Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers Post-Match Thread

[Drummond]

Hang on, how much possession did we have?

[BC54 VFC]

Three wins out of three since I left the country. I'm back for the Wolves game, sorry.

All flights out of Vietnam/Cambodia cancelled UFN.

[LeeB]

Poor game but my 6 year old saw his first league win - 5th time lucky! He was chanting "villa win" on the way out and a group of lads joined in and made his day. Still talking about it now - first time I've seen him excited about Villa.

Fucking don't let Villa 75 babysit then.

[charleeco7]

Hats off today as we'd have lost that game in the last five seasons. We showed character over quality which is something we haven't had for years. We will never be Barcelona under him but sometimes you just have to remember how bad we were.

[ktvillan]

I thought Forest was a bit of a stroll really. They had 10 minutes after shocking us with a shot on target that went in and barely landed a glove after that. We were in second gear and never looked in danger. Bit like today, only Bolton waited u til the 91st minute to have a go.

I don't think some supporters have got this league and what it's about yet, making the fewer mistakes. Looks like our players finally have.

I think I'd I'd agree we were in second gear against Forest but based on what I've seen I'd say that's less down to us feeling comfortable against them than us not having any other gears.  At least at home.  I still think we'll be found out against better teams.

[Axl Rose]

For all the ordinariness that followed, there's still no better place to be on a Saturday afternoon.

Did you take that photo, mate? I love that!

[Pete3206]

Regardless of how scrappy today was, one thing is for sure. The 6 teams above us will see the beautifully symmetrical name sitting just below them and thinking "oh fuck"

[KRS]

For all the ordinariness that followed, there's still no better place to be on a Saturday afternoon.

Did you take that photo, mate? I love that!

Can't get the link to open with the image.

[eamonn]

Kodjia was offside for the chance he messed up that led to the corner that led to the penalty that led to the goal that led to the win that led to promotion...wasn't he?

[olaftab]

No he wasn't.  Adomah was and would have been pulled up if the ball had got to him.

[Percy McCarthy]

No he wasn't.  Adomah was and would have been pulled up if the ball had got to him.

No, he would have been onside in that second phase.

[Mister E]

It wasn't tedious Tuesday. Today we looked fatigued and given how physical the battle was it didnt get any easier.

It wasn't tedious Tuesday. Today we looked fatigued and given how physical the battle was it didnt get any easier.

I beg to differ.  It was just as tedious as large chunks of the Brentford and Forest games were.

I disagree as well, I don't think t was tedious either. There are going to be games where it's going to be tough, it's just the way it is. Not every team is going to roll over and die after going a goal down just because they're down the bottom. I thought we did ok to be honest.

It was tedious against Bolton .... mainly because we insisted on lumping the ball into the tallest defence we've perhaps seen this season. If we'd played to our strengths - on the wings - we'd have created more chances, tired their CB's out and possibly drawn a red card for one of their defenders.
I don't get what this manager is really trying to do: he clearly does not have the tactical nous to play to our strengths rather than to the opposition's.

[preston28]

Ground out a win against a physical resilient team. That has to be done when needed. Defence looks solid and I no longer feel nervous when 1-0 up.

[JUAN PABLO]

I said we would win 1-0 in a poor match

Im just happy with 3 pts and keep up the momentum.  Typical Bruce performance really which is no suprise to me.

[garyfouroaks]

he clearly does not have the tactical nous to play to our strengths rather than to the opposition's.

Our recent run suggests otherwise.