Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers Post-Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

My win streak continues!!!!!

Well done. You may have been assisted by my refusal to predict the score in the pre-match threads. If it ain't broke..

Jump on Mark, room for everyone!!

[Ian.]

How did Gabby do? He has obviously had head issues but seems to be on the mend.
May has well have him earning his money, I cant dislike him like some.

Try harder. He's a twat.

Hes going to score the winner v Brighton on the telly?

How did Gabby do? He has obviously had head issues but seems to be on the mend.
May has well have him earning his money, I cant dislike him like some.

Try harder. He's a twat.

Hes going to score the winner v Brighton on the telly?

Is that a question? I'm not a clairvoyant!

It cant be wrong to want him to become the player he once was. Ill support him whilst he pulls on the shirt, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors.

Well if Bruce can get something from Gabby fair play to him. If Gabby playing well in a Villa shirt that all that matters and only better for the team.

Well done today, come from behind and fight to the end. Happy days.

[chrisw1]

Just watched the brief highlights. Gabby nicked the ball very nicely for the second goal

[Tayls_7]

How did Gabby do? He has obviously had head issues but seems to be on the mend.
May has well have him earning his money, I cant dislike him like some.

Try harder. He's a twat.

Hes going to score the winner v Brighton on the telly?

Is that a question? I'm not a clairvoyant!

It cant be wrong to want him to become the player he once was. Ill support him whilst he pulls on the shirt, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors.

That's very magnanimous, romantic and totally expedient but he's still a twat. Remember why we're mid-table in tier two of the football league.

[Marton]

Hard to judge players when you just got radio ref...and the commentators had no idea what kind of tactic we played after Kodjia went off.
Something with Gabby up front and parked Bus driven by Jedi with a limping Adomah as counter outlet.

But who care, we won! Happy if we get Ayew and Bacuna back after the break though.
Felt like Bruce used every leftover we had in the pan....it wasn't a culinary treat but was passable with Ketchup.

[Matt C]

I like winning.

[Legion]

Highlights

[auntiesledd]

A strong 2nd 45 & coming from behind to win? 'Tis jiggery - and indeed pokery - I tell thee! Marvellous teatime scenes. 


Edit: highlights already up...

[eamonn]

Can we get player ratings from people who saw it?
I only saw that it was scoreless at half time and spent the latter part of the second half in the pub. BBC's live scores programme was on in the background but they didn't seem to go to VP once so I assumed it was another fucking draw and a scoreless one to boot. Wasn't mannerly to check phone in the company of others so I was very chuffed when I finally saw we won.

[nick harper]

Can we get player ratings from people who saw it?
I only saw that it was scoreless at half time and spent the latter part of the second half in the pub. BBC's live scores programme was on in the background but they didn't seem to go to VP once so I assumed it was another fucking draw and a scoreless one to boot. Wasn't mannerly to check phone in the company of others so I was very chuffed when I finally saw we won.

Gollini 6
Hutton 6
Baker 6
Chester 6
Amavi 7
Jedinak 8
Gardner 6
Adomah 7
Grealish 7
Kodija 7
Mcormack 5

Very similar to Fulham. Slow start but upped the pace and closing down hugely in the second half. A bit of game management by Bruce I think. We are getting stronger as the game goes on whereas earlier in the season we were flagging.

[nick harper]

Double post

[dave shelley]

My win streak continues!!!!!

Well done. You may have been assisted by my refusal to predict the score in the pre-match threads. If it ain't broke..

Also my refusal to pay any attention to the score until the match is over.

Top work everyone

I've been doing this for years.  It always seemed to me that we did better when I did, until the last six years then, no matter what I did we couldn't seem to buy a result.  I even saw a lone magpie today and my heart sunk, then when I switched this thing on at five-o-clock, bingo!

[Hookeysmith]

Gollini - couple of decent saves. Kicking was satisfactory

Hutton  - has pace but positional sense non existent. Crossing garbage. One of weak links in team.

Chester - solid and composed.

Baker - limited footballer but currently rock like in defence. Worried when he made 1st half interception and nearly hurt himself.

Amavi - lost his man a few times 1st half but overall ok. Not much threat going forward.

Adomah- lots of the ball but not productive enough with it

Jedinak- excellent again. Authoritive in front of defence and lovely sweeping pass for 2nd goal . motm 

Gardner- one great shot otherwise grafted but mainly anonymous

Grealish - excellent at times and scared them each time he went forward. Great run for pen.

McCormack- off the pace. Can't seem to find the right position to utilise his obvious ability.

Kodjia- drifted wide a lot but his pace and running with ball caused them trouble all afternoon. Took 2nd goal very well. Clearly will be our top goalscorer.

Subs

Gabby - hard to forgive but at least he looks like he is bothered. Worked hard for time he was on.

Westwood - did the job.

Elphick- steady.

Summary

Though we deserved it for effort and we'd half bottle. Short passages of good play but not quite fluid enough yet

 

[saunders_heroes]

Thumbs up!!

[PeterWithesShin]

I still haven't seen us win under Bruce as I missed today through being ill. I'm tempted to start a fundme page for you all to keep me away from games!