Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Middlesbrough

[briny_ear]

Wow we are 6th (subject to Derby having a game in hand).

Don’t get injured Jack!!!!

[Brumstopdogs]

 

 

[MackHaakon]

Very good indeed .Just love the first touch of both El Ghazi and McGinn for their goals. Perfectly weighted into the right area to set them up. Details that make my day  

[Vive_La_Villa]

That was ridiculously comfortably against what I think is the best defence in the league who came to park the bus. 

A few motm contenders but gave it to Whelan has he swept up and kept pressure on superbly. 

Carry on like this and Players stay fit from now until the end of the season and we’re going home! 

If we don’t go up at least all fans will get behind Smith for next season. 

[New_Jersey_Villa]

Dominating performance \o/

Not sure when the hell Glenn Whelan turned into Andrés Iniesta, but what a rich vein of form for someone who's taken some stick MoTM for me although no one was below a 7.

Sucks there is an international break now 

[lapal_fan]

We're a funny old club.. why do we batter rivals - when we absolutely have to - but lose silly matches against really, genuinely poor teams, or win 5 on the bounce, and then draw against bottom of the table?

Why can we go through great purple patches, when it already looks like there is no hope, then when there finally is hope, we crumble back into annoying shitness again?

Why do we look formidable against great individual players, but play like turkeys against run of the mill, over the hill strikers and attackers?

How can we look so comfortable one week, with 3 games played, but look tired and lethargic after an international break?

Why do we always score so many goals against league best defences, but go on to score naff all against teams who ship at least 3 a game the rest of the season?

Why the **** **** have we drawn 16 times this season?!

Why why why why why why why why why why?!!!!???

Anyway that was nice wan'it? 

[VILLAMARV]

[privateer]

3 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

Damn, small heath just conceded in injury time at Preston.

Not good for us...but oh well

 

Just came in to gleefully post about the sweet ending to the day. The filth getting turned over in injury time. S'ok. PNE are still below us, have no games in hand and we are a juggernaut at the moment.

[The_Rev]

2 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said:

 

 

 

That's actually not a great result for us, Preston are now level on points with that late winner. 

[A'Villan]

Tuned in late but just chuffed with what I did see and that we are back in the promotion hunt!

4am so I'm well and truly done but the rest of you revel in this! I'll join you in the morning.

[Stockport_Villain]

Superb performance. Very assured and comfortable at the back, midfield picking up all second balls and looking for a forward positive movement or pass putting Boro in disarray. Clinical when chances created. Loved it.

[SuperTed]

8 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

Damn, small heath just conceded in injury time at Preston.

Not good for us...but oh well

WHAT A GREEK TRAGEDY! 

[romavillan]

Could have scored 5, rarely troubled. Happy days. When we're on it under Smith we are very very good, best football we have played for a very long time.

They came to ruin the game and once they went behind they were screwed, they had a brief try in the first half but 2-0 really did kill them. It was like watching the old us against a good side! They just gave the ball back to us all the time, again and again and again, we are actually quite good with the ball too. Suicide from them really.

Not everyone was top notch and there is still room for improvement, so hopefully with the break now we can get everyone back fit so we have some cover at the back (bench in terms of defenders was er slim pickings) to make sure we can handle a few knocks in the run in. It's still not entirely in our hands but play as we have been and it's back on.

[Vive_La_Villa]

3 minutes ago, The_Rev said:

 

That's actually not a great result for us, Preston are now level on points with that late winner. 

Preston won’t last the pace. Derby and Bristol  will feel even more pressure now.

[El Zen]

5 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

That was ridiculously comfortably against what I think is the best defence in the league who came to park the bus. 

A few motm contenders but gave it to Whelan has he swept up and kept pressure on superbly. 

Carry on like this and Players stay fit from now until the end of the season and we’re going home! 

If we don’t go up at least all fans will get behind Smith for next season. 

At the moment, we have the best defence in the league. 

[Brumstopdogs]

1 minute ago, The_Rev said:

 

That's actually not a great result for us, Preston are now level on points with that late winner. 

Agreed - but can always smile when Blues concede a late goal.

Three of Preston's next four games are against Sheffield United, Leeds and West Brom so they've got some tough ones to come.

[pacbuddies]

7 minutes ago, The_Rev said:

 

That's actually not a great result for us, Preston are now level on points with that late winner. 

Yea but they are Preston and we are Aston Villa.

[Made In Aston]

4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Preston won’t last the pace. Derby and Bristol  will feel even more pressure now.

Don't forget the rotton cabbage and his band of crunchy friends are only 2 points behind. 

[AntrimBlack]

12 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said:

 

 

Surely a draw would have been better for us. 

[Brumstopdogs]

Man of the match today and really playing well!