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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on March 04, 2025, 07:36:18 PM
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Never in doubt.
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What a fucking result
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This was the turning point.
https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1897002876263665777
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Massive win.
Second leg they have to come at us which will play in our hands.
Mings superb motm
More than made up for the league game vs brugges. He was brilliant. Vintage tyrone
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That's how you do it. Fresh legs the difference maker.
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Play crap and win. That's the way...
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
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Better result than performance I thought tbh. But all you can do is take advantage of the oppositions errors
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Get in!
Rode our luck at times, defence flat footed at times, and Cash let a few crosses in, but we stuck at it and made it count. Great to see Kamara back.
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We are going to need those extra goals. Much better second half performance which they couldn't handle.
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Satisfactory. Still work to be done next week.
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We must have saved up all our good luck for tonight as for much of the game we were the usual slow Gok wank. If we ever play well there'll be no stopping us.
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Mings basically a goal and an assist, comfortably man of the match. Pretty decent four subs to be able to bring on.
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Mings - brilliant. Rio in the studio sounding gutted, and lovely Alan Hutton looking thrilled. Job done!!!
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Lovely stuff
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Wasn't pretty but that has to be game over now!
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
In the league phase it was €700k for a draw, €2.1 for a win. Not sure if they do it that way in knockouts.
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Can't be many teams that go to Bruges and win, especially from Birmingham,oh hang on
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Well that's just dandy. Not a brilliant performance but by no means terrible. We have an insanely strong bench these days, and Emery isn't afraid to use it. Makes all the difference.
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Nice.
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There seems to be 2 post match threads!
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TY MOM
the rest was ok - watkins not on it
but fuck that - The fans next week will drive us home now. Now come on PSG ..
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Lovely stuff. The move that led to the OG was spot on.
Massive opportunity to go through now.
Even when he falls over still a lovely pen from Marco.
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We arre a better team than we have shown through much of the season. We just need to prove to ourselves sometimes. This season, especially away from home we haven't believed enough. This is a massive result for so many reasons.
Two cup quarter finals now. Who'd have thought?
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There seems to be 2 post match threads!
a few have a split personality on here Jane :)
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There seems to be 2 post match threads!
Ever since Dave stopped being a mod the others haven't picked up the slack.
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We arre a better team than we have shown through much of the season. We just need to prove to ourselves sometimes. This season, especially away from home we haven't believed enough. This is a massive result for so many reasons.
Two cup quarter finals now. Who'd have thought?
Nearly but not quite.
Job much done but not yet complete
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Kamara gliding out of defence, clever pass, rogers still couldn’t find a Villa player…great move.
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There seems to be 2 post match threads!
PWS wins by 6 seconds.
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Crap game.
Great result!!!!
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We arre a better team than we have shown through much of the season. We just need to prove to ourselves sometimes. This season, especially away from home we haven't believed enough. This is a massive result for so many reasons.
Two cup quarter finals now. Who'd have thought?
Nearly but not quite.
Job much done but not yet complete
Yeah we're not there yet
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It looked like we had settled for a draw and then won.
Only top teams can do that.
Far from over though, they created too many easy chances for my liking!!
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Konsa, superb again btw.
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Mods…..we need a merge
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
Nothing in the knockouts, just the prize for getting through (which would be €12.5m).
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That'll do nicely. Mings our motm. What a clearance. Watching that header first time around i couldn't understand why it didn't go in!
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3-1 flattered us but we were deserved winners. Bruges are a decent team who found it easy to cut through us. Kamara will give that midfield more nous and drive in the coming games. Thought Cash was off it in defence but on it in attack. We have a penalty taker of very high class again.
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Kamara gliding out of defence, clever pass, rogers still couldn’t find a Villa player…great move.
Agreed, I thought he made all the difference. Up until that point our stodgy pedestrian build op from the back was kiliing us. You can't paly like that with Watkins in the team, it makes him look terrible.
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Just think how good we will be when we play well. Onwards and upwards!!
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It was still a game where we let the team we’re playing have too many chances, but we rode our luck and got a massive result. Unai needs to calm down a bit, we don’t need him getting banned.
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The last time Aston Villa beat Belgian opposition in a European competition was in 1982…
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
Someone here mentioned that we get £9m if we make the next round. Not sure if there are individual win bonuses as well.
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
Nothing in the knockouts, just the prize for getting through (which would be €12.5m).
Fair enough. We'll just have to have that then.
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3-1 flattered us but we were deserved winners. Bruges are a decent team who found it easy to cut through us. Kamara will give that midfield more nous and drive in the coming games. Thought Cash was off it in defence but on it in attack. We have a penalty taker of very high class again.
Yes that cutting through, including right at the end is concerning. But with Kamara back and hopefully Onana soon will help.
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
Nothing in the knockouts, just the prize for getting through (which would be €12.5m).
Fair enough. We'll just have to have that then.
And obviously co-efficient points for ourselves (good) but also for the association for 5th which if we aren't getting, I would like to not happen.
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Mings - brilliant. Rio in the studio sounding gutted, and lovely Alan Hutton looking thrilled. Job done!!!
didnt he just what a wankier
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A very, very spotty performance.
But a wonderful result.
How do approach the home game ?
Do we try and score or manage the tie out ?
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Stefan borson said we were heading for a £100m windfall but I’ve no idea how he calculated it. Celtic made £38m in total for not getting through the play off game.
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Crap game.
Great result!!!!
Crap game? Nah. End to end stuff mate!! Brilliant goal line clearance. A penalty. 4 goals. A world class Spaniard in a Villa kit. Yes there were mistakes and misplaced passes so not perfect by any means but that was not a crap game of football.
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Great results - lovely to see another team self-implode when seemingly comfortable!!
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The Brugge defender had to stick his leg out.
Tap in otherwise.
Great result.
And we’ve got 3 away goals!!!!
Yeah…I know…
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https://x.com/AVFCStatto/status/1897010078160707773?s=08
Redemption
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Sweet.. Great result.
Thank you Villa.
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Great result. Was convinced Mings didn't make a touch from the header and it was going wide anyway (couldn't understand McCoist raving on about it). Happy to be proved wrong . I'm still not sure it was a penalty, put it this way if we'd have given it away I'd be pissed off. Anyway glass 3/4 full , roll on Villa Park.
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Finally a game where the misfortune falls on our opponents.
Chuffed for Mings, very solid performance with one superb piece of defending in the same penalty area he suffered ridicule 4 months back. Top man.
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you can't expect to go away in the champions league knockouts and have it your own way for 90 mins you have to suffer for long periods. But I felt very comfortable tonight, I was a bit concerned making 4 subs in one hit at 1-1, I would have staggered it out a bit however it worked out for us, surely the 2nd leg is a formality now.
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Yay, it's been merged!!
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Fantastic result, Mings more than made up for his handball there last time.
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Great result. Was convinced Mings didn't make a touch from the header and it was going wide anyway (couldn't understand McCoist raving on about it). Happy to be proved wrong . I'm still not sure it was a penalty, put it this way if we'd have given it away I'd be pissed off. Anyway glass 3/4 full , roll on Villa Park.
Nah, it was stonewall, just really stupid from the defender.
