Ratings & Reactions: Fulham v Villa

[TomC]

Had to give MOTM to Watkins, but Pau was a close runner up...without him, you have to wonder if we would have had all the scoring chances that we did.

 

[villa4europe]

Love it

Forget the fancy football or the high line, the main thing Unai has brought to villa in 2023 is the ability to see tight games out despite pressure, we're not the villa of old

That today is a sign that we've not lost it despite the rough start to 2024 

[AVTuco]

Very very good win. Felt good all the time, even if we allowed an unnecessary goal. Good goals from Ollie.

[switters]

Big performance, all about getting the points today. Other results seem to have fallen nicely too. Martinez that save at the end, as valuable as a goal. Him and McGinn were the standouts, and Watkins for the goals

[sharkyvilla]

I always have the upmost confidence that we will beat a team that has Alex Iwobi in it.

[MikeMcKenna]

We so needed that result!!! 

[allani]

Been a while since I sweated over a 4-1 win as much as that one.  Two absolutely shocking VAR decisions.  But the boys dug deep.  3 more points and 1 more match out of the way.

[Rodders]

We won. Job done, necessary. Wasn't expecting a clean sheet due to the changes, so glad we scored enough.

[striker]

Great win for the Villa in terms of ending the slide, results elsewhere and against a form team at home!

[Villa87]

We were excellent on the whole.  Big win that. Watkins sensational and Pau makes all the difference to our play. 

Edited February 17 by Villa87

[Hiney]

Huge win and a gritty performance in the second half.

Martinez with another game winning save! So vital

Thought the ref was okay.

[PaulC]

Massive win. We showed great fight and reseliance. Watkins, Torres and Martinez the stand out players for me. lenglet at fault for their goal but overall good. 

[foreveryoung]

Reality, with genuine penalty and fake offside call

4-1 great result.

[Talldarkandransome]

Good performance on the whole and great result. One mistake almost let them back in, but was only one mistake...

That was the trickiest one out of these 3 games IMO

[KevinRichardsonsMoustache]

2 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

Sorry Tony Khan, your boys took a beating despite the refs efforts in the second half. 

Where’s Aubrey Edwards when you need her? She might have better controlled that final half an hour 

[Villatillidie95]

Huge result, loved the throughball from tielemans for watkins second

[Jas10]

[TheMightyVillans]

What a beautiful sight it is to see torres and his passing back

[nepal_villan]

We really needed those 3 pts.  Shocking VAR.  Should have been a comfortable 3-4 goal win for us.

[Delphinho123]

Not sure I blame the ref individually, but collectively the officiating was a disgrace today. Not only did they manage to get the offside wrong, even after the lines literally show Moreno as onside (don’t buy the nonsense about Bailey interfering) but they managed to just ignore an absolute blatant penalty on Watkins. How on earth they can just ignore that foul, I’ll never know.

Our performance was very good. We deserved to win and probably by more. Torres makes a massive difference back there and I actually thought Lenglet played well alongside him. That looks like it might be a solid enough pairing to see us through until the end of the season.