Aston Villa vs. Crystal Palace Post-Match Thread

[mikeb1982]

I'm smiling after a villa game. I think my wife has just assumed I was up to no good using the match as an alibi

[steamer]

A few guts burst on that pitch tonight.
A bit of confidence should help us look a bit more competent as well.
A couple of new faces, we aint dead yet !

[brontebilly]

victory that owed much to our heart and of course a nice bit of luck for a change

thought our much maligned full backs were very solid, Lescott first minute aside led the defence very well. Gueye had his best game in months while Veretout and Ayew continue to show their class. Still had to rely on their keeper literally throwing in one for us tonight. Urgently need to get a better forward in. Thought for about ten mins after we went ahead that our heads went and we kept giving them back the ball. Settled after that and would have been great if Ayew had stuck that one away.

Huge victory for Garde. He has called them all out, board, players, everyone, dropped senior players the lot. He deserved the luck we got today.

Thought Palace were very average, as are most teams in the EPL when you really look at it. Wickham, Saha, Sako, Chamakh - awful each and every one

Bunn 6, Bacuna 7, Okore 5, Lescott 7, Cissokho 7, Veretout 7, Gueye 8, Westwood 6, Gil 5, Ayew 7, Kozak 6.

[DB]

Hopefully their confidence will be up as they know we can actually win a match....oh, and selecting the right players helps.

[Villafirst]

Well done at last! Can the impossible be on?  Beat Leicester on Saturday and who knows?

[exiled on the wirral!]

If Carlsberg did Birthdays. .Come on me Babbies! !

[barrysleftfoot]

 
 I really like Ayew and Veretout, but i think Gana playing as a defensive midfielder, and playing with much more energy and mobility than previous incumbents, made all the difference tonight.He pressed the Palace players really quickly, and effectively.

 We played some nice football tonight, i believe we played the way RG wants us to, and as my learned friend Nii Lamptey said earlier, it would be nice if RG gets opportunities to improve the team this transfer window.

 Don't think its any coincedence that Richards is out the team, and we look more solid defensively .

[Hopadop]

I'm actually getting a little moist after today.

We all are Tom. We all are.

[cdbearsfan]

If Carlsberg did Birthdays. .Come on me Babbies! !

Happy birthday!  We fucking won you know!

[kippaxvilla2]

Yes yes yes get in you Villa Boys.  Still got a chance of the European places keep it going.  Fans hired to surround the team coach every week till the end of the season.

[Louzie0]

OH AND ITS HI HO ASTON VILLA

I was singing that in my kitchen!

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I decided to check this as I wasn't completely sure myself. Just so everybody is clear, here is a useful link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_points_for_a_win

Three points for a win is a standard used in many sports leagues and group tournaments, especially in association football, in which three (rather than two) points are awarded to the team winning a match, with no points awarded to the losing team. If the game is drawn, each team receives one point.

[Kingthing]

Maybe it was that fan's team talk while getting on the coach at Wycombe , out the bloke and get him in the changing rooms for Saturday.

[passport1]

Highlights on Sky now.

[QuintonVilla]

Can't wait for our next league win in May.