Aston Villa v Only Rotherham United Post-Match Thread

[Monty]

if with the upper Trinity open the ground holds just over 42k and the upper trinity holds 6k, then there were around three thousand empty seats yesterday

before yesterdays game yesterday the Villa were predicting 27k for Tuesday, but with a favourable result a crowd more in the region of yesterdays, so whilst its a bit of a disapointment the upper trinity is closed , it does help with atmosphere, giving the impression of a more fuller ground.

btw if we can gain momentum then Trinity A will have to be opened.

heres to bums in seats in the Trinity A

I think we had the 3rd highest crowd of the day after Man City and Everton.

And Newcastle, who had 52,000 at the Sweat Shop Arena.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

hi ho silver lining for me

the crowd belting it out and half the teams in the league will shit it before a ball is kicked

[ez]

if with the upper Trinity open the ground holds just over 42k and the upper trinity holds 6k, then there were around three thousand empty seats yesterday

before yesterdays game yesterday the Villa were predicting 27k for Tuesday, but with a favourable result a crowd more in the region of yesterdays, so whilst its a bit of a disapointment the upper trinity is closed , it does help with atmosphere, giving the impression of a more fuller ground.

btw if we can gain momentum then Trinity A will have to be opened.

heres to bums in seats in the Trinity A

I think we had the 3rd highest crowd of the day after Man City and Everton.

And Newcastle, who had 52,000 at the Sweat Shop Arena.

Fixed for me.

[Dante Lavelli]

It pains me to say it but 52,000 in the second tier is pretty incredible.

[olaftab]

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?

Yes that was  my first impression of Gollini as well. A bit too static and and looked a little subdued. They put over some floated corners that he could have easily grabbed and   everything catchable that he went for was punched away. May be it's the Italian style ie let defenders deal with high balls and punch instead of catching?

[sirlordbaltimore]

Fair play to all the players yesterday. Everyone performed well, and to the four i rarely rate Bacuna, Cissokho, Gestede and Westwood keep that up and all will be forgiven

Comical moment of the day, Ayew's incredibly slow walk off when subbed. God someone give that man a hug and tell him he's loved. Looked so depressed

[olaftab]

It pains me to say it but 52,000 in the second tier is pretty incredible.

Listen one city club and there really is not much else to do up there!
But TBH I agree.

[PeterWithe]

It pains me to say it but 52,000 in the second tier is pretty incredible.

Yup

[olaftab]

I thought the top tier of the Trinity being closed added to the atmosphere a bit, it made the rest of the ground look fuller.

I am not sure of top Trinity tier  capacity number but if it's 7/8 thousand then  yes the ground was full except for away supporters almost empty bottom tier. I noticed that Corporate's have disappeared very quickly...Fuck em!

[sirlordbaltimore]

I've suggested to the Dr on twitter that they ought to lay some of the massive flags over the empty seats in the upper Trinity. Either that or lay out some placards on the seats or something spelling out VILLA or whatever

[tomd2103]

I thought the top tier of the Trinity being closed added to the atmosphere a bit, it made the rest of the ground look fuller.

I am not sure of top Trinity tier  capacity number but if it's 7/8 thousand then  yes the ground was full except for away supporters almost empty bottom tier. I noticed that Corporate's have disappeared very quickly...Fuck em!

Yeah I noticed that as well.  Was sat in North Stand Lower, so not sure if that stand was full, but the only sparse areas I could see were the top tier and the corporate area of the Trinity Road, and the bottom tier of the away end.  The rest of the ground looked pretty full, especially the Holte. 

[Villatillidie1982]

It was only Rotherham and a Premier League team would have torn us apart in the second half when we let them play. Having said that, Grealish and Ayew are too good for this league and Toshiba? looks good. Seems to have a brain, unlike Westwood.

[tomd2103]

I've suggested to the Dr on twitter that they ought to lay some of the massive flags over the empty seats in the upper Trinity. Either that or lay out some placards on the seats or something spelling out VILLA or whatever

Good suggestion that!

[JUAN PABLO]

i heard people saying ayew was brilliant and a class above - the commentators said he was controlling the game

Other fans and media said Rudy was MOTM and was immense and too hard to handle

and other supporters and pundits said Grealish was class and the main man

This is a good sign

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

I heard two noses talking about us outside the pub in Digbeth. "Anyone would think they'd won the European Cup" said one to the other. I just leaned in between them and said "Again?"