Aston Villa vs Brentford Post-Match Thread

[VillaTim]

Best 45 minutes since last season. To quote MON that was "Scintillating football".

It was terrific, absolutely terrific.

Pushes glasses back up bridge of nose .
Stares at reporter .

[andyh]

It was so good to see one of our defenders be able head a ball with power and determination.
Welcome back Ty, you have been missed.

Rogers looked a lot like his old self.
Digne was very good and is so positive when he’s on his game.

A word on Duran. You can see how he  is developing, maturing and becoming a team player.
He was excellent when he came on, despite getting booked before he had actually touched the ball.
The strategy with him is working.

Philogene is the one that infuriates me.
He was on for what, 25 minutes ?
Contributed the sum of bugger all, conspired to give the ball away in the fullback area when it was easier to clear, and went about 15 without being involved at all.

All in all though, a solid professional job.

[eamonn]

Funny that points wise we're nearer relegation than winning the league. All seems quite tight this season. Other than Liverpool at the top, there's a lot of teams moving around every week.

Us and Newcastle ranged 5/6 places tonight alone. Three wins on the bounce now and we'll be back in a strong position.

Mings was superb. Play him every week without compromise.

Is "ranged" an actual word? Sick!

[Skerra]

Konsa looks much more assured with Mings back. I thought, particularly first half, all the players played quite well. A little more subdued in the second half but, can’t complain about our general play tonight.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Best 45 minutes since last season. To quote MON that was "Scintillating football".

It was terrific, absolutely terrific.

MON knowing that we'd only be on MOTD for 4 minutes knew he could get away with saying "Scintillating football" even though we were generally shite. Protect the brand 'Martin the Great Thinker - The Second Coming of Clough' when overall he was more Len Fairclough than Brian Clough.

Tonight we really did play some "Scintillating football". At times it was joyous to watch.

[eamonn]

Was on a tour of Sao Paolo so missed this, caught the last 10 minutes on a stream in a bar. Too many skyscrapers here, wish I'd stayed longer in Rio. Delighted with the result though.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

At last! Get the fuq in!

Thought Morgan was great tonight! Still not sure about the new hair though!

[eamonn]

Best 45 minutes since last season. To quote MON that was "Scintillating football".

It was terrific, absolutely terrific.

Pushes glasses back up bridge of nose .
Stares at reporter .

Man's a cvnt.

[olaftab]

Without reading the thread so far that was the most generous 3-1 defeat Brentford will ever get. We absolutely ripped them apart attack after attack but some relaxed finishing allowed them to go away not being beaten 6-0. I say 6-0 because their goal was a disgraceful decision by ref and VAR.

[eamonn]

In fairness, the ski-instructor who hits on his students more successfully than he has any right to (Frank) has said in his post-match comments that we were unstoppable.

[olaftab]

Great stuff. They looked better second half but still only had the one shot on target.

Only for about 10 mins. After that we regained control and saw it out very comfortably.

[Monty]

In fairness, the ski-instructor who hits on his students more successfully than he has any right to (Frank) has said in his post-match comments that we were unstoppable.

He also complained about the wrong goal, preferring inexplicably to whinge about the penalty, which I thought was as obvious as I've seen this year.

[Risso]

Great stuff. They looked better second half but still only had the one shot on target.

Only for about 10 mins. After that we regained control and saw it out very comfortably.

Yep, 10 minutes more than in the first half though, so 'better'.

[RamboandBruno]

Mings and Digne were outstanding. Rogers is back on it. McGinn and Bailey were poor tbh, and a special mention to Barkley who was awful from the first touch to last. Hopefully kick on from that but some of this squad are regressing badly.

I thought Bailey played really well

[Rudy Can't Fail]

At last! Get the fuq in!

Thought Morgan was great tonight! Still not sure about the new hair though!

If you're going to have hair like that you've got to deliver. He more than delivered.