Aston Villa v Derby County post-match thread

[Risso]

DS interview https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1101901459816361984

Interesting how many times Smith emphasized that Jack has a long term contract, will be here a long time and one of the reasons he was considered for the captaincy today.

Yeah no.

[four fornicholl]

Did we do a Don't look back in anger?

[cdbearsfan]

Lucky turnstile open. Villa win.

Do not shut the lucky turnstile again you bastards!

[AlexAlexCropley]

Jack, Hause, Mings immense and we build round them for our future.

[andyh]

I’m not going to even comment on Jack.
His importance to the team and our club in beyond words.

I do however want to comment on the MOTM.
Glenn Whelan was superb today, absolutely superb.
I have said before that he gets an unfair amount of stick and today I don’t think he did a lot more than he usually does, but when it accompanies an emphatic win it’s far more acceptable.

[remy]

Magnificent.

Take a bow villa lads as we applaud you thunderously.

Weekends are fun again. Watching goals over and over.

We’ve clicked again. Bring on the rags.

If I have a grandson, his name will be Jack.

[CJ]

Did we do a Don't look back in anger?

We did.

That first half was the best 45 minutes I've seen in a long time. Overall to a man everyone had a good game and of course Jack gives us another dimension in midfield. A clean sheet, four quality goals, and with the chances we had it could and should have been more, but I'll settle for Jack's worldie instead.

I'm off to get my dinner now -  a huge helping of humble pie. A few games ago I said on here I never wanted to see Whelan in a Villa shirt again. I thought he was enormous today - genuine contender for MOTM

[Tayls_7]

Has Stewie been on yet to offer his valuable insight?

[dave shelley]

Looking forward to the pub tonight for the first time in ages.  Well done the Villa.

[Deano's Mullet]

Bloody marvellous Villa.

[UK Redsox]

This is what happens when I start the match thread. Take that Toronto

[Toronto Villa]

This is what happens when I start the match thread. Take that Toronto

“Where were you when we were shit?”

That’s why I grabbed the glory hunting post match thread.

[rougegorge]

Did we do a Don't look back in anger?

We did.

That first half was the best 45 minutes I've seen in a long time. Overall to a man everyone had a good game and of course Jack gives us another dimension in midfield. A clean sheet, four quality goals, and with the chances we had it could and should have been more, but I'll settle for Jack's worldie instead.

I'm off to get my dinner now -  a huge helping of humble pie. A few games ago I said on here I never wanted to see Whelan in a Villa shirt again. I thought he was enormous today - genuine contender for MOTM

Yes the first half was the best since the second half at the same opponents.

For all the Hourihane knockers, he showed how much better he can be in a more advanced position. Obviously Jack made a huge difference, but like others, I doff my cap to Glenn Whelan as well, as today he was outstanding.

The play offs are still way off, as realistically there is one place available, and even if we improve, a few teams above us are all going to have to fail.

[Mister E]

With the exception of Adomah and - to a lesser extent - Elmo, all of those fuckers were really good!
What a pleasant change to drive back with a smile on my face.

[Legion]

Does anyone know if stuart445 is OK?