opposition a lot of possession.
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Never had a doubt.
Man, oh man, I love this club.
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Gutted I've not seen this, on holidays with the missus and as she sprained her foot I had to ignore the one bar showing the game and instead get a taxi back to our hotel and follow on here and BBC. Sounds like the atmosphere at the end was the finest it's been in years (Baggies FA Cup replay?). Game/score-wise, a bit similar to our win over Chelsea when Doing shook Abrahamovic's hand.
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Carragher does like us, I must say.
Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
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My main concern is losing mings or Engles as we are very reliant on them as we do allow the opposition a lot of possession.
True but we have some strength in depth. Konsa is no slouch by all accounts, and we'll need to give him some game time at some stage.
The powers that be have given us a good squad.
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
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Gutted I've not seen this, on holidays with the missus and as she sprained her foot I had to ignore the one bar showing the game and instead get a taxi back to our hotel and follow on here and BBC. Sounds like the atmosphere at the end was the finest it's been in years (Baggies FA Cup replay?). Game/score-wise, a bit similar to our win over Chelsea when Doing shook Abrahamovic's hand.
Wife and Ice, should do the trick, have a damn good holiday, you've earned it.
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Even Sky seem to love us. Well until we start beating their favs
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
Wot they say? I hope someone uploads the last few minutes of.the game and post-match Sky coverage to YouTube. You must be beaming watching that, enjoy! I'm stuck in fookin' Rhodes.
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Victory. Superb.
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
No Ta.
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Third game lucky!
Well done to Wes: the relief on his face when he broke his duck was palpable!
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Fuck me am I happy.
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There was an angle of El Ghazis goal on sky that showed behind the goal, you could see the Holte going crazy, the side of the DE going crazy, ball boys jumping up and down and 4 or 5 staff members in Villa tracksuit celebrating, it was a superb image and what this club is all about.
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
No Ta.
I was going to say, please, I'm still trippin we haven't got to play these morons ever again, didn't want to offend.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
I know what you mean.
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How ace was that?!!
I think this statement has stood the test of time.
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
I'll bet anything MolineuxMix has over 100 comments on our game. Sad twats the lot of them.
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Absolutely clicked tonight. Not one bad player.
First goal was so key and great that it went to Wesley. After that he was visibly more confident, definite MOTM, and allowed us to push them back and play out way into the game.
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Fuck me am I happy.
.....and so you should be young man, especially after the fall of Tobruk.. kidding, me to.
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We are BACK
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https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11792547/aston-villa-2-0-everton
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One word - Mings
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Great night and atmosphere . Got the all important win. Big Wes superb and Guilbert showed his quality. McGinn and Grealish both improved.
In saying all that, Everton were genuinely awful and still missed three absolute sitters. Really hope that's not the type of football we continue to play all season , far too direct and really struggling with the transition from defence into midfield.
Heaton 6 - solid night and didn't have much to do
Guilbert 7 - very solid after the early yellow, his pace will be a huge addition all season. Got away with a big mistake late on for the Walcott chance mind.
Engels 7 - this guy is a good defender, seems slow but never caught out of position. Solid on ball and in the air
Mings 6 - some great blocks but gave away possession all night. Wild fresh air kick in our box could have been punished, not sure he needed to leave his position for the Walcott chance either.
Taylor 6 - solid defensively in fairness but nowhere near good technically with the ball, that cross effort alone was pathetic
Luiz 6 - worked hard but didn't get the ball off the back often enough to get us playing
McGinn 7 - good with ball and worked very hard without it with a number of key turnovers.
Grealish 7 - decent night after a slow start. Still not at his most fluent but a lot more involved on the ball
Jota 6- fine assist but that aside struggled to get involved I thought. Brushed off ball and struggled with pace of the game.
Trez 5 - his pace caused problems at times but anonymous for large parts. Not sure about this guy I must say.
Wes 9 - fine finish for goal and transformed thereafter . Held ball up brilliantly for us and key for the second goal.
El Ghazi 7 - nice finish and looked a threat. Getting dropped might have done the trick . Has far more to his game than our other two wide options . Elmo I can't recall having a kick
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A lot of these PL players I'm seeing for the first time. That Andre Gomes was utter shite.
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
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One word - Mings
Him and Engels are the most reassuring CB pairing we’ve had for a long time. Pure class, and complement each other so well.
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Absolute brilliant, unbelievable scenes following Anwar's goal, crowd were tremendous tonight. Great to see Theo Walcott miss that great chance, after all the damage he's done to us in the pass. Bring on Crewe!
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
Not relevant.
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Thanks
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11792547/aston-villa-2-0-everton
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
Sunderland 6-0
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Yeah, atmosphere, the feeling, the joy, we are back, we have our first victory and fair play to the Toffees, they give it their best, we had the beating of them, on we go.
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Hilarious reaction on the Everton forums. Apparently we robbed them and it was a Prem vs Championship match.. a lot of them wishing us to go down.
Funny part is it took them 75 minutes to get their first shot on goal.
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
No Ta.
Nearly as many posts on there as on our match thread. 😂
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Tonights all about us but just a word for Andre Gomes, Ive never seen so many mis-placed passes, absolutely horrendous.
I thought he was brilliant.
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Superb, bloody ace well done everyone 👍
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Two words - man crush. Just me? haha
One word - Mings
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The bbc cant help having a poor stat dig
"The result lifts Dean Smith's side up to 11th in the table and gives Villa their first win in the top flight since February 2016"
Yes its hard to win in the top flight if you aren't in it.
I know the bbc do the same nonsense to all teams, but stats can mean everything and nothing. Sorry as a maths guy, this gets my goat.
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They now know that they can win in this league, not against one of the bottom contenders either. It was difficult at times but the Emperor and his deputy were immense. We're taking on board the lessons from the previous two games and that, along with tonight's win can only pay dividends.
The crowd were tremendous, really loud and threatening for any team coming here.
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
I'm sure there was moment with two different chants at once, never heard that before.
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A lot of these PL players I'm seeing for the first time. That Andre Gomes was utter shite.
Gomes, Schneiderlin, Richarlison, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Walcott were all genuinely useless (£140m approx combined). Thought Iwobi looked to be carrying timber too. They have spent huge money on that squad in comparison to ours.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
What were they saying Perce? If anyone manages to find a video of it I'll be very grateful 😊
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Great night and atmosphere . Got the all important win. Big Wes superb and Guilbert showed his quality. McGinn and Grealish both improved.
In saying all that, Everton were genuinely awful and still missed three absolute sitters. Really hope that's not the type of football we continue to play all season , far too direct and really struggling with the transition from defence into midfield.
Heaton 6 - solid night and didn't have much to do
Guilbert 7 - very solid after the early yellow, his pace will be a huge addition all season. Got away with a big mistake late on for the Walcott chance mind.
Engels 7 - this guy is a good defender, seems slow but never caught out of position. Solid on ball and in the air
Mings 6 - some great blocks but gave away possession all night. Wild fresh air kick in our box could have been punished, not sure he needed to leave his position for the Walcott chance either.
Taylor 6 - solid defensively in fairness but nowhere near good technically with the ball, that cross effort alone was pathetic
Luiz 6 - worked hard but didn't get the ball off the back often enough to get us playing
McGinn 7 - good with ball and worked very hard without it with a number of key turnovers.
Grealish 7 - decent night after a slow start. Still not at his most fluent but a lot more involved on the ball
Jota 6- fine assist but that aside struggled to get involved I thought. Brushed off ball and struggled with pace of the game.
Trez 5 - his pace caused problems at times but anonymous for large parts. Not sure about this guy I must say.
Wes 9 - fine finish for goal and transformed thereafter . Held ball up brilliantly for us and key for the second goal.
El Ghazi 7 - nice finish and looked a threat. Getting dropped might have done the trick . Has far more to his game than our other two wide options . Elmo I can't recall having a kick
Crikey some harsh ratings considering we won. Mings might have given the ball away but made some important headers and blocks . Jota played quite well in the first half. Trezeguet didn't have his best game but 5?
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My MOTM: Bad English
Thanks for the tweet during the match.
Up the Villa!!!! Fuck yeah!!!!!!!!
