Villa must now put winning run together after joy-Ful afternoon

At last... an Aston Villa Premier League win at the sixth attempt. At last... a point for bottom-placed Wolves, albeit they were so close to their first victory.

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Villa's full house groaned as Fulham took a third-minute lead through former Wolves striker Raul Jimenez. It came with a header from a corner.

Does the defending set-play coach take as much blame for that as he gets lauded for goals at the other end?

However, Villa recovered. It was good to see Ollie Watkins score again at last and driven on by their influential captain John McGinn, second-half goals came from McGinn and substitute Emi Buendia.

This should be the turning point for Villa. Out of the bottom three and now a Europa League match in Holland against Feyenoord on Thursday (8pm, TNT Sport) and followed at home again to Burnley on Sunday (2pm, Sky Sports Plus).

Villa have a double need to win with forthcoming Premier League matches against Tottenham Hotspur (2pm, Sunday October 19 on Sky Sports) and Liverpool away sandwiched with a home game against Manchester City (2pm, Sunday, October 24 on Sky Sports).

Maybe the new transfer chief Roberto Olabe can attract some better players than his predecessor Monchi, who he has just replaced. Higher wages for older players and the threat of FFP have not helped.

Not all transfers work out at every club but Villa have had more than their fair share in recent seasons examples I would suggest are Lewis Dobbin, Amadou Onana (£50 million also Everton), Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund £20 million) and Andres Garcia (Levante £6 million).

I reserve judgement of how Victor Lindelof, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho will work out for Villa.

By the way, I am a supporter of Sports plus).