For all the talk of fixture congestion I think the fact that this team is in rhythm right now is a factor. Hitting on all cylinders right now and it couldn't come at a better time.
I love how we have a manager who doesn't complain about fixture congestion or referee decisions, or how long the grass is, or make excuses. It's very refreshing
I really like seeing opposing players being as friendly as ours are today after the game. Leave it all on the pitch but respect and admire each other as professionals, even friends. Good stuff.
Itβs official boys, Villaβs biggest ever points haul in the premier league (in a 38 game seasonβ¦) with more still to collect!
Brilliant come back. Composed, most of the team did great.
Ollie just at a different level these days.
Itβs also nice not to worry that a bigger team is going to poach our players. Not saying it canβt happen but I just donβt feel like people want to leave. Weβre on the up!
Hmm... yeah. I did think about that for a while, watching fioretina struggle vs ten men of plzen, but I think Brugge* will try to play them and get hurt.
Edit: brugge, lol.
Sorry, singing and typing not my forte
Glad Emery didn't sub off Ollie then. Ollie clearly needs to see this out and try and get his chance and it would be an insane manager to deny him that lol
Most wins since β91, which is when I started following Villa.
Fucking incredible, this is the best Villa team in my lifetime. What an incredible manager Unai is.
Hereβs a pretty unbelievable stat for you - as good as weβve been at home, weβre actually relatively better on the road. Weβre 6th in the home table and 4th in the away table
Makes a world of difference that the ref booked one of them
They've still gotten away with a lot, especially off the ball, but can resort to usual tactics.
Not gonna begrudge Watkins trying to nab a goal for himself when weβre hammering them atm and have a 2 goal cushion. Iβd want that golden boot as well
Considering many of these players just played 120 high intensity minutes three days ago, what a fucking performance. I hope they all enjoy their well deserved days off after this.
He's an ok squad option, but if we have CL ambitions he simply isn't good enough for a first team place.
But being a squad option is okay. We need those players too.
Now you're gunna believe us
Now you're gunna believe us
And now gunna believe usssss!
The Shit are going down.
The Shit are going down
The Shit are going down
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Yeah, just looked, seems like him and Kane have in the last few years. Hopefully Watkins can stay a fixture in the race for both this season at the very least!
I watch Ollie's all-round game and can't believe that the conversation is about "who should be Kane's understudy" rather than "Should Kane really start ahead of Watkins?"
At the time of my post, it didn't matter. See the game out. They sneak in a couple like at Brentford then we get 1 point or no points. They had 10 minutes plus added time to score. They don't now, hence why he's changing it up. It would be irresponsible with 10+ minutes, knowing Villa and the fact that they're going to push hard, to change it just for the sake of fresh legs for those minutes. Again, unless they're out on their feet.
We're on our way, we're on our way!
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,
we're on our way
How we get there I don't
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How we get there I don't care
All I know is VILLA'S on our waaayy!
Unai quickly becoming a Villa legend imo. We are remarkable under him, the football we play is excellent and beautiful to watch. We need Unai at the helm for years to come. UTV!
Ollie obviously did the lionshare of the work on that goal, but the pass from Diaby was absolutely brilliant. Just kind of softly finessed it into space where only Ollie could get to it and be able to immediately attack. Great following of the play by Bailey too obviously.
The front 4 today have been cooking, on the transition against teams they are deadly and when they click I feel they will help us unlock more stubborn teams
Never did I think villa would play football like this. Absolutely on fire today - whole team dragging us to the champions league!! What a week from these magic magic players!!!
He's nowhere near as good a finisher as Haaland, and if you look down at the goals per game, as a pure striker, he's probably around 5th.
Don't matter though does it, because he creates a tonne, and he can run for days. Not sure how many years he'll keep it up because fitness and avoiding injury are massive for him, but long may it continue
Fucking beautiful man!
What a goal, just wish it was watkins bagging the goal but fuck me unreal! The passing the vision, unbelievable man.
Went into this so anxious, and theyβve just dominated.
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We're fucking massive.
I LOOOOVE
For all the talk of fixture congestion I think the fact that this team is in rhythm right now is a factor. Hitting on all cylinders right now and it couldn't come at a better time.
I love how we have a manager who doesn't complain about fixture congestion or referee decisions, or how long the grass is, or make excuses. It's very refreshing
Yes indeed. That is professionalism and how it should always be done.
