Marc Albrighton

[lordmcgrath5]

Delighted for him, I still think there's a cracking player there waiting to show his potential.

This.

[not3bad]

Just shows the effect of self belief and a dose of confidence. The likes of Ireland, Delph, Nzogbia are all good players too with plenty of ability but just need a break like Albrighton got to get them back in form.

Confidence is what is needed.

[PaulTheVillan]

He is a real confidence player. I fear for him if he has a couple of shit games

[not3bad]

He is a real confidence player. I fear for him if he has a couple of shit games

I guess that's where, dare I say it, a good manager comes in.

[PaulWinch again]

It amused me how the Sky Sports presenter was smiling through gritted teeth that Marc and not one of the 'stars' scored the 20,000th goal.

[not3bad]

It amused me how the Sky Sports presenter was smiling through gritted teeth that Marc and not one of the 'stars' scored the 20,000th goal.

One for the "Reasons to be cheerful" thread!

[darren woolley]

I also thought Marc had a good game let's just hope he continues to carry on scoring he seems to be back well done Super Marc on scoring the 20,000th prem goal.

[Percy McCarthy]

He bags the 20,000th PL goal and is donating the money to acorns. Magnificent gesture. Kudos. Moments like this reinforce my pride to be a Villa fan.

Indeed Lee. Although the money was designated for charity anyway, it's a great cause close to Villa's heart and he spoke well about it in interviews afterwards. A local lad and Villa fan as well, a torch-bearer along with Gabby for all of us who dreamed of doing what they do, and carrying on the fine tradition of Ian Taylor, Tony Daley, Gary Shaw and Harry Parkes, all great servants. Of course, the day before we had the MacGregor service at St. Mary's and, although things haven't been great lately, it does no harm at all to remind ourselves occasionally that we are the greatest football club that ever existed.

[Chris Smith]

Well said, Percy.

[Concrete John]

Thing Marc is he looked great whe he first got into the team, but then went a bit poor.  We see it a lot and these type of players usually end up a division or two down.  However, the old phrase about form and class comes into play and he's shown he wasn't just a flash in the pan, but infact the real deal.

Villa star for years to come I feel! 

[James]

Watching Sky Sports News at the moment and have been for the last 45 minutes. They haven't mentioned the goal, or even our match, at all. Can you imagine how many times the goal would have been shown if it had been scored by one of the Manc teams, or any of their other darlings?

It was the same on R5 last night. They had this count down thing to the 20,000th goal and talked of little else until Marc scored it, then they spent a few minutes talking about how badly Mertesacker had defended for it and completely ignored the 20,000th goal thereafter!

Nice to hear Pat Murphy being at least a little bit complimentary about us for a change though!

Ah,well. UTV!

[PaulWinch again]

Watching Sky Sports News at the moment and have been for the last 45 minutes. They haven't mentioned the goal, or even our match, at all. Can you imagine how many times the goal would have been shown if it had been scored by one of the Manc teams, or any of their other darlings?

It was the same on R5 last night. They had this count down thing to the 20,000th goal and talked of little else until Marc scored it, then they spent a few minutes talking about how badly Mertesacker had defended for it and completely ignored the 20,000th goal thereafter!

Nice to hear Pat Murphy being at least a little bit complimentary about us for a change though!

Ah,well. UTV!

What did he say?

[Simon Ward]

Watching Sky Sports News at the moment and have been for the last 45 minutes. They haven't mentioned the goal, or even our match, at all. Can you imagine how many times the goal would have been shown if it had been scored by one of the Manc teams, or any of their other darlings?

It was the same on R5 last night. They had this count down thing to the 20,000th goal and talked of little else until Marc scored it, then they spent a few minutes talking about how badly Mertesacker had defended for it and completely ignored the 20,000th goal thereafter!

Nice to hear Pat Murphy being at least a little bit complimentary about us for a change though!

Ah,well. UTV!

What did he say?

That at least we had a go!

[Aston Manor]

Marc Albrighton and Aston Villa go down in Premier League history.

Love it.

Villa; league; and history all kind of dwell together in the same sentence repeatedly don't you find?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

It amused me how the Sky Sports presenter was smiling through gritted teeth that Marc and not one of the 'stars' scored the 20,000th goal.

And the way Linekar commented on it at the end of MOTD.
Tosser!