Sunderland v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Matt C]

Martin, Martin give us a wave.

[eastie]

"We threw everything at them and lost count of the chances" said o Neill.

Yeah Martin one shot on target in 90 mins ha ha!

[Legion]

We hate you We hate you Pube head- We hate oh We hate Oneil, We Hate oh  We hate you pube head and we know  just how Sunderland feel

Very good.

[Monty]

Westwood and Bannan complemented each other on and off the ball. There were a couple of times where they passed the ball out of defence really well, and they press the ball as a duo admirably. Was so impressed by their defensive work as well, Westwood harries opponents off the ball with great persistence and gusto, and Bannan's occasional popping up as a third centre back was a pleasant surprise. This was very promising today.

[dave.woodhall]

You know, I think anyone looking in at us tonight might think us rather vindictive, petty and somewhat small-minded.

Yup.

[PaulWinch again]

"We threw everything at them and lost count of the chances" said o Neill.

Yeah Martin one shot on target in 90 mins ha ha!

Indeed one Martin, one.

[oldtimernow]

You know, I think anyone looking in at us tonight might think us rather vindictive, petty and somewhat small-minded.

Yup.

Spot on


Nice isn't it

[Richard C]

"We threw everything at them and lost count of the chances" said o Neill.

Yeah Martin one shot on target in 90 mins ha ha!

Le Tiss almost laughed when asked to comment on that.

[Legion]

Oliver Holt!...Henry Winter!...Paul Franks!...Him from the Guardian!...Villadawg!...can you hear me Villadawg?...etc.

Very good, Boss.

[PaulWinch again]

"We threw everything at them and lost count of the chances" said o Neill.

Yeah Martin one shot on target in 90 mins ha ha!

Le Tiss almost laughed when asked to comment on that.

What did he say?

[johncvilla88]

Unsung hero has got to be Andreas Weimann thats 5 wins in 6 games he's started!!!! (Sunderland, Swindon, Man City, Swansea, Tranmere all wins and Newcastle a draw )

[The Man With A Stick]

I'm happier about getting three points than putting one over that two-faced little fuck, however it does feel very, very nice.

[caster troy]

Great win, and a very important one indeed. Agree with the praise for Westwood and Bannan, Benteke looks like an absolute bargain and I remain convinced that we are a better team with Ireland present. Hopefully Clark and Vlaar can have a settled period in the team now, I think they are our best combination at the back.

Well done to Paul Lambert, got everything spot on today. We can go into the next games with nothing to lose and with the pressure lifted a bit who knows. How I would love to see us beat United.

[Ozzjim]

If there is ever a stat for starting a player, that is it John! Nice find. I love a stat!

[OCD]

You'll all be pleased to know that I did my little bit for that victory by not watching the game. Every game I've watched so far this season Villa have been awful, so I decided to try something different.

I nearly did the same. The one league game that I haven't seen was Swansea - when I was in hospital having my ankle reconstructed. I had been wondering whether it was me and for the first time since Fulham at home (March?) I've finally seen us win a game.

Played really well today and the 4-2-3-1 suits us much better. Everyone's been right to point how well Benteke and Westwood played but Bannan was probably MOTM for me. We've been looking better defensively for a few weeks now and finally have a clean sheet to show for it. The commentator was right about the core of the team playing very well. Guzan, Vlaark, Bannan, Westwood and Benteke all excellent. Benteke's really started to look settled since he came back from the last international break.

Of the others, Ireland messed up a few passes but he was always looking to get involved and was a big influence for us. He never stopped running. Lowton I actually looks good defensively - he just needs to work on his crossing. Lichaj looks very average to me, I'm not sure how long he will be around for before he's moved on. Gabby looked more like the 'old' gabby and Weimann might have scored on another day - he looked absolutely knackered by the 80th minute.

Let's hope we get 1 or 2 surprise results out of the next fixtures that nobody was expecting. If it doesn't happen though, we need to keep our heads up. The majority of our points were always likely to come in the second half of the season anyway. Football-wise, we've had an awful 2012 but its nearly over now.