Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Sunderland

[TheAuthority]

We love to make hard work of it. Limped past a poor Sunderland side. I know Johnstone has gone up in everyone's estimations this season but the last 2 goals we've conceded have been due to his inability to dominate his 6 yard box. (Tonight and against QPR)

The only time Sunderland got into our box tonight they scored and they really shouldn't have. Up to the heady heights of 4th - woohoo!!

[a m ole]

not a vintage, more a supermarket 6 pack that gets the job done.

[alreadyexists]

1 minute ago, Sgl said:

All that matters is the 3 points. A poor last twenty minutes against a poor team but luckily we didn’t suffer from any new manager bounce  nonsense 

I think that was their bounce! That’s as bouncy as they get.

[Lerner's Driver]

Brucian.

[romavillan]

Just now, CosmicVillan said:

This is what winning teams do..they win ugly

Yeah, kind of, they win ugly occasionally when they have to on a bad day when a lesser team would lose. We play ugly every **** week.

[lexicon]

Snodgrass MoTM for me. One of the only people to make things happen and came away with 2 assists (I think). 

[AvfcRigo82]

Well done for 3pts but hell, we scraped home for them!

[dounavilla]

thats the worst game ive ever seen us win.

[TheAuthority]

I want to add that I thought that was the best refereeing performance I've seen in this league. Probably the best I've seen in a long while. He just let the game play and didn't want to be the center of attention. Very rare these days.

[One For The Road]

Thank goodness for that. Good win but Coleman must be mental. They are one of the worst visiting teams to come to VP in years. 

Oh, and Hutton was immense.

Edited November 21, 2017 by One For The Road

[Spoony]

2 minutes ago, villa89 said:

The table will start to make people think automatic promotion is possible now. Tonight's performance should show people that it's unlikely. Our inability to keep the ball and the managers inability to correct this will cost us. 

This is said game after game and yet game after game we win.

We will be going up this season. We are the second best team in the league and that’s what the table will show at the end of it all. 

[GodsBarkeep]

Bona fide 4th and good reason to look up the table, 

This feeling of positivity is weird and unfamiliar

[a m ole]

1 minute ago, TheAuthority said:

I want to add that I thought that was the best refereeing performance I've seen in this league. Probably the best I've seen in a long while. He just let the game play and didn't want to be the center of attention. Very rare these days.

I thought he was a bit of a jerk, the dirty rotten scoundrel.

[TheAuthority]

Fulham & Sheffield still playing! 5-4 at the moment

[TheAuthority]

Just now, a m ole said:

I thought he was a bit of a jerk, the dirty rotten scoundrel.

Haha I knew people would disagree!!

[peterms]

4 minutes ago, lexicon said:

Snodgrass MoTM for me. One of the only people to make things happen and came away with 2 assists (I think). 

Yes.  At least he plays a direct style.  Must be wearing earplugs in training.

[a m ole]

Just now, TheAuthority said:

Haha I knew people would disagree!!

I don’t, just an excuse for a cheap joke

[fightoffyour]

2 minutes ago, peterms said:

Yes.  At least he plays a direct style.  Must be wearing earplugs in training.

Training?

[PieFacE]

Was always going to be a tough game. Sounds like we made it harder for ourselves though.

Edited November 21, 2017 by PieFacE

[osmark86]

Bacuna saving Small Heath from the bottom three. dammit Bolton, do your job!