Aston Villa v Burnley Post Match Thread

[Beard82]

Thought Diaby had his best game in a while - could have had a hatrick - still has a lot more he can offer - but the quality is clearly there.

Ramsay and Mareno slightly better than last week - but a lot more to come

[Didier Five]

After the sending off we could and possibly should have scored another couple of goals but for for poor finishing.

3 points and another home win, chuffed.

[VILLA MOLE]

Felt we didn’t exploit the left hand side as much as could have today , Moreno seemed to be in a lot of space and we didn’t look for him

[Rudy65]

No luck involved. We were the better side, and we won.

This all day long.

Oh and Bailey is the dogs bollocks. I could watch him all day long.

Agreed. Love watching a tricky winger. His confidence must be sky high

[VillaTim]

Bailey was superb a player totally transformed

[Stu]

In amongst Man U’s numerous title wins under Alex Ferguson, and some of the excellent football they played, often at our expense, it’s forgotten just how many games they needed to fight through to the bitter end. The whole “Fergie time” didn’t come about because they were winning 4-0 heading into the 90th minute. It’s because they went to the very end. You can always argue they got a little help from refs but it’s a mentality that in the point we earned vs Sheff Utd or today vs Burnley, even a few games ago vs Palace, that we need to have to be successful. Not every game is going to be Brighton at home. The last three games have tested us in very different ways. It’s good to end the year with a win.

Fergie time was because they used to get an extra five mins when they were on top at the end of a match in which the opposition had prevented them from winning or were winning in usual time.

[Toronto Villa]

In amongst Man U’s numerous title wins under Alex Ferguson, and some of the excellent football they played, often at our expense, it’s forgotten just how many games they needed to fight through to the bitter end. The whole “Fergie time” didn’t come about because they were winning 4-0 heading into the 90th minute. It’s because they went to the very end. You can always argue they got a little help from refs but it’s a mentality that in the point we earned vs Sheff Utd or today vs Burnley, even a few games ago vs Palace, that we need to have to be successful. Not every game is going to be Brighton at home. The last three games have tested us in very different ways. It’s good to end the year with a win.

Fergie time was because they used to get an extra five mins when they were on top at the end of a match in which the opposition had prevented them from winning or were winning in usual time.

My point was whatever it was it only applied because they weren’t winning games at that point. Much of it was the psychology of never giving up. Something we are learning to do.

[Brazilian Villain]

This all day long.

Oh and Bailey is the dogs bollocks. I could watch him all day long.

Agreed. Love watching a tricky winger. His confidence must be sky high

Same here, love watching a tricky right winger.

[Neil Hawkes]

Whose Emma Smith?
There is now a 2nd article on BBC website about our win today and it's similar to what we have been saying on here.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Think Moreno and JJ need a bit more time to get up to speed. Both have been out for a while

It didn't help that they were pretty much playing the same position much like Bailey and Diaby against Sheff Utd.

[Clampy]

We needed to bounce back and we did. Should have finished the game off with the chances we had in that second half spell. Harder work that it should have been but fair play to them., they didn't it back, even with 10 men.

Joint top, delighted.

[Baldy]

Kamara and Luiz are probably the best midfield pairing in the league. Lose one of them and the other is less effective.

We have done well in Kamara absence. Now he is back I expect our performance levels to increase again.

Three points is all that mattered today and we go onwards and upwards.

Happy New Year 

[Percy McCarthy]

We’ve had an incredibly difficult schedule since Fulham at home, which I’d say was our last comfortable game. Every one of about ten games (?) since that has been a war, probably excepting the one in Bosnia, and we’ve had casualties throughout. It’s no wonder we’ve had the odd blip. Great fighting spirit today and throughout that run.

[PaulWinch again]

I never really understand “joint top” - we’re second, goal difference is a factor. It’s brilliant obviously, but if the league finished now the title wouldn’t be shared.

[paul_e]

I never really understand “joint top” - we’re second, goal difference is a factor. It’s brilliant obviously, but if the league finished now the title wouldn’t be shared.

When there's a mismatch in games played I don't mind it so much, it's highly unlikely but we could be top in a couple of days without doing anything more ourselves.