Ratings and reactions: Villa 2-0 Wigan

[ender4]

started the thread.

[jonno_2004]

Job done. Thought we knocked it around well at times. Looks very much O'Neill football though. Nice to see Ireland putting in a half-decent shift too.

[dappadan]

Well done Villa.

Nice to see some cracking long shots firing in as well

[R.Bear]

Dominated the game. Good performance.

Gabby was excellent. Great finish from Bent. Petrov has a new lease of life this season.

This should shut the moaning tossers up. Attacking football and looked comfortable at the back. No negatives at all although I'm sure certain people will find some.

[jadenb42]

Gabby MOTM, 3 points need and 3 points we got

[VillaIoW]

Gabby man of the match, easy one today, although no one let the side down.

Shame Delph is low on confidence but we have to believe it will come with him. Not a good idea to get on his back.

[ender4]

We were comfortable the whole match against a poor Wigan side.

good signs of passing, AMC tactics & subs were good.

job done, well done lads.

and 6th in the league 2 points of 4th

[nepal_villan]

Gabby was excellent. One of his best games. Don't like that AM goes into a defensive shell at the end of games. It cost us at QPR and could do so in the future.

[hercs23]

YES A WIN!!! Sounds like we played well. good to be going into the international break with a win. good to see bent get a goal. great for his confidence. How did nzogbia do when he came on??

[villadude]

Good stuff, Gabby MOTM

Where's the poll?

[maqroll]

Mission accomplished. 3 points at home against inferior opposition. Still undefeated, decent goal difference. Onward and upward.

UTV

[brummybloke]

the positives

good result

clean sheat

3 points

bent scores and so does gabby

the not so positives

we played poor for large parts of the game, gave possession away far too cheaply and against a team with attack minded players or even a decent striker on the pitch, we could again have drawn or even lost.

delph , well he needs to keep playing which at the moment is a liability

collins, got turned, out of position and the club foot was used yet again every time he got the ball

hutton looks shit bar the odd good tackle

against one of the shittest sides in the division we won, however they had more shots, more possession, better football, more tackles won

it all came down to gabbytoday, he was the difference between 2 poor teams, although that may do a diservice to given who did some nice saves.

their keeper made 2 or 3 nice saves, i think maybe 1 of the was going in the other 2 looked to be hitting the bar or just over

im confused how some saw us as dominating the game? it wasnt the game i was watching.

we did play some nice stuff in short bursts but it was not very often and the majority of our build up play was collins... hoooof to forwards then the ball drops to someone.

when we did have it on the ground and tried passing we seemed decent although once ireland went off there was little to no movement.

i will take the 3 points all day long over playing nice football, we are not ion a position to be too choosy

[limpid]

Your ratings and reactions please.

Keep it respectful even if you know everyone else is wrong.

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[bose]

Three points and a comfortable 2-0 victory. Job done.

Gabby was fantastic, clearly relishing being the main man at Villa.

[sonic_bouma]

pleased Bent scored..

**** me he needed that

Gabby is on another planet this season..hope he can keep it up.....

i'll enjoy these 3 points before man citeh slap us silly in a couple of weeks time

[theunderstudy]

Gabby MOTM, though Bannan was fantastic.

[bose]

15 votes so far all for Gabby. Come on don't mess it up!

[villianusa]

Only saw the game after the 2nd goal so didn't see the best parts. Certianly looked like the players thought it was job done which nearly cost us on occasion. From what I saw Delph was real poor but can't say anything for rest of game. I'm sure he'll come good give time.

Oh and this against a time who we haven't beat in their last 6 visits to Villa Park I believe.

Looking forward to the City game to see the true metal of the players. City are spanking most teams right not so I'm sure most will expect the same against us. Let's get get behind the boys 6th and upwards.

[VamosMiAstonVilla]

Even though it was against one of the leagues whipping boys Gabby, Bannan and Bent look quite a potent force going forward. Bannan in the first half bossed the show. Not sure where is was in the 2nd half he was double marked I think but this left more space for Gabby and Bent. Gabby's best position is defiantly coming from the wing Henry style. Still concerns about possession due to our poor distribution from the back but at least up top we are looking more potent and with Bannan we have someone who is great at set-pieces.

[kurtsimonw]

Easy win. Gabby outstanding again. Delph by far the worst but improved a little in the 2nd half.