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Just soaking it in - all those "Champions League your 'aving a laff" taunts rammed down collective throats
Well done you Villa boys!!!! Hope all the travelling have a marvellous evening
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Rio Ferdinand made a good point - at this level pretty much everyone is a good side and you’ll always have chances creates against you, you just need the mentality to keep calm, take your chances when you get them, and see it out.
Think back, for example, to how many times you used to see Ferguson’s Man United look largely second best and somehow still manage to win.
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Great result. Was convinced Mings didn't make a touch from the header and it was going wide anyway (couldn't understand McCoist raving on about it). Happy to be proved wrong . I'm still not sure it was a penalty, put it this way if we'd have given it away I'd be pissed off. Anyway glass 3/4 full , roll on Villa Park.
Looked like the slightest of touches, either hitting the post or going in
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Fantastic result, Mings more than made up for his handball there last time.
That was intentional. He looked at how the draw would play out and acted accordingly. The man’s a genius.
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;D ;D ;D
Fantastic result, Mings more than made up for his handball there last time.
That was intentional. He looked at how the draw would play out and acted accordingly. The man’s a genius.
;D ;D ;D
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Participation €18.6m
Group stage Win €2.1m
Draw €0.7m
League position €0.275m per share
League position bonus:
Place 1-8 €2.0m
Place 9-16 €1.0m
Play-off round €1.0m
Last 16 payment €11.0m
Quarter finalist €12.5m
Semi finalist €15.0m
Finalist €18.5m
Winner €6.5m
Running total
Award Total
Participation €18.6m 18.6
Young Boys (W) €2.1m 20.7
Bayern (W) €2.1m 22.8
Bologna €2.1m 24.9
Club Brugge €0.0m 24.9
Juventus €0.7m 25.6
RB Leipzig €2.1m 27.7
Monaco €0.0m 27.7
Celtic €2.1m 29.8
Top 8 bonus €2.0m 31.8
League position €7.975m 39.775
Last 16 €11.0 50.775
Chuck in the €18m from gate receipts for the 4 home games.
Add another €4.5m for next Tuesday.
That brings the running total to €73.275
Quarter finalist? €12.5m plus say another €4.5m gate money takes us to €90.275.
Plus of course any other monies we've earned - from sponsors, tv etc.
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surely the 2nd leg is a formality now.
I hope so but given what Brugge did to Atalanta we can’t have that attitude next week
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Result far more important then the performance.
Cash did well when he came on.
Ming very good.
Watkins should have started.
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Great result. Was convinced Mings didn't make a touch from the header and it was going wide anyway (couldn't understand McCoist raving on about it). Happy to be proved wrong . I'm still not sure it was a penalty, put it this way if we'd have given it away I'd be pissed off. Anyway glass 3/4 full , roll on Villa Park.
Nah, it was stonewall, just really stupid from the defender.
Ha. You beat me to it. It's a nailed on pen for me and the defender just put his head straight in his hands. No complaints from them. paul.e saw it differently obviously. It's weird how people can look at something like that and see it totally differently.
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Participation €18.6m
Group stage Win €2.1m
Draw €0.7m
League position €0.275m per share
League position bonus:
Place 1-8 €2.0m
Place 9-16 €1.0m
Play-off round €1.0m
Last 16 payment €11.0m
Quarter finalist €12.5m
Semi finalist €15.0m
Finalist €18.5m
Winner €6.5m
Running total
Award Total
Participation €18.6m 18.6
Young Boys (W) €2.1m 20.7
Bayern (W) €2.1m 22.8
Bologna €2.1m 24.9
Club Brugge €0.0m 24.9
Juventus €0.7m 25.6
RB Leipzig €2.1m 27.7
Monaco €0.0m 27.7
Celtic €2.1m 29.8
Top 8 bonus €2.0m 31.8
League position €7.975m 39.775
Last 16 €11.0 50.775
Chuck in the €18m from gate receipts for the 4 home games.
Add another €4.5m for next Tuesday.
That brings the running total to €73.275
Quarter finalist? €12.5m plus say another €4.5m gate money takes us to €90.275.
Plus of course any other monies we've earned - from sponsors, tv etc.
Thats Numberwang !!! .. sorry I'll get me coat.
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We arre a better team than we have shown through much of the season. We just need to prove to ourselves sometimes. This season, especially away from home we haven't believed enough. This is a massive result for so many reasons.
Two cup quarter finals now. Who'd have thought?
It's only half-time in tonight's tie.
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surely the 2nd leg is a formality now.
I hope so but given what Brugge did to Atalanta we can’t have that attitude next week
They sat back and hit Atalanta on the break because they had the lead. That won't work, although they have shown they have the players and plays to get some good chances anyway.
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https://x.com/AVFCStatto/status/1897010078160707773?s=08
Redemption
Legend!
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Saddvillan - impressive.
Don’t have the data but isn’t there a coefficient payment too? Somehow Man city made more than us at the end of the group games because they had a better coefficiency from previous years. from memory we were around 70m at the end if the group.
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We need to go strongest possible and put in 110÷ next week. We have a big break after that game so we can rest up afterwards.
Villa park will hopefully be rocking next week
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Cash did well going forward but got caught twice going the other way. But don't really care about that at the moment
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Fantastic result, Mings more than made up for his handball there last time.
Hear! Hear! A good redemption arc story warms the heart doesn't it? ;)
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Result far more important then the performance.
Cash did well when he came on.
Ming very good.
Watkins should have started.
I'm hoping Ming stays round long enough to form a dynasty.
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110 divided by what?
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35/1 to win it. Might stick a tenner on
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Saddvillan - impressive.
Don’t have the data but isn’t there a coefficient payment too? Somehow Man city made more than us at the end of the group games because they had a better coefficiency from previous years. because its rigged. from memory we were around 70m at the end if the group.
FTFY
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Sure feels good when the rub of the green is in your favour. It could have easily been 3-1 when our second went in...what a shame, nevermind. Great result.
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Fantastic result. Thought it was a pretty even game on the whole and probably would have taken a draw at 80 minutes. Bit of fortune with the own goal and penalty, but them's the breaks.
Sets the home leg up perfectly now as they will have to come out and go for it, which suits us. They did create a couple of very good chances towards the end (two came from through balls slipped in between Cash and Konsa) so we will still need to be on it.
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Always nice to see the Mings Konsa partnership. I think it’s our strongest pairing.
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Result far more important then the performance.
Cash did well when he came on.
Ming very good.
Watkins should have started.
I'm hoping Ming stays round long enough to form a dynasty.
Not sure - hes already said any trophies we win need to be described as vases.
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Always nice to see the Mings Konsa partnership. I think it’s our strongest pairing.
They were doing the Irish commentator's nut in. He felt they were taking too many touches and way too slow in possession.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
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Always nice to see the Mings Konsa partnership. I think it’s our strongest pairing.
They were doing the Irish commentator's nut in. He felt they were taking too many touches and way too slow in possession.
Yup that is the problem with them. Great clearance by Ty though.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Whilst I think Kamara is a brilliant player - the difference tonight was JJ and Asensio… we could have conceded late on.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Maybe defensively, but it limits our positive control of the game.
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Obviously it's not the most important thing, but how much money do we get for a win, compared to drawing the game? Isn't it quite a lot?
€2.1m for a win against €700,000 for a draw.
I read that if we win both legs (and obviously therefore go through to the quarters) it’s worth something like £14.8m. Pounds that is.
