Aston Villa v Norwich- Post Match Thread

[lovejoy]

We won 4-1 and yet the tone of this thread is still to fucking moan, get a grip.

[olaftab]

Result well needed. Great play at times - 3rd was superb. We still gave the ball away a lot, against better teams than Norwich, we will be punished - got away with it today.

But really DB its not the good teams we have struggled against this season. It's donkey teams like  Fulham, West Ham, Palace, Man U, Newcastle, Stoke etc that we have been miserable.

[danlanza]

We were bloody woeful for the first twenty minutes. The goal obviously got us back in it and once the second one went in, you could see the confidence grow. Let's hope we can build on it now. As tough as the next game looks, Chelsea are beatable.

A quick word on KEA. He's not as piss poor as some people like to make out he is. He had a great game.

This for me. Well said Clampy.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

It's good that a lot of the teams around or below us play each other in the weeks ahead - makes bad results, if they come, a little less destructive in terms of league position.

[lovejoy]

How many times this season has the phrase - "can we build on it" ended with disappointment?
Bottom line is I don't trust this squad to perform.

[Damo70]

Bad start and I feared the worst. But when Benteke clicks he is unplayable and the rest of the team feed off that. I was quite satisfied by the way we controlled the second half. The onus was on Norwich to pull one back and go from there and with us not committing ourselves too much to attack and them still being shell shocked by the four goals it never looked like happening (Ok, maybe once when Guzan saved). Big three points and hopefully the start of an end of season run like last year.

I also think the bloke who got some stick on the pre match thread for saying we were due to give someone a hiding should take a bow.

[old man villa fan]

I thought it was quite strange Norwich seemed to actually shut up shop in the second half. Even weirder that Hoots just confirmed it in his post match interview.

I guess he was afraid of a cricket score but still if a Villa manager had done that I would be fuming.

Quite a few were fuming that Lambert didn't do that at Chelsea last season.  In fact quite a few are still using the score as a stick to beat him.

[ktvillan]

Funny old game, but obviously glad for the three points which is the most important thing.  The first 20 minutes were as bad as we've been all season, we give the ball away far too cheaply often in very dangerous situations and under little pressure, and there was some abysmally poor ball control at times even in the second half.   Weimann's and Gabby's touch in particular is awful at times.   Some individual brilliance, a top notch breakaway team goal and a reasonably competent second half performance made a nice change but the defence is still all over the place too frequently for my liking.

[danlanza]

I thought it was quite strange Norwich seemed to actually shut up shop in the second half. Even weirder that Hoots just confirmed it in his post match interview.

I guess he was afraid of a cricket score but still if a Villa manager had done that I would be fuming.

Quite a few were fuming that Lambert didn't do that at Chelsea last season.  In fact quite a few are still using the score as a stick to beat him.

At least we could watch it in the dry and 20c.

[balloubaby]

Quality of the moves and goals was fantastic (even the og!) and couldn't believe what I was seeing. My son has never seen me whoop about the villa so agree with Lovejoy that tonight is a time to smile and enjoy. Mind you, a few more second half wouldn't have gone amiss 

[Clampy]

By the way, not sure if it was picked up on the match thread or elsewhere, but Hoolahan not celebrating his goal was quite interesting. 

[old man villa fan]

The first 20 aside the other 70 was as good and comfortable as we're likely to see this season.

Or as Mister E put it, "A purple patch encased in shite". Whichever way you look at it, we got the three points and that's really all that matters.

Or as Mister E put it, "I am reluctant to give credit where credit is due so I will say the Villa were shite, except for 20 minutes".

Norwich are not a strong side and if you let them play, they will.  However, we deserved to win and it was generally a comfortable win.  A welcome 3 points and eases the pressure considerably on the team, manager and the growing negativity of some of the supporters.

[silhillvilla]

Baker man of the match for me. That's 3 games running he's been superb. Future legend .

[Toronto Villa]

The first 20 aside the other 70 was as good and comfortable as we're likely to see this season.

Or as Mister E put it, "A purple patch encased in shite". Whichever way you look at it, we got the three points and that's really all that matters.

I don't agree with Mister E's assessment in the slightest and agree with your second sentence entirely.

[pauliewalnuts]

We won 4-1 and yet the tone of this thread is still to fucking moan, get a grip.

Fair enough.

Oh, another bit of moaning. Who's this though?

How many times this season has the phrase - "can we build on it" ended with disappointment?
Bottom line is I don't trust this squad to perform.

;-)