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Don't believe the hype in the media and on AFTV - Arsenal have still got some very good players. Imagine being able to bring Aubameyang and Ødegaard off the bench? This is a big win.

Martinez 9/10 = He's like a Persil bomb in a linen factory. Clean sheets all over the place. Cash 8/10 = This lad teaches recovery lessons to the RAC. Konsa 8/10 = Probably one of the best Ezris to ever play for us. Mings 9/10 = The only Villa player in history that every fan can agree has never had a bad game in a Villa shirt . Flawless since he walked in the door. Targett 7/10 = Plays with the belief and passion of a far better looking player so hats off to him. A vital half to our FullMatt system. Nakamba 7/10 = Doesn't matter how he plays because every game he's Marvelous . McGinn 7/10 = Improved performance but not quite the full chub yet. He's still thumbing rope into a keyhole at the moment. Barkley 6/10 = Still clearly struggling with the language but his strop could beat Jack for wobbler of the month. Traore 7/10 = Sooner or later Traore will become Do-ore . There is no Tra. Watkins 9/10 = If he increases his work rate anymore then the folk at CERN will have some explaining to do. I haven't seen a man run like that outside of the MCU. Grealish 5/10 = We should have took the £3m and Onomah when we had the chance. This guy goes down easier than the WTC 7 building .

Good decision to start Nakamba. Also reacted well to Arsenal stacking their left side by bringing on Trez. Ramsey looked good too when he came on. Well played Deano!

Great result. Doing what we need to do and beating the teams below us in the league.

Yet another solid win. We really are on a different planet to last season.

My second cousin, Lee, was placed into an induced coma last night due to coronavirus. Hoping we can win this one for him and all the other Villa fans on the canvas at the moment! Come on lads!

shoutout for SJM performance. he worked his bollocks off this game and did very well!

Hello! Ok, easy start, get on Amazon and buy 2 broomstick handles and 3 blow up dolls. Lash them (and yourself) together and BOOM! You're now part of a can-can girl dancing quartet. That's your opening gambit down, so escape the clutches of the blow up dolls, making some not-so-subtle references as to what you're going to do with them later when you've put the phone down (mention anal, a lot. This will let her know you love it when you get her cock up your arse when you finally meet). Now, for the next part, maybe 15 minutes just slowly lap at the camera with your tongue. Talking between licks, about different subjects like child poverty in Malaysia, child sex trafficking, children's working conditions in the salt mines of Bolivia, or the diamond mines in Africa. Now, you've got to be careful here because that's some pretty shady shit to talk about with anyone, never mind someone you want to marry and die with, so again (and I can't emphasise this enough), just drop LOTS of anal sex dialogue in. Make it ABUNDANTLY clear you like it when someone should just pop a finger or 10 in your jacksie. Ok, so you've got a nice flow going, you're both laughing and joking about turnips and national insurance, the regular type of stuff. It's time to think about eating. Now obviously, you can't each together. To overcome this, just get some microwave macaroni cheese, microwave that for 3 mins on 900w, take out, peel back the plastic film carefully so as not to scold oneself on Steam, stir, replace the film and put it back in on high, for a further 2 mins. Once this is completed, take it out the mic and just smash your stupid, fat Face right into it and scream like a whale would if it were being attacked by a flock of killer whales or the Japanese. With the dense, thick, creamy cheese burning it's way through layer upon layer of your epidermis, you'll need to act quickly to get back on track, but this effort won't be lost on your lady, she'll be excited to see the improvement to your ugly mug, leave a ring of dried macaroni around each eye and make it look like a cool new pair of Louis Vuitton glasses. Again, she'll think you take pride in your appearance. Ask her what her favourite season of America's Top Model was. When she answers, just throw your head back, laugh and just disagree (even if she gets the right one (season 3)). Ask her what her favourite place to travel to is. Again, just laugh at her answer and say condescending things like "that's stupid" to infer dominance. For pudding, get your favourite ski yogurt, eat it relatively quickly before saying "that didn't taste right.." before checking the lid for the expiration date, acting very worried and yelling "1963?! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY MADE SKI YOGURTS IN 1963!!! HOW DOES THE PACKAGING LOOK LIKE IT USES FAIRLY MODERN MASS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR LID SEALMENT, RATHER THAN ANTIQUATED THINGS LIKE AGENT ORANGE AND THE DANUBE RIVER TO GLUE THE LID ON?!" (This is factually wrong, but she'll be impressed you've had a go). Go and clean up. Just leave without saying anything and come back when you're done cleaning and tidying up, it'll take about 12-18 mins to do a half decent job, but cleanliness is next to godliness and she will like the self respect, she can wait. After dinner chatter can include things like flash cards with your favourite Neighbours actors, Japanese wrestlers in the 1980s, Brazilian dancing or coronation Street. When it comes to 12, stop whatever you're doing and say "I've got to go, see you next time" and run away from the camera. When doing so, trip over and leave behind a glass espadrille (you'll have bought one of these alongside the blow up dolls earlier from Amazon). Post the other glass espadrille to her with an alluring message, explaining how much you enjoyed the ending of ratatouille, but that you probably wouldn't eat at the restaurant knowing it's ran by a rat. That you'd like to do this again sometime, alongside a microwave packet of mac and cheese and a deflated blow up doll and a P.S saying how despite all of the silliness, you'd really like at least a finger up your shit pipe when she's de-sperming your nutsack. Your Pal, Lap

That WM football phone is so funny. ... Tom from Sutton Coldfield (must be a dealer to live there)....can't be 'honest'money! When he's finished his rant about the scum he says ' not only that, that Bournemouth player was so selfish to shoot and score the winner otherwise we'd have got a point. yes, he actually said that! Comedy gold

Who the hell wants a player who's happy when he's subbed off?