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They now know that they can win in this league, not against one of the bottom contenders either. It was difficult at times but the Emperor and his deputy were immense. We're taking on board the lessons from the previous two games and that, along with tonight's win can only pay dividends.
The crowd were tremendous, really loud and threatening for any team coming here.
This all day long, we needed this, we will grow.
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Daughter and I are hoarse from screaming and singing after watching on tv...VP was rocking and the players did us proud.
You could see the nerves melt away after we scored and hopefully this 3 points is the start of something very special.
Everyone gets an 11 from me, especially the fans.
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Tbf I thought Trezeguet was poor wirh the ball but his work rate was excellent
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
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Great night and atmosphere . Got the all important win. Big Wes superb and Guilbert showed his quality. McGinn and Grealish both improved.
In saying all that, Everton were genuinely awful and still missed three absolute sitters. Really hope that's not the type of football we continue to play all season , far too direct and really struggling with the transition from defence into midfield.
Heaton 6 - solid night and didn't have much to do
Guilbert 7 - very solid after the early yellow, his pace will be a huge addition all season. Got away with a big mistake late on for the Walcott chance mind.
Engels 7 - this guy is a good defender, seems slow but never caught out of position. Solid on ball and in the air
Mings 6 - some great blocks but gave away possession all night. Wild fresh air kick in our box could have been punished, not sure he needed to leave his position for the Walcott chance either.
Taylor 6 - solid defensively in fairness but nowhere near good technically with the ball, that cross effort alone was pathetic
Luiz 6 - worked hard but didn't get the ball off the back often enough to get us playing
McGinn 7 - good with ball and worked very hard without it with a number of key turnovers.
Grealish 7 - decent night after a slow start. Still not at his most fluent but a lot more involved on the ball
Jota 6- fine assist but that aside struggled to get involved I thought. Brushed off ball and struggled with pace of the game.
Trez 5 - his pace caused problems at times but anonymous for large parts. Not sure about this guy I must say.
Wes 9 - fine finish for goal and transformed thereafter . Held ball up brilliantly for us and key for the second goal.
El Ghazi 7 - nice finish and looked a threat. Getting dropped might have done the trick . Has far more to his game than our other two wide options . Elmo I can't recall having a kick
Crikey some harsh ratings considering we won. Mings might have given the ball away but made some important headers and blocks . Jota played quite well in the first half. Trezeguet didn't have his best game but 5?
Delighted we won mate but wasn't overly impressed with football we played. A win is a win, mind. Thought we played better v Bournemouth in truth.
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Well that was superb. Tonight showed we do belong back at this level.
Overall very very good. Really pleased for the back 5 getting the clean sheet, they've been much than 5 goals in the first two games. Freddie aswell gave us new momentum going forward from the back, keep him in.
This game reminded me of us beating Chelsea 2-0 in I think 2007 (Mourinho's last game in his first spell). We came out, played better than expected, got a deserved lead and then were comfortable without being comfortable if you get my thinking. Only really got worried in last 10 minutes when Everton really were missing good chances.
We are off the mark now. Would've signed up for a point at half 7 tonight. Go to Palace, defend well and get a 0-1 and it will suddenly look a very good start.
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A lot of these PL players I'm seeing for the first time. That Andre Gomes was utter shite.
Gomes, Schneiderlin, Richarlison, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Walcott were all genuinely useless (£140m approx combined). Thought Iwobi looked to be carrying timber too. They have spent huge money on that squad in comparison to ours.
So many of their attacks ended with the ball flying 10 feet over the bar. They were decent in the build up but looked really wasteful.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Superb.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Can you dream us a few more wins?
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A lot of these PL players I'm seeing for the first time. That Andre Gomes was utter shite.
Gomes, Schneiderlin, Richarlison, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Walcott were all genuinely useless (£140m approx combined). Thought Iwobi looked to be carrying timber too. They have spent huge money on that squad in comparison to ours.
So many of their attacks ended with the ball flying 10 feet over the bar. They were decent in the build up but looked really wasteful.
I agree, they give it there best shot, Everton are a really good side in the Premiership, well done Villa.
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Congratulations to Everton on being top of the league, as expertly predicted by all of the Everton forum.
Ooops!
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It’s starting to knit together, I thought we were really up for this tonight and the difference between the Bournemouth game was the confidence that a goal gives.
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Just me screaming to keep the ball in the corner at the end and then we scored our second? ;D
Thank Christ for that, definitely deserved something for the way we've played in the 3 games so far.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Did you eat cheese before bed? I feel there maybe a sponsorship opportunity on the horizon.
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Didn’t fire up H&V once during the whole match. Couldn’t take my eyes off it!!
How bloody brilliant was that, 1 to 11! 👌🏼
UP THE VILLA!!
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Get in there! Impressed with Fred and Jota down the right, the CBs winning every aerial duel and of course Big Wes for the goal and hold up play. AEG good cameo even before his goal too.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Did you eat cheese before bed? I feel there maybe a sponsorship opportunity on the horizon.
Cheese....My Mum always said that, how strange.
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
I'll bet anything MolineuxMix has over 100 comments on our game. Sad twats the lot of them.
I couldn't resist a look, 126 comments so far about our game on, our own match thread had 212.
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Everton were genuinely awful
Absolute nonsense, Everton might have missed chances but they showed they are a good side, but Villa outfought them. Give us some credit!!!!
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This game reminded me of us beating Chelsea 2-0 in I think 2007 (Mourinho's last game in his first spell). We came out, played better than expected, got a deserved lead and then were comfortable without being comfortable if you get my thinking. Only really got worried in last 10 minutes when Everton really were missing good chances.
Haha, I made the same comparison earlier in the thread and thought that you would appreciate it!
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A lot of these PL players I'm seeing for the first time. That Andre Gomes was utter shite.
He's always been wildly inconsistant. Saw him have many games like tonight for Valencia.....and then Barcelona signed him for 40m.
Digne I like a lot. Hopefully we can have as good an LB as him in a few years although Taylor was very solid again so credit to him for his start to the season.
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
I'm sure there was moment with two different chants at once, never heard that before.
I'm sure I heard the old 'Villa' clap clap clap for the first time in years too
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This game reminded me of us beating Chelsea 2-0 in I think 2007 (Mourinho's last game in his first spell). We came out, played better than expected, got a deserved lead and then were comfortable without being comfortable if you get my thinking. Only really got worried in last 10 minutes when Everton really were missing good chances.
Haha, I made the same comparison earlier in the thread and thought that you would appreciate it!
Just seen it Eamonn, honestly didn't see it before posting! It was very similar, 1-0 up and comfortable and then backs to wall for last ten before breakway goal seals the win against team in Blue.
Hopefully we can go back to beating likes of Everton on regular basis. One of the many bad aspects of Lambert's reign was we became cannon fodder for likes of them and Spurs.
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Villa Park was unbelievably loud tonight. I can’t remember a feel good vibe around our club like this for a very very long time.
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That was tense at the end, but I thought we deserved to win even though they missed a couple of good chances. Everyone run their nuts off, but special mention to Wesley, his whole game changed after the goal, ran the two centre backs ragged. Engels looks a very shrewd signing, thought Mings distribution was poor, but his positional play was top draw. After a shaky start, Guilbert was very classy, looked so comfortable on the ball. Jota was good too, they all played a part, Taylor still frustrates though. Great to see VP rocking long may it continue.
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Played some cracking football going forward. We will win a few and lose a few playing like we do but it’s entertaining. Although I though Jota played well
He does leave the right back exposed sometimes as it’s two on one. They just couldn’t capitalise night.
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Villa Park was unbelievably loud tonight. I can’t remember a feel good vibe around our club like this for a very very long time.
Good news, brilliant.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Did you eat cheese before bed? I feel there maybe a sponsorship opportunity on the horizon.
Cheese....My Mum always said that, how strange.
Had Pizza so yeah. Just glad we won and off the mark, the crowd was superb
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Wonderful stuff. Going back to D 1-1 on the pre-match thread as per the end of last season has worked wonders this evening.
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Played some cracking football going forward. We will win a few and lose a few playing like we do but it’s entertaining. Although I though Jota played well
He does leave the right back exposed sometimes as it’s two on one. They just couldn’t capitalise night.
