Match Report - Thanks Liam

MOM 4* PETROL.....bring it on.....We are the Kings of Brum.....say we are KOB....say we are KOB...say we are KOB.....THERES ONLY ONE TEAM IN THIS CITY....The Old Calret and Blue.....

Thought it was easy to see a gulf between the two teams - yes I know the score was close but the talent on the pitch was not - the issue for MON is how to get some of them motivated to play at a higher tempo. Yes agree we could see why Ridge could not get into the team - some great work wasted by lapses - reminds me of someone else but that is another story. I thought this game showed that the team has moved on from 2 years ago - just wish some of the players believed it too.

Liam Ridgewell's left knee GET IN!!! K.R.O. ha!!!!! I agree with AstonMartinOneill thought Petrov was fantastic today and kept going right till the death. UTV

Disagree with Barry rating. Thought he ran the midfield, assisted by Stan. No help from Coker who was out of position but is worrying me. Laursen did give a pen away and got out-battled by Forsell. Young was awesome but was getting deeper and deeper, Carew was clumsy and donkeyish. Gabby is getting better and better and holding the ball up well. Saw the aftermatch interview, Gabby is a bit dopey but Young was articulate. Superb result and racking the points up. 8-)

Ian Taylor was actually in the away end with the Villa fans just like he was last time at St. Andrews when Super Kev won it for us

I thought Young and Agbonlahor looked dangerous whenever they was on the ball. A couple of fine saves form Carson kept you in it too.

ha ha ha ha at the bumfluffed one....... Fatloser you kill me ..... goto breath .... goto breath !!!!

Stan was superb, only bad game was oaky koaky, he looked brassed off for most of the game. I hope this dos not continue, no one wins with that, so come on we could end up top 6.

completely irrelevant to you lot but it was nice to see Mikel Forssell back on the scoresheet and fit again!

They said that it was a typical gloomy, overcast, November day. Well I never noticed, neither did any of the 3,000 plus Villans packed in the Railway End, along with the few brave souls who were scattered amongst the blue and white lot around the stadium. For us all the sun was shining, and everything was right with the world. We were there to party, and for most of the 90 minutes or so, we did. Didn't enjoy the 80 minute or so lock in at the end though. I can sort of understand the reasoning behind it, buit 80 minutes? I personally thought that that was uncalled for. We started slowly, and doubts started to creep into the Railway End supporters, but we needn't have worried. Liam Ridgewell, as he was prone to do for us all too often, decided to take it upon himself to change the course of the game, by diverting the rather superb Stan Petrov's hard driven cross past a bemused Maik Taylor, and into the back of the Tilton Road net. 1-0 to the good guys. We dominated the rest of the half, always in control, yet failed to add to the lead, which of course left us open to the expected Birmingham City onslaught that was certain to come in the second forty-five. Yes, Birmingham had two heated claims for penalties, but without the aid of repeated t.v. showings to confirm or deny my on the spot opinions, I thought the ref got it right both times. Onto the second half, and the introduction of Mikel Forssell, a substitution which at the time worried me a little. The guys a predator, and despite having some injury issues of late, he's always liable to pop one in, and our fears were confirmed when he put the Blues level, to jolt the home lot awake, and up the noise and atmosphere level inside Birmingham's biggest eyesore (which incidentally wasn't full). Nigel Reo-Coker volleyed over into the traveling Villans, an awful miss, when it looked so much easier to score. Blues pressed, and many of us started to think that maybe a point would be fine, if we could only hold out. Ridgewell nearly atoned for his first half blooper when his goalbound header was cleared off the line (by Gabby I believe), and we were then looking at our watches wishing that the last few minutes would hurry by. We needn't have worried. Ashley swung over a superb cross that Gabby got onto the end of, and the pandemonium began. Found myself hugging a complete stranger who had been sat in the row behind, but was now encircled in my arms. Understand Gabby was booked for his joyous celebration, but missed that completely. The lads reaction at the end was superb, every one a hero. Olof's face was a picture. You could see it meant as much to the players as it did to us the supporters. Thanks Martin and the lads. You did us proud. My man of the match was Stilyan Petrov, who I thought looked very much as if his confidence and form are returning by the match. Ash too was class. When isn't he? No everythings still not 100%. We're not world-beaters yet. We still have some way to go. We have our faults, faults that no doubt Martin and co are well aware of, and will seek to rectify come January. But I'm not going to be negative in any way. We've just turned over that lot from across the way. I'm going to celebrate and gloat until we come up against them next Spring. Hopefully that'll be the day we charge the visiting supporters forty-five quid per ticket, and keep them locked inside Villa Park for 80 minutes at the end.

Not forgetting of course................. OINK OINK Mr Gold!!

what was the score again? :-) <--- big smiley thing

still smiling all the way to work this morning,as i was yesterday morning. As derby games go i thought it was overall a good game. We have had so much bad luck in the past it's about time we had some good luck. Bruce is a tit and such a bad looser, just conceed to defeat you ******** spud head. I was pleased to see Petrov having a solid game, not MOTM but solid all the more. Laursen yet again is fast becomming a legend, the man is unbeatable, well DOL for signing him, just hope he stays injury free! my MOTM has to Gabby, goal line save then popping up to score the winner, they say goal keepers can we you 3 points, well Gabby did that for us Sunday. sitting pretty, and bragging rights well deserved. UTV

Great game, petrov, young and gabby are class. I knew it would go right to the death, a pleasure to watch. Blues played pretty well too, but still great match