Aston Villa v Fulham Post-Match Thread

[Beard82]

He does - I think this calander year hes been brilliant.  I agree he's a player well be talking about long after hes hung up his boots. 

[BoVillan esq]

The second half felt quite reminiscent of the past few seasons at home. A dash and a bang of quality, co trol the game, one minor scare, but by and large very comfortable and the result not under pressure.

I didn't think we were that bad in the first half, albeit caught cold by a set piece.

They then had a couple of chances, but King is a cheating little rat and was rightly booked for folding like a deckchair before he'd even got to Martinez. Wilson should have gone too, diving after no contact with Bogarde and then waving your arms about sufficiently to be booked. Total gobshite.

Felt a few today showed they're potentially past it a bit and the injury to Mings helped somewhat. He's just too limited on the ball and he isn't good enough to pick that pass through the lines. Conversely Pau dealt with things very well, albeit it helped them having a circus act up top after Jiminez went off.

Digne was really poor too; missing tackles, wayward passes, miles too deep for a lot of the first half.

Pleased that Ollie got his goal, Guessand works very hard and is slowly adding little touches and flicks going forwards. Buendia suprised me, especially after giving the ball away 3 times in 2 minutes of being on. Rogers worked hard and slowly started to find Villa shirts.

Decent enough comfortable win. About time.

Agree with most of this, Buendia puts a shift in like that, where did that come from, McGinn and Matty Cash thought they really gave it their all, Rogers working through the blip, and Guessand slowly coming to his potential as he gets used to the Premiership, some very nice touches.

2 wins back to back, we should see another 3 from the Burnley game, thing to remember here, Fulham let us in, they opened the door and allowed Villa to find their shape and get back into playing as a team instead of the usual, that is teams coming straight at us and attacking aggressively, Fulham tried this for the first 25 mins then went to sleep. Hopefully this will be enough to get us back in the groove.

Here we go!

[stevo_st]

Should have got rid of Monchi weeks ago

[LeeB]

Shout for Bogarde, thought he was good today all round and it was him running Traore 20 yards in the wrong direction before mugging him that set up McGinn's goal.

[PaulWinch again]

Shout for Bogarde, thought he was good today all round and it was him running Traore 20 yards in the wrong direction before mugging him that set up McGinn's goal.

Thought he really struggled before we scored, but was the barometer for the shift in confidence following the goal. He did really well after that.

[paul_e]

Shout for Bogarde, thought he was good today all round and it was him running Traore 20 yards in the wrong direction before mugging him that set up McGinn's goal.

Thought he really struggled before we scored, but was the barometer for the shift in confidence following the goal. He did really well after that.

He seemed to spend 20minutes blaming himself for their goal before he got his head back in the game.

[not3bad]

Finally I can look forward to Match of the Day this season. What a goal by John McGinn! A foot like a traction engine!

[Lizz]

Finally I can look forward to Match of the Day this season. What a goal by John McGinn! A foot like a traction engine!

First time we've looked forward to watching it this season as well.

[enigma]

Finally I can look forward to Match of the Day this season. What a goal by John McGinn! A foot like a traction engine!

First time we've looked forward to watching it this season as well.

Not been able to bring myself to watch it at all yet this season until now.

[Brazilian Villain]

Finally I can look forward to Match of the Day this season. What a goal by John McGinn! A foot like a traction engine!

First time we've looked forward to watching it this season as well.

Not been able to bring myself to watch it at all yet this season until now.

Yeah, first time for me as well.

I think the Cash handball should have been a penalty for Fulham. Also looked like it was going in. Oh well.

[Sexual Ealing]

Finally I can look forward to Match of the Day this season. What a goal by John McGinn! A foot like a traction engine!

First time we've looked forward to watching it this season as well.

Not been able to bring myself to watch it at all yet this season until now.

Yeah, first time for me as well.

I think the Cash handball should have been a penalty for Fulham. Also looked like it was going in. Oh well.

I just came on to say the same. His arm stopped the ball going in!

[devilla]

Finally I can look forward to Match of the Day this season. What a goal by John McGinn! A foot like a traction engine!

First time we've looked forward to watching it this season as well.

Not been able to bring myself to watch it at all yet this season until now.

Yeah, first time for me as well.

I think the Cash handball should have been a penalty for Fulham. Also looked like it was going in. Oh well.

I just came on to say the same. His arm stopped the ball going in!

I disagree. Yes his arm stopped the ball but the question is was it in an unnatural position? I don't think it was given how he was turning his body to block the shot.