b23avfc Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Only heard (most of) the second half on the radio, most of that was on BBC Stoke because I was shooting a short wedding at Shugborough. Until I hit junction 10 I had to listen to understandably biased stoke commentating.. hardly heard a villa player named and it really made it sound like Stoke battled. When I got our local radio commentary on we finally started hitting back, or at least I finally heard more villa names than stooook. WM I think it was, said we didn't get out of 2nd gear, bbc stoke really felt they were still in it right up until the end. 3 points in the bag, rest up lads and move on. Not the best performance by the sounds of it but hopefully we can call that a bad day.. and still win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Superb in defence 4th clean sheet in a row. Great result, had a bit of luck with the disallowed goal, most of the time that would be given. Well played boys you've earnt your Christmas party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb_wm Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 First 10 minutes were all Stoke and I thought it was going to be one of "those days" Once we got our foot on the ball though and played it around a bit we played some very, very nice stuff. Some of the football we're playing at times is excellent. Defence was brilliant, again, although I think Warnock had one of his poorer games. Just goes to show what a high standard he has set We missed Heskey. Hope his injury isn't too serious. However what a great position we are in to to be able to replace him with John Carew. Downing's run inside, the cross field ball, Young's cross.. brilliant. Last half an hour wasn't pretty. I was really impressed with Stoke to be fair Well done lads. 9 points within a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 we were 3rd last christmas too! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NabilH Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 7 Days rest, now to Arsenal. i can see us doing them but thats a different game for a different thread. Well done LADS 3 Games, 9 points. Dunne my MOTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojskovoda Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 It gets better... 4 consecutive wins, 4 clean sheets 3rd in the league and we've now got the 2nd best defence in the league.. I am very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 3 points, a clean sheet, brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Villa aint conceaded since Dawsons handball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 True Stoke deserved a point but we were still the better team. Stoke closed our defenders down well today and put them under enormous pressure. Cuellar and Young were great, but Dunne and Warnock had their moments but looked shaky at times. In my opinion though, Tuncay showed tonight that he or a player like him is the missing piece of the puzzle for us. He unlocked our defence on numerous occasions but was let down by his teammates with poor finishing. In a better all-round quality side I think he would thrive. In the end, I suspect MON and the players will draw a line through it, accept the 3 points gleefully and put the somewhat jaded performance down to having to play 3 matches in 7 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 It gets better... 4 consecutive wins, 4 clean sheets 3rd in the league and we've now got the 2nd best defence in the league.. I am very happy. we've conceded the joint least amount of goals with Chlesea. Technically we have the best defensive record in the premiership now, as weve played 1 game more than Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 look at the table and enjoy lads another clean sheet and victory. also set the record straight against stoke. credit to stoke they battled hard and are fast becoming one of my most admired teams along with pulis his post match comments were well said. well done the villa army!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 MON's Reaction: The best win of the season. In the circumstances, I know exactly what he means. Last season we'd have drawn at the most with that aerial assualt into our box. I can't quite believe how we've got the best defence in the league out of absolutely nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexaz Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 A really tough match, thank goodness for our solid defence. Cuellar is really impressive at the moment! Fair play to stoke, they battled well and perhaps deserved a point. Delighted we won though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 the honey monster and uncle fester. cueller's been great also, along with Young, Friedel and Warnock . ive never had faith in davies.........i hope o'neill sees him as our number 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMarlon Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Delighted with the 3 points. We have ever chance of coming away with something from our next 2 games, hopefully we can build on this and the boys will give us all a christmas to remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Poor game both teams battled well, I was impressed with stoke and we showed glimpses of quality at the right times, we'd have lost that not too long ago, 1 gripe though, how was ash doing more than downing? Really should of gone off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sani Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Cuellar was brilliant but we looke tired in second half at times. Maybe time to rest players the next coming weeks? Cant play the same team every week for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Will take 3 points all day there. We looked quite jaded and never really got going at all. Luke Young and Dunne were excellent. Thought Warnock was very poor today, maybe carrying a knock or tiredness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 if we didnt get an early goal it was always going to be tight. stoke deserve a lot of credit because they gave nothing away and tuncay was like watching carbone back in THAT season. luke young was brilliant, warnock wasnt - but he has been that good lately that i think he can be excused. cuellar was a rock, and as for dunne - well just another irish deity wearing our number 5 shirt! milner is like sid, ian taylor and andy townsend all rolled in to one, and petrov is playing better because of it. big up to carew, comes on, scores and then shows why he will always be loved by the villa crowd. tough match, great result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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