Aston Villa vs Brentford Post-Match Thread

[VillaTim]

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.

Philogene was ok.
Barkley was dire

[Clampy]

Much better. Looked like we were going to score everytime we attacked which was great to see again. Rogers was great again, must have been the new mop.

[Brazilian Villain]

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.

It is skyscraper central, but the very few cities are as beautiful as Rio. I like São Paulo, better nightlife than Rio, and Paulistas are smarter and more stylish than their Carioca counterparts (plus the accent is easier to understand). Easy to see (and hear) the Italian influence there.

Do try and get to https://www.duecuochi.com.br/itaim-bibi/ for lunch. Well worth a visit, just make sure they give you the cheaper lunch menu.

[Paul.S]

Some excellent football tonight going forward. We still give the ball away in silly positions but I suppose it risk and reward and tonight it paid off.
Mings was the rock we need in defence and I thought Watkins held the ball up much better and made their defence panic. He still looks way off it in front of goal but he’s getting in those positions so it will come.
Another win on Saturday and all of this negativity will start going away.

[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.

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

Yes they were slightly better but we still could have had 3 goals.🙂

[olaftab]

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.

Enjoy the rest of your trip eamonn. I remember a very good day and night with BV in São Paulo. Everything is always better when Villa win.

[AV82EC]

Thought we were really good tonight 1st half and despite their goal we’re reasonably comfortable second half, and if we’re being honest their keeper made 3 or 4 top saves and we’d have won that by 6 or 7 if he hadn’t.

I can’t be arsed to do scores on the doors tonight as they were all pretty good.

[lovejoy]

Watkins was offside for the third, amazed VAR didn’t chalk it off as he was active in challenging for the ball.

[olaftab]

Philogene was ok.
Barkley was dire

Come on Tim stop being so harsh. No one was dire tonight. Did you notice the control we had when Barkley was on the pitch?

[olaftab]

Watkins was offside for the third, amazed VAR didn’t chalk it off as he was active in challenging for the ball.

No, NO and thrice NO.

[Risso]

Barkley was poor, and was the main reason they looked better than they were. Instead of providing any sort of calmness, he made loads of mistakes and kept losing the ball.

[BC54 VFC]

I didn’t think Bailey or mcginn weren’t that bad.  I don’t think anyone had a bad game.

So you think they WERE bad?

[CT Villan]

Much better performance. Kamara was my MOTM with Digne and Cash a close second. Really happy for Ty, he is such a good defender and it showed tonight. Even Jaden had some swagger during his brief cameo. Hopefully this becomes the norm and we can challenge top-4 again.

[AV82EC]

Barkley was poor, and was the main reason they looked better than they were. Instead of providing any sort of calmness, he made loads of mistakes and kept losing the ball.

Yep he had a shocker for his first 10 mins then seemed to calm down after Unai gesticulated at him.

[coreyfeldman]

Mings is the captain, not mcginn