Ratings & Reactions: Fulham v Villa

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said:

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

No horses allowed 

[sharkyvilla]

I thought the ref was actually quite good, it must have been his first PL match?  I've never seen him before anyway.  The VAR let him down with the penalty on Watkins.  Utterly baffled by that.  Massive save from Martinez to clinch the points, there was no way we deserved not to win today.  Ollie is fantastic.

[Jas10]

Our season’s over?

Spoiler

 

[GlobalVillan]

Absolutely brilliant. Great response and a win at a ground we never win at.

Play off final loss that got rid of Xia, the 3-0 that got rid of Gerrard and now the win we needed to halt the slide....Fulham may just be our guardian angel...

Get in!

[HanoiVillan]

50 PL games in charge of Villa for Emery: 30 wins. And he had to work on a less-than-optimal side with no Kamara or Konsa today. But we won a tough game against a resilient side off the back of an impressive win of their own. 

Ollie did well with his shots but it was McGinn who was MOTM for me, at his absolute tigerish best. 

[Robtaylor200]

I wasn't aware I could hold my breathe that long.

Great goals by Ollie, dangerous attacking by Bailey and brilliant save by Emi at the end 

Happy days and another two wins from the next two please 

[duke313]

Good win despite PGMOLs best efforts to see we drop points. If we play like that we’ll pick up wins. Great seeing Spurs beat also, they’re far from guaranteed a CL spot.

[stewiek2]

After a sublime first half the ref was told to totally disrupt our momentum second half. He was good first half, shocking second half.

I said it from the third game he started, Pau Torres is a special talent. So many clubs didn't touch him as they felt he wasn't physical enough to make that step up. Great players dot need to. Quickness in mind allows you to be one step ahead. Moore, Beckenbauer, dare I say God, Baresi are all not the quickest but their brains are way ahead of their opponents. Teddy Sheringham had no pace but he was quick in mind and was amazing as a striker, and the one Sir Graham actually wanted.

We've an absolute world class defender at our club playing in front of a world class goalkeeper. That hasn't happend since Bosnich and God. I never thought I'd see that again.

Edited February 17 by stewiek2

[Farlz]

Hugeee win. Much needed especially with Spurs losing. 

[KevinRichardsonsMoustache]

Pattern emerging today: 

In the first half, Pau was a real difference maker. Tired in the second half. 
 

Bailey is such a dangerous player but also tired as the game progressed. 

Ramsey was v good in the first half but tired.

Tielemans, fabulous assist, gassed after 55min. 

[gilbertoAVFC]

Enjoy your two-game ban Paulinha ya turd

[The_Steve]

1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said:

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.

No review on Palhinha's disgusting, dangerous foul on McGinn either which should have been upgraded to a red. There's a reason why the Fulham manager subbed him off soon after.

[Herman22]

I have the ref average as that’s is the average now. Refs in this league are terrible, the VARs are worse. 

Offside decision, wrong

Penalty decision, wrong 

And I’d argue the Diop stamp is a red card. 

[Lichfield Dean]

Great result!

Interesting that the fulham fans were booing the ref and chanting against him at the end. Did he make a lot of poor decisions in both directions?

[UpTheVilla26]

Gave MOTM to Ollie as he was clinical but the difference Pau made can't be overlooked. 

Big result. 

[It's Your Round]

That’s exactly what we needed! Great effort from the lads and could/should have been more than two but Watkins took his goals so well.

Villa win away, Spurs lose at home. Two points clear again in fourth. 
 

UTV!!

[The_Steve]

Palhinha was able to dive off the floor, snapping at McGinn's ankles and only got a yellow. It's not even reviewed for a red. It's laughable.

[Jas10]

2 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

Reality, with genuine penalty and fake offside call

4-1 great result.

We were great in that first half, definitely deserved more goals.

Denied a goal and a clear penalty too.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Considering the injury problems very impressive 

[Nigel]

Credit must go to our manager, he has had some serious curveballs thrown at him this week and another few from the VAR team yet you wouldnt have guessed looking at that team.

MOTM must go to Watkins but my god was Mcginn a colossuses, he was everywhere especially in that frantic last 15.

Fantastic result!