I thought Jota did a good job tackling back tonight. He covered almost 6km in the first half and seemed to get a foot in at key times in the corner a few times.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Did you eat cheese before bed? I feel there maybe a sponsorship opportunity on the horizon.
Cheese....My Mum always said that, how strange.
Enjoy!!!
Had Pizza so yeah. Just glad we won and off the mark, the crowd was superb
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What a night. What an atmosphere.
We rode our luck at times (but we are definitely due some), but as a team unit I thought we were magnificent.
Mings is just a colossus. He will get some goals for free kicks this year.
Engels was also very good. He has an elegance about his game.
Guilbert, I thought in particular, was magnificent. A great buy.
Very pleased for Wes. That wasn’t a finish of someone lacking in confidence. His hold up play is very good. He grew in stature after the goal. I wonder if 4-4-2 would suit him , with a partner.
Jota has some lovely touches and a great ball for the goal.
McGinn, well we know what he brings
Jack was better , maybe not up to full speed yet, but a good game.
Taylor again I thought had a good game. He’s not the best going forward , and wasted a good opportunity to get a good cross in towards the end. But keeps his place for me.
Anwar brought a fresh pair of legs on and scored at the absolute perfect time.
My first home game in the premier for about four years.
I bloody loved it. We seem to have a team , club and fans that are all as one again. The scenes at the end coincided with me getting some dust in my eye resulting in a few tears until the dust went.
Even the train home was fun.
Weeeeeeeere Baaaaaaaaaack!!!!!
UTV
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Rode our luck at times, but feels great to be putting teams like Everton away again at Villa Park. Thought Heaton, Gilbert, Engels and Mings had solid games and thought Douglas got better as the game went on. Thought Wesley held the ball up well at tines, took his goal well and seems to have that bit of niggle all good strikers have.
We were under pressure for periods of the game, but thought the players put a real shift in and worked hard all game.
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I had a dream last night we won 2-0. Oooooo!
Did you eat cheese before bed? I feel there maybe a sponsorship opportunity on the horizon.
Cheese....My Mum always said that, how strange.
Had Pizza so yeah. Just glad we won and off the mark, the crowd was superb
Ooops!!! Enjoy
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
Sunderland 6-0
Wasn’t it 6-1? My first game at villa park. I was in wm coverage and you lads and ladies there were in fine voice. I’m breathing a sigh of relief now. Let’s get some more points on the board
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Villa Park was unbelievably loud tonight. I can’t remember a feel good vibe around our club like this for a very very long time.
I posted on here a couple of years ago that there have been times when the Old Girl that is Villa Park actually rocks with noise and atmosphere, tonight, even watching on TV, it seems tonight was one of those nights.
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Villa Park was unbelievably loud tonight. I can’t remember a feel good vibe around our club like this for a very very long time.
My ears are still ringing now!
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Villa Park was unbelievably loud tonight. I can’t remember a feel good vibe around our club like this for a very very long time.
I posted on here a couple of years ago that there have been times when the Old Girl that is Villa Park actually rocks with noise and atmosphere, tonight, even watching on TV, it seems tonight was one of those nights.
Indeed! And how bloody great was it that it was showcased to the world on the box. Neville and Carragher were glowing in praise about the place too.
God I love this club! UTV!
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Playing first and getting all three points, can enjoy the rest of the weekend now!
Under the cosh second half but Everton ran out of ideas. I thought Douglas's positioning off the ball was top drawer.
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A balmy evening, Villa Park under lights, absolutely rocking atmosphere, great game, and 3 points in the bag against a team who apparently don't concede or lose very often. Absolutely brilliant evening.
Everton were fairly profligate with their chances and we rode our luck at times, but some great bodies-on-the-line defending, no small amount of skill in midfield, and two very well crafted goals saw us through. When they went 3 up top we started to sit deeper and deeper and on 80 minutes I said to my my mate it's only a matter of time before there's a goal. Fortunately it was for us in time added on. The noise in the Holte was just phenomenal. Happy days
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That was as good a home atmosphere I can remember for a very long time.Possibly Inter Milan
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Everton were genuinely awful
Absolute nonsense, Everton might have missed chances but they showed they are a good side, but Villa outfought them. Give us some credit!!!!
agreed, they were the better side for large chunks of the game and looked good going forward. If they had a decent number 9 the result could have been very different.
The young lad they had up front looked massively out of his depth.
Everton will do well this season
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
I'm sure there was moment with two different chants at once, never heard that before.
I'm sure I heard the old 'Villa' clap clap clap for the first time in years too
You did! And, did anybody clock the "singing section" in A4? Arms aloft, belting it out. In the Upper Trinity. Unheard of. Marvellous!
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What a night. What an atmosphere. That 'Allez Allez Allez' in the last five minutes at 1-0 was superb and got us over the line. We're back baby.
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DS https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1165025671413977088
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Brilliant night. The ground was rocking. Fantastic stuff.
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Wesley looked a player tonight. Mina is strong but Wes out-muscled him with ease but also kept possession more often than not. I guess the only fear is that we may resort to that route one ball as an out, and I think we’ll need other options against different teams. With the quality of SJM, Jack and tonight Jota a nippy skilful centre forward could have a field day against weaker teams - do wish we had the Maupay option too
Fred looked a threat and Engels again looked so composed. Loved it when he celebrated that block in the first half. Also Heaton’s chat from goal seems to be helping the back 4, and no dodgy AWOLs from him tonight.
Crowd were great tonight, wish I was there.
UTV
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I was disappointed with how long it took the referee to sort out their standing on our quick free kicks. Maybe 3 or 4 times before he got a card out. Maybe we need to be a bit wiser, stop trying to push them away and just take the free kick.
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
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Buzzin
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Cracking result and a sensational atmosphere. Wesley looks the real deal as well. Can’t wait for next week now!
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
Hope not.
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https://twitter.com/JacobFurnell10/status/1165020191291576321
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Great performance.
I can’t remember a league game with the ground so noisy and so supportive and my first game was in 1982. Great scenes, brilliant atmosphere. It’s good to be back.
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That was great! Awesome atmosphere
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
Grealish should be in his squad anyway, for the last couple of seasons Id argue, but dont think he has been at his very best this season yet
Given Southgate doesnt have Smalling in his squad because of his limitations with the ball, I suspect Mings may suffer likewise
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that was out of this world getting our first win back in the prem. mings was mom for me and the atmosphere was out of this world. UTV
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That was as good an atmosphere as there's been down there for a long time. It was rocking in the last 10 minutes. The crowd certainly helped get the team over the line.
We worked hard, took our chances & gave as good as we got.
There are no negatives from tonight. UTV
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Better atmosphere than the play off final, if that’s even possible. Fucking brilliant.
I watched on the TV and can’t recall a better atmosphere.
Sunderland 6-0
Not a patch on tonight!
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I’m sorry everyone. They were truly heroic tonight.
However I did say play Guilbert and drop El Ghazi :-).
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
Grealish should be in his squad anyway, for the last couple of seasons Id argue, but dont think he has been at his very best this season yet
Given Southgate doesnt have Smalling in his squad because of his limitations with the ball, I suspect Mings may suffer likewise
Mings is very capable with the ball, certainly with a long pass.
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A superb night.
You can see the team are learning how to be a premier league team and we are getting better with each game.
Stand out players were Mengles, Wes and McGinn.
But a special mention for Freddy who was superb. It was his debut at this level and you would never have guessed.
As for the fans and the atmosphere.....truly brilliant.
I think a contributing factor is that because we have sold so many season tickets, the ‘singers’ and noisemakers are spread all around the stadium and so now the atmosphere comes from all sides of the ground.
Whatever the reason, it was bloody ace.
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
Grealish should be in his squad anyway, for the last couple of seasons Id argue, but dont think he has been at his very best this season yet
Given Southgate doesnt have Smalling in his squad because of his limitations with the ball, I suspect Mings may suffer likewise
Mings limitations? With no due respect, get the fuck outta here!
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50 years to the day since my first Villa game - what a way to celebrate!
Come on you Villa boys, ears still ringing!
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Well guys I have to take the credit for Wes’s goal after I said he was a poor Heskey. I knew that post would do the trick.
I’ll get my coat........
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The drug dealing and gangs on manor Road today
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Anyone who doesn't speak like the dealers isn't a brummie, but some of the local people stand with brown kaffirs what your views
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Are you from North Birmingham by any chance?
