Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Brighton

[sne]

Well that was jammy as f.

On the one hand we certainly didn't deserve to get a win after the way we played.

But on the other hand we did since the ref and VAR screwed us over with that disallowed goal.

Move on thank McGrath and learn from this I guess?

Potter had the edge on Smith today but Aaron Mooy saved us.

Grealish is the difference, just a level above everyone else.

Some of our other usual stand out players had below average or poor games today, Mings, McGinn, Nakamba and others never got going.

Ref had a stinker.

End of the day it's 3 points thou so cheers everyone.

 

[VillanousOne]

Grealish aside that was a poor performance, we are dreadful against ten men, but all things considered with VAR playing against us as usual we deserved to win!

[AVTuco]

What an ending.

Thank you Villa.

[Khizzy]

I like Neil Taylor but I doubt he'd have managed to finish like that!

[StefanAVFC]

We've played better and not won.

Delighted.

[mjmooney]

2 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Only important thing is we're above Man Utd

One point behind Spurs in 7th. 

[fightoffyour]

6 minutes ago, JoshVilla said:

Thank god Kevin Friend wasn’t reffing this game for that Grealish assist.....

Good point, Friend chalked off a goal in almost exactly the same circumstances. 

[DaveAV1]

4 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

VTID

Is that VAR til I die? 

[Lerner's Driver]

Very un-Villa-like.

Utterly delightful.

Again, we struggled to break down ten men though.

El Gahzi was poor today and Targett worse until his goal.

Grealish excellent and the two subs made a difference, especially Trez.

Brighton can feel hard done by.

 

 

[villan-scott]

Enjoy that @AVTuco?

A win is a win. That’s all that matters. What a way to win too. Delighted with that. 

[A'Villan]

After a poor start the game was ours for the taking for the remaining hour of play. And we took it!

Grealish is immense and is the finest player I have seen wear the shirt. Undoubtedly MOTM and a class above.

We did it ladies and gents!! We are now up to 11th on the league table and we now look forward to some tough tests.

 

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

[GingerCollins29]

Anybody not giving grealish motm has had a lobotomy

[foreveryoung]

1 minute ago, Spoony said:

Although we’ve seemed so wobbly it seems ludicrous to moan when we are 11th after scraping promotion, rebuilding a team and being so terrible last time we were here

The games tell the story though, look way off the pace in some games, then sometimes like against Norwich we dont hold back. Need to find consistency.

[MaVilla]

anyone got a vid to the grealish goal?

[villalad21]

This style of play is not good for my heart.

Was constantly raging because we got no midfield and it's so easy to get the ball into our half.

All that being said i'm still freakin buzzing about the result. What a day!

[Pez1974]

2 minutes ago, Khizzy said:

I like Neil Taylor but I doubt he'd have managed to finish like that!

He'd have passed it back to Heaton

[fightoffyour]

Referee should’ve sent off Montoya regardless of Jack getting back up. If there’s a clear and obvious second yellow, which it was, the game needs to be stopped and the player sent off even if there could’ve been an advantage (I’m not sure the rules on sending offs after advantages as the player in question could still effect the phase play).

[Danishlad]

6 minutes ago, ferguson1 said:

Just leaving the ground now and don’t care if I annoy a seagull:

Is that Waddle?

[VillanousOne]

1 minute ago, foreveryoung said:

The games tell the story though, look way off the pace in some games, then sometimes like against Norwich we dont hold back. Need to find consistency.

we also give teams so much space and opportunities, Brighton in the second half had far more clear cut chances than we did and they had ten men!