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Great result to take into the second leg, even if the scoreline flattered us a little. The subs changed it for us i thought. Get the first goal next week and get it done.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Maybe defensively, but it limits our positive control of the game.
Kamara our most important player me thinks, did play Rogers free for our second goal and we looked in much better shape with him in midfield.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Maybe defensively, but it limits our positive control of the game.
Huh? Not sure that’s true at all, he played a big role in the second goal. He links defence and attack.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Maybe defensively, but it limits our positive control of the game.
Huh? Not sure that’s true at all, he played a big role in the second goal. He links defence and attack.
Quoted the wrong post! Agreed, Kamara is key to both.
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Thought our throw ins were poor.
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Criticism of the throw ins just made me crack up 😂
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Criticism of the throw ins just made me crack up 😂
I also thought the way we walked on to the pitch was unprofessional. And I didn’t like the kind of knot Youri used to tied up his boots. I felt it was going to be a shit night. Thank goodness it wasn’t.
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Criticism of the throw ins just made me crack up 😂
That all he's took from 3-1 away win in Champions League. Staggering.
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Thought our throw ins were poor.
They were, there was one by Disasi in the second half that left me shaking my head.
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Can Heck slash prices for the dead-rubber return leg? Credit those who have bought their tickets with £50
Good man yerself, Chris.
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35/1 Do you want to bet against us!
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The goal kicks weren't the best either.
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This was the turning point.
https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1897002876263665777
Outstanding.
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Saddvillan - impressive.
Don’t have the data but isn’t there a coefficient payment too? Somehow Man city made more than us at the end of the group games because they had a better coefficiency from previous years. from memory we were around 70m at the end if the group.
Football Meets Data on X is your best bet for all this.
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Martinez- one great save. Actually thought he should of done better with the goal. Nt really troubled for most of the night.
Disasi.- competent but prefer him at CB
Konsa - Did ok in the main.
Mings - imperious and MOTM
Digne - tidy if unspectacular
Mcginn- did the ugly work well.
Tielemans- pretty anonymous
Bailey - fantastic goal and played his part to stretch them
Rogers- as much as I love to see him take players on I end up screaming for him to release it quicker. Fantastic ball in for the OG
Rashford - pretty ineffective and rightly pulled.
Watkins - thought he was terrible. Poor first touch and could not hold the ball up.
Fantastic use of the subs
Kamara- brought composure
Cash - did very well for pen
Ramsay - much better than Rashford. Linked that left side very well.
Asensio - such a great footballer and such a cool dude. 5 goals in 3 games. Really is signing of the window. I just love watching him play.
Sue
Got subs spot on but I knowing all about control but when we move the ball quickly we are fantastic. When we are slow it can be a hard watch.
Brilliant result. Now let's put it to bed next week with the first goal
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Maybe defensively, but it limits our positive control of the game.
I’d suggest all over the park , not just defensively. When he plays well , 7 out of 10 times Villa do as well.
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Great result.
Bit miffed off with myself, as was in Aardenburg this morning (about 15 mins from Bruges) and to be honest had forgotten the game was today (been very busy and a bot distracted with my upcoming wedding). Drove for 4 hours north to Raalte and then back home to Ommen then remembered the game was on and only caught the second half.
Could easily have stayed in Bruges and attended, or at least had some beers with the travelling fans.
Delighted with the result though. Also managed to get tickets to the PNE game for me and my boys, so better luck for that one.
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The white kit looked great tonight. Especially with Acorns on the front.
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You can see what a difference kamara makes. We looked a lot for defensively robust when he came on
Maybe defensively, but it limits our positive control of the game.
Huh? Not sure that’s true at all, he played a big role in the second goal. He links defence and attack.
Quoted the wrong post! Agreed, Kamara is key to both.
Lol. I thought you were trolling us
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The white kit looked great tonight. Especially with Acorns on the front.
Yeah, it looked absolutely stunning with the white shorts.
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Brugge used up all their luck when they played Atalanta. Every shot they had managed to find the top corner whereas nothing went right for Atalanta as they hit the post and crossbar on about 3 occasions and fluffed their chances when one on one with the Brugge goalkeeper. Think they’ve been lucky to get this far and think we’ll win 3 or 4 nil next week
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
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Brugge used up all their luck when they played Atalanta. Every shot they had managed to find the top corner whereas nothing went right for Atalanta as they hit the post and crossbar on about 3 occasions and fluffed their chances when one on one with the Brugge goalkeeper. Think they’ve been lucky to get this far and think we’ll win 3 or 4 nil next week!
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Great result.
Bit miffed off with myself, as was in Aardenburg this morning (about 15 mins from Bruges) and to be honest had forgotten the game was today (been very busy and a bot distracted with my upcoming wedding). Drove for 4 hours north to Raalte and then back home to Ommen then remembered the game was on and only caught the second half.
Could easily have stayed in Bruges and attended, or at least had some beers with the travelling fans.
Delighted with the result though. Also managed to get tickets to the PNE game for me and my boys, so better luck for that one.
Tickets for PNE aren’t on sale yet.
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
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Always in control, never any doubt about the result.
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
🟣🔵🏅 Morgan Rogers, UEFA Man of the Match tonight for Aston Villa against Club Brugge.
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Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
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At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.
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At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.
We'll beat them by the same margin at VP. If they were to come down on us like a ton of bricks it could get messy for them. We have top players now who know how to exploit space on the pitch.
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Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
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Issue wasn't taking off Watkins. It was moving Cash out of right back at that stage of the game. Not sure if we finished with a back 5 but neither did the players and it nearly cost us a goal in injury time. Could have stuck Bogarde into midfield and pushed Tielemans further up, less disruption.
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At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.
We'll beat them by the same margin at VP. If they were to come down on us like a ton of bricks it could get messy for them. We have top players now who know how to exploit space on the pitch.
I hope you are right. But they don’t need to come at us. They just need to play the same as today. They had plenty of chances and also stifled our attack. No need for them to change anything.
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
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At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.
We'll beat them by the same margin at VP. If they were to come down on us like a ton of bricks it could get messy for them. We have top players now who know how to exploit space on the pitch.
I hope you are right. But they don’t need to come at us. They just need to play the same as today. They had plenty of chances and also stifled our attack. No need for them to change anything.
I know. I was responding to a post that said they were going to come down on us like a ton of bricks. I don't see them doing that because it would be suicidal for them at our place.
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On another day could easily have been different, but who cares unbelievable result. Tyrone was magnificent, that goal line clearance was brilliant MOM, great also to see Kamara back, hopefully he stays injury free until the end of the season. Interesting to see how Unai is going to play the 2nd leg.
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
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Great result - we looked a long way off clicking but fuck it - great to get one away from home go our way.
Think the constient changes in defense and our knackered midfield is why we struggle for consitency. I dont think Youri is a great athelete (but a very good footballer) - as in he cant keep going in the way Digne and Ollie can - but hes done well considering he needs a rest.
Barkley has been a big miss there - a squad player is all well and good - but they need to be there when you need them.
Hopefully with Pau and Kamara on there way back we can get enough together to achieve something specual, It feels like Unai is feeling the pressure - he seems more angery involved than normal.
Shout out to Mings - was my MOTM.
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Excellent performance away from home in Europe to a good side with a number of very good players who will move onto to bigger clubs. Is there room for improvement? Absolutely, there always is but I felt we were pretty solid throughout and the substitutions worked very nicely.
