Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton post match thread

[remy]

Congratulations to SG and players for a MAGNIFICENT win. Puts steam in a Villa fan’s stride!
I’ve just scraped egg off my face after having had a moan beforehand when I saw the team sheet. I’ll hold my hand up - trust in SG.

Some of our play - wow
Players looked really up for it and the noise from the sellout was great.

Kudos to the brethren who cried me a river.

Another clean sheet!

Cash - please don’t go!

Coutinho - I’d kiss your boots.

Feel so happy after a hard working week and relaxed today with joyous celebration as each goal scored in between each fluffed chance. This could have been 9-0.

Hate the Saints, still holding a grudge since the 11 unbeaten at the Dull under Gregory.

[brontebilly]

Great day out at Villa Park. Still on the way home....

Martinez 7, Cash 9, Chambers 7, Mings 6, Young 7, Luiz 7, McGinn 6, Ramsey 6, Coutinho 8, Ings 8, Watkins 7. Sanson 7, Bailey 4, Buendia 7

[Meanwood Villa]

Great performance which came out of the blue a bit. Missed three one and ones and still scored four! More of the same please Villa.

[dorsetvillian]

Just left Warwick Services on way home. Plenty of Saints fans, great to be able to gloat for once ...

[Three Spires Villa]

Just left Warwick Services on way home. Plenty of Saints fans, great to be able to gloat for once ...

Enjoy and safe home 👍

[LeonW]

Fantastic today. Dipped off a bit after an hour bit think you have to give the opposition some credit for that. Some brilliant stuff from us today. Coutinho was just superb. The weight and positioning of his passing leaves no work for the receiving player to do.

Ings and Watkins combined really well today. Maybe it can work. It seems to help Coutinho get on the ball more in areas where he can be most effective.

Loved our goals today. All fantastic.

[supertom]

Excellent performance. I think Gerrard has now cracked the Ings/Watkins conundrum too. The secret is having a world class no10 playing just behind them. Simples. I think there were good signs too that those two were finding some cohesion together, on top of all their hard work. Good assist from Danny for Watkins goal too. It was great to see just how delighted the whole team was when Danny scored too. Pleased for him because I'd be loath to write him off yet. Two weeks ago there was growing feelings we didn't have a capable forward at the club. The feeling is different now.
Coutinho playing in the middle rather than inside left, also suits him more. He has less responsibility to track back, and I thought Ollie/Ings did that very well today.

Phil is a delight to watch. He's a class apart. The fitter he gets and the more he can run, the more he can cause defences a nightmare in tracking him. Southampton had no answer for his movement today.

I hope we keep the momentum going and really turn up against clubs fighting for Europe and against relegation. Because all those sides will be fired up. They may just have that 10% more determination than others. I like at our bad run which came against clubs scrapping at the bottom, and our two wins on the spin against sides with nothing really to play for.  We've raised our levels again, but we need to keep it up and get as many points as possible. Momentum for next season.

[LukeJames]

I do enjoy opposition forums at times

"I think they have a better keeper and Coutinho is very good and that's basically it. Konsa probably beats out our second cb too. Salisu, our fullbacks, our midfield, and Broja are miles better than what they are working with imo. Stuart Armstrong immediately improves that side and Adams is comfortably outscoring every player they have.

Combined 11 for me is

Martinez

Tino Salisu Konsa Kwp

Jwp romeu

Coutinho Armstrong

Broja Adams"

[Legion]

Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton: Philippe Coutinho stars as Villa end Saints' unbeaten run - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60531443

[Goldenballs]

What do you guys do with the youths who stick a high vis on and charge you a £5 to park on the road? Normally we chuck them £5 be done with it, but were there early today before they'd rocked up, then started getting grief off one of them when we were trying to strap a little one in the car seat when we were leaving, so told the scrounging little rat to fuck off.

So probably get a big key mark down the car next time?

[Legion]

Park somewhere else.

[jimmygreen]

Lovely stuff.

[dave.woodhall]

What do you guys do with the youths who stick a high vis on and charge you a £5 to park on the road? Normally we chuck them £5 be done with it, but were there early today before they'd rocked up, then started getting grief off one of them when we were trying to strap a little one in the car seat when we were leaving, so told the scrounging little rat to fuck off.

So probably get a big key mark down the car next time?

Tell the police.

[BC Villain]

Great win and more importantly for me is two clean sheets

[mrfuse]

Coutinho is a little genius, I've lost count how many times he nutmegs a player even did it for the goal.

He could nutmeg a mermaid.