Aston Villa v Rotherham United Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

I am OK with the draw. As people said they will act big time Charlies and field their third team.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Comfy win against Div 3 opposition, which is what it should be.
And it was.
3 cracking goals.
Clean sheet!
Glory be!
Bring on the Spuds!
UTV!

(Delph was outstanding - except for the silly booking - totally unnecessary; wish he wouldn't do that in that sort of position - brilliant goal!).

[olaftab]

Any word on the date of the game. Please be Tuesday 24th

Our game will be on telly and another factor is if Spurs have a Europa League game the Thursday before or a week later.

[paulcomben]

Just home from the match. Good result easily achieved and some real high points. But, there is a lot of improvement potential. Rotherham should have taken the lead when crap defending led to that ball flashing across Villa's six yard box. We did not start to pass and move until we took the lead. Better and more clinical judgement would have meant more goals in the last half hour.

[Yossarian]

The only thing I noticed about Rotherham was that some chap with blonde hair looked an half decent player for them, well in the first half anyway.

I noticed their fans. They brought a few alright. I also noticed their manager. It was a bit hard not to. He made Mike Gatting look svelte.

[VILLA MOLE]

Solid result. Once we scored we settled down and never looked in danger.

The lads who came off the bench aren't exactly bashing Lambert's door down for a starting place are they? I thought Helenius looked like he really couldn't be arsed.

I thought Helenius and Tonev worked very hard.

well which is it ??

It's a situation where you'd have to make your own mind up.

dag nam it I like to be told 

[paul_e]

Comfy win against Div 3 opposition, which is what it should be.
And it was.
3 cracking goals.
Clean sheet!
Glory be!
Bring on the Spuds!
UTV!

(Delph was outstanding - except for the silly booking - totally unnecessary; wish he wouldn't do that in that sort of position - brilliant goal!).

I'd like to see the bit just before that tackle that got him a yellow, it looked like the rotherham player went through him so Delph got up and returned the favour, but they didn't show it on the replays.

[paulcomben]

The few touches for Helenius did indicate that he cannot win headers nor does he have much pace. Can that really be right?!

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Incidentally, the BBC seem to think that Rotherham had more possession of the ball than we did.

I'd be intrigued to see how they worked that one out.

Without looking at stats I thought they had the ball in the first half.

They had it a couple of times yeah.

They put that ball in across the box that no-one could get a touch on.
Perhaps that will be shown 14 times to show how the plucky underdogs could quite easily have gone ahead and it would have been a totally different game and we would all be looking at a big shocker on the back pages tomorrow.
But they didn't and we cruised through a game we should have cruised through.
Well done Mr Lambert and the chaps - you can have tomorrow off to do some shopping.
UTV!

[Legion]

Comfy win against Div 3 opposition, which is what it should be.
And it was.
3 cracking goals.
Clean sheet!
Glory be!
Bring on the Spuds!
UTV!

(Delph was outstanding - except for the silly booking - totally unnecessary; wish he wouldn't do that in that sort of position - brilliant goal!).

I'd like to see the bit just before that tackle that got him a yellow, it looked like the rotherham player went through him so Delph got up and returned the favour, but they didn't show it on the replays.

I think he did.

[warleyboy]

It was ok, I thought we did a job.

Players who stood out for me were.....
Okore really impressed me, also giving Vlaar more confidence in defence.
Delph looking like a proper player now.
Weimann was all over the place, hardworking.

There were some spells where we knocked the ball around comfortably, which was good to see.
But there were also lots of misplaced passes and forced balls in the first half.

Really enjoyed the game tonight, lots of promise for the coming season.

I still think we need a midfield playmaker, it would really make a difference, and Milner would fit the bill perfectly.

UTV

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

The few touches for Helenius did indicate that he cannot win headers nor does he have much pace. Can that really be right?!

By his own admission he's not too good in the air.
And tonight really showed that.
He's got a lovely touch on the ball and a good eye for a through ball, but I don't think we saw any of that tonight, more's the pity.
I think he needs to get some some faggots and peas down him and spend a bit of time in the weights room.
Don't wanna be there when he starts squeezing the farts out though! ;-)

[Percy McCarthy]

Enjoyable game, beautiful evening. Good to see Sylla involved although he looked a bit rusty. Plenty of potential there IMO. Had a great time sitting in front of the away fans in the Witton Lane lower. Stewards didn't really shine, chucking out a 12 year old kid for winding up the away fans. The wife enjoyed it.

[warleyboy]

The few touches for Helenius did indicate that he cannot win headers nor does he have much pace. Can that really be right?!

Agree totally Paul, he gets pushed out of headers very easily but also seemed to misjudge the flight of he ball, he was no where near 2 of em
At least he got 30 mins under his belt though.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Comfy win against Div 3 opposition, which is what it should be.
And it was.
3 cracking goals.
Clean sheet!
Glory be!
Bring on the Spuds!
UTV!

(Delph was outstanding - except for the silly booking - totally unnecessary; wish he wouldn't do that in that sort of position - brilliant goal!).

I'd like to see the bit just before that tackle that got him a yellow, it looked like the rotherham player went through him so Delph got up and returned the favour, but they didn't show it on the replays.

Agreed.
But would love him just to let it go now and again - rise above it sort of thing.
Thought the ref missed a few crude challenges tonight, but as long as no-one's injured from it we can overlook it.
(Thought Okore looked as if he'd copped an ankle twatting late on but played on).