Aston Villa 2 vs 1 Smethwick Post Match thread

[caster troy]

Wow, that was absolutely HUGE! A last ditch winner against bitter rivals, giving a new manager their first win after a horrific run, out of the bottom three, it doesn't get much more important than that.

Special mentions-

Cleverley - I have criticised him before but I thought he was much better today
Lowton - I thought he did brilliantly to win the penalty and in the rest of the game was excellent too.
Benteke - The ice man, monumental pressure and he just slots the pen home with ease.
Gabby - He has been terrible but at least he has earned his salary this week.
Sherwood - We look more likely to score now and that is half the battle.

Honourable mention - Ben Foster. Thanks Ben.

[Gregorys Boy]

Could someone techy put up the goals please? I won't get to sleep till I see them (well 2 of them)

Very important win, Gabby the derby destroyer does it again 

Goals and highlights here

http://www.ball-control.com/video.php?ID=2527

Thanks enjoyed that!  Nice to see us go more direct and clinical.  Liked Gabby's goal almost like rolling back the years.

[Lambert and Payne]

http://westbrom.com/forum/index.php?topic=15895.0

Yet again we've saved Villa from Relgation.

All the years I've supported Albion, we've always been a charity for poor teams. Not won for a while? Strikers can't score? Don't worry, Albion will gift you a game!!

Might of been a different result if that thug Hutton had been sent off!

The Vile are only five points adrift of us now. They'll have the wind in their sails on Saturday and on tonight's display the will knock us out of the cup too.

all the fickle vile fans will be out & about in their shirts tomorrow! shocking!!

Fucking love it. UP THE VILLA

[cdward]

Stick that up your bollocks!

[manic-road]

Mr Pulis very complimentary about us there Fair play

What did he say?

He said what a great club and stadium

[Gregorys Boy]

Don't care what WBA fans are saying.  Lets just enjoy our win!

[russon]

Could someone techy put up the goals please? I won't get to sleep till I see them (well 2 of them)

Very important win, Gabby the derby destroyer does it again 

Goals and highlights here

http://www.ball-control.com/video.php?ID=2527

Thanks for doing that. What a fantastic feeling it is to beat Albion. I despise them.

[ciggiesnbeer]

he got caught up in the passion of it all. He'll play at the weekend and hopefully one of regular left full backs can step in for the league games. Or you play Bacuna at RB and keep Lowton on the left.

He'll be banned for the cup game.

Oh good, so the cup eats up one of the game bans?

[supertom]

http://westbrom.com/forum/index.php?topic=15895.0

Yet again we've saved Villa from Relgation.

All the years I've supported Albion, we've always been a charity for poor teams. Not won for a while? Strikers can't score? Don't worry, Albion will gift you a game!!

Might of been a different result if that thug Hutton had been sent off!

The Vile are only five points adrift of us now. They'll have the wind in their sails on Saturday and on tonight's display the will knock us out of the cup too.

all the fickle vile fans will be out & about in their shirts tomorrow! shocking!!

Fucking love it. UP THE VILLA

Bloody miserable bunch. It's only the second defeat they've had under Pulis.
Ha ha. Love it.

[The Man With A Stick]

Mr Pulis very complimentary about us there Fair play

What did he say?

He said what a great club and stadium

It could have been all yours, Tone.  Could have been all yours.

Thank McGrath it isn't, I'd rather have O'Leary back than sit through your turgid anti-football shit for five minutes.

[clash city rocker]

Thank goodness pulis took a leaf out of lamberts book and settled for the draw. Roll on saturday..!

[curiousorange]

They sound like us when we play a crap team.

To be honest, a point would have been robbery. They can't complain. And saying we're only five points behind? Jesus, that's a massive gap. Get some perspective, FFS.

[rob_bridge]

Supertom didyou win the bet Gabby to score first and win 2-1 or was that someone else?

[The Man With A Stick]

Could someone techy put up the goals please? I won't get to sleep till I see them (well 2 of them)

Very important win, Gabby the derby destroyer does it again 

Goals and highlights here

http://www.ball-control.com/video.php?ID=2527

Thanks for doing that. What a fantastic feeling it is to beat Albion. I despise them.

Even better beating them with a last-minute penalty.  Just a shame that it was a legitimate pen, not some spawny decision that they'd have been able to bleat about for 30-odd years.

[walsall villain]

Fantastic result and now hope has returned. I missed the penalty, that will teach me to leave on 90 minutes, I thought only the opposition are allowed to score in injury time?