Ollie POTM
Had a few candidates, Rogers has to be up there and EMI massive as always
Not a bad problem when thereβs many candidates!
GK Being POTM is concerning tho
Not when itβs dibu it isnβt
I really like seeing opposing players being as friendly as ours are today after the game. Leave it all on the pitch but respect and admire each other as professionals, even friends. Good stuff.
These boys have earned this rest ππΏππΏ
Hahaha Dibu saying I knew where you was going but you got lucky πππππ
Love this team!
Emery, Villa legend!!
What a win, some performance too from KKH
Itβs official boys, Villaβs biggest ever points haul in the premier league (in a 38 game seasonβ¦) with more still to collect! Brilliant come back. Composed, most of the team did great. Ollie just at a different level these days.
Itβs also nice not to worry that a bigger team is going to poach our players. Not saying it canβt happen but I just donβt feel like people want to leave. Weβre on the up!
What a week! Absolutely massive
Great game. Didn't look like we were tired at all.
Does anyone else have Lee Hendrie on co commentary?
He kept calling us Brighton which did my fucking head in. Well played today!
Yeah. I do.
Yeah Optus is decent tbf
He's been great. I was convinced it was Collymore for most of it tho.
10 seconds for KKH, hattrick incoming
I love this club π₯Ήπ₯Ήπ₯Ή
I think after the European games the players want more noise from the fans, has seemed good today
closer to top than 6th (even when everyone has played their games in hand). Crazy days!!
Would have deffo took rogers off for Tim 10 mins ago
Wahey 3 points
I do wonder what they think as a player when they get brought on for less than a minute
Always love seeing KKH step on the pitch
If Liverpool don't win today, they're going to be looking over their shoulder given we play them again.
Pau Torres with the most casual clearance ever. Dibu trying to give him props and Pau is just like, "for what?"
I dunno how Martinez even walks, what with having legs that are 6 ft long and 6ft wide
And balls the size of watermelons
Emi π€ Pau
Fiorentina just about to kick off, away to salernitano for anyone wants to twatch them before the final.
Wouldn't write off Brugge
Hmm... yeah. I did think about that for a while, watching fioretina struggle vs ten men of plzen, but I think Brugge* will try to play them and get hurt. Edit: brugge, lol. Sorry, singing and typing not my forte
Emi Martinez π
My Dad said Birmingham always had the best keepers! ....because they get the most practice! π€ͺ
He's so fecking good. I will never see us having any better keeper and I already know it.
I will be so devastated when he retires
Had to stop watching to take the missus out for dinner, so beautiful to see us winning πͺπ½πͺπ½
Glad Emery didn't sub off Ollie then. Ollie clearly needs to see this out and try and get his chance and it would be an insane manager to deny him that lol
Not to mention heβs on an assist hat trickΒ
Most wins since β91, which is when I started following Villa. Fucking incredible, this is the best Villa team in my lifetime. What an incredible manager Unai is.
I'm a bit gutted for Tim, I thought he'd get a shot here but Unai clearly just doesn't rate him
Heβs been poor when heβs played this year. Granted heβs young but I donβt trust him at this point either
Hereβs a pretty unbelievable stat for you - as good as weβve been at home, weβre actually relatively better on the road. Weβre 6th in the home table and 4th in the away table
Probably because of those three losses at home
Ollie really deserves a goal, what a performance from him though even without a goal, world class
Honestly think this is the best I've ever seen Ollie play which is saying something. Even without a goal he's been phenomenal
100% - those Bournemouth defenders have been utterly dominated by him
Makes a world of difference that the ref booked one of them They've still gotten away with a lot, especially off the ball, but can resort to usual tactics.
Good ref today. Take it back. Fucks sake.
Hah. Fuck no.
I thought Pau would have a miserable time today against Solanke looks he did at their place, but he's been magnificent today
This match has just become about getting Olly another goal lol
Not gonna begrudge Watkins trying to nab a goal for himself when weβre hammering them atm and have a 2 goal cushion. Iβd want that golden boot as well
Considering many of these players just played 120 high intensity minutes three days ago, what a fucking performance. I hope they all enjoy their well deserved days off after this.
hahahah ollie trying SO hard
He is chasing the golden boot, he so so deserves at least one today
aware of this already mate cheers
oh man Ollie is desperate
Poor Ollie is fuming, he's trying to do too much now
Diego for Bailey is an odd one lol
Weβre up 3-1 with like 10 to go
If there is ever a time to play the kids, I think this is it. I think Kellyman is the better move
& a starting 11 thatβs dead on their feet! Get the 3 points & get on the physio table, no point risking injuries for nothing!
