Liberated Aston Villa 4-0 Brentford post match party

[London Villan]

4231 what the majority of fans have been saying for weeks. Buendia was great, finding the space and linking attacks. With Doug then able to balance with Dendonkar and push forward. Great to see.

[Clampy]

It was just good all round really. Half time 3-0 up, Jimmy Rimmer there at half time and Theme from an unmade silent movie blaring out (which really should be our walk out music).

[Bad English]

Listen! That was ace.

[Risso]

Danny Ings wearing the same headphones as the autistic lad who was the mascot was my favourite bit of the day. A lovely gesture.

[PaulWinch again]

Danny Ings wearing the same headphones as the autistic lad who was the mascot was my favourite bit of the day. A lovely gesture.

Yes lovely.

[SamTheMouse]

Mings and Konsa look really solid with a proper midfield in front of them.

[LeonW]

Fantastic performance all round. Bailey was electrifying and looked good on the outside on his natural foot. Dendoncker and Luiz controlled the game. Was a great day and fantastic to finally tw*t them.

[Bad English]

Why were we attacking the Holte End in the first half? That created enormous cognitive dissonance. Please don't allow this to happen again.

[Beard82]

Why were we attacking the Holte End in the first half? That created enormous cognitive dissonance. Please don't allow this to happen again.

I was saying to my brother - Brentford making us switch ends really backfired seem to fire the crowd up even more and made for great scenes in the free scoring first 15 mins!

I also love the fact Ollie didn’t even pretend to be respectful scoring against his old club

[Risso]

Why were we attacking the Holte End in the first half? That created enormous cognitive dissonance. Please don't allow this to happen again.

Brentford won the toss and that’s what they chose to do.

[Luffbralion]

I'm a sucker for the David Bradley tribute to Villa that was played just before the kick off.  As he said; "the lows only make the highs higher". What a transformation from Thursday night!

The formation change (long overdue) worked a treat. It looked like round pegs in round holes. With both Bailey and Watkins playing on their "natural" side it allowed them both to get at the defence without having to cut inside. (Gerrard was obsessed with the full backs providing the width, on the dubious premiss that it worked in Scotland).

Buendia seemed to revel in the freedom of playing more centrally and, a long last, the interplay between the front players worked a treat.

I also noticed how much more frequently the players were "hunting in packs" when pressing. More energy, more effectiveness.

It's only one game but it was a pleasure to be at Villa Park today.

[Steve67]

Was out today and followed it on my phone.  What a cracking win.  The new contract for Douglas looks a clever idea now. Really pleased to read the praise for the players and great to see them unshackled from their Gerrard shaped handcuffs of the rigid 433.  Great win and having seen the goals, all crackers.

[dorsetvillian]

Fantastic day out, performance and result. It just shows how wrong things were under Gerrard. We have been crying out for 4231 all season. Hopefully it buys a little time to bring in the right person.

[London Villan]

At the end of the game Watkins shook the hand of everyone on the Brentford bench, which was a classy touch.

[LeeB]

At the end of the game Watkins shook the hand of everyone on the Brentford bench, which was a classy touch.

He went and gave someone a bug hug in the away end too.