Aston Villa v Only Rotherham United Post-Match Thread

[Villa in Denmark]

We're complaining that we only won 3-0. Never have I been so proud of you all. God bless Miserablism.

[dave.woodhall]

Sorry; couldn't resist the title edit.

Only a joke I know, but we shouldn't start patronising any clubs yet, theres an awfully long way to go.

I think Dave is pointing out the posts on here and elsewhere that state "I know it was only Rotherham but....", not having a pop at the club himself.

Either way, we are not in a position to call out clubs one way or the other.

Why, what harm would it do anyway?

Anyway I think it was aimed more at certain fans from the "lets not carried away" camp who might say "we only beat Rotherham you know".

I just find it a little condescending, we, according to most, have class.

No, it's a sense of superiority. We are Aston Villa. They aren't. I intend to spend the rest of the season looking at every other club in this division with a mixture of scorn, pity and, in the case of Only Newcastle United, amusement.

[SoccerHQ]

Missed this...went to Bloodstock. Ah well.

Looking forward to Huddersfield though, will be a tougher test after their win today at Newcastle.

Hopefully we can keep momentum up...back-to-back wins would be massive for us at this early stage.

[Goldie.7]

I listened to it on the radio but having just seen the goals, what an excellent feeling when it finished.

When you see players doing acrobatics and running into the crowd, you know it's been a good day. That talk the Dr gave them certainly put a rocket up Gestede's arse, when have you ever said the words "Gestede could of had a hat-trick" before? 

[footyskillz]

My 5-10 rating scale of players as a deserved win and excellent feeling still happy !!!
The only difference between a 9 and 10 is maybe a goal or assist so therefore 10’s do not get given out
 
A 6 is a good enough but could do better  when he works at it with flaws so we say. Still, it’s a respectable rating. Anything under a 6 i dont like and i not happy with it  means they  need extra training, dropping and weve had enough 5 and below par performances.

So here are my results.

Aston Villa
Gollini 8 clean sheet
Bacuna like his number 7
Elphick 8 good leader
Chester 8 solid and prem class
Cissokho 8 very decent well done
J Ayew 7 as he got booked and also moaned coming off  Substituted for Traoré 6
Westwood 6 just westood
Tshibola 8
Grealish 9 Booked at 84mins and Subs for Green for standing ovations
McCormack 7  sub Gardner  85'minutes
Gestede 9 as he scored 2 goals

no 5 or 6 no below par we must contuine this way .
overall 8

[Deano's Mullet]

Only just got home, superb day.Elphick good leader, Chester looked like hed been with us years, Bacuna had a good game, Ayew looked a class above the defenders whenever he ran at or past them and Grealish was like Chris Waddle in his prime. Who'd have thought Gestade could finish like he did for no 2. Perfect day from start to finish including Dr Tones reception. Moor St was funny about 7 pm, platform was full of Villa fans and two Cro Magnon looking Blues fans started scowling at me. one said to the other "show your colours" and both took off their jackets to reveal their tops. Very intimidating not.

[saunders_heroes]

I thought Ayew played well. I thought he may have ended up being sent off after being booked so early (the ref was trigger happy today) but he got it together and looked quite dangerous. He'll be a real asset in this league.

[Chipsticks]

Its nice to feel like a big team again.

Rotherham's manager's comments particularly brought this home:

"We are up against a team that has significantly more resources than us. They have just paid a record amount of money for one of their strikers (Ross McCormack), we have to be realistic.

"We are not going to get downbeat. We won't be the last team to come here and get beat."

Lets bring the pride back.

[PeterWithesShin]

Pics from a Rotherham fan. http://zipstrips2011-2012.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/aston-villa-3-millers-013th-august-2016.html

[Toronto Villa]

Blimey when did he time to watch the game!! Very nice pics though. Good to see the Holte looking that full. Get the results our fans will flood back.

[ez]

After the Luton game i didn't think we'd see Gestede play for us again. 2 goals today and he actually moved to get them. I'm pleasantly suprised.

[Toronto Villa]

Team chemistry is so important and we need a settled group over a decent period of time. You saw what that means for a side like Sheff Wed last week. This side/squad will come together over the next few weeks and months. But we saw glimpses of what it could be today like the little pass from Ross to Rudy for the second. Looking forward to lots more of that.

[tomd2103]

Team chemistry is so important and we need a settled group over a decent period of time. You saw what that means for a side like Sheff Wed last week. This side/squad will come together over the next few weeks and months. But we saw glimpses of what it could be today like the little pass from Ross to Rudy for the second. Looking forward to lots more of that.

I thought we saw a spine of a team emerging today.  We are far from the finished product, but the pieces are starting to come together. 

[Pat McMahon]

Generally we were just too good for Rotherham and even I had no panicky moments.

Like some posters above, I thought Westwood played well - good ball retention and vision. His weakness, as we all know, is the defensive side of the game. I also thought Bacuna had a good game - he seemed too athletic for Thier left sided players. Obvious hats off to Rudy for looking like a man who can play with his feet today.

A couple of random points: Gollini didn't look too comfortable coming for the ball. And why didn't the big screen show the action for long chunks of play?

Oh yeah, one final thing. After the game I saw the stall selling scarves etc opposite the North Stand on Witton Lane and they had pink ( genuinely Hello Kitty pink, not a weird version of claret) and white Villa scarves. Eh???

[PeterWithesShin]

The club shop normally sells pink and white stuff in the women's section.