[betterthanbaird]

Obviously delighted to have won but need to look at both sides of the performance.

My first game of the season due to work, money, not being arsed.

Villa were shit and created nothing the back 5 didn't have much to do but were quite solid throughout and were all fairly impressive, especially Lescott. Foster was a bit iffy with his kicking though.

The centre midfield three all worked hard and Morrison was a pleasant surprise for me as he broke up play very well. Gardner was good as usual but Dorrans was too quiet again.

Varela clearly has a lot of ability (that run in the first 10 mins) and his link up play with Pocognoli was encouraging, I'd have liked him to have got his crosses past Hutton more often though, Sess didn't do much and Ideye didn't really get the ball. Positive impact from Berahino.

The fans were quiet overall compared to Villa hence the library song but we were very loud in patches. Important points on the board.