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Eight minutes from registering to getting banned is impressive going.
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Anyone who doesn't speak like the dealers isn't a brummie, but some of the local people stand with brown kaffirs what your views
They were probably 16th-century Portuguese traders.
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Just got home after one of the best night time Drive homes ever. The lads were superb and so were the fans, well done Aston Villa. UTV
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
Grealish should be in his squad anyway, for the last couple of seasons Id argue, but dont think he has been at his very best this season yet
Given Southgate doesnt have Smalling in his squad because of his limitations with the ball, I suspect Mings may suffer likewise
Mings is very capable with the ball, certainly with a long pass.
He gave possession away all night tonight anyway
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I’m watching the highlights on sky now as I can’t sleep. Best night at vp in fucking ages
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Villa Park was unbelievably loud tonight. I can’t remember a feel good vibe around our club like this for a very very long time.
It was superb. Even before the match started it was rocking. When the teams came out I said to my seat neighbour I wonder if these player, both teams, realise how privileged they are to be stepping out in this cauldron.
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Andre Gomes was MOTM for us. Broke up all their attacks and nicely stood off Jota for his through ball.
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Get the fuck in! What a game, performance and result! I want to do it all over again!
WE’VE GOT OUR VILLA BACK!!! 😊
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Andre Gomes was MOTM for us. Broke up all their attacks and nicely stood off Jota for his through ball.
Also what a miserable face. You wouldn’t think he was getting paid c£3m a year to play football.
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Thought Wesley held the ball up well at tines, took his goal well and seems to have that bit of niggle all good strikers have.
Yeah that Lineker was a sly one....
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Southgate was there tonight, Reckon he liked what he saw from our English players...?
Grealish should be in his squad anyway, for the last couple of seasons Id argue, but dont think he has been at his very best this season yet
Given Southgate doesnt have Smalling in his squad because of his limitations with the ball, I suspect Mings may suffer likewise
Mings is very capable with the ball, certainly with a long pass.
He gave possession away all night tonight anyway
His job is to defend. He did that bit superbly.
Tom Heaton only had one half blocked shot to save. Engels and Mings were brilliant tonight. Freddie and Taylor too.
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Eight minutes from registering to getting banned is impressive going.
A new record?
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Wonderful stuff. So important to get our first win on the board. It’s good that it was against a decent team too, that’ll breed confidence.
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Catching the Sky YT highlights....
Tremendous goal from Wes but all made from Jota’s vision from the pass. With VAR, i’m Glad the defender led with his arm as well to ensure no doubts on Offside.
Engels on the line. Great fist bump on that save.
Their effort off the post, great reactions and control from Mings. Could easily have been an OG or a follow up rebound but perfect touch into space and then away. Macca at his finest would have been proud.
The sealing goal. That was a pass to Jack wasn’t it? AEG made a tremendous run but SJM was playing it to Jack to take to the corner I reckon. Still would have been a win though, just added the cherry to the icing on the cake.
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I think brontebilly was at a different game to the rest of us tonight. No offence but I disagree with pretty much everything you’ve said on this thread especially with regards to Mings and the player ratings.
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I thought his player ratings were a tad harsh but I agree with him that by their standards Everton were poor and yet still dominated and missed some sitters. Doesn't matter as a one off game we won but 35% possession, 3 shots on target (1 after 80 odd mins) and 0 corners at home isn't always going to end as well tonight did.
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Loving our 6/7/10. Looking like they could quickly become a pretty destructive combination in the middle.
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Just got back home. About to watch the highlights with a drink. Just wanted to say, a deserved win against a decent side. A massive well done to each every single player, manager, and staff member. Also, what a fan base we have. The atmosphere was superb!
I'm going to enjoy this weekend 👌
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Central 7: did all that was asked of him.
Freddie 8: took a few minutes to get going and booked early. After that, fantastic.
Taylor 7: one shite cross, otherwise very solid.
The Merciless 7: playing through the pain barrier but still imperious at times. Was excellent the way he calmly walked the ball out of the penalty area after they hit the post, but if you're being critical he shouldn't have left Three-Oh Walcott alone in the penalty area.
Engels 9 MAN OF THE MATCH: how great is this bloke? Has to be in the Belgium squad now Kompany has retired. Feel free to let McGinn score on September 9th, though. Ta.
Luiz Women 7: less imposing than last week but still comfortable in possession and already seems to have a good understanding with the Super Brothers.
SJM 8: hard to get off the ball, used his arse to perfection, involved in one of our goals and didn't stop running all game. I could have just copied and pasted this from any SJM report, to be fair.
SJG 7: only showed glimpses of what we know he can offer going forward, but his serenity under pressure is vital when you're defending a lead. And he is murder to dispossess without fouling him.
Trezeguet 6: shows flashes of talent, but seems a bit easy to shrug of the ball at the minute. His career suggests that we will see plenty more from him, though, so not to worry.
Jota 8.5: best performance yet from The Pogonophile Puskas. He has every trick in the book and was excellent for the opening goal. Only tiring out and a substitution preventing him from challenging for MOTM.
Weselino 8.5: looked a completely different player after the goal. If he can keep that up then twenty odd million will seem like loose change.
El Ghazi N/A: worked hard and took goal well.
Elmo N/A: decent enough cameo.
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I thought his player ratings were a tad harsh but I agree with him that by their standards Everton were poor and yet still dominated and missed some sitters. Doesn't matter as a one off game we won but 35% possession, 3 shots on target (1 after 80 odd mins) and 0 corners at home isn't always going to end as well tonight did.
However three matches and 1 goal shows that Scoring is not in Everton’s DNA so far this season. We have had 14 shots on target in our three matches they have had 6. Of course blocks by defenders don’t count for some reason, only if the GK saves it or it goes in the net, but I would state that this game was Everton’s standard.
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Jota MOTM for me by a country mile.
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Beautiful. Most nervous I've been since the playoff semi second leg at the Hawthorns, and before that probably '15 FA Cup final. Nights like tonight are what make it all worthwhile.
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The bbc cant help having a poor stat dig
"The result lifts Dean Smith's side up to 11th in the table and gives Villa their first win in the top flight since February 2016"
Yes its hard to win in the top flight if you aren't in it.
I know the bbc do the same nonsense to all teams, but stats can mean everything and nothing. Sorry as a maths guy, this gets my goat.
I have a stat - we have lost less premier league matches than man city since 2016😊
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We have won more Premier League games in the last one day than Birmingham City have in the last 3,051.
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Fantastic result! I haven't stopped singing. I was travelling whilst the game was on and only heard the result after it had ended. If anyone has a link to Wesley's goal or the Villa fans rocking I would appreciate it. UTV!
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On our FB Page and earlier on here.
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Great result and sounds like a brilliant atmosphere. Would have loved to have been there.
Very pleased for Wesley.
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Another great interview with Dean...proper Villa man and loves his dream job:
https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11792579/smith-a-hard-earned-win
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Is Elmo for Trezeguet the first all-Egyptian substitution in British football? 🧐
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Wow, that was such a great ball from Jota and a lovely run from Wesley. I'm glad that luck was on our side with some of the defensive clangers though. Two goals and a clean sheet against Everton is a lot more than I expected to be honest.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
What were they saying Perce? If anyone manages to find a video of it I'll be very grateful 😊
Somebody else asked me in another post so I’ll try and answer. They were just going on about what a massive club we were, how fitting that we were back in the PL, what a fantastic atmosphere etc. Very gushing in their praise but it seemed like genuine fondness and respect. Put it this way, the noses would have been hating it.,
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
What were they saying Perce? If anyone manages to find a video of it I'll be very grateful 😊
Somebody else asked me in another post so I’ll try and answer. They were just going on about what a massive club we were, how fitting that we were back in the PL, what a fantastic atmosphere etc. Very gushing in their praise but it seemed like genuine fondness and respect. Put it this way, the noses would have been hating it.,
I need to see this. Certainly beats listening to the two guys on Japanese DAZN analysing us, and only understanding about 30%!
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Looked like a clear plan to bypass the Everton press in the first 10-15 minutes, which kinda makes sense given a few of the moments in the previous two games. Since Mings appears to be the nominated ‘player to pass out from the back’, there was a few from him early on that seemed to be to no-one in particular. The number of ineffective chances Everton had shows how much work has gone into the defensive organisation, I think.
