Aston Villa v Norwich City Post-Match Thread

[Mister E]

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?

Carbone in 2000

[Dave]

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

I'm not the one who felt the need to enter with "SEE! SEE! I told you how right I was!"

[Ads]

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

It would appear so, I suppose I should be flattered.

[Ads]

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

I'm not the one who felt the need to enter with "SEE! SEE! I told you how right I was!"

Bit touchy aren't you?

I'm sure Bristol will beat us so you can revel in me being wrong, something you take great pleasure in it would seem.

[rougegorge]

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.

Yes they did press well and it worked great, especially in the first half.

I just wish they would not invite unnecessary pressure as they did in the second half when the opposition had previously done very little.

Davis was a revelation and held the ball up, something which wouldn't have happened with Hogan or Gabby; and Hourihane looked a different player playing to his strengths. Admittedly their German B listers looked a bit immobile, but that was maybe in part to a more forward thinking approach.

The defence doesn't look secure though. Villa should've sussed out Murphy as a threat just as they sussed out Hutton as the weakness and JT isn't proving to be the influence I had anticipated.

However I came away buoyed by a welcome, if unexpected, turnaround in form.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Alan Hutton. Dreadful player.

Davis was good though.And Hourihane.And Green.And Whelan.And Taylor.And Onomah.
Thought Lansbury was OK.As was Chester.And Elmahamody.And Bree.And Terry.
And Johnstone.And Samba

[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

Wasn't it Ashley Westwood?

Carbone in 2000

Wasn't really a midfielder though especially that game, nor was Sinclair who was mentioned earlier, plus it took Sinclair extra time to score 3.

[Clampy]

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

I asked this today as well and I said Platt.

[CT]

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?

Carbone in 2000

Wasn't really a midfielder though especially that game, nor was Sinclair who was mentioned earlier, plus it took Sinclair extra time to score 3.

Said the same to someone earlier. Was up front with Julian Joachim if memory serves.

[tomd2103]

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

Agree.  We need the kind of positive approach we saw today in every game.  We should have almost an arrogance about us that it doesn't matter who the opposition is in this league, we are going to look to be on the front foot. 

[Deano's Mullet]

Just got back. Davis was immense, Hourihane was almost David Platt-esque as a goalscoring midfielder, atmosphere was best its been for ages, Norwich brought barely half the support they did back in April and everything is rosy so going to enjoy it tonight.

[QuintonVilla]

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

I asked this today as well and I said Platt.

It was Platt in '91.

[Deano's Mullet]

Hutton did quite well I thought and so did most of the people around me apart from the guy three to the right of me who screamed "fuck off you c***!" when he was subbed for Bree.

[ez]

Our first championship win without Jedinak.

[Deano's Mullet]

Our first championship win without Jedinak.

Didn't need him, Whelan did that job today and did it very well - arguably better as he can pass the ball better.