Aston Villa vs Middlesbrough Post-Match Thread

[Mossie Hennebry]

How hard is it going to be for me to get tickets for this game?

38k tickets available. If you've been to VP at all this season, you should be good (I think...):

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/996496001534955525?s=19

[Deano's Mullet]

Pulis said they created opportunities but needed to take them. When?

[Villa Lew]

Thoroughly professional performance tonight, Boro never had a shot on goal. Mile was superb as were Jack, Snoddy, Terry, Chester and Hutton.

Mike Dean did us a favour, but we should have had a penalty, when Chester has his shirt ripped. Blood pressure just starting to go down now.

[ozzjim]

We could have had 2 pens, so Sam not getting sent evens it out.

Play that style against Fulham we will be battered. Need to play on the front foot like we did against Wolves.

Anyone else want Barney in for Hourihane?

[Deano's Mullet]

How hard is it going to be for me to get tickets for this game?

38k tickets available. If you've been to VP at all this season, you should be good (I think...):

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/996496001534955525?s=19

I managed five games up to January and then QPR got cancelled and 90% of the remaining home games were shifted to night TV matches were is a no go for me. Pain in the arse Sky Sports!

[nigel]

Got so lucky with the Johnstone decision, we deserved to win over 2 legs.

Apparently not:
From BBC Sport
"It might not have had the pace to beat the backtracking defenders which made a yellow, rather than red card, the right call."

[themossman]

I don’t think Terry was getting back for that. Looked in to me.

[rob_bridge]

We want our generals to be lucky. Not pretty.

[Clampy]

We could have had 2 pens, so Sam not getting sent evens it out.

Play that style against Fulham we will be battered. Need to play on the front foot like we did against Wolves.

Anyone else want Barney in for Hourihane?

I thought Hourihane was immense tonight. He did so much work off the ball.

That club will kill me. We don't half make bloody hard work of it. Delighted we're through though, deservedly so over the two legs.

[PeterWithesShin]

It was a red every day of the week, as said though, Chester should have had a pen so evened out.

[garyshawsknee]

You're right Clampy, played a solid team roll, didn't break forward as much, done what SB asked of him.

[QuintonVilla]

Boro were shite across both legs and we fully deserved to go through. Typical Pulis team, no creativity and barely a shot.

First half was poor and the crowd were very nervy. Second half I thought we managed the game better and the crowd really got behind the team. At times VP was the loudest it's been for years.

Pitch invasion was stupid imo. We mocked Fulham for doing it and we'd have mocked Small Heath for doing it and said it was smalltime. Instagram and the like has a lot to answer for, some only run on so they can put a picture on Instagram and show off to their little pals. It ruined the celebrations as the players had to rush off and couldn't milk it with the Holte and the rest of the ground. "Where were you when we were shit?" to those on the pitch raised a chuckle.

We're on our way.

[four fornicholl]

You're right Clampy, played a solid team roll, didn't break forward as much, done what SB asked of him.

I would say everybody did what was asked by Steve tonight, good, not brilliant, performance.

[PeterWithesShin]

[themossman]

Hourihane covered a lot of ground, got stuck in and won the ball back in some key moments and 9 times out of 10 his shot was in. I think he did well.