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  1. 1. Who was your Man of the Match?

    • Martínez
      3
    • Cash
      6
    • Konsa
      0
    • Mings
      13
    • Targett
      5
    • McGinn
      81
    • Nakamba
      116
    • Ramsey
      7
    • Bailey
      0
    • Watkins
      0
    • Young
      4
    • Luiz (Ramsey 67)
      0
    • El Ghazi (Bailey 77)
      0
    • Buendía (Young 85)
      0

  2. 2. Manager's Performance

  3. 3. Refereeing Performance

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Farlz Grand Master

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Brilliant win. Absolutely fantastic first half where we really should have took advantage but typical Villa we just never seem to do that. Second half a bit rough at times but Palace were only ever gonna improve. 

First defeat at home for them this season, a good start this from Gerrard. 

Just want to give a quick shoutout to Michael Salisbury for one of the worst refereeing performances of all time. So far out of his depth. 

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MaVilla Grand Master

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to be fair, only Chelsea and Liverpool had beaten Palace in the league so far, and the Liverpool/Chealsea losses for Palace were away.....so not too shabby a win at all, beating them at their place.

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OutByEaster? Grand Master

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I thought the result was right even though the ref was wrong. 

They could have had another five yellow cards, we could have had penalties (although I don't think any of the shouts were), the ref let things get away from him, he needs a few games elsewhere before he's allowed back.

For us, I thought the back five were excellent - Konsa and Mings were really good and both fullbacks did really well, really pleased for Matt Targett with his goal. Emi wasn't particularly busy, but he's a cheeky scamp when you need the clock to tick a bit and I love him for it. If he wasn't ours I'd be calling him all the names under the sun.

Nakamba was very good in mopping up and covering everything, McGinn got better as the game went on, the more we need from him, the more he gives, but I thought Ramsey was sensational in midfield - energy and direct running, the urgency he brought to everything, he was my motm and I thought it was his best performance in a Villa shirt, he really is developing at a rare old pace.

Bailey and Watkins will both have better days, Watkins seemed to always want one more touch than he got and Bailey spent a lot of time dribbling across the field rather than up it - neither made great decisions but they both put a shift in and they'll have days with better luck.

Young was great, he's got such a good footballing head on him and he's still got a fair bit of energy for a man in his mid forties - he did a really good job of holding things together.

The manager has found something that's working - some of the football in the first half was excellent, we look a little more solid, the 4-3-2-1 when we're out of possession works and he's getting performances out of everyone, you can see they believe in what he's asking of them - he'll be pleased and it's a really good start - bravo.

We know Palace have got exceptional home support, they make a load of noise - our away fans took them on today and came out on top, the support was absolutely brilliant today from the first whistle to the last - I applaud each and every one of em.

Great result, good performances, Villa on the up.

That'll do.

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Zero7 Mentor

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1 minute ago, Herman22 said:

I wonder how SG and Co have managed to get the group together and united so quickly? 
That’s the kind of performance we lacked under DS towards the end. 
So glad to be looking up the table now! 

In the same way Smith has got a win and draw for Norwich? Who knows... 

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3 minutes ago, Herman22 said:

Why am I so pissed off about conceding that last min goal? 

For me it's twofold. 1. Emi martinez is my ff keeper and 2. I put a fiver on 2-0 at 16-1 and considered the cash out in the 90th minute but thought nah, it's in the bank 

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villa4europe Grand Master

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1 minute ago, Herman22 said:

I wonder how SG and Co have managed to get the group together and united so quickly? 
That’s the kind of performance we lacked under DS towards the end. 
So glad to be looking up the table now! 

Suggests to me it was the mental side of things under Smith, more likely the coaching changes, unhappy players with nothing clicking 

They've got their mojo back and are putting a shift in, shit isn't it that we should celebrate players giving it absolutely everything because its not a Given but that is the case, we have a new lease of life 

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Hiney Collaborator

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Nakamba and Cash stand out players for me.

Nervy second half and could tell it was the refs first premier league game. He seemed to let quite a lot go that normally wouldn't in the Premier league but then blew for some soft ones too. I think both sets of fans would be frustrated with his performance 

Watkins struggling to impose himself on the game, looks off the pace.

Overall great to get back to back wins 

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