Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Hibernian

[Pongo's Socks]

5 minutes ago, jjaacckk91 said:

Just got back, it was the strangest atmosphere, game was played at the intensity of a friendly and that really translated to the stands.

Bit of a shame considering it was the first home European game for over a decade, but I guess that's what happens when you're 5-0 up from the first leg against a team that is always going to struggle to make it competitive.

Agreed, was really strange, bit disappointed as it was my lads first European game as he's only 10, but like you say it was probably never going to be an electric atmosphere when it was pretty much a dead rubber

[Vive_La_Villa]

Respect to the Hibs fans. Sang non stop and applauded their players at the end. It’s a shame Scotland football has declined so much because they have some great supporters.

For the game itself we were ok, felt like a friendly. Their goalie was shocking.

Edited August 31, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa

[CosmicVillan]

Professional performance marred only by the fact there was no Lee Johnson to wind up. 

[Talldarkandransome]

Nice win, barely got out of 2nd gear

Excellent away support, didn't stop

Similar to above, after telling my lad that euro nights at VP are different to normal games he said is it because it's quieter, I laughed.

I know we'd already won but very very quiet. 

Highlight was watching a bloke trying to climb over barriers and falling backwards and then having another go, he made it in then end and got a small cheer

[Hibsfan]

Really enjoyed both our games,  Villa on a different stratosphere to Hibs so shame it wasn’t a competitive tie but I still enjoyed it.

fwiw this is a terrible Hibs team, hence why we sacked the manger.  I’d have liked us to have played a poor premiership team while we were at our best.  As it turns out though, we played a really excellent side while we were struggling.  If we had a good side just now you would have just moved into second gear and the outcome would have been the same.  No bitterness from my end, just the realities of our situations when you have so much more money than us.

best of luck for the rest of the season, I’ll be supporting you as the season goes on.

PS. loved seeing John MCGinn again, what a player he’s turned into!

cheers

[villaglint]

Just now, Hibsfan said:

Really enjoyed both our games,  Villa on a different stratosphere to Hibs so shame it wasn’t a competitive tie but I still enjoyed it.

fwiw this is a terrible Hibs team, hence why we sacked the manger.  I’d have liked us to have played a poor premiership team while we were at our best.  As it turns out though, we played a really excellent side while we were struggling.  If we had a good side just now you would have just moved into second gear and the outcome would have been the same.  No bitterness from my end, just the realities of our situations when you have so much more money than us.

best of luck for the rest of the season, I’ll be supporting you as the season goes on.

PS. loved seeing John MCGinn again, what a player he’s turned into!

cheers

Hibs fans were best I’ve heard at Villa park in many a year. Left me with a smile on my face and wanting to put together an album of great football songs from around the world.

If anyone knows of one that already exists let me know. 

[OutByEaster?]

I thought we were good, we never needed to get out of second gear and we controlled it throughout.

I thought the three youngsters had interesting games and were all good for different reasons.

On debut, Kellyman was often a bit of a peripheral figure, not as engaged and involved as he'd like, as I think you'd expect from a 17 year old in his first game at Villa Park - but then, when he did get involved, he was often really good in some of the things he tried, he's come away with an assist and a couple of nice moments and you can see how good he could end up being - he tried more things than came off for him but he didn't look at all out of place. He should be really pleased and there will be a lot more to come.

Revan I thought was equally good but in a very different way, he was very involved but didn't quite find the moment of magic he'll take home and watch over and over - he grew more confident as the game went on, he's quick, he can defend and he's tactically sound, i thought in the last twenty minutes he was really impressive down our left flank. He can be proud of his debut.

The other youngster, Jhon Duran, looks like he's going to be a monster; he's quick, he's aggressive, strong, enthusiastic, he's got character and he's fearless, and to top that list off, he's very calm in front of goal - good to see him get his second goal of the season and bully a back line. It's worth remembering that he's younger than Revan and sometimes the size of him makes it easy to forget he's still just a kid - in two years time he could be anything he wants to be.

Beyond that, there was plenty to like, Konsa is in amazing form and continued that, he gets better every time we bring in a good centre back. Luiz and Kamara calmly did their thing and Tielemans got a very useful ninety minutes. I thought Bailey was good, a goal and a (sort of) assist from the free kick and he looked visibly more confident - confidence helps him a lot I think.

A really good run out for some of those on the edges and some of those starting out, a fine and simple 3-0 win against a team who perhaps aren't as bad as we make them appear, and an 8-0 aggregate victory that will have everyone else in this competition just a little bit nervous.

Weird to hear a slightly bored Holte End go through the whole of the songbook with Buendia, Mings, Ashley Young, John Terry, Alan Hutton. John Carew, Conor Hourihane and even Gabby Agbonlahor having their songs appear out of the drizzle and good to see Luiz get a nice ovation on his way off - but full credit must go to the Hibs fans who sang their hearts out and at 8-0 down, 350 miles from home, on the greyest of grey evenings somehow made Sunshine on Leith sound proud and beautiful - fair play to those lads and I think we'll all wish them the very best in their season.

