Mr_Dogg Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Fantastic result. I thought it was heading for 0-0 for most of the game and in fairness we couldn't have complained. Milner misplacing a lot of passes, but I think some of that was Warnock completely misreading the pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeevilla Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Get in! Sod the performance - winning these games is what matters. Great defensive display from the new boys. Credit to MON for going for the win by bringing on Big John. Delighted, absolutely delighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdihamVilla Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Should have been more. Again we prove to be the Pride of the Midlands, lots for MON to look at (Milner!) but at the end of the day, i'm more than happy taking the three points. Dunne & Collins at the back were impressive. Not sure about Cueller. I'd kiss Gabby's cock if he were here :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusVillian Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 LOL VERY SWIFT editing there fella!!!! Lager induced illusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 13, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2009 That is all. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Brilliant by MON. Like I said after 30mins happy for our bench, fitness and class to pick them of in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 James Collins was Stunning, could well be MON's best signing since at the club... Didn't miss a header, positioning was first class & I can't remember a misplaced pass neither.....impecable debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingzen Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Well the all important thing is we won, and to add to that out defense looked pretty solid, Colins and Dunne especially looked towering in defense. That said however i think our overall performance was pretty poor. Yet again we were completley dominated in midfield and our midfield unit was only effective defensively, offering little to nothing going forward bar mispalced hoofs upfield. This is something we really need to address. Gabby did what he could considering the poor service and got us the goal, though should have had another. Carew made a difference when he came on too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 That is all. Thank you. That deserves at least a second viewing! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Gabby you beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 **** love it. now going to artsfest to watch reverend and the makers and get **** hammeerrreeedddd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 13, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2009 I'm off to Ikea to let the Mrs spend however much she wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachite Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Great game, always tricky affairs, best thing you can take from that is our back four, they are going to settle very nicely IMO, Ash was painfully quiet, but no going to dwell on that, Gabby again was busy making chances and that vital, vital winning goal that he seems to do in a lot of the big important matches, and if you can consider Heskey as an established England player, then Gabby Agbonlahor is a must shout for England. Have to say i think MON played that excellently, Blues were always going to make life difficult, it was always going to be close, we kept it tight at the back, not brilliant in midfield but good enough, and lets face it we had enough chances before the goal went in to be 2-0 up IMO, not counting the Gabby and Carew chances afterwards, to much adrenaline flowing at that stage, important thing was we got the 3 points, and Gabby is back, just like the run up to Jan last year. MOTM for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__pedro__ Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Bralliant to win but a more than shakey performance. Friedel - Did what was needed, not much - 6 Dunne - Solid, headed everything in sight and generally kept the rest somewhat orgainsed, quite remeniscent of a mr Laursen actually - 8 MOTM Collins - Solid and comfortable with the ball, looks good! - 7 Warnock - Looks like he can defend and looks to get forward a lot, did get caught out upfield once or twice but otherwise a good debut - 7 Cuellar - Defending good, passing terrible, not a fullback - 6 Petrov - Tidy - 6 NRC - Tidy - 6 Sidwell - Quiet but tidy - 5 Milner - Not at his best, especially in the 2nd half, tried hard as always but end product was lacking - 6 Young - Dangerous and made the goal, was double and triple teamed all day so didn't get much freedom - 6 Agbonlahor - Another good performance and apart from the goal contributed to most of our meaningful attacks - 7.5 In summary, none of the midfield 3 got up to support the attack enough, surely one of them must play an advanced role, we rely too much on the front 3 to create and score all our goals in the current system. Big John obviosly made the difference but again it's another goal from a set piece. Would love to see Milner brought into the middle with Petrov and NRC deep, Gabby and Young wide and Carew through the middle. It's obviously not the ideal place to have Gab but we need another player on the pitch who contributes to scoring goals, 3 is not enough! Anyone else think this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaretMahoney Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Villa FanZone, watch full matches here, including today's 2nd half performance of the Claret and Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Friedel - 7 Cuellar - 6 Dunne - 7 Collins - 8 MotM Warnock - 6 Petrov - 7 NRC - 7 Sidwell - 6 Milner - 5 Young - 7 Gabby - 8 Carew - 7 Milner was strangely lazy and sloppy, but i suspect that is just a hangover from being away with England and he will be back to his best next game. The two CB's were the pick of the bunch on their debuts, looks like they could turn into a really solid partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Paul on WM (the guy walking the dog) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 While the media circle jerk about Spurs we're 3 points behind them with a game in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 alvin martin on TS summed it up nicely, blues wont play better than that all year, and IMO never really looked like scoring our back 4/brad looked very solid anything in the air is theirs, and the whole teams workrate was immense fair play to MON we made the big change, blues didnt react at all and we dominated the end, personally the best 5 chances in the game all fell to us, obviously the goal, milners miskick, sidwells header then the 2 1on1s at the end, so to say blues didnt deserve to win is IMO utter bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner_ali Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Friedel 6 Cuellar 5- distrubution was poor apart from one good ball in the box Dunne 7 solid Collins 7 solid Warnock 6 Decent debut Milner 4 awful few balls, did his job tho Reo Coker 5, doesnt know what to do in final third, solid in the middle tho Petrov 6, solid tackles Sidwell 5, quiet Young 6, didnt do much Gabby 7, scoring the winner deserves a high mark Carew 6, assist for goal, presence was shown, poor pass for milner tho overall a poor game but im delighted with the win 5 times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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