Derby County 0-3 Aston Villa Post match thread

[Mister E]

Just queuing in traffic and reflecting that this is the day that we started to play proper football again.

[Villan For Life]

And the mind the gap comments coming out of the sty will stop.

Bloody international break is coming at the wrong time for us.

[Risso]

I'm so chuffed with this!!

My only note of caution is when people call this a "statement" game.

We had one of those when we smashed Wolves last season, and we all know how the next set of games went after that.

Having said that, we now have a proper manager. One who can coach. One who actually understands and promotes tactics for modern football.

We genuinely have nothing to fear.

We're a different side now.  Every now and again, Bruce's random and unscientific approach would click and we'd look quite good.  He was just as likely to see them look disjointed and ineffective though.

[andyh]

Just checking.......no bookings today for Jack I hope?

[The Edge]

We've got our villa back,we've got our villa back, we've got our villa back,we've got our villa back. Get in. I love you Dean Smith.

[Drummond]

Play like that on a regular basis and i wouldn't bet against us going up automatically.

And that's just it. We're 3 points of Play-off places and 7 off automatic. With everyone to play.

We're going up.

[Clampy]

Didn't go today but caught the last half hour online. Probably the best we've looked since we beat Wolves. We were also very impressive in closing down when we didn't have the ball. It's looking promising.

[adrenachrome]

Just checking.......no bookings today for Jack I hope?

AdomahBooked at 17mins
7McGinnBooked at 76mins

[Dave P]

Just checking.......no bookings today for Jack I hope?

Nope. All clear.

[Legion]

Highlights

[Rigadon]

Sounds like a special performance, and is most definitely a brilliant result.

[curiousorange]

Mad. We went from being a team that spanners clear chances in tight games to being one which scores three great goals like it ain't no thang. That is the dream.

All the more annoying to see Norwich on top of the pile. This division is so mediocre that this Dean Smith side could have been ten points clear by now.

[wittonwarrior]

And to think we could have been 2 or 3 up at half time. Good substitutions as well

[Louzie0]

We've got our villa back,we've got our villa back, we've got our villa back,we've got our villa back. Get in. I love you Dean Smith.

This is how I feel right now, as well.

[andyh]

Interesting to see that the celebrations for the 3rd goal were edging towards the Villa bench almost like they wanted to include them.

I feckin love it !