Saturday’s 3-2 victory over Wigan Athletic at Villa Park was hardly plain sailing for Aston Villa as we needed a late stoppage-time winner from Birkir Bjarnason to make it two wins from two in our 2018/19 Championship campaign.
A difficult summer had given rise to a number of emotions but on the pitch at least, we are doing just enough to build up our form and provide a nice distraction. Wigan had plenty of distractions, a couple of debuts, a first sight of our new pitch when even having a pitch had been in doubt at one stage, but undoubtedly a couple of players stole the show.
Former Hibernian midfielder John McGinn was one of them, James Chester another and Jack Grealish’s own showing gave everyone something to celebrate as the permanent transfer window slammed shut last week and he remained at Bodymoor Heath.
Great win today, that’s what it’s all about, last minute wins! On to Tuesdays game in the cup! Thankyou to the villa fans for the wonderful reception ❤️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/WPEwgRaGhC
— Jack Grealish (@JackGrealish1) August 11, 2018
It’s fair to say that Tweet went over extremely well on social media.
Super Jack. Best in the league by far.
— Chez Avfc (@AvfcUTV1) August 11, 2018
Looking forward seeing you and @jmcginn7 thought you where both fantastic today! #UTV
— Simon Morley (@1153Simon) August 11, 2018
Jack, you’re well loved here. Give it one more season to get us back in the Prem, I’m sure once we’re there we will fly with the new owners.
— Bobby Bruce XXX (@SupportAVFC) August 11, 2018
Great performance today Jack took my lad for his first game and he was singing super Jacky Grealish all the way home pic.twitter.com/Hv6jeMUqpd
— Alex Patrick (@apatrick1984) August 11, 2018
You & @jmcginn7 are going to boss this league
— Aaron Field (@Field_83) August 11, 2018
@JackGrealish1 Thank u Jack, we all love u, class act yet again. U can take us up!!!!
— David Wilde (@avfc_david) August 11, 2018
No worries ????,You’re one of our own ❤️????
— Nigel B6 (@B6Nigel) August 11, 2018
No, Jack, thank you. ????????
— Jb08 (@jsb_av1) August 11, 2018
Thanks for staying Jack – you’re a gent and we’re so lucky to have you. I hope you’ll have a great partnership with @jmcginn7 this year too.
— Simon Back (@Simonback78) August 11, 2018
@JackGrealish1 and @jmcginn7 if you two can keep playing like you did today you will cause a lot of teams problems. VTID
— Philip Cross (@PhilipCross2) August 11, 2018
That’s just a small taste of the love from fans, and even then it probably doesn’t do the reactions justice.
