Southampton v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[eamonn]

Delph's shot was a thing of beauty. Just about unstoppable. It was also his fine, raking ball that set Gabby away for the first - another fantastic counter attacking goal. Delighted for Fabian, I've always thought there was a player there and now if he can add the odd goal to his game we will have one hell of a player.

I thought Kozak was naive/brave to hurdle into the part of the stand nearest the home supporters after he scored. I guess he couldn't contain himself. He didn't get booked for going into the fans did he?

[timeoutbigbar]

Warming to Kozak.  He doesn't offer a lot of quality, but given service he'll put his head in.  Embarrassingly shit performance as a whole, hope Vlaar is back soon and that Lowton never has to play CB ever again (and possibly right back if he doesn't gain some positional awareness).  Delighted none-the-less.

[Hillbilly]

Clearly using Ali's tactic of rope-a-dope.

[Toronto Villa]

What the hell was Ray Houghton watching tonight? Lowton clearly gets his foot on top of the ball, but Houghton sees it as clear penalty. Benteke sandwiched in the box, never a penalty apparently. Then Benteke taken down from behind by Fonte, not a foul. When did he lose his sight or become David Platt?

[SashasGrandad]

Just got home - thankfully bus driver didn't take us on tour of Southampton toll bridges on way back.

Very solid performance - they did make a few chances in the second half - but we were the more composed team for most of the match - losing Vlaar unsettled our defense but apart from the goals we held out well.

Didn't do much attacking but "we only had 3 shots" was good to goad the home supporters with. Had we been given a penalty at 1-2 it would have been more comfortable especially if Benteke took it and scored, ref gave them some decisions that helped them back into game.

They were weakened by injury but so were we. Gabby still does not look 100% but still too fast for their slow defenders.

Not playing that well but picking up points - standing up for themselves in the 8 minutes added on - excellent!

[Caiphus]

If we are going to play five at the back with 3 defensive mids, how come our fullbacks come in so fucking narrow?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Just back. Elated!
Heating broken down, fu**in freezin, but happy as a pig in shit.
Come on you Villa boys!
UTV!

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Delph's shot was a thing of beauty. Just about unstoppable. It was also his fine, raking ball that set Gabby away for the first - another fantastic counter attacking goal. Delighted for Fabian, I've always thought there was a player there and now if he can add the odd goal to his game we will have one hell of a player.

I thought Kozak was naive/brave to hurdle into the part of the stand nearest the home supporters after he scored. I guess he couldn't contain himself. He didn't get booked for going into the fans did he?

No idea if he got booked.
Was having an orgiastic moment or three and jumping up and down hugging and kissing any fu**er.
Had a nice dance with one of their stewards as I was leaving.
Which was nice.

[Matt C]

There have been/will be plenty we deserve to win and don't so more than happy to take three points here.

"Embarrasing" performances where we win 3-2 I can take.

[Deano's Mullet]

heres the goals for anyone else like me who missed them. Stunners.

Must admit I thought we'd be tonked. Really don't know what to expect from the this team any more but I guess it makes nights like this a pleasure.

[Villafirst]

Surely PL has to buy in Jan if Vlaar is out any length of time? What with Okore out all season that's our first choice CB pairing unavailable. Last season if you recall Vlaar was sidelined for about 2 months with a calf injury - hopefully it's not that serious.

[Dave Clark Five]

Just got home - thankfully bus driver didn't take us on tour of Southampton toll bridges on way back.

Bloody pain that was. At least it cheered up the moaner who couldn't understand why we left as early as 2pm then spent 30 mins at the beginning of each leg of the journey talking about the Albion.

A couple of top drawer interceptions by Clark kept us in the game plus their bloke seeming to clear off our line. Very pleasant night out with three pre-match pints of high quality, even if the taxi driver did another tour of Southampton's bridges.

[Matt Collins]

I'll stop banging the same drum after this. But apparently Ashley Westwood, our metronome, completed eleven passes last night. Eleven!

Steven Davis completed one hundred and eleven

[richard moore]

Just got home - thankfully bus driver didn't take us on tour of Southampton toll bridges on way back.

Bloody pain that was. At least it cheered up the moaner who couldn't understand why we left as early as 2pm then spent 30 mins at the beginning of each leg of the journey talking about the Albion.

A couple of top drawer interceptions by Clark kept us in the game plus their bloke seeming to clear off our line. Very pleasant night out with three pre-match pints of high quality, even if the taxi driver did another tour of Southampton's bridges.

If you know what you are doing, the toll bridge into Southampton is actually the quickest way to get to the ground and into the city. However, the layout of the city is quite confusing to the uninitiated

[richard moore]

I could swear I saw Doug Ellis in the front row of the crowd celebrating with Kozak after his goal :-)

Ha, that was funny, there seemed to be a walking stick being held in the air too!