Victorious Aston Villa (and passports!) 2 - Brighton 1 Post Match Thread

[Pat Mustard]

Any Brighton fans slagging us off can get fucked. At their last home game, when they qualified for Europe for the first time and guaranteed the highest finish in their history the ground was half empty by full time. They are just a Poundland version of Arsenal with equally entitled tosspots for support.

[Dogtanian]

Any Brighton fans slagging us off can get fucked. At their last home game, when they qualified for Europe for the first time and guaranteed the highest finish in their history the ground was half empty by full time. They are just a Poundland version of Arsenal with equally entitled tosspots for support.

To be honest, with all the transport issues they have getting away from the ground, I can’t blame them too much!

[Deano's Mullet]

Only seen the one Brighton fan in my town this morning and he eas complimentary.  Refreshing compared to the sheer vitriol online.

[PeterWithesShin]

Who gives a fuck what they think. It's bizarre how many do and are spending their time enjoying us qualifying for Europe for the first time in yonks by reading another club's forum and then being bitter about them being bitter.

[Monty]

Who gives a fuck what they think. It's bizarre how many do and are spending their time enjoying us qualifying for Europe for the first time in yonks by reading another club's forum and then being bitter about them being bitter.

Especially when by all accounts those inside the actual stadium seemed sound!

[pablo_picasso]

What a fabulous season it has turned out to be. From anger to adulation. I had some doubts regarding Emery & I voiced them on here a while back. I did acknowledge my error not long after as we gradually showed our form & rose up the table, but I am completely sold. The impact he has had, not just on form & results, but the individual player improvements, over such a short space of time has been phenomenal. J. Ramsey yesterday for example, his second assist showed an improvement & maturity beyond his years. Almost every player has improved & as has been mentioned, the fact that we are talking about adding to the group & not who we are going to lose is a testament to how far we have come as a club. This summer will be huge. And I cannot wait for next season.

[Simon Page]

I wish there were more clubs like Brighton at the top. Anyone who does it within their means (relatively speaking given football has seemingly different economics to everywhere else) is good by me. Glad they're getting some reward and long may it continue.

As for the club that should be in the Top 1, yesterday felt so good not simply because it was 7th and the L'eyland DAF*, but because it felt like the end of a decade of shite or the same old shite. It was probably worth going through, even if it didn't feel like it most of the time. This is why I love football.

* In truth, I'm more than happy with the Conference. When we were trying to get past Inter Milan and a referee in 1990/91, no-one was saying Newton Heath should be ashamed of having to face the might of Wrexham. No talk of "third tier" then.

[Dogtanian]

Who gives a fuck what they think. It's bizarre how many do and are spending their time enjoying us qualifying for Europe for the first time in yonks by reading another club's forum and then being bitter about them being bitter.

Remarking upon something isn’t being bitter about it. Or are you bitter about others being bitter about someone else’s bitterness? If so, that’s a shit way of celebrating too.

I often read other clubs forums out of genuine interest in what’s happening at another club, sorry if that upsets you!

[PeterWithesShin]

Good to see you're not sensitive about it.

[Dogtanian]

Good to see you're not sensitive about it.

  That old chestnut.

[ez]

First time I've looked at the table today and realised if we hadn't won we would have finished 9th. What an important win that was. Well done all.

[Deano's Mullet]

I honestly thought it was going to go wrong right at the death. With both Spurs and Brentford winning I was sure there was going to be a nasty late sting in the tale, it's often the Villa way. Thank McGrath we saw it through.

[The Edge]

I’m more bothered by these upstarts, who TF do they think they are!

“Dreadful performance from the referee, clearly not up to it. Couldn’t handle all the fouling out there and his decisions were totally random at times. Not a good performance today, we looked sluggish at times, we really need to find a way to overcome these teams like Villa, Newcastle, Everton and Forest who play dirty, direct football roared on by a ferocious crowd, we seem to crumble in these type of games.”

😳

A club with ideas above their station, players surrounding the ref like they're Man United 1999.

Yeah that really pissed me off. Virtually every decision was contested and how many times did they have 5 or 6 players haranguing the ref? Who tf do they think they are?

[Dogtanian]

That’s the big change for me, the mentality. We went into that game to win and knowing we could win.

How many times have we got close to something and bottled it in the last 25 years? As Unai says, they are trusting in the plan, enjoying the pressure, and doing what’s difficult.

That’s how you win.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

First time I've looked at the table today and realised if we hadn't won we would have finished 9th. What an important win that was. Well done all.

Look again. We were just 5 points off 5th place. Liverpool have a lot to thank Slippy Gee for this season. Nine points off 4th..