Aston Villa 1 Knuckledraggers crawl back under their stones 0 Post match thread.

[Sexual Ealing]

If Alex McLeish gets bored of the punditry lark there's a career in Hollywood playing racist cops from the Deep South waiting for him.

[garyshawsknee]

I  thought Veretout  had a good second half. Needs game time,don't see him working with Westwood.

[rougegorge]

Chalk and cheese those 2 halves and it was a quality goal. Playing Westwood and Veretout (though neither convinces) in front of the back 4 and releasing the others to push on made a difference in the 2nd half.  Grealish was excellent and Ayew looked like he could play football after all. Just hope it boosts confidence as we need some league points.

[silhillvilla]

Westwood is a weak link, slow weak play, and crap corners. Let amavi take the corners

[JUAN PABLO]

Gana and Adama with ayew kicking on and grealish . We still can stay in the prem as long as tS realizes you cant start with gabby

[Taylor]

Some credit too for Westwood. Didn't do a lot wrong tonight, and his passing was accurate, even in that shite first half.

[Pat McMahon]

Savage was surprisingly neutral on the radio - just seemed to want a good game. He was pointing out our first half weakness without gloating.

He was fulsome in his praise of Sherwood for the substitutions at half time and was gushing about Grealish and Aye, plus switching Clark to centre half.

Sounded like a good atmosphere for a relatively poor crowd ( for a derby)

[Steve R]

Much better second half, but it's hard to give too much credit to Sherwood for doing little more than redress a poor starting selection. Despite the goal Gestede still looks a dud. We had three or four killer drosses pinged across goal in the second half and h was nowhere to be seen. Well done for getting the goal.

The real positive was the result but it was good to see Ayew do so much and Veretout play a decent role even if it was not exactly breathtaking. Grealish rarely looks anything but class.

[The Man With A Stick]

Listening to Rowett got to say I quite like him. Far too good for that bunch of *#*}*}*

Don't worry, he won't be there long.

[LTA]

I  thought Veretout  had a good second half. Needs game time,don't see him working with Westwood.

Not convinced by Veretout to be honest.  A bit too slow for my liking.

[SoccerHQ]

Westwood is a weak link, slow weak play, and crap corners. Let amavi take the corners

I agree. Long term I'd go with Sanchez.....Gana....Veretout as first choice midfield.

[jwarry]

What the fuck, it was a plan?!?

[jcsutv]

Some credit too for Westwood. Didn't do a lot wrong tonight, and his passing was accurate, even in that shite first half.

Would love to see his pass inaccuracy stars. He was shocking in the first half.

[DB]

This is half the problem, he is still trying to work out his best team.

[RonBurgundy]

What the fuck, it was a plan?!?

I know! I'm listening to it now and i smell bullshit