Aston Villa v Fulham Post-Match Thread

[VILLA MOLE]

The gap between Villa in 5th and the muppets in 6th is the biggest points gap in the whole premier league table. Top 5 breakaway.

Can't quite believe they are 6th given how many games they have lost.

They have won 4 out of the last 5 PLgames.

yep without being great but a wins a win

[FrankyH]

Effective more than swashbuckling football , no complaints from me though. Tielemams best game in a Villa shirt and shaded McGinn for MOTM for me.

[pablo_picasso]

Scotland have already qualified for the Euros, haven't they? I wonder if they'd use these 2 games to try out some new players and give McGinn a bit of a rest for us.

He could do with getting the “flu”.

Or a "toe infection "

Or lost the keys to his garage...

[ChicagoLion]

Another shit ref, although we know that with this clown.

[Risso]

The gap between Villa in 5th and the muppets in 6th is the biggest points gap in the whole premier league table. Top 5 breakaway.

Can't quite believe they are 6th given how many games they have lost.

They have won 4 out of the last 5 PLgames.

yep without being great but a wins a win

Wins over Luton, Sheffield United, Fulham and Brentford. 3 teams in the bottom 5 and Brentford in 11th.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

If, and its a big if, we can get 6 points+ from the next 4 - well be in a really good place for a Top 5 finish - which if I understand correctly would be CL football - which would be unbelievable.

I'm looking for 8-10 points from those 4.

I'm looking for 11 points from those 4 . Now that would be unbelievable.

[ChicagoLion]

The gap between Villa in 5th and the muppets in 6th is the biggest points gap in the whole premier league table. Top 5 breakaway.

Can't quite believe they are 6th given how many games they have lost.

They have won 4 out of the last 5 PLgames.

yep without being great but a wins a win

Wins over Luton, Sheffield United, Fulham and Brentford. 3 teams in the bottom 5 and Brentford in 11th.

They have been fortunate to win all of them.

[PeterWithesShin]

[Somniloquism]

The gap between Villa in 5th and the muppets in 6th is the biggest points gap in the whole premier league table. Top 5 breakaway.

Can't quite believe they are 6th given how many games they have lost.

They have won 4 out of the last 5 PLgames.

yep without being great but a wins a win

About the 4 wins in five; they have beaten Luton at home 1-0, Fulham away 1-0 (in stoppage time), Sheffield away 2-1, Brentford at home 2-1 (two goals deep into stoppage time). Their
other wins are Burnley away 1-0. Forrest at home 3-2 and Wolves away 1-0 (PGMOL admit mistake not giving Wolves a pen).

[AV84]

I saw a stat earlier on that said Man U had actually picked up more points than Man City or Arsenal in October (I think)

I remember someone said it on here ages ago that over the past few seasons they've still gotten top 4 finishes by always beating the teams below them. Obviously the higher up the table you are the more teams are below you, but our lost games against Newcastle and Liverpool might not come back to haunt us as much as that loss to Forrest last week.

We could be joint top now, and more importantly, 7 points clear of 6th spot going into a run of really tricky games.

I'd hope we can get something at Spurs. On paper we really should be winning that game. Bournemouth should be 3 points too, but our away form is so up and down. If we can get 6 from those two games then I'd take draws at home to Man City and Arsenal. It's our inability to keep a clean sheet that worries me most, especially against City. But really we should be feeling very confident about those games too.

[Percy McCarthy]

The gap between Villa in 5th and the muppets in 6th is the biggest points gap in the whole premier league table. Top 5 breakaway.

Can't quite believe they are 6th given how many games they have lost.

They have won 4 out of the last 5 PLgames.

yep without being great but a wins a win

About the 4 wins in five; they have beaten Luton at home 1-0, Fulham away 1-0 (in stoppage time), Sheffield away 2-1, Brentford at home 2-1 (two goals deep into stoppage time). Their
other wins are Burnley away 1-0. Forrest at home 3-2 and Wolves away 1-0 (PGMOL admit mistake not giving Wolves a pen).

I could  be wrong, but I thought the Wolves game was at home. Just as I remember that pen in my mind’s eye.

[LeeB]

Liverpool go to Man City next round if games, Arsenal at Brentford. We could potentially go 2nd with a win at Spuds, keep it going against Bournemouth and we go into the two games against Arsenal and Man City looking at being top going into Christmas.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

It's my Villa mad daughters birthday today.  I'm delighted for her at the result...as well as meself.  Thanks Villa.

My sister's....although in Cambridgeshire she tunes in to every game and we swap notes afterwards.
Thanks Mr Emery and the boys!

[Matt C]

13 on the bounce, amazing.

Excellent first half, did what we needed to do in the second half but you can bet your life Emery will be infuriated by the lack of control. They’ll be watching that back at Bodymoor tomorrow.

[Bobby Boy]

It's clear that we are feared by virtue of the number of teams that come to Villa Park and try to park the bus against us these days. I was surprised that Fulham were so negative in the first half but it just allowed us to dictate the play.

Only when they were 2 nil down and had to show something did they look like they could play and were a threat.

What Emery has given us is patience and composure so that we will find a way to unlock the 11 men behind the ball puzzle. The main issue with this though is that Diaby struggles a bit when sides are uber-cautious against us as he can't find the space that he needs to use his pace.

Anyway, another good win and like most folk on here have said I thought that John McGinn and not far behind him, Yuri Tielemans, were absolutely outstanding

The Man City game for the home record is going to be a belter. Can't wait.