OTF

Has anyone else noticed how Miggy is getting less ball now that ASM is on the bench?

We need some patience and composure when we have the ball, looking to create too early.

Took a few minutes for them to explain who Aston Villa were.

Superb tackle from Burn saved our bacon.

Schar and Botman in a tightly contested battle for the Jonjo Shelvey Heisman Trophy.

Botman unreal.

That ball from Guimaraes for Tripps making the perfectly timed run. /end comment

We're a little sloppy with our passing, perhaps it's overconfidence. Great energy and pressing.

Longstaff is looking positively dynamic, making a late run for England

Right foot cross.

Great chance there for Wilson - disappointing he couldn't put it on target.

We all know there is only one king.

I believe CT's preferred pronouns are he/him and that's a 32" waist (across).

We have enough ball for everyone to have a turn these days, even Murphy FFS.

Everyone who has come in has done a job and has the right attitude (I include Wood in that). It's great to have the confidence in the manager and the owners to only make moves that improve our team and fit in with the team ethos and not just based on price/availability just to get someone through the door. One or two in January is fantastic if they improve our first eleven.

TLDR: One game at a time.

Goodebening

Totally this and the cojones. The way our approach went down can't have won him any favours at Villareal, so with their lack of progression he probably feels the writing is on the wall. Coming into Villa on the back of Gerrard at this stage of the season is a cakewalk compared to coming in later to a winless club that almost everyone had nailed on as relegation certainties. The great thing is with the benefit of hindsight we can say with absolute certainty that getting Howe worked out to be the best thing to happen to the club in recent times (apart from the takeover that facilitated it). You would have to think that Villa should finish comfortably in mid table with the players they have and a half decent manager, far from a good return on their recent financial investment.

Won 10 straight at home have you Tottenham, that's nice.

Great result. How good is this team.

5 minutes, tbh I expected worse.

Wilson taking the piss now, he's on a yellow has to be careful.

This time wasting is going to hurt us when the board comes out for added time.

Wilson yellow for putting pressure on the keeper, no yellow for a throat check on wor Miggy.