Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Crystal Palace

[srsmithusa]

Duran MOTM, not for the goal which is a contender for goal of the season, but because our entire squad was stuck in second gear and he came in and played at SPEED.  our system completely depends on speed and if players slowly move through sleep-walking it will never succeed.  Duran brought the tempo and aggression missing.  it changed the match.  

As an aside, one of the most important goals of settling back and letting the opponent keep possession and looking to break (as CP did) is to lull the opponent into slowing the pace and sleepwalking through the match and until Duran came on, it worked exactly as Hodgson/McCarthy had hoped.

[It's Your Round]

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

Not a pen for me. 

It’s okay to be wrong. 

[allani]

4 minutes ago, holteend1982 said:

This is what the top sides do, can turn around a bad result just like that. Brilliant. 

Liverpool, Spurs, Man City and us - all came from behind today to win.  So great to be on the right side of stats like that.  This is the kind of game / result that should build confidence within the team that they can keep going and get out of a hole.

[UpTheVilla26]

MOTM goes to Duran because we weren't scoring unless it was something special.

Ref was utterly pathetic though he did give us the pen, so I hate him a little less. 

Should have been out of sight at HT but I'll take a win like that, will do wonders for confidence. 

[villan95]

We are still playing according to the BBC page

[ThunderPower_14]

I thought it was definitely a pen. Ollie gets a little touch on it, gets collected and the the ball gets swept away. I don't think the touches the ball before the foul. 

Massive character building win. We kept going, and Duran coming on with his high energy changed the game. 

[El Zen]

Made it uncomfortable, but for long periods we played them off the pitch. Deserved to win. 

[Jareth]

4 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

 

He did that last season but hit the bar. Young but raw, and **** amazing

[srsmithusa]

2 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

First time EVER I have given a ref top marks.

Shame a few more don't stand up to VAR.

i waivered on his vote.  his courage to stand up to VAR was impressive.  But the cards for silly trivia worked against him.  the last one for Duran was the worst of the lot.

[Keyblade]

Didn't even enter the match thread today, but it's really funny reading it back now.

[colhint]

2 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Not a pen for me. 

Definite pen for me. Even if you don't think the initial challenge was a pen there was the second phase. Ollie was still able to get to the ball, the keeper was nowhere near. The only thing stopping Ollie getting to it was the challenge.

[Chindie]

That'll do pig.

[Jareth]

4 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Not a pen for me. 

Don'r agree - player fell before the defender got the touch - and there was contact - would be spitting had it gone the other way

[villan95]

I've got to admit, I'd lost faith in the 2nd half and couldn't see the goal coming. Delighted to be proved wrong. That Duran goal could be crucial in our season and what a goal. Then Dougie ice cold from the spot.

Nice to see the subs all contribute. Obviously Duran but Bailey looked good too and Tielemans played the through ball for the penalty.

[romavillan]

2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Duran changed the game for me.

Doug is a HUGE player.

Diaby is consistently good.

Still some worries about Ollie and Torres.

That aside, that is a HUGE character building and morale win.

Not everyone was 100% on it today at all but we still made enough chances first half to win easy. I thought Konsa was great today, Torres played some nice stuff when he had time to pick a pass he was creative and precise. Martinez unreal save and unlucky to slip for their goal. Cash and Digne ok, Cash guilt of missing two good chances. Zaniolo not in the game enough, still managed to look very good with what little of the ball he had, made a couple of really good chances for his team mates. Ollie unlucky to hit the post, but could have done better with another couple. Jhon Duran, superb, workrate to burn and just amazing finish. Diaby is superb, Bailey played some really good stuff today. 

We looked a bit scrappy but then recovered from our mistakes mostly, had trouble in the last third against a very well drilled defensive unit. Superb 3 points though, when everyone thought we were getting beat. Time for a pint

[AvonVillain]

3 minutes ago, villan95 said:

We are still playing according to the BBC page

SO frustrating. Want to see updated league.

[UpTheVilla26]

Just now, AvonVillain said:

SO frustrating. Want to see updated league.

We are 7th.

[rjw63]

1 minute ago, AvonVillain said:

SO frustrating. Want to see updated league.

7th, it's on LiveScore.

[It's Your Round]

1 minute ago, AvonVillain said:

SO frustrating. Want to see updated league.

Sky Sports is the same. League table has us drawing this one

[sheepyvillian]

8 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Duran changed the game for me.

Doug is a HUGE player.

Diaby is consistently good.

Still some worries about Ollie and Torres.

That aside, that is a HUGE character building and morale win.

Torres is still acclimatising, but you can't knock his distribution with the ball. Ollie, like all strikers his going through a rough patch, on another day he would have had a hat - trick. That goal by Duran, better than sex, it's a lot easier to  say that when you're 58yrs old.