MaVilla

Elmo was quietly effective vs Boro, he looks very comfortable as part of the DS system at RB, i have said for a while i would prefer Elmo at RB and Hutton at LB. Seems no-one else has commented on Elmo vs Boro yet, was a good team performance and Elmo played his part well imo.

was it a 2m loan fee for El Ghazi?, with a 5m buy clause at the end of the loan? Any idea what his salary is at Villa? I do wonder if a) Smith will try and buy him, and b) whether El Ghazi will actually want to join us if we do or dont go up. Do we also have a 15m clause on Bolasie at the end of his loan???? to be honest i owuld prob pay 5m for El Ghazi if he continues to impress, prob would pay more than a couple of million for Bolasie, mostly due to his age etc. (and also not the 70/80k wages....nuts)

some comments from the Boro Forum: "They deserve that :0( " "Villa look so much better than us. Quicker, sharper, more direct, far better at passing, stronger at pressing and forcing mistakes, winning all the 50/50 balls. There's a real gulf in class here, It doesn't say much for our promotion prospects when we're being comprehensively outplayed by a team not even in the play-off positions." "Villa look good going forward - They are dominating midfield and beyond at the moment." "They are a class above us " "Their plan was obviously to blast us away in the first 20 mins as the were pretty unplayable in that time. " How nice it is for ppl to be saying that about us, rather than us saying it about others....been so long since we were the attacking intent/passing/threatening side.........its orgasmic

Really good today, looked potent going forward but just as important he got back, tracked and threw in some good tackles and interceptions, really really impressed. El Ghazi, bolasie and Abraham are quite the forward trio for this league.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE!! in all seriousness we scored the equivalent of 30% of all goals Boro have conceded this season..... El Ghazi was pretty decent also, and on top of that he even tracked back and helped defend etc, really impressed With him and the whole team! We absolutely schooled them....

Very good first half we mostly bosses them. But we need to stop dropping back at times, and we are only one up for all that possession and forward play. Good overall but we prob shod have been 2 up by now and taken a bit of pressure off.

OMG NYLAND!!!!!!

good cross by El Ghazi ans literally no-one in the box......

we are losing our sh*t currently, we need to calm down and just do what we were doing before!!!

omg lol at El Ghazi, what a bit of skill it deserved a goal

ok we are arent playing the same since the goal, we need to stop sitting back and just continue doing what we were doing b4 we scored.

we deserved that goal, we have totally schooled them for the first 20 minutes, lets hope we keep it going.

So currently we sit 10th. A win will take us back up to 8th and 3 points off the playoffs. A draw will take us 9th and 5 points 0ff the playoffs. A loss will keep us 10th and 6 points off the playoffs.

Bolasie and El Ghazi start, interesting.

Personally I think Elmo should be RB and Hutton left back (drop Taylor to bench), when all 3 are fit and not suspended etc.

Personally my current first 11 would be: ---a goalkeeper --- Elmo ---- Tuanzebe ---- Chester ---- Hutton Grealish ---- Bjarnason ---- Mcginn Bolasie ---- Abraham ---- Adomah With jedinak, El Ghazi and Kodjia to switch in and out dependant on the opposition. El Ghazi to possibly replace Adomah in the first 11 dependant on whether he can show real ability and that he deserves a start.

Isnt Hutton banned this Saturday vs Boro? (5 yellows)

just watched the goals, seriously, the 4th and 5th goals that Nyland conceded were seriously terrible. I literally dont understand what he was doing for the 4th......like.....seriously what the hell was he doing? The 5th, should never have conceded that at his near post, never ever ever ever. the first 3, not sure he can be blamed specifically. Also....we need to sign Lolley, he's a very good little player.

/me puts positive hat and rose tinted spectacles on.... Nyland obviously did us a great service tonight, by deciding to allow 5 goals in, he had consciously decided to force our forwards to give us the fans a spectacle of our attacking prowess, i have no doubt as Nyland conceded his 3rd, he thought, "there is more to come from our forward line, we need to concede a 4th to ensure the fans get their money's worth ", and in good faith and for the good of entertainment decided to ship the 4th and then the 5th, thus forcing the wider team to copious displays of attacking play. Thus....ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY NYLAND< MAN OF THE MATCH for ensuring we had our hearts in our mouth and were entertained......."ARE YOU ENTERTAINED!?!?!". /me serious WTH Nyland ARRRRGHHHH.

well, we didnt lose, should have won, but we showed some fight to get back in it from 0-2 down, then went 5-4 up, and threw it away, lol whats going on Fair play to AV, we are scoring goals, isnt that FOURTEEN goals in the last 4 games???? Chester.......urgh i really dont rate him tbh, Nyland ........urgh, and Hourihane, not keen on him in the DM role, yes he can pass a bit, but the last 3 or more games all i see him doing when he should be tackling/closing down is throwing his hands up, not getting in there or just shirking defensive stuff, i really dont see Hourihane working in that role. I honestly think if we replace Nyland and Chester, get a new LB and a proper DM who can place a pass AND defend, we will be a force.

im sure there are going to be some negative ppl, but 3 points off top 6 currently. Great attacking display, but wtf happened to the defence?!?!

My word he could have stuck a hand out and saved that what the hell was he doing....

Lol gotta love the narrative

So would you blame Fulham (whoever sanctions and buys players) or the manaher for their issues then? Pity a progressive manager paid the price for a club wide mistake.....or at least what looked like a wider club mistake.

Weren't Brentford also on a 4 or 5 winless streak for DS's last 5 games in charge or somethin???