Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Wolves

[sheepyvillian]

Some great handling by Snodgrass, I'd give motm just for that.

[VILLAMARV]

 

Lottery numbers please lads

[stegzy]

1 hour ago, TheAuthority said:

Someone's put it up on twitter 

They must be related lol!

He does look like a little Bruce!

[stegzy]

1 hour ago, pacbuddies said:

At half time I had Grabban to score next at 8/1 and the bugger got the 3rd but I don't give a stuff! 

That’s alright, I’ve had £2 on Chester to score first last 2 weeks with £80 returns and he’s scored 2nd both matches. Also had £2 on Villa to win 5-1 today which would have returned £1002. 

[flamingsombrero]

Well that was the most fun I've had in the Holte in a long time.

Special shout for Chester's. " yay, look at me, I've scored a goal!", stand-still celebration 

Edited March 11, 2018 by flamingsombrero

[sidcow]

I liked the bit where we put the ball in their goal 4 times. 

[osmark86]

1 hour ago, flamingsombrero said:

Well that was the most fun I've had in the Holte in a long time.

Special shout for Chester's. " yay, look at me, I've scored a goal!", stand-still celebration 

Haha yeah was waiting for someone to mention that celebration. Very thespian-like. Showed it to my wife and she just said "how cute" 

[Ponky]

3 hours ago, dnmacf said:

Don’t think anyone has mentioned as it thankfully didn’t define the game but in my view Jota should have been sent off for that challenge on Taylor. Completely unnecessary, he knew was never going to win the ball and it was dangerous.

N'Diaye was also lucky he wasn't already on a yellow when he tried to remove jack's head. Both of these incidents more than cancelled out the missed penalty. 

[Ponky]

1 hour ago, flamingsombrero said:

Well that was the most fun I've had in the Holte in a long time.

Special shout for Chester's. " yay, look at me, I've scored a goal!", stand-still celebration 

And Albert's Wakanda Forever celebration! 

[TRO]

5 hours ago, Hoof hearted said:

Snodgrass was immense this evening, his work off the ball is so underrated. If we don't go up this season I hope he is signed anyway because at this level, as a Villa fan, he is a joy to watch. If this just shuts up the mind the gap bollocks the dogheads spout when you enter a forum involving them then our work is done. Season defining game maybe? 

His crosses and dead ball kicks are Stupendous......but his defensive work and workrate is amazing.....crikey, he takes some stick.

[Vive_La_Villa]

Just got home. Still buzzing. What a day! 

[TRO]

5 hours ago, ferguson1 said:

Think it's the first time this season that Wolves have conceded four goals in a game.  Magnificent performance from the lads.  

I don't think they have conceded 3.

[a m ole]

Only 3 losses by a 2 goal margin this season, all 0-2. conceded 3 for the only time in a 3-3 draw with Bristol. Conceded 2 goals in just 7 games.

Over all competitions.

[AJ]

The game was due to start here at 3 in the morning here, but with less than an hour to kick off, I dozed off and woke up at 6.

I frantically checked the program, and was relieved to see it was being repeated at 1240. The next step was to shut down every source that could give away the result. As I was closing down Villatalk, I noticed that people were talking about Grabban, Grealish and Snoddy as opposed to Johnstone, Taylor or Jedi. This gave me a bit of confidence that maybe things went very well.

I just watched the game, and it was brilliant across the park. Very proud of Steve and the lads.

On another note, I found it interesting that the officials' sleeve sponsor was EA sports. It is just such a coincidence, as both have been sucking the fun out of football for many years now.