The scintillating football of parts of last season is always going to be more difficult now we are acknowledged as a good side and teams look to shut us down more than they did beforehand.
Job done!
Now for 3pts on Saturday and then we can focus on the 2nd half of this game
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
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I thought Brugge probably shaded it for much of the match, in particular they seemed to win most second balls and we just couldn’t get going forwards wise, as they broke up play really well. They also created three really good chances in the second half.
I thought Mings defended very well and obviously unreal clearance off his laces. But he can be so frustrating bringing the ball out from the back and some really aimless long punts upfield. As well as he defended tonight, I can’t wait to have Torres back in there.
Thought Watkins was really poor tonight, but no one really shone until the subs came on. Asensio’s pen was great.
Unai was going mad at 1-1 and it felt like he was so annoyed as the players weren’t giving him enough.
Saying all of that a really great result and its really unbelievable that we have one foot in the QFs. We really need to start on the front foot next wee, like against Celtic, if we can grab a goal in the first 10-15 it kills any momentum from them.
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Dont think he was a disaster. He didnt start great but did ok. He is better at cb no question
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Thought our throw ins were poor.
Toss up between MacPhee’s or Monchi’s fault.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
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Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
Yep he was at fault for all those goals we conceded.
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Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
Yep he was at fault for all those goals we conceded.
He certainly was. Caught flat footed on the first ball, backs off all the way into our box then.
Standard CB playing right back tucking in far too narrow leaving them always with an out ball to that wing.
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Great result.
Bit miffed off with myself, as was in Aardenburg this morning (about 15 mins from Bruges) and to be honest had forgotten the game was today (been very busy and a bot distracted with my upcoming wedding). Drove for 4 hours north to Raalte and then back home to Ommen then remembered the game was on and only caught the second half.
Could easily have stayed in Bruges and attended, or at least had some beers with the travelling fans.
Delighted with the result though. Also managed to get tickets to the PNE game for me and my boys, so better luck for that one.
Tickets for PNE aren’t on sale yet.
Borrowing season tickets off friends that are not going to be there.
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Great result but so-so performance. Start was really good and just what we expect in Europe but we fell off really quickly and lost the initiative.
Really poor performance from Ollie, we really needed the ball to 'stick' when it went to him and it didn't.
Brilliant finish, hope we are keeping something in the tank
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
He was ok…we have an opponent it’s what happens, you win some balls you lose some balls.
Disaster is a ludicrous take on his performance
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Think Bailey was more to blame for the first. But he equalled it out with his brilliant goal.
Think they did well considering we have had more defensive partnerships than donald trump has brain cells
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
The Craig Revel Horwood of H&V.
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Did seem strange to not play Ezri at RB
Still, all's well that ends well
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Did seem strange to not play Ezri at RB
Still, all's well that ends well
But Mings and Konsa have played 100+ games as a CB pair so I can see why we'd try to keep them together.
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MINGS!!!
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Did seem strange to not play Ezri at RB
Still, all's well that ends well
Be thankful for small mercies! Konsa played very well tonight to be fair.
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
No he wasn't.
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We've played better and lost so happy with the result.
We still seem vulnerable every time the opposition get the ball wide in our final third. Watkins, Rogers and Rashford wasteful with possession - we have to retain the ball much better up front. Great to see Bouba back and he was welcomed into the game with a lung-busting (and hamstring-testing) recovery run !
Can't be complacent next week, but it should be a formality.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
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At last we had a result this season that went our way, about time, one thing to ponder though, they will come down on us at Villa park like a ton of bricks, nothing to lose for them, so Villa need to prepare for that because if we go at them in first gear, they will skin us alive, 2 goal lead isn't a lot.
Especially when we seem determined to gift every team we play an early goal. It's basically a one goal lead if we don't cut that out.
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They have to get 5 goals at VP, minimum.
No chance.
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Always in control, never any doubt about the result.
Yeah right.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
The Mings and Konsa partnership conceded eightgoals in the last fifteen games of Emery’s first season. Didn’t concede more than one in any of those games, and kept seven clean sheets.
You’d have to be an absolute moron to be surprised they were solid. Oh.
Look out everybody, Billy the Mick has somehow managed to read a cliche in the tabloids, and now he’s going to pretend he made it up.
Makes a change from homophobic slurs, gaslighting and questioning the mental health of people who correct his bizarre opinions with facts I suppose.
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We need to build the team around Mings and Konsa at CB. That is the foundation that will win trophies . Your Disasi's and Torres will be decent back ups .
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
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Great result. Good performance against a decent side. Mings MOTM. Immense. Digne very good. Asensio always brings a touch of class and ups our level. Bailey some good and bad. Watkins awful. Rashford anonymous. Rodgers average to poor. Cash a car crash, penalty winning aside.
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I'm not sure Digne was very good. I thought it was one of his weaker games.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
He thinks Disasi had a disaster, despite winning 6 of 8 duels. Yep, that’s definitely up there with the Potato Famine.
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Great result. Good performance against a decent side. Mings MOTM. Immense. Digne very good. Asensio always brings a touch of class and ups our level. Bailey some good and bad. Watkins awful. Rashford anonymous. Rodgers average to poor. Cash a car crash, penalty winning aside.
Broadly in agreement. Thought Kamara and Ramsey had a positive impact as well. Cash was terrible defensively, but his positioning pushed who I thought was their main threat back.
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The way we started and the space that was opening up for Rashford I thought we were going to win it at a canter but it’s rarely as simple as that.
Always great to see Mings at his imperious best.
3-1 away win of the last 16 of the Champions League. Pinch me.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
He thinks Disasi had a disaster, despite winning 6 of 8 duels. Yep, that’s definitely up there with the Potato Famine.
Disasi was solid. He stopped crosses coming in from that side.
Cash was brought on to provide an attacking option, and it worked out well.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
He thinks Disasi had a disaster, despite winning 6 of 8 duels. Yep, that’s definitely up there with the Potato Famine.
You're trivialising the potato famine. Frankly, Percy, if you've got that kind of covert anti-Irishness, I'd like you to leave my house.
😉
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
He thinks Disasi had a disaster, despite winning 6 of 8 duels. Yep, that’s definitely up there with the Potato Famine.
You're trivialising the potato famine. Frankly, Percy, if you've got that kind of covert anti-Irishness, I'd like you to leave my house.
😉
I know. Apologies. I just wanted to see how he’d like it. I’m a staunch supporter of Irish freedom from British oppression and think they’re a great bunch of lads. In my youth I was particularly aghast at the ‘thick’ Irish stereotype, and thought it was laughable as a fan of Wilde and Joyce. But now I think that whole idea comes from English people reading brontebilly’s posts, I understand it a little bit more.
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https://x.com/villaontour_/status/1897021146182410273 (https://x.com/villaontour_/status/1897021146182410273)
Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
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https://x.com/villaontour_/status/1897021146182410273 (https://x.com/villaontour_/status/1897021146182410273)
Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
He thinks Disasi had a disaster, despite winning 6 of 8 duels. Yep, that’s definitely up there with the Potato Famine.
You're trivialising the potato famine. Frankly, Percy, if you've got that kind of covert anti-Irishness, I'd like you to leave my house.
