Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

Hopefully sets us up nicely for the second leg.

[Toronto Villa]

Fucking job done

[wolfman999]

Excellent.

[olaftab]

OK can I come inside now? Garden looks tidy so my hard work has paid off this afternoon.

[Uknowthescore]

Fantastic result very much a hard working performance. Well done villa

[AsTallAsLions]

62% possession for Boro haha says it all. Delighted with the win... On to VP.

[Richard E]

Get in!

[thick_mike]

Very adequate

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent stuff, now finish the job in the next two games. Losing Elmo is a real blow.

[SamTheMouse]

Tidy away performance, that. Everyone played well, but Hutton in particular was excellent.

[Jon Crofts]

Good result but we should have buried this lot they’re mince.

[cdbearsfan]

Well done Villa. Excellent performance against twelve men. Need to attack in the Second Leg and try to finish them off, rather than sitting back and trying to preserve our lead.

[ZhongYi]

the bells are ringing for claret and blue

[PeterWithesShin]

Good result, very good first half, disappointing second half. Jack and the defence good, Albert, Hotlips, Kodjia were crap.

[SoccerHQ]

Thought we were very comfortable throughout, reminded me of Forest away. Early goal and then we mainly defended but never under sustained pressure.

Job well done.

Paul Franks slagging off Kodjia already on the phone in...