Barnsley v Unbeatable Aston Villa post match thread

[QuintonVilla]

3 goals
Clean sheet
Away win
Win on Sky
Ball bag face leaves Small Heath

Carlsberg Saturday. Up the Vile.

[Tuscans]

A couple of things mentioned which are not cut and dry

1. Elmo had quite a decent game a lot better than Taylor at left back and it was a great ball for him that brought the penalty for the second goal

2. Defence not as tight as some are suggesting. What I think is happening is that terry is rock steady and Johnstone now looks and acts confidently

I think half of the defence looks solid, it's the guys out wide of the defence that I'm still not convinced about.

[Tuscans]

3 goals
Clean sheet
Away win
Win on Sky
Ball bag face leaves Small Heath

Carlsberg Saturday. Up the Vile.

Up the Revolting.

[Damo70]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside but the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

[Tuscans]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside put the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

Best performance....better than Norwich?

[Legion]

3 goals
Clean sheet
Away win
Win on Sky
Ball bag face leaves Small Heath

Carlsberg Saturday. Up the Vile.

Up the what?

[Damo70]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside put the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

Best performance....better than Norwich?

To be fair we won convincingly away whilst under pressure to get a result and we could have won by more. Although a debate about which is the better of two performances is a welcome break from a debate about which has been our worst performance of the season.

[aj2k77]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside put the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

Best performance....better than Norwich?

To be fair we won convincingly away whilst under pressure to get a result and we could have won by more. Although a debate about which is the better of two performances is a welcome break from a debate about which has been our worst performance of the season.

Which is normally a tie between 20-25 games.

[Tuscans]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside put the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

Best performance....better than Norwich?

To be fair we won convincingly away whilst under pressure to get a result and we could have won by more. Although a debate about which is the better of two performances is a welcome break from a debate about which has been our worst performance of the season.

True, I suppose Johnstone hardly had a save to make although Barnsley had all the ball.

[sickbeggar]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside put the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

Best performance....better than Norwich?

To be fair we won convincingly away whilst under pressure to get a result and we could have won by more. Although a debate about which is the better of two performances is a welcome break from a debate about which has been our worst performance of the season.

True, I suppose Johnstone hardly had a save to make although Barnsley had all the ball.

yep isn't that what bruce does to get promoted? It's not my sort of football but at least he's finally managed it.

[Damo70]

Best performance I have seen us put in for a while. I thought the disallowed goal was onside put the penalty shout wasn't a penalty. Their player was sliding in and had the ball kicked into his arm.

Best performance....better than Norwich?

To be fair we won convincingly away whilst under pressure to get a result and we could have won by more. Although a debate about which is the better of two performances is a welcome break from a debate about which has been our worst performance of the season.

True, I suppose Johnstone hardly had a save to make although Barnsley had all the ball.

I thought Johnstone did everything he had to do . I think he is a solid keeper who can get better and I hope we sign him permanently.

[Mister E]

One thing: it's the first time I've seen crowd surfing in the concourse before the game: pissed blokes jumping off the roofing into the crowd - scary!

[Toronto Villa]

I need to see this a few games in a row to be convinced this is any more than a mirage. We all thought after Norwich that we had turned the corner. Bruce then goes and repeats it to a point vs Wigan and then instead of reinforcing this newly discovered system and confidence he goes and does something stupid like 3 CB's at Bristol City. I need to see this built upon vs Boro this week and then in the next league game.

Today is another start. A very good day in the end after what at times was a poor display. But we need to build on it. We have the players.

[Mossie Hennebry]

3 goals
Clean sheet
Away win
Win on Sky
Ball bag face leaves Small Heath

Carlsberg Saturday. Up the Vile.

Up the what?

Benefit of the doubt
Smartphones
Predictive Text
or Fat Fingers

[Taylor]

Chester and Terry were fantastic tonight. Can't remember the last time I watched a villa game and felt totally confident we would get the three points in the second half.