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I have never minded Everton but their forums are hilarious. Bitterest post match comments I can remember in recent years and that includes the Solihull Bluenoses. How bad they were last night cos Villa a shit/awful/definitely going down/ team of no hopers. It's hilarious. They so disillussioned with their own side they keep have to mentioning how rubbish we are to emphasise the point they are shit. Just remember Everton are our white whale... And we harpooned it! Now if we could only improve our dress sense.
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Excellent performance.
Superb atmosphere.
We're back.
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I was disappointed with how long it took the referee to sort out their standing on our quick free kicks. Maybe 3 or 4 times before he got a card out. Maybe we need to be a bit wiser, stop trying to push them away and just take the free kick.
The foul/follow through from Coleman on Trézéguet when he stood over the ball to stop the free kick being taken quickly was pretty nasty (especially considering it was a tactic they'd employed all game).
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
What were they saying Perce? If anyone manages to find a video of it I'll be very grateful 😊
Somebody else asked me in another post so I’ll try and answer. They were just going on about what a massive club we were, how fitting that we were back in the PL, what a fantastic atmosphere etc. Very gushing in their praise but it seemed like genuine fondness and respect. Put it this way, the noses would have been hating it.,
Thanks mate 8)
Carragher > Murphy
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Played some cracking football going forward. We will win a few and lose a few playing like we do but it’s entertaining. Although I though Jota played well
He does leave the right back exposed sometimes as it’s two on one. They just couldn’t capitalise night.
I thought Jota did a good job tackling back tonight. He covered almost 6km in the first half and seemed to get a foot in at key times in the corner a few times.
Jota was excellent.
Not a lot of pace, granted, but, he plays with his brain. Wesley's goal and two minutes after are prime examples. Very clever player
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I was disappointed with how long it took the referee to sort out their standing on our quick free kicks. Maybe 3 or 4 times before he got a card out. Maybe we need to be a bit wiser, stop trying to push them away and just take the free kick.
The foul/follow through from Coleman on Trézéguet when he stood over the ball to stop the free kick being taken quickly was pretty nasty (especially considering it was a tactic they'd employed all game).
As did Bournemouth.
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A magical night. So many positives about our club at the moment. UTV
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A fantastic result.
Sure we’ll win some and lose some with how we play but it’s so good to be able to watch a team that is going to entertain.
I don’t see any 0-0 score lines anytime soon!
For the first time in years this Villa side has so many match winners in its ranks and I don’t think we’ll have to rely on one player to get us through games.
I witnessed one of the great Villa Park atmospheres last night so thanks to everyone for getting behind the lads.
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The atmosphere at VP was amazing...if we can replicate that every home game, we are going to make it very difficult for a lot of teams. Electric.
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Gary Neville said, after Old Trafford, Villa Park is his favourite ground. Clearly has a soft spot for us. Everton were playing with five in midfield and flooded it, so no real wonder they has loads of possession, but the weren't clinical enough and we were. We gave Sky Sports good television and the club togetherness is absolutely fantastic to see, hear, watch.
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Lift-off.
Thought Jota & Wesley amongst others were excellent.
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Dear Aston Villa.
I love you.
That is all,
Ozvilla.
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Just woken up. Too tired and emotional when I got home in the small hours to come on this happy place.
Two points for me are that the whole team was uniformly good no weak spots or soft underbelly. Secondly how great it was that we got behind the lads so forcefully at the end. Too frequently in the past we have retreated into nail biting in the closing minutes and it rubs off onto the players. Proud to be part of that crowd. I like doing ape shit.
Whisper it. Engels might be as good as Tyrone.
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It was a truly memorable night, and I believe that the atmosphere generated by us, the crowd, had a lot to do with energising the players. I had been concerned about their fitness in the previous two games, but there was no flagging in this one, exemplified by Wesley’s determined run in the last minute to claim the ball that led to that goal.
Has anyone else remarked on the fact that the Holte End stood for the whole match?
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Not going to get carried away, but certainly good signs we can compete and score at this level. Everton are more than decent but helped us with their profligacy. But I think we were owed a bit of luck after the previous two games. I thought Freddie looked the business, Jota has a touch of the David Silva's about him - just needs to be harder to knock off the ball. The left side was a disappointment, possibly because Taylor isn't much cop attacking wise. Would like to see what Targett can offer in that respect. Jack was a little too peripheral for my liking - he has the ability to control games but seems to drift out of it too often. Anyway, Should give us a confidence boost to go into the Palace game - onwards and upwards.
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Great result. We were good value overall. That's a decent scalp too. Yes, but for a lethal striker, Everton would be pushing top 6, but I think that's a good result for us. We got a bit of luck when needed but we looked dangerous.
We were cautious to start, understandably. We kind of sized them up a bit. Once Jota warmed into the game, he turned it for us I felt, and that in turn encouraged Grealish to express himself a bit more. Guilbert got was great going forward. I'd be wary of having him and Jota on the right together against better sides as they'll get exposed, but on the whole it worked yesterday.
Mings imperious. Early doors, everything coming in when they were pressuring a little, Mings was clearing. He's like Laursen, he's an absolute magnet in the penalty area. A few sloppy passes aside, he was superb.
Engels solid too. Taylor kept shape on the left. Heaton was savvy.
McGinn was good throughout. Love him. He never seems to drop below 7/10 for performance, and never less than a 10 for desire and energy.
Dougy was good. Kept plugging away.
Grealish warmed into the game. He then started to prance with more approaching that majesty we saw so often last season.
Trezegeut was quiet, but held shape well and worked hard.
Jota. He's the type of player I love to watch. It won't always be the game for him, but today suited and he was class on the ball. As soon as he found himself boxed in and did a little ZZ turn to escape just outside our box to escape (and that's ballsy given our first 2 games) he just seemed to switch on his confidence.
Big Wes. Who would you take of the three CF's tonight? Calvert-Lewin, Iwobi or Big Wes? I know who I'd prefer. Put himself about well. Nice touches when getting deep. Good run and finish for the goal and you could see how much weight dropped off his shoulders after it.
AEG. Looked fired up. Love how he wasn't interested in time wasting, took an opportunity and went for it. Why hold on when you can put it to bed? Nicely done Anwar.
Ironically that was the least solid we've looked defensively too. We rode our luck a couple of times, but we got the clean sheet and the McGraths were smiling on us last night. One thing that worried me was how small we looked compared to Everton, but overall we actually defended solidly from set pieces. Everyone threw themselves in front of the bus to keep the clean sheet. Deano got the game plan right.
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I should also add that in addition to the sheer volume of the support of the Villa crowd, there is genuine wit mixed in with all the passion. The blasting of "England Number Two" at Pickford when he was waving his handbag about in front of the Mighty Holte was beautiful. Even moreso the next time Tom Heaton touched the ball the chant changed to "England Number One".
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I’ve not enjoyed too many games over the last 5 years but that was right up there. We fought for every ball and our defensive shape and discipline was, in the main, fantastic.
All defenders were excellent, as were McGinn and Wesley.
Crowd got the team over the line when they needed a boost.
A few areas for improvement, whilst we looked stronger and quicker we still need to improve physically and Trezeguet really needs some intense one to one coaching on his input when we don’t have the ball, Jotawas very disciplined but again needs some time in the weight room.
Everton lacked adventure and looked very one paced, their two centre midfielders must have had a bet on us to win with the dark haired one in particular looking like a Poundland Pirlo, that might have been to do with the complete lack of movement in front of him. Even so they still had 4/5 clear chances which is a concern.
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I thought McGinn was fantastic again last night, what an engine on the guy, an absolute ball of energy.
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I thought McGinn was fantastic again last night, what an engine on the guy, an absolute ball of energy.
Me too, my man of the match.
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I’d imagine I’m in a minority of one but I wish we’d lose the end of game music and revert to spontaneous singing. Guess that battle is lost mind.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
What were they saying Perce? If anyone manages to find a video of it I'll be very grateful 😊
Somebody else asked me in another post so I’ll try and answer. They were just going on about what a massive club we were, how fitting that we were back in the PL, what a fantastic atmosphere etc. Very gushing in their praise but it seemed like genuine fondness and respect. Put it this way, the noses would have been hating it.,
Yeah watched it when I hot back at half twelve. It was like a villa park love in from 7pm to 11:35!
