Aston Villa v Norwich- Match Thread

[olaftab]

Wet cold happy. 4 North Stand goals. Marvellous. Told you my new home shirt would bring us luck.

I bet you are soaked fella?

[Lastfootstamper]

I won't count my chickens until FT.  Remember the Leicester 4-4.  Vlaar looks shakey.

I thought we could've done with one more before half-time. Just to be sure, like.

[Uknowthescore]

Now do we keep it tight and settle for the 4-1 win or go for it and up our goal difference... I say go for the jugular

[dicedlam]

Great comeback that half. Fantastic in fact, considering the pressure they all must of felt going behind so early.

Jamie Carragher thought it was funny that a player muted his celebration and had not even played for the opposing team. I reckon Carragher as a little bit of a soft spot for the Villa the way he talks about how big a club we are and where we should be.

[TonyD]

One down and went for a shower. Came back and it's 4.1.    Surreal.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I thought Gabby had a great 45 minutes.

[Fergal]

Just had a text from a mate who is at the game and is also a Norwich fan.   He reckons they will collapse even further if we keep going at them.

I hope he's right.

Me too...

[barrysleftfoot]

 Playing forward passes quicker, and first time, moving off the ball, supporting the attack, and giving options to the man on the ball.As someone said earlier, why haven't we been playing like this all season.

 Despite my uncertainties of PL, i have always said we are not far off a reasonable team.....desperately need to keep CB though.Good midfielder, and a good striker in the summer, and hopefully we are finally on the way.

[paul_e]

This game shows exactly why I'm not willing to turn on Lambert or this team, when things click we've got a lot of quality here.  Benteke and Delph have been superb, Bacuna took his goal brilliantly and we're passing and moving exactly as I've been hoping we would.  We still have a few small problems, we're not getting hold of Hoolahan and Gabby and Weimann look short of confidence in front of goal but this is what we should've been seeing all season.

Welcome back.

Thank you, I was taught that if you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all, so I've barely spoke about football for a few weeks, more importantly I'm a rugby boy at heart so this is a rare weekend in recent weeks where there hasn't been internationals or Heineken cup games to catch my attention away from poor performances.

[DrGonzo]

Snodgrass off, seems strange.  No complaints.

[Small Rodent]

I was hoping that we would smash these farmers into next week for months now. Their stroppy and bitter attitude towards the Villa is pathetic.

As I said earlier, I am sure they are playing Hoolahan out of pettiness rather than necessity. First start in 2 months.

His reaction to his goal was very honourable and telling too.

[Tuscans]

Dont be the shit Villa now for the next 45 lads

[Havencheese]

Norwich from the top down must be absolutely spewing about this so far.

I hope the lads don't think the job is done yet. Tekkers to bag at least another one would be great.

[johnc]

Too soon to ask if Dan can loo forward to opening the next match thread?

[ChicagoLion]

Lets give them a chance now and bring on Tonev.