I know it could be considered the ‘Derby Way’ for us to go and mess up against horrible Millwall next week but I thought that today was genuinely encouraging. Villa are a big side and this is precisely the sort of fixture which might have seen us retreat into our ‘shells’ in recent seasons.
Showed some bottle, dealt with the absence of a key player, good substitutions showing the depth of the squad...all in all I’m encouraged and well done...but please don’t go and blow all the good work next week.