Bring on the draw, because the way we're looking at the moment, our next badge might need to have Prepared put back on it, we're ready for anything.

 

 

[Vive_La_Villa]

13 minutes ago, Hibsfan said:

Really enjoyed both our games,  Villa on a different stratosphere to Hibs so shame it wasn’t a competitive tie but I still enjoyed it.

fwiw this is a terrible Hibs team, hence why we sacked the manger.  I’d have liked us to have played a poor premiership team while we were at our best.  As it turns out though, we played a really excellent side while we were struggling.  If we had a good side just now you would have just moved into second gear and the outcome would have been the same.  No bitterness from my end, just the realities of our situations when you have so much more money than us.

best of luck for the rest of the season, I’ll be supporting you as the season goes on.

PS. loved seeing John MCGinn again, what a player he’s turned into!

cheers

I filmed your fans at the end. Most of ours had gone home Good on you. Enjoy the night out in Brum.

[Tomaszk]

Favourite moment was Doug grumpy he was brought off just as we got given a free-kick he wanted to shoot from. Then the holte doing their best to cheer him up.

[bannedfromHandV]

Managed the game well and didn’t really break much of a sweat. Fair play to Hibs for giving it a go and for their fans’ excellent support.

Great for Duran’s confidence to score on his first start, could have given the motm award to either of the kids but opted for Revan because I thought he grew into the game really well and was still going strong at the end. Olsen did pretty well and will be buoyed with the clean sheet. 
 

Can’t wait to see who we get tomorrow.

[Eligius]

Didn't have to get out of first gear tonight, I thought Duran was decent up front in a comfortable win.

The Hibs fans did their team proud tonight, made plenty of noise with a good rendition of sunshine on Leith.

Noticed Traore wasn't on the bench, is he injured or is he off?

Looking forward to the draw now

[The_Rev]

Can’t really add much to what’s already been said. The biggest threat to our goal all night was an almost comedic half stumble by Olsen.  Pau still looks vulnerable physically but his range of passing is exquisite, the ball for Duran’s goal is something a prime David Beckham would have been proud of.  Thought the midfield were just on a different level to Hibs even I thought they were all playing with one eye on Anfield this weekend. Duran looked excellent and I had to pinch myself when I remembered Kellyman is still only 17.

 

Hibs fans probably the best I’ve seen in 30 years of going to Villa Park. 

Edited August 31, 2023 by The_Rev

[The Fun Factory]

Routine win against a demoralized opposition on a hiding to nothing. Not much to take from the game but a good goal by Duran and Kellyman looked lively.

Hibs were all over the place and I actually wanted them to get a goal for their fans, on an evening when the Scottish teams had a collective score of 10-1.

A useless piece of trivia I believe tonight's attendance is the biggest crowd for a European match at Villa Park since the 21st of August 2002 when Villa beat Basel 4-1 in front of 39,593 in the Intertoto cup.

[Marka Ragnos]

3 hours ago, sheepyvillian said:

Gave Olsen motm. His commitment was everything this team is now all about. There's a swagger about us, but it's disciplined. Its really exciting when you think what this squad may be capable of. We should have no fear about going there Sunday.

Same here. I honestly would have accepted even worse from Olsen and still been pleased by his obvious efforts to improve. It’s sort of … poignant?

[fruitvilla]

1 minute ago, Marka Ragnos said:

Same here. I honestly would have accepted even worse from Olsen and still been pleased by his obvious efforts to improve. It’s sort of … poignant?

Same here too. In reality, it was very much a team performance ... men-of-the-match

[fruitvilla]

One of the interesting things was Villa ... one moment was playing at a slow pedestrian pace and the next moment was at a breakneck abandon. A joy to behold.

[Tommo_b]

Again finding highlights seems impossible 

[fruitvilla]

11 minutes ago, Tommo_b said:

Again finding highlights seems impossible 

I usually go to

VillaTV | AVFC
But the highlights are not always up quickly.

[Lochheads twin]

Strange game to comment on.

• Through to group stage
• most of the squad played
• No new injuries
• our guests had a great day out and were a credit to their team.
• everyone went home happy

Onwards and upwards.

[VillaAlex]

9 hours ago, villa4europe said:

Great debut for kellyman

If konsa had played the 90 I'd have been tempted to give him MOTM, maybe cash the same but went with bailey

No problem with the line up, good to give these guys an easy European night experience

Marshall in goal was terrible bar that one great save, saved the hardest shot of the night and fluffed everything else

Expecting a couple of similar games in the group

Edit - thought the ref was decent too, consistent which is what you want, left his cards in the dressing room and didn't give much, almost the opposite of what you'd expect in europe

Pretty sure it was Zaniolo in goal.