Massive reaction which I said in the pre match thread I thought we would get. They really dug deep against a good team, well done to them. Mings superb! Also a **** you to some of our own fans that seem to love to write us and Smith off whenever we lose a game. You know who you are.

I've seen that first goal a few times now and it's clear how early he smells the opportunity that Arsenal might present him with something. He's in a full sprint as soon as Gabriel gets a boot on the ball but fails to trap it. He's got so much momentum before the rest of the Arsenal defence wake up to the danger that there's not much they can do to prevent him winning the ball and once he's got it then he's got the quality to deliver. If the coaching staff can keep him on his toes and stop him from becoming a mercurial winger to an incredibly productive one then we've got a hell of a player on our hands.

MAKE A SUB ALREADY

He respected the player coming on, and the manager with fist bumps. He didn’t disrespect anyone. He was frustrated with himself for another below par performance by his standards. A week at BMH will do him the world of good.

I don't have anything substantial to contribute. I just wanted to mention that it feels so good again to go into every match optimistic of not just getting a result but the win. I've trained myself over the past several years to equate supporting Villa with suffering and I'm just now starting to shake that off and really enjoy following the team.

I actually think Barkley played better today, and for about 55 minutes was a real asset and a threat. He faded badly after that, and was rightly taken off, but I was encouraged by his contribution today.

Also, I know the shot lacked the power, but can just appreciate the confidence and skill of Ramsey and his footwork? What a prospect this lad is.

Said it in the match thread and I’ll say it again, I criticised Mings after the Burnley match, perhaps unfairly but he was brilliant today! Well done Ty and well done lads! On another note, big big love and respect to you all for your kind words and comments for my second cousin Lee in the match thread. Hopefully all our lads who are unwell come out of this bad spell with a Villa team pushing for Europe! Villa Forever!

Not our brilliant and free flowing best, but exactly the response you want after the midweek horror show. Tactically better and more switched on all around, and you honestly feel we were closer to 2-0 than they were to equalising.

Praying for a full recovery.

Interestingly today Man Utd made a 93rd minute sub to help see out their 3-2 lead which backfired massively. Moments after bringing on Tuanzebe he makes a foul and Everton make it 3-3 from the resulting set piece in the 95th minute. I've seen a few Man Utd fans bemoaning the substitution and give their thoughts on how bringing Axel on disrupted the stability of the team and caused confusion when otherwise they may have cruised on to a 3-2 victory. Food for thought when we're bashing Smith regarding his substitutions.

Was he called FandeLyon21?

I am happy with the result i swear

Same points haul after 21 games (35) as we ended last season on. That's some progress that. Big props to Dean, the players and everyone involved.

Whilst the men picked up a big win against Arsenal amongst that the women had probably an even bigger 3 points against Spurs. Iwabuchi influential once again

I think we are safe from relegation. GTFI

Question from my daughter ‘why does Ross Barkley look like a thumb?’

Ref is worrying me. Arsenal players seem to have his ear.

Up the Watkins..

I think a lot of people are wondering what it is you are comparing DT to have such a slanted view of anyone not DT. Do you think DT was a massive success for America? In my view DT got one thing right in his whole 4 year period. He got tougher on China. Did he create growth? Nope. Did he drain the swamp? Nope. He hired even more corrupt cronies. Did he build a wall? Nope. He built a few kilometres at a cost that is beyond ridiculous. He then let his mates scam the crap out of his MAGA-loons. Did he make the American market grow? By all means, most American presidents have had growth in the stock market. This isn’t on DT. Most of us are fairly clear that all American presidents are going to further American hegemony. That’s nothing new. What’s new since Jan 20 is that America isn’t ruled by a self professed criminal with zero credibility in life who spent every minute of his presidency vomiting on Twitter.

I’m not sure if donations from fans counts towards ffp or not but either way that’s incredibly generous of you.

What happened to Robbie Savage?

Yep

Top quality defending!

I know he chose the wrong option trying to dink it over Ryan but his turn to set up the chance was lovely. Simple but effective.

Oooops sorry. Thought you were doing a Grease thing.

When we win, you're allowed to make words up. FACT

I just love him. He's the best defender we've had for ages. We've been crying out for a CB like him for years. Can play no nonsense when he needs to, but also can get it down and really play, and has pace to boot. But to mention his leadership qualities. Some teams need to play with a back 3 to get all those qualities on the pitch at the same time.

Hopefully we can do the North London double today!