Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Ajax

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

Bailey back to his classy self.

Praying Ollie’s injury isnt serious. Pleased for Moussa and big Jhon. Shame to see how far Ajax have fallen but im sure theyll be back one day.

European quarter finals! UTV

[AVTuco]

Excellent, very happy with the win. It'll give us confidence for Sunday too.

[avfc1982am]

Bailey MOTM.... Great second half. Mention to Duran and Diaby both excellent. And not forgetting Alesha Lehman, responsible for Dougie's 2 assists.  

[striker]

Much, much better second half after Emery got into them.

Bonus that both Duran and Diaby scored. Won’t do their confidence any harm at all.

Gave Torres MOTM as he was immaculate. Back to his best!

[switters]

Perfect night other than injuries. Diaby or Bailey for MOTM

[Lerner's Driver]

Not as straightforward as the scoreline suggests because here was yet another team that let us play and we only looked 'actually good' when their man was sent off. If you hassle us, we crumble, if you don't, we romp. Story of our season.

[NorthEastVillan]

Quarter-final draw at 1pm tomorrow

[HKP90]

Just now, striker said:

Much, much better second half after Emery got into them.

Bonus that both Duran and Diaby scored. Won’t do their confidence any harm at all.

Gave Torres MOTM as he was immaculate. Back to his best!

That's a fair shout actually. I went for Diaby, but Pau was excellent.

[foreveryoung]

5 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

I know their stature is long gone, however I love that we knocked out a huge name in European football  

Henderson 

[Zatman]

Ajax was the easiest team we could have drawn and it showed. Big name but a dreadful team

Bring on Plzen or Brugge next round

[rodders0223]

Henderson is **** dogshit.

Like watching a 45 year old in a soccer aid game out there.

[Herman22]

What a night! 

Thanks to Unai for making this possible! 

[It's Your Round]

Fantastic stuff, just what we needed after Sunday

[Herman22]

2 minutes ago, NorthEastVillan said:

Quarter-final draw at 1pm tomorrow

Who do we want? 

[Farlz]

Not just saying this but I don't think I've ever been more confident and comfortable for a pair of Villa games in all my life. The drop off from Ajax is mental, they are such a bad side. They didn't trouble us at all, in either leg. 

Very good second half from Villa and just what we needed. Best performance from Diaby in a while which is great to see and the crazy man Duran returned with a goal. The Watkins injury is a massive blow (and Carlos imo..) let's not kid ourselves despite how well tonight went. I'd be worried going a period of time without him so lets hope for the best. 

[turnbull]

Henderson MotM for me. An absolute masterclass from the lad. 

[Marka Ragnos]

1 minute ago, Lerner's Driver said:

Not as straightforward as the scoreline suggests because here was yet another team that let us play and we only looked 'actually good' when their man was sent off. If you hassle us, we crumble, if you don't, we romp. Story of our season.

I hear ya, but I think some of the games where we lost leads were more about complacency and losing our focus, and not about being delicate flowers unable to deal with being hassled.

[Jas10]

[MakemineVanilla]

You can't argue with the final score but Villa were poor for long stretches of the game.

The sending-off was crucial.

[Jas10]

Good confidence boost, should remedy the loss on Sunday.

Just hope Ollie is ok.

Massive if Diaby kicks on from here.

Let’s go!

UTV!