Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

Available Saturday evening.

[eastie]

Great 2nd half performance and lovely pass and move football, exciting to watch and very enjoyable- well done to all , coaches , GED and players , pires was top drawer at times and very pleasing all around.

[Toronto Villa]

A win like that was a long time coming. Well done lads. We'll get a lot of confidence out of that display.

[PaulWinch again]

Really well done, Pires and Downing were excellent. The possession of the ball was great as well.

[Arsey]

Great second half performance.  Downing, Young and Albrighton all really stepped up their game and Blackburn couldn't handle them.

Pires played very well too.

[dean saunders left boot]

Very happy, would have been great to keep a clean sheet, but 3 points, 3 goals wiped off out - tally, and an excellent 2nd half performance, well done lads, please keep it up 

[ian c.]

I feel like my slenders have been cupped by an angel.

(Copyright Glenn Peen)

[Goldie.7]

Much needed win!

Poor 1st half, whatever G.H said at halftime worked magic well done.

[Lambert and Payne]

When was the last time we scored 4 in a game? Great win shame about the clean sheet, again, please get some consistancy in there Villa!

[Monty]

That, ladies and gents, was Houllier's footballing ideas in action. There was a thread on here a while back about the last time any of us enjoyed watching the Villa. Well, that was it today.

[hawkeye]

About bloody time, that was top drawer even if Bent had a stinker. Clarke NRC Downing Dunne Pires excellent, i cant remember when we had so many 8-9 out of 10 performances- Come on arsenal

[DrGonzo]

Relief is the over-riding emotion, tinged with a touch of shock witht the performance of Pires.  I don't think he is ready to play against the big boys but he looked very comfortable out there today.  Even in the 1st half Blackburn couldn't get into the game.  3 points I'm off to get pissed!

[hawkeye]

Did Blackburn play with a centre forward until the second half?

[Jimbo]

I thought we'd beat them, but indeed we smashed them. Very frustrating first half, with a lack of a cutting edge being our main problem, but we found our shooting boots in the second half and let rip. Shame about their goal, but a much-needed win and movement up the table. 

[barrysleftfoot]

   Ciaran Clark had a very good game today.Defensively quite good, but very good in possession as well.

    We actually improved when Delph came on, and that is no criticism of Baker who i really like as well.

   Have to say the partnership of Downing and Walker is very good as well.


   The 1st signs today of GHs revolution?

   For me NRC MON.