Aston Villa v Norwich City Post-Match Thread

[Jimbo]

Apologies if this has been answered already but who was the last Villa midfielder to score a hat-trick? Surely there has been someone since Gary Shelton

Wasn't it Ashley Westwood?

[UK Redsox]

Apologies if this has been answered already but who was the last Villa midfielder to score a hat-trick? Surely there has been someone since Gary Shelton

Mr Shin was thinking David Platt

[UK Redsox]

Most defences in his league are pretty shit if you can have the right blend of pace, power and quality

The Norwich centre halves were very poor, the one especially so. He was just stood there all tangled up and  blowin' in the wind as Davis outplayed him.

[PeterWithesShin]

Apologies if this has been answered already but who was the last Villa midfielder to score a hat-trick? Surely there has been someone since Gary Shelton

Platt v Spurs 1991.

[Toronto Villa]

Alan Hutton. Dreadful player.

[UK Redsox]

Alan Hutton. Dreadful player.

As some kind of defence, he was crocked a bit after being hacked down in the first half

[Ads]

Told you they were cannon fodder.

An excellent result and a surprising performance. We could have scored a lot more.

There was an excellent balance to the side and Davis played a huge part in that. He gives us a focal point and the ball just sticks to him. An immensely impressive start.

Quick feet, good vision and got into positions to score. While not rapid, he's very mobile. I could easily see Kodjia or Hogan playing off him.

Pleasing to see the way he gained us territory by holding the ball up and letting midfield runners join up in the final third.

We had four players willing to support Davis and hit the box, while the Wiseman stretched them.

Lansbury set up some goals and made some good runs. Nothing outstanding but it was food to finally see him offer something.

I'm delighted for Hourihane. I rate him a good deal and he offers some real threat. Whelan sitting and allowing Hourihane and Angela to hit the box and press.

I thought the defensive block was better. They played a lot of horizontal ball, but we made sure anything in our half was pressed.

Brilliant finish from Green and he showed some purpose. He's let down by his positional sense but it's far easy to coach that compared to the talent he shows on the ball. Missed another sitter mind. That said, to the wankers at Reading who I gave a round of fucks too, have some of that. Sublime finish.

The bad would be Hutton. Credit Bruce for hooking him, but what was he doing on the pitch?

Thought Chester got caught positionally a few times too. Two very soft goals.

But... We bossed them first half, came out second and played nicely and critically, showed killer instinct.

Possession stats are low but 20/8 shots is a good return. We looked so much better today being positive and we finally blew a side away and with more composure, could have scored 8.

[Ads]

Most defences in his league are pretty shit if you can have the right blend of pace, power and quality

The Norwich centre halves were very poor, the one especially so. He was just stood there all tangled up and  blowin' in the wind as Davis outplayed him.

He won't be the last to get a mauling from Davis. So easy to get carried away, but it was massively encouraging.

[tomd2103]

Most defences in his league are pretty shit if you can have the right blend of pace, power and quality

The thing I noticed today was that Hourihane and Onomah pressed their back four as well as Davis today.  They got out a couple of times, but more often than not they looked rushed and gave it away.  I think most teams in this league would be the same if they were pressed as well.

[brian green]

Davis simply picked up where he left off against Brighton. Reminds me so much of Peter Withe.

[Matt Collins]

The press really worked today - defenders in this league aren't good enough to deal with it if they try to play

Need to play like that away from home too

[Dave]

Told you they were cannon fodder.

Well, if you say it about every team we play then you're bound to get one right sooner or later.

[Lastfootstamper]

Told you they were cannon fodder.

Well, if you say it about every team we play then you're bound to get one right sooner or later once every five years.

[Ads]

I don't say it about every team. I say it about Norwich, as they're cannon fodder at Villa Park. All that "we are going to get stuffed" crap, I can only assume they'd never seen us play Cannon Fodder FC at B6 before.

[Chris Smith]

Jesus there are some miserable buggers about. Today was great but you just want to score points with Ads.