Ratings & Reactions: Luton v Villa

[OutByEaster?]

We were brilliant, as good as any team in the league, then we were awful, as bad as we've been for a year or so, relegation material, and then we showed a bit of character.

I think that's covered everything.

Three points will do. 

I need a drink.

[bobzy]

Just now, sharkyvilla said:

The game changed on us and particularly Emi deciding to hoof it.  Just lose the ball, invite pressure, lay a hand on them, give away free kick, cause ourselves all sorts of problems.  Lesson learnt I hope and thank **** we have such quality on the bench.

Did exactly the same against Forest and Man Utd x2.  We're not learning the lesson AT ALL.

[Reivax_Villa]

Knew this would be a tough match. We showed some metal..

 

F*** the ref

[Rightdm00]

Lenglet brings alot in buildup but he is an absolute zero for defending. He is what people were worried Pau would be. We gotta score 3 when he starts. 

The bottom half teams know, just spray us with crosses we will concede. 

[foreveryoung]

Playing like a top 4 team, Luton are no walk over, gave City a game.

[supermon]

Mentality monsters!?

[The_Rev]

Huge win.  Now I can breathe again I'll take all the positives I can.  We looked great in the first half, and the substitions really paid off. 

[The_Steve]

Chong was offside and interfering with play for the second goal also. Dived all game too. So glad to see the back of him and 3 points. 

[Eligius]

Massive three points, got out of jail there. Watkins finishing was superb but that second half was awful.

[Talldarkandransome]

I'm guessing the match thread went downhill in 2nd half. 

Almost feel sorry for Luton but I'll get over it.

Watkins MOTM 

[StefanAVFC]

Appalling 2nd half but we were so naive. It was obvious that Oliver was only going one way and we kept putting ourselves in a position for him to give fouls. But thank **** for 500k a week Luca Digne 

[Wurzel]

First of all the ref was **** abysmal. It really was like playing against 12 men. Villa were superb first half, but they got lazy second half. Anyway 3 points is all that matters, 5 ahead of Spurs.

[peterwithethewinner]

Sorry Spuds. Ha ha ha

[Farlz]

Bloody hell we made that way harder than it should've been. 

Honestly no words for that second half. Thank god for the late winner. 

Defending set pieces needs to be sorted asap. 

[Vive_La_Villa]

Let’s give some credit to Luton. They have done this to Arsenal and Liverpool to name a few. But we won!  Proper team. 

[jimmygreaves]

Ref stunk the place out. Every decision was a lottery, a guess... The bookings awarded were all bollocks for both sides.

[KillieVillain]

3pts in the bag but raging how we can be so dominant in the 1st half and absolutely honking in the 2nd half , can someone please explain? 

[Vive_La_Villa]

11 hours ago, foreveryoung said:

Playing like a top 4 team, Luton are no walk over, gave City a game.

Exactly. Everyone thinks it’s because we were poor second half. Sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition.

Edited March 3 by Vive_La_Villa

[Robtaylor200]

Not healthy being a Villa fan, But we are all smiling now. Great to have that strength from the bench 

[rbcuk]

2-0 cruising that 1st half, 2nd totally unacceptable, giving stupid fouls away only way they looked like scoring from set pieces, we have looked shit the last few weeks defending them, I hope Digne starts against spurs Moreno has been poor since coming back in after injury