Aston Villa v Sunderland Post-Match Thread

[Rory]

Yep, well said. Every Sunderland fan I've met has been a top bloke.

[SaddVillan]

Emery - post match

On Sancho's error: "It’s not his mistake. If we were doing more passes (for their 2nd goal) before we passed to him with the opponent close to him, we could have avoided it. I am never punishing. After the ball we lost, the players didn’t respond well to protect the goals.

The players have their own emotions. When we conceded two goals like we did, it is difficult to keep balance in the mind. I tried to settle the players down.  In that moment of Emiliano's save, I thought it was all or nothing."

I will need tomorrow to take a day off and recover. I am so happy. 90 minutes we played how we wanted to perform. We conceded two goals in a crazy minute, we lost our minds."

On Dibu's save:

"We need strikers and goalkeepers. It was the match - three points for them and no points for us."

Protecting Sancho - which is what all good managers do post match.  Sancho looked emotional at full-time as he headed straight down the tunnel after the referee’s whistle. He was consoled by Damian Vidagany.

Unai may say something different about the goals at BMH next week.

I reckon Emery will probably go back 2 or 3 passages in play BEFORE Sancho's cock-ups to pinpoint where he saw the problem(s) arising.

[Halfway to Moseley]

Just got back from the game and blimey I have no idea how we contrived to almost throw that away. We were completely in control for most of the second half, we pretty much had the slippers and cigars out.

The subs totally changed the game. In particular we replaced McGinn, who’d been imperious, with the brittle Sancho. They replaced Brobbey, who’d been largely ineffective, with the lively Isidor.

Thank god for Tammy’s winner - that was almost Buendia against Arsenal level limbs.

[KevinGage]

There is a human component to all this.

Sancho may not be up to snuff, but he's not here just to take the money (and the piss) like some of the wasters we've had over the years. Good that he's emotional, if that part about him at the end of the game is true.

Emery seems to see summat in him so I imagine he'll get other chances before the campaign is out. For good or for ill.

[Allan C]

I’m still shaking at the moment!! For half an hour after the game I couldn’t sit down. Just unbelievable and why we love the game (I think). For me, Emi’s save and Tammy’s winner are moments that I’ll remember forever. Possibly the difference between Champions League or not next season

[Steve67]

Quite like Sunderland, don't like Newcastle.  Great to see them above the barcodes.

What an incredible roller coaster game, summed up perfectly by the Sunderland supporter.  I'm not sure I've ever seen 4 goals of such quality in one game, absolutely brilliant goals and great to see Watkins fired up.  Shame Liverpool scored so late on, but so did we.  10 points clear of Chelsea, still got my fingers crossed but hopefully we grab a place in the CL and watch us enjoy a positive summer transfer window to move us on another level.  Great game today, really enjoyed it.   Tammy's goal has quite probably paid his transfer fee.

[eamonn]

From a Mackem on RTG:

We had arguably a better first half than Villa. They were better second half overall. We never gave up, scored 2 late goals when we’d been written off yet again. We could’ve won it but they did, because same as us, they never gave up.

They are a great team but we were able to score 3 against them. We made mistakes, but so do Arsenal, so do Man City. We can’t expect our lads to be perfect and make the right split second decision every time, because the top teams don’t every time either. The fact that this game could’ve been 3 points to us today shows how far we have come and should give everyone encouragement. Villa are a top 4 team, established, in Europe this year fighting for a trophy and in a Champions League qualifying place and we matched them. Anyone can pick fault, but take a step back and see how far we’ve come.

It's nice that Niall Quinn posts on there. But then he's always been a nice man.

[Crown Hill]

Some people near me missed three goals by leaving early!

It reminded me of when we won’t 3-4 at Spurs years ago. 94 I think

[eamonn]

I’m still shaking at the moment!! For half an hour after the game I couldn’t sit down. Just unbelievable and why we love the game (I think). For me, Emi’s save and Tammy’s winner are moments that I’ll remember forever. Possibly the difference between Champions League or not next season

We'd likely still qualify as the chasing pack are incapable of stringing a couple of wins together.

[lovejoy]

Some people. War me missed three goals by leaving early!

It reminded me of when we won’t 3-4 at Spurs years ago. 94 I think

With Jim Barron in charge.

[rougegorge]

I know hindsight is a wonderful thing, but we didn't need to make a triple substitution when we did, even if it's commonplace nowadays and even though Sunderland were not threatening.

Sancho had a nightmare, not on purpose, but the defence also has to take some responsibility for the 3rd and also the chance where Martínez saved us.

[RichardBatchelor]

Some people. War me missed three goals by leaving early!

It reminded me of when we won’t 3-4 at Spurs years ago. 94 I think

With Jim Barron in charge.

If I remember right they had Gerry Francis in charge - also a caretaker manager.

[PeterWithesShin]

Buendia and Digne were fine when they came on, then it was Tammy who was fine and then Sancho who wasn't. It was only Sancho for SJM that didn't work.

[Crown Hill]

Some people. War me missed three goals by leaving early!

It reminded me of when we won’t 3-4 at Spurs years ago. 94 I think

With Jim Barron in charge.

If I remember right they had Gerry Francis in charge - also a caretaker manager.

That’s right. When we were 3-0 up we were singing “Gerry Francis what a difference you have made!”

He was permanent manager though wasn’t he? Just  appointed

[eamonn]

Is Barron our only manager with a 100% record or did he do another game before Brian came in?