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I thought McGinn was fantastic again last night, what an engine on the guy, an absolute ball of energy.
Me too, my man of the match.
And mine, I wasn’t as sure as others that he’d look as at home in the Premier but very happy to be proved very, very wrong, he was superb with and without the ball.
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I’d imagine I’m in a minority of one but I wish we’d lose the end of game music and revert to spontaneous singing. Guess that battle is lost mind.
At least Oasis have gone?
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That awful “conquered all of Europe in 1982” chant seems to have caught on. Will it ever die now?
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I thought McGinn was fantastic again last night, what an engine on the guy, an absolute ball of energy.
Me too, my man of the match.
And mine, I wasn’t as sure as others that he’d look as at home in the Premier but very happy to be proved very, very wrong, he was superb with and without the ball.
I also wasn't sure, and I also am a massive div, who's very often wrong.
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All of the above.
A special shout-out for Freddie. His pace and timing are awesome. Positioning was dodge early on, but Engels coached him through that.
He is a star in the making.
And, after 10 minutes or so, I said to a mate I thought Jota looked Championship quality: i had eaten my words by the end. He's a clever footballer and will provide an alternative outlet to Jack.
Amazing evening.
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I’d like to comment on Douglas Luiz last night. I think he struggled to pick up the pace last night for the first 10 but once he’d got a grip of Siggurdsson he totally marked him out of the game leading to his substitution.
Also their right back was lucky not to get sent off after his deliberate kicking of Trez up in the air at that free kick the snidey git.
Big love for Freddy G as well.
I think what really showed last night though was a Villa Park where singing started in parts of the ground other than the Holte. Where there seemed a togetherness we haven’t had in a while and a team who worked their bollocks off for one another. It was a great night and I’m still buzzing. Can’t wait for Crewe on Tuesday.
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I think the watching Gareth Southgate must have been impressed with our English contingent.
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So many bright spots last night - Freddie looks the business, Jota has the quality to make a difference at this level, Engels looking more and more like Martin Laursen every day, big Wes was superb and took his goal very well etc etc. And as for SJM , he just gets better and better. Let’s not get carried away, but this team the potential to become a very useful side.
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Good win that will hopefully give us confidence going into the next few games. Hard to pick a man of the match but Big Wes took his goal well, was a real handful and hardly gave the ball away.
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I’d like to comment on Douglas Luiz last night. I think he struggled to pick up the pace last night for the first 10 but once he’d got a grip of Siggurdsson he totally marked him out of the game leading to his substitution.
Also their right back was lucky not to get sent off after his deliberate kicking of Trez up in the air at that free kick the snidey git.
Big love for Freddy G as well.
I think what really showed last night though was a Villa Park where singing started in parts of the ground other than the Holte. Where there seemed a togetherness we haven’t had in a while and a team who worked their bollocks off for one another. It was a great night and I’m still buzzing. Can’t wait for Crewe on Tuesday.
As said earlier, I’m convinced that the number of season ticket holders we need to accommodate has meant the singers have had to spread to all parts of the ground, and it then becomes infectious.
It’s feckin brilliant.
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Fucking hell I'm choked up. Maybe I'm being a bit of a drama queen but there was something cathartic about this.
Have a fucking brill weekend everyone.
Me too. It was the way Carragher and G. Neville were talking about is that did for me.
What were they saying Perce? If anyone manages to find a video of it I'll be very grateful 😊
Somebody else asked me in another post so I’ll try and answer. They were just going on about what a massive club we were, how fitting that we were back in the PL, what a fantastic atmosphere etc. Very gushing in their praise but it seemed like genuine fondness and respect. Put it this way, the noses would have been hating it.,
And Neville’s favourite away ground
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The atmosphere was amazing, it was like it was for the Blues game but without the poison, just pure joy. I think it was a result of the relief of being back in the big time and getting a really good 3 points against a decent team. Excellent night.
Mings and Wesley were particularly good, if Wesley had more players around him up there, playing like that he'd be some player. I appreciate that playing deep last night got us the result though so not complaining. Mings currently looks every bit as good as most of the top centre backs we've had over the last 30 years, McGrath excluded of course. Heaton, McGinn and Engels were quality, and all of the others played well to an extent, one or two still look like they're adjusting but there is nothing to suggest that any of those that played last night can't be a success at this level.
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I’d like to comment on Douglas Luiz last night. I think he struggled to pick up the pace last night for the first 10 but once he’d got a grip of Siggurdsson he totally marked him out of the game leading to his substitution.
Also their right back was lucky not to get sent off after his deliberate kicking of Trez up in the air at that free kick the snidey git.
Big love for Freddy G as well.
I think what really showed last night though was a Villa Park where singing started in parts of the ground other than the Holte. Where there seemed a togetherness we haven’t had in a while and a team who worked their bollocks off for one another. It was a great night and I’m still buzzing. Can’t wait for Crewe on Tuesday.
As said earlier, I’m convinced that the number of season ticket holders we need to accommodate has meant the singers have had to spread to all parts of the ground, and it then becomes infectious.
It’s feckin brilliant.
Definitely a lot of Holte Enders including me in the Upper Trinity these days.
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And to beat Everton is a real bonus. They have finished 8th the last two seasons and are unlikely to be involved in any relegation scrap. They are the best of the rest outside the top 6
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Oh, and just a footnote to last night - good that everyone joined in the 12th minute applause for Rhys Jones
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I think the watching Gareth Southgate must have been impressed with our English contingent.
I bet the Nord had goosebumps trying to think of a time in his 6 years at Villa where the ground shook him all night long like last night.
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Sky were just saying that 22 year old Wesley cost £22m and scored his first goal for us in the 22nd minute, would be nice if he could score 22 goals this season.
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I think the watching Gareth Southgate must have been impressed with our English contingent.
Oh absolutely. It'd be bloody lovely if we had 3 in the England squad.
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The drug dealing and gangs on manor Road today
Er wrong thread? Do we have a Crimestoppers thread?
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Wow, what a night!
Marvellous, marvellous scenes.
UTV
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I was disappointed with how long it took the referee to sort out their standing on our quick free kicks. Maybe 3 or 4 times before he got a card out. Maybe we need to be a bit wiser, stop trying to push them away and just take the free kick.
The foul/follow through from Coleman on Trézéguet when he stood over the ball to stop the free kick being taken quickly was pretty nasty (especially considering it was a tactic they'd employed all game).
As did Bournemouth.
Look at the 4 goals we’ve scored this year so far, 3 on the break. Teams will see that and employ a similar approach so we will have to get used to it.
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Wow, what a night!
Marvellous, marvellous scenes.
UTV
And Marvellous wasn't even on the pitch :)
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Just woken up. Too tired and emotional when I got home in the small hours to come on this happy place.
Two points for me are that the whole team was uniformly good no weak spots or soft underbelly. Secondly how great it was that we got behind the lads so forcefully at the end. Too frequently in the past we have retreated into nail biting in the closing minutes and it rubs off onto the players. Proud to be part of that crowd. I like doing ape shit.
Whisper it. Engels might be as good as Tyrone.
It's a wonderful morning Brian for many reasons.
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All of the above.
A special shout-out for Freddie. His pace and timing are awesome. Positioning was dodge early on, but Engels coached him through that.
He is a star in the making.
Brave lad very fast and will get better. Much more effective going forward than Hutton and ElMohammedy and as you said learning on his feet defensively.
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That awful “conquered all of Europe in 1982” chant seems to have caught on. Will it ever die now?
I hope not. Its brilliant.
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The drive home after the match took longer than usual as I had to keep wiping specks of dust from my eyes 😂.
The atmosphere at the home of football was one of the best in all my years of following the Villa.
See you all at Crewe on Tuesday.
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That awful “conquered all of Europe in 1982” chant seems to have caught on. Will it ever die now?
Cheer up, it was a wonderful night.
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I thought his player ratings were a tad harsh but I agree with him that by their standards Everton were poor and yet still dominated and missed some sitters. Doesn't matter as a one off game we won but 35% possession, 3 shots on target (1 after 80 odd mins) and 0 corners at home isn't always going to end as well tonight did.