😉
I know. Apologies. I just wanted to see how he’d like it. I’m a staunch supporter of Irish freedom from British oppression and think they’re a great bunch of lads. In my youth I was particularly aghast at the ‘thick’ Irish stereotype, and thought it was laughable as a fan of Wilde and Joyce. But now I think that whole idea comes from English people reading brontebilly’s posts, I understand it a little bit more.
Oh, sorry Perce. I was trying to paraphrase a bit in the Sopranos. I know you're a gent and an ally 🙂
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I’m sure Brontebilly’s ratings are some kind of parody account.
Exactly. Posturing narcissistic behaviour. Best ignored.
I enjoy them. And he knows far more about players positional play than the average H&Ver.
I can't take them seriously, and on the odd occasion I now read one, I instantly regret it. He is blinded often by his biases and they are frankly hyperbolic.
He thinks Disasi had a disaster, despite winning 6 of 8 duels. Yep, that’s definitely up there with the Potato Famine.
You're trivialising the potato famine. Frankly, Percy, if you've got that kind of covert anti-Irishness, I'd like you to leave my house.
😉
I know. Apologies. I just wanted to see how he’d like it. I’m a staunch supporter of Irish freedom from British oppression and think they’re a great bunch of lads. In my youth I was particularly aghast at the ‘thick’ Irish stereotype, and thought it was laughable as a fan of Wilde and Joyce. But now I think that whole idea comes from English people reading brontebilly’s posts, I understand it a little bit more.
Oh, sorry Perce. I was trying to paraphrase a bit in the Sopranos. I know you're a gent and an ally 🙂
Haha, oh yeah, I’ve clocked it now - one of my favourite bits.
“Anti-Irish? Fuck you too my man”.
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We need to build the team around Mings and Konsa at CB. That is the foundation that will win trophies . Your Disasi's and Torres will be decent back ups .
The last time I saw something this wrong was when that total moron Cooper’s Injury kept banging on about us signing Jermaine Beckford. What an idiot!
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Indeed. It’s also odd to look at that game and go - that’s the standard we show be aspiring to defensively. It was a great clearance by Ty, but let’s not kid ourselves Brugge butchered several great chances.
Doesn’t change the fact it’s a great result and puts us in a great position, but don’t conflate that with it being an example of defensive excellence.
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They have to get 5 goals at VP, minimum.
No chance.
Surely it’s 3?
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They have to get 5 goals at VP, minimum.
No chance.
Surely it’s 3?
2 and they could still go through on penalties
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I figured Lou was working on the assumption that we were going to pop a couple in ourselves.
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
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I figured Lou was working on the assumption that we were going to pop a couple in ourselves.
I’m assuming that you’re assuming that Lou was assuming
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
There's always a chance but we've played them twice on their own cabbage patch now and we should not have lot the 1st game despite shite, the balance of play will be different at home and I reckon we'll end up something like 3 nil on the night, these are in the same bracket as Celtic.
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Konsa is much better with Mings next to him. Mings is the boss and keeps Konsa's attitude in check too. There's no ranting and blaming with big T next to him.
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As others have said these lot knocked out Atalanta who dispatched Liverpool last season. They are certainly no mugs and very good in Europe.
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
There's always a chance but we've played them twice on their own cabbage patch now and we should not have lot the 1st game despite shite, the balance of play will be different at home and I reckon we'll end up something like 3 nil on the night, these are in the same bracket as Celtic.
That third goal makes a massive difference - they don't really have much choice but to go for it, which should give us enough space to finish thing off.
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Rashford's pace will come to the fore against these next week.
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As others have said these lot knocked out Atalanta who dispatched Liverpool last season. They are certainly no mugs and very good in Europe.
They're a bit like us in that on a good day they're a match for anyone. Couple of years ago they finished second in their Champions League group ahead of both Leverkusen and Athletico Madrid.
It's just that they're as capable of putting in a terrible performance - they both won and lost 4-0 against Porto in that same group stage and then were smashed 7-1 over two games by Benfica in the knock-outs.
So while they're no mugs, the precedent is that they get a few excellent results and unexpectedly qualify, then get tonked by a mid-ranking side in the round of sixteen.
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Think Bailey was more to blame for the first. But he equalled it out with his brilliant goal.
Think they did well considering we have had more defensive partnerships than donald trump has brain cells
Townsend and the Tshite commentator defo pointed finger at Bailey - he totally failed to track him.
I think Pelty pointed it out succinctly in the match thread.
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
The Mings and Konsa partnership conceded eightgoals in the last fifteen games of Emery’s first season. Didn’t concede more than one in any of those games, and kept seven clean sheets.
You’d have to be an absolute moron to be surprised they were solid. Oh.
Look out everybody, Billy the Mick has somehow managed to read a cliche in the tabloids, and now he’s going to pretend he made it up.
Makes a change from homophobic slurs, gaslighting and questioning the mental health of people who correct his bizarre opinions with facts I suppose.
Have I missed something, Billy the Mick?
I suppose if your face fits you’ve got carte blanche.
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As others have said these lot knocked out Atalanta who dispatched Liverpool last season. They are certainly no mugs and very good in Europe.
They're a bit like us in that on a good day they're a match for anyone. Couple of years ago they finished second in their Champions League group ahead of both Leverkusen and Athletico Madrid.
It's just that they're as capable of putting in a terrible performance - they both won and lost 4-0 against Porto in that same group stage and then were smashed 7-1 over two games by Benfica in the knock-outs.
So while they're no mugs, the precedent is that they get a few excellent results and unexpectedly qualify, then get tonked by a mid-ranking side in the round of sixteen.
They are a very young team, so I guess that inconsistency is not surprising.
When they click as they did gains Atalanta and a few times against us, they look pretty dangerous.
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It's not like us to make a team look better than they are ::)
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
The Mings and Konsa partnership conceded eightgoals in the last fifteen games of Emery’s first season. Didn’t concede more than one in any of those games, and kept seven clean sheets.
You’d have to be an absolute moron to be surprised they were solid. Oh.
Look out everybody, Billy the Mick has somehow managed to read a cliche in the tabloids, and now he’s going to pretend he made it up.
Makes a change from homophobic slurs, gaslighting and questioning the mental health of people who correct his bizarre opinions with facts I suppose.
That last sherry really wasn't worth it, was it?
Gags about micks and the famine, makes a change from the gags you are more familiar with, I suppose...
Anyone focused on our defence this season, would realise that every CB partnership has struggled. This includes Konsa/Mings who played like they had rolled out of the pub against Chelsea only recently.
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It's not like us to make a team look better than they are ::)
Good point ;)
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Play nicely, please.
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As others have said these lot knocked out Atalanta who dispatched Liverpool last season. They are certainly no mugs and very good in Europe.
They're a bit like us in that on a good day they're a match for anyone. Couple of years ago they finished second in their Champions League group ahead of both Leverkusen and Athletico Madrid.
It's just that they're as capable of putting in a terrible performance - they both won and lost 4-0 against Porto in that same group stage and then were smashed 7-1 over two games by Benfica in the knock-outs.
So while they're no mugs, the precedent is that they get a few excellent results and unexpectedly qualify, then get tonked by a mid-ranking side in the round of sixteen.
Atletico, Dave, not like you!
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Eesh. Horrible dropping of the ball there.
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Thought Jashiri and their CB that was down injured for a bit played really well.
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Eesh. Horrible dropping of the ball there.
It's a mistake anyone could make.....