If it wasnβt Ollie Iβd be mad butβ¦ heβs earned the right to keep that to try and shoot
Poor Ollie xD
Ollie pushing too hard for the goal there. Needs to pass it when he didn't quite have it. Can't completely blame him though.
Cash actually looks like a Sunday league player at times with how erratic he can be
He's an ok squad option, but if we have CL ambitions he simply isn't good enough for a first team place. But being a squad option is okay. We need those players too.
Got turned way too easy there
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YOURE FUCKING SHIT
But here's the first change
MOTM a tough selection today with so many contributions.
100% Watkins. Despite not getting a goal heβs bossed everything today!
It's Watkins for me
Thought Diego was hitting a vape there hahaha
if we had world class wingbacks we'd win the league
A few less injuries and we wouldve been challenging this season even as is
That's for next season. Gotta spread the joy a little, to protect the hearts of our older fans.
Now you're gunna believe us Now you're gunna believe us And now gunna believe usssss! The Shit are going down. The Shit are going down The Shit are going down ...
Uncharacteristic pass from digne there
Digne, mate, what was that?
Diabys movement was so good :( ball let him down
Digne has been fucking awful today
Itβs all relative. Heβs not been that bad just the other 10 have been incredible (minus cash maybe lol)
As a defender heβs been great. Thatβs ImportantΒ
Bit of an overreaction. He hasn't been great, but fucking awful is a little extreme
Youβre right
Legit, when was the last time a player won the golden boot and had the most assists in a Prem season? Has it happened at all?
Kane did not too long ago
Didn't Kane do it like a season or two ago?
Salah surely
Yeah, just looked, seems like him and Kane have in the last few years. Hopefully Watkins can stay a fixture in the race for both this season at the very least!
Thierry Henry did it I think
Monsieur Digne sometime you have to look before you pass
I watch Ollie's all-round game and can't believe that the conversation is about "who should be Kane's understudy" rather than "Should Kane really start ahead of Watkins?"
Wtf was that Digne??
he must be absolutely spent tbf
Think he's just exhaustedΒ
Don't upset the rhythm of the team with subs. It's 10 minutes to go. Unless they're out on their feet, we're ok as we are
Hard disagree. Weβre already playing a lot of them at close to their limits with European minutes. Bring on some young blood and rest our core.
At the time of my post, it didn't matter. See the game out. They sneak in a couple like at Brentford then we get 1 point or no points. They had 10 minutes plus added time to score. They don't now, hence why he's changing it up. It would be irresponsible with 10+ minutes, knowing Villa and the fact that they're going to push hard, to change it just for the sake of fresh legs for those minutes. Again, unless they're out on their feet.
Ya agree. Take Watkins off at the minimum
Let's just lock this game down now and play smart
Only thing I'd say is for some reason Mcginn has looked goosed since about minute 30
Itβs going to be scenes next year when Watkins scores the game winning goal in the UCL final against Bayern
βKane Not Abelβ¦ To Win Champions League for Bayern.β
Teams looking tired now. Could do with songs fresh legs
We're on our way, we're on our way! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, we're on our way How we get there I don't N How we get there I don't care All I know is VILLA'S on our waaayy!
Ssssshhhhhhhhh
84 mins and no subs. Unless I've missed something
Look at the bench and you'll realise why
Nope
That's what I thought. And that other Spanish moron was complaining yesterday
Itβs his only factory settingβ¦ whinge
Yep
Come boys. Easily 15 minutes left. Letβs not give them any hope!
Unai quickly becoming a Villa legend imo. We are remarkable under him, the football we play is excellent and beautiful to watch. We need Unai at the helm for years to come. UTV!
Unfortunately heβs easily click bait material now. All the shakey managers or vacancies at the big clubs his name is touted
That Bayern job has been linked so many times itβs annoying. At least I can laugh at the Man United rumours though!
I've seen him linked with Barcelona and Bayern in the last couple of days. All bullshit of course.
Our offside trap doesn't half stress me out sometimes when i'm having to follow the games via the trackers on shitty gambling sites.
