Aston Villa v Only Rotherham United Post-Match Thread

[SashasGrandad]

Jesus, Gestede scoring a lovely dinked goal, then doing a double somersault and backflip to celebrate!  What the actual fuck?!

He must think he is in Rio going for a gold in the gymnastics.

He'd be a bit out of place - I don't think they have donkeys on Copacabana beach.

[Toronto Villa]

Jesus, Gestede scoring a lovely dinked goal, then doing a double somersault and backflip to celebrate!  What the actual fuck?!

He must think he is in Rio going for a gold in the gymnastics.

He'd be a bit out of place - I don't think they have donkeys on Copacabana beach.

On a day he scored two and helped make the other can we not disrespect him for a bit.

[tomd2103]

I thought Ayew and Grealish were excellent. I know Grealish scored but the one frustrating thing about him is his poor shooting. If he gets that right he'd complete and we'd have a star on our hands.

Jack's reluctance to shoot is frustrating. For the goal it was almost like he was thinking 'oh, do I really have to shoot' before having a go. Either that or he had a bet with Ayew that he could score from an even more acute angle than Jordan did at Luton.

Saying that, I thought he looked good on the left hand side today. 

[ozzjim]

I'd forgotten what it is like to have a comprehensive win.

Not only that, a clean sheet, too. If we are going to get promoted, we'll need to win matches like this on a regular basis. That is not to denigrate the win (look what happened against a league two side a few days ago, so we can take nothing for granted), because this is a tough league with a fast flow of fixtures. We can win matches like this, and we need to realise we can, and get into the habit of doing it.

Win the easily winnable matches and do ok in the tougher ones and we'll put ourselves in with a chance. Good start today.

This is a really good point. There are probably 8-9 teams that with our players we should be able to walk all over, and win comfortably. That should be 14-15 easy ish wins. Add another 10 wins from the middle section and do ok against the top, and you are pretty much there.

[tomd2103]

Jesus, Gestede scoring a lovely dinked goal, then doing a double somersault and backflip to celebrate!  What the actual fuck?!

He must think he is in Rio going for a gold in the gymnastics.

He'd be a bit out of place - I don't think they have donkeys on Copacabana beach.

On a day he scored two and helped make the other can we not disrespect him for a bit.

The one thing I did pick up on, was that unlike Agbonlahor and others before, McCormack actually read Gestede's flick ons and picked up quite a few of them.

[wittonwarrior]

I thought Ayew and Grealish were excellent. I know Grealish scored but the one frustrating thing about him is his poor shooting. If he gets that right he'd complete and we'd have a star on our hands.

Jack's reluctance to shoot is frustrating. For the goal it was almost like he was thinking 'oh, do I really have to shoot' before having a go. Either that or he had a bet with Ayew that he could score from an even more acute angle than Jordan did at Luton.

Saying that, I thought he looked good on the left hand side today.

I  thought he looked better when he moved inside and across the Rotherham defence.  He is not a left winger - in my head he would be better on the right cutting in

[frank]

I'd forgotten what it is like to have a comprehensive win.

Not only that, a clean sheet, too. If we are going to get promoted, we'll need to win matches like this on a regular basis. That is not to denigrate the win (look what happened against a league two side a few days ago, so we can take nothing for granted), because this is a tough league with a fast flow of fixtures. We can win matches like this, and we need to realise we can, and get into the habit of doing it.

Win the easily winnable matches and do ok in the tougher ones and we'll put ourselves in with a chance. Good start today.

This is a really good point. There are probably 8-9 teams that with our players we should be able to walk all over, and win comfortably. That should be 14-15 easy ish wins. Add another 10 wins from the middle section and do ok against the top, and you are pretty much there.

When Watford were promoted they lost to all the top teams but beat everyone else. That works in such a big league

[DB]

tbf I thought Bacuna did really well today, DB

Fair enough. All about opinions. There were a number of times he cocked up easy plays.

[Dante Lavelli]

tbf I thought Bacuna did really well today, DB

Fair enough. All about opinions. There were a number of times he cocked up easy plays.

cannot comment on today's performance but if he is going to experience any sort of redemption then I'd guess that playing RB is his best chance.

[PeterWithe]

Some very good performances from players previously written off, Gestede played exactly the role we need, held the ball up, was a nuisance and took his goals very well. Bacuna was superb as was Cissokho. The front four were all very good, Ayew in patches looked unplayable and Grealish was class, Tshibola energetic but for me, MOM was Westwood, a very solid base from which we built effectively.

Some of the play was scintillating, a very enjoyable day and the score line flattered them.

A long time coming.

[Witton Warrior]

I hate the 'shit support' chant, I cringe every time.

It's the "empty seats" one that makes me laugh as the echo bounces of the Upper Trinity - no need for it...

[Witton Warrior]

Some very good performances from players previously written off, Gestede played exactly the role we need, held the ball up, was a nuisance and took his goals very well. Bacuna was superb as was Cissokho. The front four were all very good, Ayew in patches looked unplayable and Grealish was class, Tshibola energetic but for me, MOM was Westwood, a very solid base from which we built effectively.

Some of the play was scintillating, a very enjoyable day and the score line flattered them.

A long time coming.

With you most of the way there PW but thought Pointy went very quiet for long periods - he didn't do anything awful but just a bit anonymous.
The forward play by RossMac was very good - always looking to get others involved in and around the box - was half hoping for a flying overhead scissor-kick when we were queuing up to score in the second half, just need someone now who can pass into the channels for him. Not sure Cisshoko was "superb" but he looked a lot less troubled...

[CJ]

Just seen the highlights on the awful C5 Championship highlights programme - all 1 minute 15 seconds of them. Thank goodness they had Alan Curbishley and Gary Megson to provide some insightful analysis. Not

[DeeBoy1]

Just seen the highlights on the awful C5 Championship highlights programme - all 1 minute 15 seconds of them. Thank goodness they had Alan Curbishley and Gary Megson to provide some insightful analysis. Not

That's really dampened my spirits...it's now you realise how little coverage the Championship gets!? Guessing there's nowhere to get extended highlights then??

[Stirchley Villain]

Westwood was anonymous today again. I'm not sure where we go with him once we sign a replacement.