Ratings & Reactions: Fulham v Villa

[TDR V2]

Great result, we are learning each game.

Gave Carlos MOTM closely followed by Tielemans

[richp999]

Solid performances from Carlos & Cash. Will they get some credit this week ?

[Enda]

Professional. Ollie's header from nothing and very clever touch in front of the CB won us that game. Tielemans a close second. Martinez's penalty save was a crucial moment.

Great to be able to bring on Duran, McGinn, Barkley and Jaden as well. Strength in depth.

[CarryOnVilla]

Some of our players were still on international break, but I’ll take the win 

[AndyClarke]

Great result, decent performance, Rogers great, Tielemans ridiculously good.

What a terrible refereeing performance, got one of the big decisions correct and they were all easy. Another team intent on kicking the shit out of us but we're no pushovers any more.

[Rightdm00]

Love that we won it at a trot in the 2nd half. Should be able to give a good effort in 3 days vs Bologna. 

[LondonLax]

We picked a side with an eye on a midweek Champions League match and still won comfortably, that is very encouraging. 

The red card was a joke though. 

[Robtaylor200]

Anyone have Bailey for MOTM, great result, happy days

But I so wanted the 4th for 50/1 

[OutByEaster?]

Crap for the opening five or ten minutes, crap for the final fifteen minutes - lovely in between.

We're not quite clicking, we're not quite putting together full performances and we're not quite fluent, but we're organised and we have a lot of talent on the field - we shouldn't underestimate how good a victory this is, it's a tough place to come to, they've got some real talent going forward and a good manager, it's an excellent three points and a great start to a very important week.

Result is an A, performance is a B minus, but I'll take it. We're a very, very good side in the making and when we click, we're going to take someone apart.

Tielemans was outstanding.

[rubberman]

Solid win and 3 points where most won't get them. Bailey's form is a worry and could have done with more composure from the subs. 

Plenty more gears to go up which is very exciting. 

[479Villan]

Was out of the house, what'd I miss?

OH JUST VILLA WITH 3 MORE POINTS

[rubberman]

Probably won't be last on motd though. 

[VillaChris]

Quality performance that.

Yes the red card helped us but we should've been at least 3-1 up before it occurred with some of the chances we created.

Our play was excellent, Ramsey's best game in over 12 months and Tielemans and Onana were very dogged in midfield, barely saw Smith-Rowe and Iwobi all game.

Scary when you look at what we have on the bench and Mings will be back very soon as an option.

We mean business this season as I'd have been happy with a draw today and in the end we won very comfortably away to in form team.

Onto the CL....

[TDR V2]

1 minute ago, 479Villan said:

Was out of the house, what'd I miss?

OH JUST VILLA WITH 3 MORE POINTS

You missed Mr Bishop leaving the stadium

[479Villan]

Just now, TDR V2 said:

You missed Mr Bishop leaving the stadium

I heard that he was called on the tannoy.

[Follyfoot]

30 quid 20 to one for the result, I will have a nice Saturday night 

[romavillan]

We know how to win from a goal or two down but we still need to defend better ideally. Possibly we rotated a bit with the Bologna game in mind or maybe Konsa just wasn't fit enough. 

Emery very frustrated first half, Rogers and Watkins occasionally having discussions about the final ball, and with other forwards. If we can improve our decision making where it counts then we'd be making twice the chances and scoring even more goals than we do. Could have gone in 1-2, or 1-3 at half time and cruised second half.

They aren't a bad side and we made them look very ordinary at their place. Two years ago we looked lost at the Cottage and went down three nil. Incredible what unai and his team have done.

What a time to be alive Mr Bishop.

[Mantis]

A good professional performance. Felt we got a bit sloppy when they went down to 10 and ironically recovered our composure when we went to down to 10 ourselves. A very tough place to come.

[Robtaylor200]

Just now, OutByEaster? said:

I thought we were worse after the red card.

As Steve Bruce used to say ........

[Pongo Waring]

9 games unbeaten. Lost once all season. What form we're on