[roonst83]

Last night's game was the very best of Aston Villa and an amalgamation of the Bristol City and the Blues game, through the atmosphere in the stadium, the hunger and work rate of the players and the fact that even at 3-1 up we were still hunting them down and pressing them. Absolutely magnificent. I always felt, and indeed stated in the pre match thread, that we needed to be at our very best to get something against a very very good Wolves side, and we showed that. We had them rattled, both by scoring early and by hounding them and pressing them whenever we could. I think Bruce had his tactics spot on today. It was the right team, the right shape and the right approach throughout. I remember sat watching as a nervous wreck at 3-1 (I was strangely more nervous at 3-1 than 2-1 for some reason, perhaps because it was when the third goal went in I dared to believe we would win this) thinking one goal for Wolves and we could crumble. But then I thought we're not that Aston Villa anymore, we're made of much stronger stuff and the likes of Terry and Chester show no signs of crumbling ever. We're a team with great belief, one who is more united and together in team spirit than I've known for years. With Fulham and Cardiff both winning (again!!) I wasn't confident we'd win this one. Having seen Wolves a few times this year they look a cut above anyone else in this league, until last night that is. 

Wolves showed their class on a few occasions last night and certainly have players that look Prem class. But we showed that we can play it around well too and when we're on it we can look very fluid with our attacking play. I remember seeing a tweet the other day from a Wolves fan mocking us for our praise of Grealish and said "you wouldn't catch him anywhere near the Wolves 18" to which Matt Kendrick replied with "will any of the Wolves 18 catch Grealish though". Last night showed to everyone watching just how exceptional Grealish is. He was the best player on the pitch, no doubt. He gets away from his markers with ease, glides across the park and can perfectly weigh a pass. Just love the guy. Jack was fairly subdued for the first 20-25 mins but towards the end of the first half he came into the fold a lot more and drove us forward with class. 

Second half we were truly excellent. Our intensity, tempo and energy was just fantastic and Wolves couldn't contain us. Snoddy's great delivery for Chester was inch perfect and Wolves looked rattled. The ground was rocking and belief was in the air. Albert delivering for a fantastic striker's finish by Grabben sent the place wild. Wolves, to their credit, kept playing some excellent stuff and could (and should) have had two penalties. We rode our luck and the icing (excuse the pun) on the cake was Thor's fantastic individual goal. Absolute scenes. What I loved most was seeing how each goal galvanised our boys and we were looking for a fifth. Just fantastic.

Bruce's tactics were spot on I believe. His substitutions were absolutely correct as Albert and Hourihane were on yellows and in a game where we were likely to need some last ditch or cynical fouls to break up Wolves' play as they pressed to get back into the game, it was a wise move to protect those players and bring on some fresh blood. All the players gave their all and worked their socks off. Grealish was sublime, Snoddy was endlessly persistent, I thought Taylor had an excellent game against a difficult opponent and drove forward well (unlike midweek where he kept playing it backwards and safe) and made some great challenges, Terry and Chester controlled the back so well, Elmo worked fantastically with Snoddy and showed great positional awareness too and I thought Jedinak swept things up very well too. Adomah continues to do what he does best in being there at the right place at the right time as well as constantly drive at the opposition. And Grabben was an absolute handful for their defence all game.

All our players were excellent and our fans were too, making a huge impact on the performance as the place was simply rocking. We made a big statement of intent last night as we continue to push for that second spot. Tuesday is a massive opportunity for us to make it count. 

 

Edited March 11, 2018 by roonst83

[maqroll]

Statement win that puts Premier League teams on notice. We are barreling back to where we belong, the top flight!

[ferguson1]

Please tell me it wasn't a dream i had??? 

[GrassyNoel]

Still absolutely buzzing. Give Bruce and his team the keys to the city. I was soooo wrong about him. I’m in the stocks til noon if you’re passing with rotten fruit n veg. 

UTV!

[Vincenzo]

That was as good a performance I’ve seen from a Villa team for a long time

With Jack back in the side we look a very good balanced team

All the players know their roles and work their socks off for the team

They must of taken a lot of belief from that game as they stood toe to toe with arguably the best footballing side in the championship and outplayed them.

UTV!

[alreadyexists]

10 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

The ability of some posters to remove credit from the manager continues to amaze me.

"nowt to do with Bruce"

Well we may as well sack him and put a pot plant in charge for the rest of the season then.

The frustrating bit for me is that it’s “nowt to do with” him when we win, but when we lose it’s all on him. Thankfully, this excellent period of us winning and vying for automatic promotion has changed a lot of people’s minds. Not everyone though.