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
There's always a chance but we've played them twice on their own cabbage patch now and we should not have lot the 1st game despite shite, the balance of play will be different at home and I reckon we'll end up something like 3 nil on the night, these are in the same bracket as Celtic.
That third goal makes a massive difference - they don't really have much choice but to go for it, which should give us enough space to finish thing off.
Not sure that a two goal deficit means they really have to go for it. One goal and they are right back in it, so I guess they can afford to have a somewhat patient approach and try and nick that first goal.
That said, we're in a great position and one we could have probably only dreamt about after 80 minutes last night.
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The worrying thing about last night was that it was our 2nd midweek away game in a row where the opposition looked way more combative and way more up for it. Yes, we won, which is fab, but Brugge outfought us all over the park. Until BK came on anyway.
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Brilliant result can't wait until next week.
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
There's always a chance but we've played them twice on their own cabbage patch now and we should not have lot the 1st game despite shite, the balance of play will be different at home and I reckon we'll end up something like 3 nil on the night, these are in the same bracket as Celtic.
I don't see that at all, think Brugge are a very good team. Was impressed with them tactically last night. Letting our centre backs have the ball, pressure on Tielemans particularly, exposing Disasi's unease out of position (which they wouldnt have been able to prepare for really), sharp and aggressive on our attacking players. Their guy on left was seriously good. 1-3 was a bit of a travesty of a score line on the balance of play.
We are in a great position but I wouldn't be all that confident. Our performances continue to worry me. It's the same all season, a 20-30 min blast every now and again. Emery losing plot on sideline again.
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Utter nonsense.
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We should feel confident but the tie is not over we need to ensure compliancy doesnt become a issue like the olympiakos home game
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Utter nonsense.
We are a different team at home. We've only lost twice at home this season in all competitions haven't we (although we've probably drawn a few too many along the way)?
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It's not over, obviously, but we have every right to feel confident going into the home leg with a two-goal advantage.
Brugge are now 18-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals, and that feels about right. For context, we're about 25-1 to win the entire tournament.
If we DON'T go through, something pretty spectacular has gone wrong for us (or right for them).
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
My brother and his mates were in Delaneys, they were with the girl from radio WM
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Key is keep a clean sheet first half, then the gaps will appear and we can stroll home
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It's not over, obviously, but we have every right to feel confident going into the home leg with a two-goal advantage.
Home advantage and the fact that we're a superior team should see us through comfortably. However, we were a trfile fortunate last night and, if Emi hadn't made that incredible save at 1-1, it could have been a very different story. If we concede an early goal, things could get nervier than they should.
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
It does, and we still have Torres, Onana and Barkley to return to playing duties, which makes us much stronger still.
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
There's always a chance but we've played them twice on their own cabbage patch now and we should not have lot the 1st game despite shite, the balance of play will be different at home and I reckon we'll end up something like 3 nil on the night, these are in the same bracket as Celtic.
I don't see that at all, think Brugge are a very good team. Was impressed with them tactically last night. Letting our centre backs have the ball, pressure on Tielemans particularly, exposing Disasi's unease out of position (which they wouldnt have been able to prepare for really), sharp and aggressive on our attacking players. Their guy on left was seriously good. 1-3 was a bit of a travesty of a score line on the balance of play.
We are in a great position but I wouldn't be all that confident. Our performances continue to worry me. It's the same all season, a 20-30 min blast every now and again. Emery losing plot on sideline again.
If Villa had played like them you'd have been giving the entire team 3-5 in your ratings and moaning how shit we were for conceding 3 and we all know it.
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Martinez- one great save. Actually thought he should of done better with the goal. Nt really troubled for most of the night.
Took a deflection off Konsa, no?
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
The only slight concern on that point is that we don't have a back-up striker in the Champions League squad with Malen not being included. Means we haven't got an option to change things if we need one.
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
The only slight concern on that point is that we don't have a back-up striker in the Champions League squad with Malen not being included. Means we haven't got an option to change things if we need one.
Rashford has played as a 9 plenty of times.
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They won 3-1 in Bergamo and are a very decent side who look really well organised. Let's not call it over just yet.
3-1 away in Europe is the way though. Doesn't matter who the opposition is, in the last 16 of the Champions League that is a big result.
It's obviously a very good position for us to be in, but I don't think it is quite a decisive one just yet. An early goal for them next week to take the lead on the night changes things. I hope we go out with intent to win the game rather than just protect the lead.
There's always a chance but we've played them twice on their own cabbage patch now and we should not have lot the 1st game despite shite, the balance of play will be different at home and I reckon we'll end up something like 3 nil on the night, these are in the same bracket as Celtic.
I don't see that at all, think Brugge are a very good team. Was impressed with them tactically last night. Letting our centre backs have the ball, pressure on Tielemans particularly, exposing Disasi's unease out of position (which they wouldnt have been able to prepare for really), sharp and aggressive on our attacking players. Their guy on left was seriously good. 1-3 was a bit of a travesty of a score line on the balance of play.
We are in a great position but I wouldn't be all that confident. Our performances continue to worry me. It's the same all season, a 20-30 min blast every now and again. Emery losing plot on sideline again.
If Villa had played like them you'd have been giving the entire team 3-5 in your ratings and moaning how shit we were for conceding 3 and we all know it.
If Auntie had balls etc
We were very fortunate to only concede the one last night, not sure that's a controversial take.
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They missed the target a few times in the second half in very good positions which would have caused much angst if it had been at the other end.
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
The only slight concern on that point is that we don't have a back-up striker in the Champions League squad with Malen not being included. Means we haven't got an option to change things if we need one.
Rashford has played as a 9 plenty of times.
Hasn't played a minute for us there yet though. So might be part of the loan agreement, he often didn't try a leg at Man United when he wasn't played in his favoured position.
He was utterly anonymous last night, with his experience he should have been thriving in such an environment. Let their kid right back bully him I thought. Ramsey made some difference yet again when he came on there.
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It's very concerning that we're 3-1 up after the away leg. I couldn't sleep last night through worry.
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Thought Rashford looked a threat when he had the ball and should have scored. Not so great without the ball but as a forward, you factor that in a bit.
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It's very concerning that we're 3-1 up after the away leg. I couldn't sleep last night through worry.
Yes it’s very concerning on the back of our notoriously awful home form. Emery and the team need to take a long hard look at themselves.
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I think we should really write a public letter of apology to the Belgian government, UEFA, the football club Brugge, the city of Bruges*, the FA, the Belgian Waffle Manufacturers Association, and Plastic Bertrand, apologising for us to have had the temerity to win 3-1.
* make your fucking minds up, you dual-languaged pipe disputers.
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
The only slight concern on that point is that we don't have a back-up striker in the Champions League squad with Malen not being included. Means we haven't got an option to change things if we need one.
Rashford has played as a 9 plenty of times.
Hasn't played a minute for us there yet though. So might be part of the loan agreement, he often didn't try a leg at Man United when he wasn't played in his favoured position.
He was utterly anonymous last night, with his experience he should have been thriving in such an environment. Let their kid right back bully him I thought. Ramsey made some difference yet again when he came on there.
Their right back that he beat more often than the "seriously good" left winger of theirs beat our disaster of a right back do you mean?
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
The Mings and Konsa partnership conceded eightgoals in the last fifteen games of Emery’s first season. Didn’t concede more than one in any of those games, and kept seven clean sheets.
