Ratings & Reactions: Luton v Villa

[Beastmix]

Gritty away win. Showed a lot of character.

Michael Oliver should be ashamed of himself.

Positive subs from Unai to change the game.

Fair doos to Luton, though. Full respect for not doing the usual 'promoted side' thing of just putting every man behind the ball for 90+mins. Played a high line for a lot of the game! Hope they stay up.

[479Villan]

Second half was where we missed Kamara. And Pau, of course.

[HKP90]

Lucky

adjective

1. having, bringing, or resulting from good luck.

   "you had a very lucky escape"

[Lochheads twin]

Phew!

the highlights should be titled

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Ollie man of the match

no guessed for referees rating

[Marka Ragnos]

Emery needs to yell at Lucas more often. 

Edited March 2 by Marka Ragnos

[NorthEastVillan]

3 points the most important thing. We played into their hands second half, ref certainly helped but we were 100% responsible by being so naive. 

Ollie 1st half probably his best performance. MoTM. Ref poor but we let him be tbh.

[sne]

Well we certainly made that look difficult. But we won. Second half was a rough watch. The winning goal was ace thou.

 

[Lerner's Driver]

Excellent first half, dreadful second half - far too casual - but we dug out a winner and that is massive credit to Unai and the boys. A vital win. Can enjoy Utd losing tomorrow now.

[Jas10]

[The_Steve]

Just now, Vive_La_Villa said:

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

Luton press very well. I thought we contained it, but it paid off for them. We allowed them into to the game and I don’t care who you’re up against, they will punish you. Better team that second half in all honesty. 

[ozvilla28]

We can score , but unless our defending improves it will hold us back why every week it's the same scenario set pieces corners we aren’t learning. 

Say what you want Luiz and McGinn went missing that half not good enough. Emery should have changed that game earlier.

[OutByEaster?]

3 minutes ago, KentVillan said:

Never looked in control of that game

The first half we absolutely breezed through - if you were looking for a dictionary definition of 'in control' that first half was it. It feels like three weeks ago because we were so bad in the second half, but I can't go along with 'never'.

[Jas10]

Just now, sne said:

Well we certainly made that look difficult. But we won. Second half was a rough watch. The winning goal was ace thou.

 

 

[sheepyvillian]

As delighted as I was with that unexpected winner, on that second - half performance, we hardly deserved a point. Genuinely felt a bit for Luton.

Had we threw that away, I would have been castigating Cash for allowing that Luton throw  - in to go down the line which led to the free - kick and their second. Shocking defending. 

[Aston_Villan4]

3 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said:

We faced down an opponent literally playing for league survival. They fought like tigers, and we put them to the sword. Bring on the next challenger ...

And credit to Luton they’ve done this to every team that’s gone into their park.

[mottaloo]

@rjw63.....I know you said to ur missus if we get five.....well if the "we" referred to the general viewing public...then 2+3 =5....so...... y'know....

[rodders0223]

3 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said:

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. 

The guy wins absolutely nothing in the air. Absolutely dead weight without the ball.

[Sulberto21]

Luton are a better side than most give them credit for. 

We showed huge bollocks to win this. 

[NeilS]

I am not surprised to hear Michael Oliver was bad, it seems like we rarely win when he is in charge of our matches. I feared the worst when I heard he was the referee today. 

So happy with the win, it was always going to be a tough battle against Luton. They are showing some fight and we stood up to it and got the win. It is not always going to be champagne football, you have to win ugly as well. Nice one lads. UTV

[sheepyvillian]

Just now, ozvilla28 said:

Say what you want Luiz and McGinn went missing that half not good enough. Emery should have changed that game earlier.

Absolutely on point.