With respect that's load of bollix. It took us about 10 minutes to realise what they were up to and as soon as Luiz stopped being pulled out to the wide areas we were in control. We gave them possession out wide because our CB's could deal with anything that came in. This was deliberate and therefore the possession stats.
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This is a special time to be a Villa supporter. The connect between everyone (supporters, players, management, board) is different to anything else in my 35 years of going down to VP. We’ve had some elements before but not all 4. Savour it and maintain it. We will lose a few but what I experienced last night will drag us over the line many times if repeated.
I remember saying a few years ago that Leicester fans were dragging their team over the line in their good season. At that time we were (justifiably) booing our team off at half time in front of a quarter empty ground and squabbling amongst each other.
Point being let’s not lose this now. We can be huge, it will take time, but with patience and a collective will we can grow and grow, and enjoy it!
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I have just finishedwatching the mid week EFL games on Quest. I love it - but it makes you realize how far we have come since May.
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Wow, what a night!
Marvellous, marvellous scenes.
UTV
And Marvellous wasn't even on the pitch :)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! ;)
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I know we were under a lot of pressure, and the match could have ended differently, but how good was that for atmosphere, team effort and how to get your first points of the season?
We have shown already we can compete at this level. The defence is resolute and organised and can withstand intense pressure. We have forward players who can pose difficulties both on the flanks and through the middle. Four different players have already scored. We have a canny manager who keeps calm and is wisely integrating a new squad.
Special mention for ...
Jota, whose trickery is a delight to watch. Swapping Gardner and a few quid for him deserves a full feature on Crime Stoppers.
Guilbert; such energy going forward and capable of moving inside to create space for others. Settled well, won headers and put in a great last ditch tackle in the second half.
Wesley; answered his critics big time. Not just the lazy "rent a quote" so-called pundits but also the keyboard warriors who had written off a player new to this country and this league. Took his goal comfortably and bossed the much vaunted Everton backline. Great build up to second goal. Guess what? Deano has been watching him "for months" - unlike the armchair critics.
The crowd; brilliant from build up to finale. Got to say I love "Sweet Caroline", which epitomises our sense of unity atm.
Still buzzing! Great start to Bank Holiday weekend for everyone on H and V
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The bbc cant help having a poor stat dig
"The result lifts Dean Smith's side up to 11th in the table and gives Villa their first win in the top flight since February 2016"
Yes its hard to win in the top flight if you aren't in it.
I know the bbc do the same nonsense to all teams, but stats can mean everything and nothing. Sorry as a maths guy, this gets my goat.
Yes. This also makes my goat boil.
It brings a lump to my eye and a tear to my throat.
Much as I love the Beeb, the bulk of their sports coverage is rubbish, Tom Fordyce apart. One view of MOTD should confirm that ex-players do not make good journalism.
There's a weird Premier League only bias to stats that they dish out that I'm sure we're all aware of. The worst example I can think of is when we beat SHA back in the day, when they finally emerged. The report went something like
"This is the first time that Villa have beaten their local rivals in blah blah blah years"
Like it was OUR fault that they were shite for ages.
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Forgot to mention - Villa are back.
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The bbc cant help having a poor stat dig
"The result lifts Dean Smith's side up to 11th in the table and gives Villa their first win in the top flight since February 2016"
Yes its hard to win in the top flight if you aren't in it.
I know the bbc do the same nonsense to all teams, but stats can mean everything and nothing. Sorry as a maths guy, this gets my goat.
Yes. This also makes my goat boil.
It brings a lump to my eye and a tear to my throat.
Much as I love the Beeb, the bulk of their sports coverage is rubbish, Tom Fordyce apart. One view of MOTD should confirm that ex-players do not make good journalism.
There's a weird Premier League only bias to stats that they dish out that I'm sure we're all aware of. The worst example I can think of is when we beat SHA back in the day, when they finally emerged. The report went something like
"This is the first time that Villa have beaten their local rivals in blah blah blah years"
Like it was OUR fault that they were shite for ages.
This is ridiculous. I was emotional because it's our first top flight win in over three years, and the BBC rightly pointed that out. No bias here, sake.
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I was disappointed with how long it took the referee to sort out their standing on our quick free kicks. Maybe 3 or 4 times before he got a card out. Maybe we need to be a bit wiser, stop trying to push them away and just take the free kick.
The foul/follow through from Coleman on Trézéguet when he stood over the ball to stop the free kick being taken quickly was pretty nasty (especially considering it was a tactic they'd employed all game).
As did Bournemouth.
Look at the 4 goals we’ve scored this year so far, 3 on the break. Teams will see that and employ a similar approach so we will have to get used to it.
However,that tactic cost Everton ,Jack releasing a short pass to Guilbert and we nearly did the same in the 2nd half.But what a great night and incredible atmosphere.I'm still buzzing this morning,should be a bit of a worry at my age but despite the cricket ,Boris ,Brexit and other bullshit ,it's a wonderful world.
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I thought Coleman was a bit lucky, it was obvious was he was trying to do and nearly got more of Trezeguets ankle than the ball. They stood over the ball on all our free kicks, if the ref had booked them the first time, they wouldn't have done it again.
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Awesome game - felt cathartic at the end - after 3.5 years (even longer really) feels like we're very much on an upward trajectory. Haven't felt so connected with the team for a long time - my 8 year old was blown away with the atmosphere and we're still talking/arguing today who our man of the match is.
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I thought Coleman was a bit lucky, it was obvious was he was trying to do and nearly got more of Trezeguets ankle than the ball. They stood over the ball on all our free kicks, if the ref had booked them the first time, they wouldn't have done it again.
What happened to moving the ball forwards if they don’t retreat the full distance?
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My daughter is 22 and has been going with me since she was 5. Last night on the train home she said...Dad....is this like the old days you keep on about ? !
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I thought Coleman was a bit lucky, it was obvious was he was trying to do and nearly got more of Trezeguets ankle than the ball. They stood over the ball on all our free kicks, if the ref had booked them the first time, they wouldn't have done it again.
Yes, I noticed that the Everton players stood over the ball on nearly all of our free kicks. Michael Oliver was extremely weak I thought. What about the blatant push on Douglas when he had a forward run on their goal in the first half? A definite yellow card and yet the jerk gave nothing.
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What a fantastic night, well worth the 4 hours on the M40 getting there!
Wesley was immense as he's finally adapting to just how physical the PL is.Guilbert was fantastic as well and created the space for Jota with his runs.
Defensively very resilient as we'll need to be, with Mings absolutely awe inspiring.
Atmosphere was great with people singing around us in the Trinity upper-like the old days of the stomping feet! Got to say the Lower North was awesome and kept going even when the Holte flagged second half. Rousing finale was brilliant though and I just love a late goal, even if it is just to reward us old bits who stay to the end!
Just got to find a way to get Palace tickets now!
Come on you Lions.
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Couple of unconnected observations. Everton showed the danger that a ball pulled backwards from attacking the byline creates. It's something Smith got us doing when he came, and I'm hoping that as we become more sure-footed in the division it'll come back.
And, nobody's kept a clean sheet against us yet. Bodes well.
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Were there any noticeable confrontations between Taylor and Coleman?
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Great result.
Wonderful atmosphere from start to finish.
Some very exciting performances.
Still plenty we can improve on though obviously.
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I thought Coleman was a bit lucky, it was obvious was he was trying to do and nearly got more of Trezeguets ankle than the ball. They stood over the ball on all our free kicks, if the ref had booked them the first time, they wouldn't have done it again.
What happened to moving the ball forwards if they don’t retreat the full distance?
Oh yeah, that rule didn't seem to last long.
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What an atmosphere, what a night 😳 it felt like a semi - final of a cup.took my cousin along to his first ever match, was over from Iceland.
I was close to tears at the final whistle, that ending was something else. My head hurts today 🍻
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Were there any noticeable confrontations between Taylor and Coleman?
No. And they were both fairly ineffective when they crossed the halfway line.
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I somehow got into the ground using my 2017/18 season ticket last night. I didn't do it deliberately, I simply picked the wrong season card from my wallet. I assume the chip inside it somehow recognises that I have a season ticket this season. Most interesting I'm sure you'll all agree.
