Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Wigan

[chrisvilla4]

That was fantastic

 

 

 

never seen such a good celebration  

[sidcow]

Has anyone asked how long it's been since we scored 4 goals back to back yet? 

[MrSmirch]

And that, was all they wrote of Gabby Agbonlahor. 

Goodnight, sweet prince.

[fifamad]

That's the Hogan I saw at Brentford 

lovely to see us scoring freely last two games! 

[Harry]

Clark MotM for me, a very assured performance. No need to look for another LB in my opinion. Doyle-Hayes was great at CM. 

Wigan were dire but Villa played with such confidence. Kept the ball on the ground and actually passed it around rather than the usual hoof ball.

Only one game I know but I would move on some of the older players: Hutton, Elphick, Richards, Gabby, etc and rely on the kids to make up the squad.

[Hornso]

Where the hell has this come from? 

[darrenm]

We absolutely battered them. Not sure if they were awful or we were really good or somewhere in the middle.

Steer composed, Dr Laet a proper right back, Clark solid, Elphick fine, Doyle-Hayes WOW, Adomah committed, Gardner fine, Thor utterly superb, O'Hare spectacular, Hogan on fire.

I gave motm to Thor as everything went through him on the left wing and he made it all stick while having 4 or 5 players on him at all times, never stopped running and summed his performance up by being the one with the most desire to get on the end of a cross after a superb Dr Laet run.

O'Hare and Doyle-Hayes absolutely dominated the Wigan midfield.

Hogan would have had a few more had the linesman understood the off side rule.

[TRO]

2 hours ago, Davkaus said:

It was Wigan. Let's keep it up against a team that matters.

it was Bradford & Doncaster.....once?

[TheAuthority]

27 minutes ago, fifamad said:

That's the Hogan I saw at Brentford 

 

Amazing - Successful goal scorer scores goals when we create chances. Bruce is going to revolutionize football with this kind of innovative thinking.

[MrDuck]

A couple of cracking finishes from Hogan and Adomah

[Kingman]

Good stuff. Hopefully another home draw in the next round will do them the world of good. 

[Skills]

7 hours ago, darrenm said:

We absolutely battered them. Not sure if they were awful or we were really good or somewhere in the middle.

Steer composed, Dr Laet a proper right back, Clark solid, Elphick fine, Doyle-Hayes WOW, Adomah committed, Gardner fine, Thor utterly superb, O'Hare spectacular, Hogan on fire.

I gave motm to Thor as everything went through him on the left wing and he made it all stick while having 4 or 5 players on him at all times, never stopped running and summed his performance up by being the one with the most desire to get on the end of a cross after a superb Dr Laet run.

O'Hare and Doyle-Hayes absolutely dominated the Wigan midfield.

Hogan would have had a few more had the linesman understood the off side rule.

straight out, haven't watched the game so cant comment on individual performances, but you're not the first to post Thor as mom

Funny how after reading the in game match thread, a number of fans posted how shite Thor was. Wonder if its a perception thing with him with some fans that he's labelled with the same brush all the time despite what he does

[delboy54]

Couldnt get to the Norwich or Wigan games

But correct me if I am wrong, did we break with tradition and attack towards the Holte End in the first half of both games rather than as normal attack towards the Holte in the second half?

Perhaps that was the solution all along to all these years of woe!

Regards

Del

[tomav84]

11 hours ago, alreadyexists said:

I managed to catch bits and bobs, but not the full game, and we seemed to be playing well. They didn't trouble us too much and we were passing slickly and moving the ball well. When was the last time we scored 4 two games running!? 1982 probs!

i remember those 3 games a few years ago when we beat newcastle 4-0, derby 6-0 then blues 5-1...not that long ago ;-)

 

[lapal_fan]

8 hours ago, darrenm said:

We absolutely battered them. Not sure if they were awful or we were really good or somewhere in the middle.

Steer composed, Dr Laet a proper right back, Clark solid, Elphick fine, Doyle-Hayes WOW, Adomah committed, Gardner fine, Thor utterly superb, O'Hare spectacular, Hogan on fire.

I gave motm to Thor as everything went through him on the left wing and he made it all stick while having 4 or 5 players on him at all times, never stopped running and summed his performance up by being the one with the most desire to get on the end of a cross after a superb Dr Laet run.

O'Hare and Doyle-Hayes absolutely dominated the Wigan midfield.

Hogan would have had a few more had the linesman understood the off side rule.

Well there was certainly no waiting around for that appointment 

Great assist!

[darrenm]

54 minutes ago, Skills said:

straight out, haven't watched the game so cant comment on individual performances, but you're not the first to post Thor as mom

Funny how after reading the in game match thread, a number of fans posted how shite Thor was. Wonder if its a perception thing with him with some fans that he's labelled with the same brush all the time despite what he does

I wonder if many in the game thread weren't actually there and were saying bad stuff about Thor just because they think they should..

It was his work rate and ethic that were top notch. Battled all night, never stopped running and capped it off with a well deserved goal.

[chappy]

52 minutes ago, delboy54 said:

Couldnt get to the Norwich or Wigan games

But correct me if I am wrong, did we break with tradition and attack towards the Holte End in the first half of both games rather than as normal attack towards the Holte in the second half?

Perhaps that was the solution all along to all these years of woe!

Regards

Del

Don't know about last night but I think Norwich switched ends on Saturday

[TOTTI-THE-GOD]

10 hours ago, sidcow said:

Has anyone asked how long it's been since we scored 4 goals back to back yet? 

I remember during the 07/08 season we beat Bolton 4-0 then Derby 6-0 then Blues 5-1 if that helps .

[rubberman]

Blimey - just watching the highlights and it appears that we a ) did something from corners, b ) scored from a throw-in and c ) have midfielders arriving late into the box to score.  Who are you and what have you done with the Aston Villa team?

[Stevo985]

2 hours ago, delboy54 said:

Couldnt get to the Norwich or Wigan games

But correct me if I am wrong, did we break with tradition and attack towards the Holte End in the first half of both games rather than as normal attack towards the Holte in the second half?

Perhaps that was the solution all along to all these years of woe!

Regards

Del

Norwich won the toss on Saturday and chose to switch ends.