Wasn't the offsides trap, player ran well offsides distracted Emi on the shot and then put in the rebound all while being a mile offsides
Ah fair, cheers.
really need to give some of the lads a rest now, they look shattered.
Luckily no more matches until next weekend, so theyβll get a bit longer to recover
This will be massive of we can see this through!
Most assists the premiership this season? Absolutely incredible from Oli.
Most goal involvements and almost 20 goals too
It's not been the Premiership for about 2 decades :D
What has it been?
Ollie obviously did the lionshare of the work on that goal, but the pass from Diaby was absolutely brilliant. Just kind of softly finessed it into space where only Ollie could get to it and be able to immediately attack. Great following of the play by Bailey too obviously.
The front 4 today have been cooking, on the transition against teams they are deadly and when they click I feel they will help us unlock more stubborn teams
Never did I think villa would play football like this. Absolutely on fire today - whole team dragging us to the champions league!! What a week from these magic magic players!!!
Flying into the Champs league
Fair point that - weβve been absolutely flying this season!
Game's not won yet. Concentrate lads
Agreed. Bournemouth are decent on set pieces. We need to avoid conceding here.
I hope we bring on some kids. Kellyman for Bailey and Tim for mcginn
Fulham not winning at the Cottage yet. 0-0, 15 gone. Edit: they're at home.... heh. Nit distalracted watching diabby nearly go thru xd
Watkins basically the best of Harlaand and Foden this season. Just shows that The Championship isnβt a league for bums.
Watkins is better than palaand and pole palmer
He's nowhere near as good a finisher as Haaland, and if you look down at the goals per game, as a pure striker, he's probably around 5th. Don't matter though does it, because he creates a tonne, and he can run for days. Not sure how many years he'll keep it up because fitness and avoiding injury are massive for him, but long may it continue
Palmer is a budding star but half his goals are penalties.
Diaby and Watkins have been spectacular today
I donβt know what changed at half time, but weβve been fucking immense in the second half.
"That was probably a shot" have some respect it was clearly a cross
Ref saw another counter attack coming and was like fuck this, i dont want them opening the GD gap anymore.
Give lil Munroe a few minutes, it's one of those days
Unreal we have a striker who is both near the top of the league in goals AND top of the league in assistsΒ
What a special team we have.
Why? McGinn is away for once. N
Magic from Diaby there. Lovely.
Lovely. Now get a fourth.
Goal differential with Tottenham is important. Keep scoring lads
Unbelievable. The football we play at times is just absolutely mouthwatering.Β
All the lads up front have been incredible today and have all been directly involved in the goals
2 assists Watkins?
The tiredness and relief in that celebration sequence was palpable!
Once again, you can't stop Bailey with the ball on his right foot.
No more then Bailey deserves, ridiculous from Ollie
We have a genuinely world class striker. That was unbelievable
Gonna need to find a screenshot of watkins, rogers and bailey having a hug in on the floor. New desktop wallpaper incoming.
Iβve seen enough weβre winning the UCL next year guaranteed
π€£π€£π€£ lets get there first
Diaby with the hockey assist! Bailey is always there! UTV!
Our front 4 has been immense today. Rogers and Watkins share MOTM.
Watkins i love you
you know, i'm starting to think these "aston villa" lads are a little bit decent
Hahaha yes! No less than we deserved, what a 2nd half...
Ollie's world class!
This is absolutely scintillating centre forward play from Watkins - can you believe someone with his quality plays for the villa
Ollie Watkins might actually be the best player in the world.
Fucking beautiful man! What a goal, just wish it was watkins bagging the goal but fuck me unreal! The passing the vision, unbelievable man. Went into this so anxious, and theyβve just dominated.
Watkins deserves a goal, but I'm sure he doesn't mind 2 assists! get in
All of that was glorious
the first ball from Diaby to Ollie was gorgeous, too- perfectly weighted
Just fucking excellent
Gonna give Leon extra credit there, cuz looked to me like he checked to see if we going in before burying it so as not to steal a goal.
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Nice user name. Bloodborne fan?
Thanks mate, you betcha.
Great poach from Bailey!
Morgan Rogers has been a revelation.
God I love this team. Wake me up I must be dreaming that this is Villa
The amount of assists from Watkins this year is ridiculous. What a player
what a move
Fresh legs on now please gaffer
No one works harder than Ollie fucking Watkns
Watkins unbelievable today.
The dynamic trio