WBA v Aston Villa Post Match Thread (FUCK THE ALBION)

[mallo]

It’s made me think about the word ‘deserve’ and in this context I can only think of 1 outcome where we wouldn’t deserve to win, and that would be if we had broken the laws of the game. We didn’t so I can’t see how we didn’t.

Away from home and working so will celebrate tomorrow but get in!!

I guess we’re there or thereabouts :-)

[SoccerHQ]

They were missing key players tonight. Again not trying to be an apologist for them but it does make a difference as we saw in that dire spell when Jack was injured.

Maybe I got too confident after Saturday and the Gayle red and I thought we'd go there and get a comfortable 1-1 or knick it 2-1 which would've got Leeds worried.

This needs to be a wake up call otherwise it's going to be another flat Wembley performance.

[Nev]

I'll consider the merits of our performance tomorrow, with a tough game at Wembley in mind.
Until then Sandwell can just fuck off and when you've stopped being plastic 'Noses, fuck off some more and when you claim to hate Pulis but cheer that style of play fuck off a little further, and when you gloried in the handball fuck yourselves backwards, and when you pick and choose your rivals depending on how well they're doing, fuck off to Bilston and resume your spat with Wolves,  but most of all, just fuck off.

[OzVilla]

Im not bothered about whether we played well or not - that's all for tomorrow - we got through and that's all that matters.

The Albion can cry me a fucking river for all I care.  Up the fucking Villa!!!

[PeterWithesShin]

Overjoyed at the win, fucked off at my lack of faith meaning I booked a holiday 10 weeks ago which means I’m away for the final! I could cancel it, but it will probably mean I end up single.

Go, you can watch it in a nice bar. PM me your ticket ref though, ta.

Or go to the game and i'll take the holiday.

[Brend'Watkins]

We can immediately improve on that performance by not picking Taylor or Green for Wembley.

Hilts, spit on. Greene was like a pub footballer. Taylor, really clueless.

[LeeB]

Overjoyed at the win, fucked off at my lack of faith meaning I booked a holiday 10 weeks ago which means I’m away for the final! I could cancel it, but it will probably mean I end up single.

Go, you can watch it in a nice bar. PM me your ticket ref though, ta.

Or go to the game and i'll take the holiday.

Do I get the wife then?

[Richard]

The negativity on here I think comes from the last 4 games where we have looked generally off the boil compared to the run beforehand. People do need to look at the bigger picture, I'd written off the season after the Baggies defeat in February.

Tonight was all about getting through no matter how.

[PeterWithesShin]

3 months ago we were losing at home to Albion and were 10th, 7 points out of the playoffs having played 2 games more. I doubt any of us seriously expected to be going to Wembley so i'm really not getting worked up that we didn't play well as what we've done since that game is nothing short of stunning.

[RichardBatchelor]

Wonderful that we’re through. Time to refresh legs and be ready for a very decent Leeds side. Not great tonight, but thought El-Mohamedy was absolutely superb.

[SoccerHQ]

Don't get me wrong, we've done very well to get to this point considering how it was at half time at Stoke. I just saw a few warning signs tonight that worry me for the final.

I just don't want to see anothe major opportunity to progress slip slowly through our grasp. We go up, keep Jack, sign Mings full time and have fun spending big and seeing who turns up. More difficult if we stay down another year.

There's always expectation though. Think back to last summer when we had a bit of a skeleton squad and were paying tax bills in instalments, people were still demanding play offs then (this was before we signed likes of Tammy and McGinn).

[Brend'Watkins]

The negativity on here I think comes from the last 4 games where we have looked generally off the boil compared to the run beforehand. People do need to look at the bigger picture, I'd written off the season after the Baggies defeat in February.

Tonight was all about getting through no matter how.

I agree Richard, getting through is all that mattered. However, we didn’t have enough professionalism to handle the occasion. In hindsight Whelan would have been a far better option than Conor.

[Confusious says]

Has anyone asked why didn’t Barry take The penalty!!
U T V. Fook the Albion

[PeterWithesShin]

DS Post-match https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1128444424269324290

[themossman]

Was Taylor that bad? Must admit I didn’t think so particularly. Yes in hindsight it was an overreaction to drop Whelan and he should have started.

I’d start him in the final, and if green starts I’ll be flabbergasted.