You’d have to be an absolute moron to be surprised they were solid. Oh.
Look out everybody, Billy the Mick has somehow managed to read a cliche in the tabloids, and now he’s going to pretend he made it up.
Makes a change from homophobic slurs, gaslighting and questioning the mental health of people who correct his bizarre opinions with facts I suppose.
Have I missed something, Billy the Mick?
I suppose if your face fits you’ve got carte blanche.
He was calling me a silly, offensive name so I thought I’d see how he liked it, so I suppose his face must fit as well. I’d much rather focus on the laughably dim-witted football ramblings that others have pointed out, but he took it there and I ran with it.
And at least he is actually Irish. He was homophobic towards me and I’m married* with six kids.
*to a very beautiful woman. Dave Woodhall will tell you that I’m the undisputed world champion at punching above my weight.
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Great result but Brugge are a very good side and will cause problems at Villa Park. It was a fortunate win really, they missed three good chances in the second half and handed us two with mistakes. Centre backs were surprisingly very solid, Mings has likes of me eating plenty of humble pie tonight. Not many centre backs would have the guts to dive at that header going across goal. Hits hairs on his knees and deflects wide. Thought Emery had a very fortunate night with an abomination of a selection at right back. No need for Bailey and McGinn to come off. Sub at end caused chaos and an unnecessary shouting match on sideline with Cash.
Martinez 7 - one great save but last season he saves their goal.
Disasi 3 - absolutely not a right back. Awful first half but on Emery for a ridiculous selection.
Konsa 8 - I've been a big critic but probably his best display of the season. Calm for once.
Mings 9 - makes Bailey's goal by brilliantly winning that header, saves a certain goal and did the basics incredibly well.
Digne 4 - poor and incredibly fortunate for diving under that cross that Mings bailed him out with
McGinn 7 - didn't understand that change. Thought our midfield two did well considering the mess in front of them
Tielemans 7 - solid display considering his workload recently.
Bailey 7 - very surprising sub, cracking finish for the goal. Worked very hard in and out of possession.
Rashford 3 - Mike Skinner tribute act, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing" could and probably should have gone at half time.
Rogers 5 - shite first half where he coughed up possession far too often, not sure how he avoided the four man cull but made the own goal with a dangerous cross
Watkins 4 - fortunate Malen not registered. Rotten really, fatigue must be an issue. Touch was mahogany esque.
JJ and Kamara were very good. Cash missed a glorious chance and fouled for peno, caught horribly square for one chance though. Asensio nearly scored with first touch and tucked away peno nicely. Was involved in some good play. Bogarde sub was unnecessary and caused panic.
The crosses that Disasi stopped in the first half, every one of them would have gone across our six-yard box had Cash been playing. As the second half proved.
Centre-halves “surprisingly solid”. Only surprising to those who can’t remember how solid they were in Emery’s first season.
Absolutely clueless. I honestly don’t know why you bother watching football, you have no idea what you’re looking at beyond ‘the bloke playing at right-back should always be a time-served right back, and never mind the results’.
Disasi was a disaster at right back 👍
The Mings and Konsa partnership conceded eightgoals in the last fifteen games of Emery’s first season. Didn’t concede more than one in any of those games, and kept seven clean sheets.
You’d have to be an absolute moron to be surprised they were solid. Oh.
Look out everybody, Billy the Mick has somehow managed to read a cliche in the tabloids, and now he’s going to pretend he made it up.
Makes a change from homophobic slurs, gaslighting and questioning the mental health of people who correct his bizarre opinions with facts I suppose.
Gags about micks and the famine, makes a change from the gags you are more familiar with, I suppose...
Ooh, more sexuality-based bigotry.
Sounds like your priest was passing you more than just a wafer.
You called a decent performance by a football player ‘a disaster’ by the way (just a reminder as I know you struggle with short-term memory). So it was you who trivialised things like famines.
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Great result. Good performance against a decent side. Mings MOTM. Immense. Digne very good. Asensio always brings a touch of class and ups our level. Bailey some good and bad. Watkins awful. Rashford anonymous. Rodgers average to poor. Cash a car crash, penalty winning aside.
I was with you till I got to Rashford and then Rogers comment completely floored me. I assume Rodgers is a different player to UEFA PotM Rogers?
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
Ignite the emoji John it was that’ certain time of the night. If I knew where Delaney’s was would have come over to say hello😊
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Great result. Good performance against a decent side. Mings MOTM. Immense. Digne very good. Asensio always brings a touch of class and ups our level. Bailey some good and bad. Watkins awful. Rashford anonymous. Rodgers average to poor. Cash a car crash, penalty winning aside.
I was with you till I got to Rashford and then Rogers comment completely floored me. I assume Rodgers is a different player to UEFA PotM Rogers?
He did win that but he did struggle until he went wide, when he improved a fair bit - and Mings definitely should have won it shouldn’t he?
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
Ignite the emoji John it was that’ certain time of the night. If I knew where Delaney’s was would have come over to say hello😊
No worries. I see the yellow card but just didn’t know what it was for. Seems from the BBC it was for arguing rather than coming in the pitch.
I ended up at Cafe Pick which was ecstatic. Great fun.
I think I got better food and drink in the ground than the Villa supporters but had to walk back afterwards as no public transport and I couldn’t get to our shuttle buses!
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Wow…that’s a decent walk. Well done.
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
Ignite the emoji John it was that’ certain time of the night. If I knew where Delaney’s was would have come over to say hello😊
No worries. I see the yellow card but just didn’t know what it was for. Seems from the BBC it was for arguing rather than coming in the pitch.
I ended up at Cafe Pick which was ecstatic. Great fun.
I think I got better food and drink in the ground than the Villa supporters but had to walk back afterwards as no public transport and I couldn’t get to our shuttle buses!
A yellow card would have been the least he would have deserved.
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He did win that but he did struggle - he improved a fair bit when he went out wide - and Mings definitely should have won it shouldn’t he?
Tyrone is being lauded for that superb clearance but that shouldn’t have been necessary if either him or Ezri had dealt with the cross.
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I figured Lou was working on the assumption that we were going to pop a couple in ourselves.
Exactly! 👍
(& hopefully a couple in each half!)
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
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Great result. Good performance against a decent side. Mings MOTM. Immense. Digne very good. Asensio always brings a touch of class and ups our level. Bailey some good and bad. Watkins awful. Rashford anonymous. Rodgers average to poor. Cash a car crash, penalty winning aside.
I was with you till I got to Rashford and then Rogers comment completely floored me. I assume Rodgers is a different player to UEFA PotM Rogers?
I thought Rashford and Rogers were OK, in fact I'd have taken Ollie off and played Rashford down the middle with Ramsey out wide. Ollie is having one his horrible streaks, trapping the ball like someone in ski boots and not looking remotely like scoring. He needs a tap in and he'll be off again. When Brugge see the tifo next week, and realise we have 2 home ends they won't like it.
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Cheers Parcy 👍, you’re not so bad yourself.
Steve is a top lad. Your name cropped up a fair bit in the afternoon conversations.
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Cheers Parcy 👍, you’re not so bad yourself.
Steve is a top lad. Your name cropped up a fair bit in the afternoon conversations.
That’s lovely mate thanks. A nice consolation to be there in some capacity.
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It's not over, obviously, but we have every right to feel confident going into the home leg with a two-goal advantage.