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Villa Park is getting a lot of love across the interwebs at the mo. It makes me reflect on that thread where we were discussing the merits or lack thereof of moving to a new ground. Do we really want to give that up even if the opportunity were to present itself? A few choice comments from the Graun (and there were no criticisms of VP either) from non-Villa fans:
Villa Park. What an atmosphere at the end. Welcome back indeed.
Villa Park, Goodison, Bramall Lane, Elland Road, The City Ground, Roker Park, Upton Park and, strangely, Highfield Road were some of the grounds as an away fan I used to love because of the utter racket. I'm pretty sure I lost fillings from the noise from the Holte End. It was (i don't go so much after all-seating and moving into that bloody nonentity that is the Etihad) a sight to see when the Holte End was going bananas.
Villa Park under the floodlights always seems so unique.
Lighting is different to all other Prem grounds.
Villa looked decent in patches but they were lucky Everton were so awful. They will do well to stay up this season but with such a fantastic stadium, as Villa Park is, their home form might just help them get over the line.
It is a great ground...years since I've been there mind. No daft plans to redevelop and stuff the atmosphere hopefully?
Decent performance from Villa. Great to see them back in the Premier League as I always enjoyed watching games at Villa Park. Great atmosphere, full of history.
...onto Sigurdsson,he was that anonymous,he even didn't know he was at Villa Park,a bouncing vibrant ground,that has had Premiership status all the time,even though in recent times,the teams haven't,welcome back.
Henry Winter said on the radio last night what a great old ground Villa Park is and you hear it quite often. The oldest stand dates from the 1970's !
Villa,Park my favourite away ground...beers before..beers on way home...and still time for beers in Town.
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What this result will do is give everyone immense belief. And with three very winnable games coming up now starting on Tuesday it will hopefully create some great momentum if we can get some good results and a few goals. Start with Crewe, get the job done and take that to Palace. It will be good to see a few other lads involved this week like Marvelous, Konsa and Targett.
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Easily the biggest positive from last night is that we now have our first win on the board, and the difference that is going to make to our confidence.
I think it is going to take five or six games for this team to gel, we're three into that spell and have beaten a decent side, having played very well. We went to Spurs, took the lead, had an exceptional first half, we played Bournemouth, gave away a goal inside a minute, and a freak deflection ten minutes later, and still deserved something from the game.
I think we'll begin to play with more conviction now, and we'll see more of DS's football ethos in the way we go about things.
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Easily the biggest positive from last night is that we now have our first win on the board, and the difference that is going to make to our confidence.
I think it is going to take five or six games for this team to gel, we're three into that spell and have beaten a decent side, having played very well. We went to Spurs, took the lead, had an exceptional first half, we played Bournemouth, gave away a goal inside a minute, and a freak deflection ten minutes later, and still deserved something from the game.
I think we'll begin to play with more conviction now, and we'll see more of DS's football ethos in the way we go about things.
Agree completely. The win was crucial to support the ongoing development of the team.
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On holiday so it's not easy to keep track but for me last night showed exactly why some people were calling for Freddy to replace Elmo, his willingness to run behind their fullback created acres of space for Jota and Wesley who looked superb exploiting it. The first goal was a great example, Freddy played the pass and then belted forward which forced their fullback to hold his position which gave Jota time to pick his pass.
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Aston Villa vs Everton 2-0 | Tactical Analysis
It's a nice breakdown
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On holiday so it's not easy to keep track but for me last night showed exactly why some people were calling for Freddy to replace Elmo, his willingness to run behind their fullback created acres of space for Jota and Wesley who looked superb exploiting it. The first goal was a great example, Freddy played the pass and then belted forward which forced their fullback to hold his position which gave Jota time to pick his pass.
Don't worry, you've been given props on the other thread for pointing it out.
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paul_e can take the plaudits for his tactical insight, however I’m going to have to claim responsibility for the win...my 1980 replica shirt made its winning debut at Wembley for the playoff final and I made the executive decision to summon and invoke the powers of 1980 last night. You’re all welcome 😎
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paul_e can take the plaudits for his tactical insight, however I’m going to have to claim responsibility for the win...my 1980 replica shirt made its winning debut at Wembley for the playoff final and I made the executive decision to summon and invoke the powers of 1980 last night. You’re all welcome 😎
Similarly I had my Dalian wonder goal t-shirt on at Wembley AND again last night.
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I've had to move out of A4 into A3 like some sort of peasant, so I have been wearing my Luke shirt to games. P3, W2, L1. However, I'm unsure as to the luckyness or not of other items of clothing I may or may not have been wearing.
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Someone shrewdly pointed it out earlier in the thread but didn’t at first realize what a good job Luiz did on stifling Sigursson.
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MOTD editing again really poor, didn't show the Wesley chance straight after his goal.
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MOTD editing again really poor, didn't show the Wesley chance straight after his goal.
Or jacks, or AEG’s
Fuck em
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My daughter is 22 and has been going with me since she was 5. Last night on the train home she said...Dad....is this like the old days you keep on about ? !
Love that post CCR. Sadly, being here in Aus, I’ll not get to experience anything similar. My girl is 8 and I think she gets how I love Villa, but unless they feel it first hand, it is difficult to convey.
I plan to take her to watch Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium at some point, but it’s a whole different world to a rocking VP under the floodlights. You’re a lucky man to have that experience.
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Could say so much, only now have I managed to finish reading the thread.
A wonderful night, special for the many reasons people have said, well well worth getting home after midnight.
If there is an link to the game and especially the post match (didn’t stay to see the players right off the pitch) that would be great?
For those on Facebook there is at least the 10mins of post match sky interviews with SJM, Mings & DS shared in the Villa group https://www.facebook.com/groups/668258313540985/?ref=share
Btw, was there anything apart from a passing reference on Radio 5 to listen to post match, WM clearly couldn’t get it together to have something, I guess if it’s on Sky that’s seen as saturation coverage and no post match stuff to listen to? Would I have had to have sought out Talk Sport?
The slightly confusing thing with Villa at the moment is just who might a favourite player be. It’s be easier to try to name one or two to rule out; this is very unfamiliar stuff.
Like a lot of you, the Villa love is back stronger & deeper than ever it seems. Long may we stretch and build this momentum, and see Deano through the tough times. I’m fascinated to see how we do this and next few seasons.
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Highlights link is on our FB Page and earlier in this thread.
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when I was watching the game I kept shouting out things like
i fucking love you Luis
I fucking love you Guilbert
I fucking love you Wes
I fucking love you Engels
i fucking love you SJM
I fucking love you Mingles
i fucking love you Jack
theres so much love for villa at the moment and so let it continue
the match finished I fucking love you Deano
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MOTD editing again really poor, didn't show the Wesley chance straight after his goal.
Now I'm watching the programme regularly again I noticed this with their coverage of the Bournemouth game. They missed bits but showed them as part of the analysis. This is no good for people like me who don't want to listen to lazy, ill-informed platitudes and cliche after cliche. It's disingenuous as well and gives a false reading the actual events.
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Can we now stop going onto players back after fucking no games? Wesley! what a player after the goal - do we really think pissing on players will help? He scored 1 and 100% owned the 2nd....UTV!!!
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Cracking third eye of the night.
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2000??
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Cracking third eye of the night.
FUCK YESS!!!! Happy man - very very very happy
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I know people don't like copying - but fuck how I miss how goals are announced in the bundesliga! "Aston villa .....!" "crowd say the number" -" announcer " THE OTHERS????" (everytime answer is 0)
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Thanks for the links! Brilliant night. UTV
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Highlights link is on our FB Page and earlier in this thread.
Thanks, yep I meant full match so as to soak up full post match vibe as felt had to get home to the wife and baby before they left the pitch, but that FB had all the interviews I enjoyed.
Also I forget where I read (possibly above) Fri night match usually gets minimal coverage on MOTD as it’s been on Football focus- iPlayer 11.50-19.30 inc pundits, though they reckoned it wasn’t a Friday night thriller, it was!!!!
Will now enjoy these extra links, thanks! I’m still bemused it’s easier to try to think of a player I’m *not* enamoured by atm!
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Go and have look on the sha forum. Makes tonight even better.
That was the funniest thing I’ve seen in years..... not an ounce of logic or sense amongst the lot of em