Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Brend'Watkins]

A very professional performance from Villa. If only we had applied the same throughout the season we wouldn’t have had to go through all this.

[PaulWinch again]

A typical Steve Bruce performance, we played most of the game after we scored defending.
Can we get through to the PLplaying like this?

Perhaps more importantly (?), would we survive the PL playing like this?

I’ll worry about that if we get there.

[Clampy]

Good win and overall a professional performance. It's what most of us would have taken before the game.

[mr underhill]

well done Villa - the longer it stays this way, the more Tiny will have to urge his orcs to attack which will leave space for us to exploit.

[dorsetvillian]

Finally got back at 2.15. Very effective performance. I just wish we could have held the ball better in the second half to take the pressure of the defence. Roll on Tuesday night. UTV

[mr underhill]

top man - that's true dedication !

[andyh]

A typical Steve Bruce performance, we played most of the game after we scored defending.
Can we get through to the PLplaying like this?

Perhaps more importantly (?), would we survive the PL playing like this?

FFS boys.
Lighten up and enjoy the win, the next couple of days and let’s what Tuesday brings.

[ChicagoLion]

The first goal of these games was crucial.
Thank god we got it, now score first at VP.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Finally got back at 2.15. Very effective performance. I just wish we could have held the ball better in the second half to take the pressure of the defence. Roll on Tuesday night. UTV

Fair play to you mate - hope you all had a great day - another late morning on Wednesday?

[Ads]

I'm struggling to recall these chances they're referring to in these videos that they created.

[dorsetvillian]

Finally got back at 2.15. Very effective performance. I just wish we could have held the ball better in the second half to take the pressure of the defence. Roll on Tuesday night. UTV

Fair play to you mate - hope you all had a great day - another late morning on Wednesday?

We travel from Bournemouth and there was another car from Weymouth. Winning certainly makes it easier!!

[Mister E]

https://youtu.be/zM7oMf-M-uY

How bitter is this guy? Stick with it for the revelation at the end

Lovely

They are sooooo small-time!

[JUAN PABLO]

Some of those Boro fan videos are comedy gold. And where the fuck is Bearminum? Of the ones I watched the 2 blonde lasses spoke the most sense.

yes quite liked the one on the left .. i could turn her to villa

[QuintonVilla]

Very professional away performance that. We did all we needed to in a play off away leg and you felt we had several more gears to go through.

Thought Boro were poor and expected more from them. Lots of huff and puff but no end product.

Hutton, Jedinak, Terry, Chester and Grealish, all superb. Hutton had Traore in his pocket.

Kodjia looked knackered when he came on and could barely run after five minutes.

It's obvious and a football cliche but the first goal at VP is massive. I just hope we approach the game positively and don't try and sit on the 1-0. Hopefully 40,000 fans and a bouncing VP will dictate that doesn't happen. We need the whole ground up for it from the off.

[JUAN PABLO]

i only shit myself once with that header at Johnstone , other than that , all possession and no finish and the lads at the back mostly gobbled it up.

wE could have easily been 2 - 0 and out of sight , so what the f@@k these Boro fans are going on about .

i think we should have scored with that grabban chance too If he had looked up and played one of the other lads in instead of his feeble shot.

Professional job done really .  I wasnt cheeky bum as much as I thought , always thought we could grab a second even If we were too deep in second half but that happens a lot when Villa go up 1 -0 .