Brugge are now 18-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals, and that feels about right. For context, we're about 25-1 to win the entire tournament.
If we DON'T go through, something pretty spectacular has gone wrong for us (or right for them).
But there’s more chance of them going through than us winning it
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Well yes, the odds of us beating them, PSG or Plop, Arse or a Madrid and then Bayern/ Barca is slightly higher then Brugges winning one match. Well done.
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Well yes, the odds of us beating them, PSG or Plop, Arse or a Madrid and then Bayern/ Barca is slightly higher then Brugges winning one match. Well done.
Insight.
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The water cannon has been there since Small Heath turned up with 50,000 and took over the stadium.
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It's very concerning that we're 3-1 up after the away leg. I couldn't sleep last night through worry.
Yes very very fortunate. Should be ashamed of that result.
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
Ignite the emoji John it was that’ certain time of the night. If I knew where Delaney’s was would have come over to say hello😊
No worries. I see the yellow card but just didn’t know what it was for. Seems from the BBC it was for arguing rather than coming in the pitch.
I ended up at Cafe Pick which was ecstatic. Great fun.
I think I got better food and drink in the ground than the Villa supporters but had to walk back afterwards as no public transport and I couldn’t get to our shuttle buses!
I walked back too Jon, as I did last year. Both times, though, I had a couple of beers in the Bruges pub by the ground to prepare myself! No problem with the locals. Happy to chat about the game.
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The water cannon has been there since Small Heath turned up with 50,000 and took over the stadium.
The police turned it on but then ran out of soap.
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Another huge bonus from last night's match was seeing all our players that have been injured, coming back into the squad.
Unlike last season, when we ran out of steam, it feels like we're just getting going this year.
We need them back for the last 20 games, of which 18 are wins. Draws at Citeh and Bournemouth aside
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Some great memories Percy from the 80’s away days!
And Uncle Dave Woodhall is right about Ghent. A magnificent city where I’m currently filling my boots before heading home tomorrow.
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Loved tonight.
Came out of the home end in the South Stand unscathed and made some Belgian friends.
Great support from the Villa faithful.
Can anybody tell me why Unai got booked please?
Ran on to the pitch and kept complaining. Were you here?😂
In Delaney’s now but not sure how I would know that. I was watching the game!
Ignite the emoji John it was that’ certain time of the night. If I knew where Delaney’s was would have come over to say hello😊
No worries. I see the yellow card but just didn’t know what it was for. Seems from the BBC it was for arguing rather than coming in the pitch.
I ended up at Cafe Pick which was ecstatic. Great fun.
I think I got better food and drink in the ground than the Villa supporters but had to walk back afterwards as no public transport and I couldn’t get to our shuttle buses!
I walked back too Jon, as I did last year. Both times, though, I had a couple of beers in the Bruges pub by the ground to prepare myself! No problem with the locals. Happy to chat about the game.
Their supporters the ground were very friendly to me. It was obvious who I was supporting. Also managed to order beers and food by grunting as didn’t want to sound too English. Given the number of half and half scarves sold I think they were glad to play the Villa!
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Some great memories Percy from the 80’s away days!
And Uncle Dave Woodhall is right about Ghent. A magnificent city where I’m currently filling my boots before heading home tomorrow.
I remain massively jealous.
Loved my couple of days in Ghent in November.
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Some great memories Percy from the 80’s away days!
And Uncle Dave Woodhall is right about Ghent. A magnificent city where I’m currently filling my boots before heading home tomorrow.
Brilliant mate. Enjoy!
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Some great memories Percy from the 80’s away days!
And Uncle Dave Woodhall is right about Ghent. A magnificent city where I’m currently filling my boots before heading home tomorrow.
Good stuff Steve! Seb sent me a pic of you guys raising a glass (again), sorry I couldn’t join you this time. I’m not at all jealous of your euro jaunts! Had it on the tablet as I was making pancakes with the kids. Memories of successfully making it home by 8am for the school run last time!
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Does anyone know if we have special patches on the sleeve like Liverpool do for being a previous winner? They appear to look the same as Brugge in all the images I've seen.
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Kettled and prepared for spraying. That can't be good.
Sore losers.
A few people have mentioned this to me. They kettled us waiting for the buses to arrive and they had a water cannon parked outside too. We reckoned they just wanted to give it a run out as it is probably never used so they did a sort of test tdrive to the ground. It certainly wasn’t pointed at us.
We were drinking with some Bruges fans after the game and they said hooliganism is a big issue in Belgium. On our two trips there I haven’t seen a hint of trouble, though apparently they smashed up the bars around Cafe Pick after a home defeat in October.
Another cracking trip seeing lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Great to meet 144 Boiled Eggs from here yesterday
Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Some great memories Percy from the 80’s away days!
And Uncle Dave Woodhall is right about Ghent. A magnificent city where I’m currently filling my boots before heading home tomorrow.
Good stuff Steve! Seb sent me a pic of you guys raising a glass (again), sorry I couldn’t join you this time. I’m not at all jealous of your euro jaunts! Had it on the tablet as I was making pancakes with the kids. Memories of successfully making it home by 8am for the school run last time!
Yes, I’m blaming the sunshine for the amount of pre match drinking!
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Just don’t blame it on the moonlight.
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i’ll say a 3-1 win
A brace for Watkins who has never lost against Brentford for Villa and has a good goal scoring record against them
I’ll add Asension with a goal. penalty
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i’ll say a 3-1 win
A brace for Watkins who has never lost against Brentford for Villa and has a good goal scoring record against them
I’ll add Asension with a goal. penalty
Hmmm, hindsight?
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i’ll say a 3-1 win
A brace for Watkins who has never lost against Brentford for Villa and has a good goal scoring record against them
I’ll add Asension with a goal. penalty
ASENSIO. It's not a hard one to remember really.
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i’ll say a 3-1 win
A brace for Watkins who has never lost against Brentford for Villa and has a good goal scoring record against them
I’ll add Asension with a goal. penalty
ASENSIO. It's not a hard one to remember really.
Probably a predictive text issue, May 29th isn't that far away.
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Wrong placement meant to be Brentford thread and yes i’ve been having issues on the writing . apologies.
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
A bit of both mate but plenty of alcohol driven gibberish about the Villa!!
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
A bit of both mate but plenty of alcohol driven gibberish about the Villa!!
Where were you in Ghent?
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
A bit of both mate but plenty of alcohol driven gibberish about the Villa!!
You would have enjoyed the conversation Mark, mainly the Villa, music and some old scoundrels from the 80s. All very highbrow, as you’d expect. Steve was even bigging up UK craft beers to our Belgian hosts, but I think he may have lost that one.
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
A bit of both mate but plenty of alcohol driven gibberish about the Villa!!
You would have enjoyed the conversation Mark, mainly the Villa, music and some old scoundrels from the 80s. All very highbrow, as you’d expect. Steve was even bigging up UK craft beers to our Belgian hosts, but I think he may have lost that one.
Excellent. I'd expect nothing less. ;)
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
A bit of both mate but plenty of alcohol driven gibberish about the Villa!!
You would have enjoyed the conversation Mark, mainly the Villa, music and some old scoundrels from the 80s. All very highbrow, as you’d expect. Steve was even bigging up UK craft beers to our Belgian hosts, but I think he may have lost that one.
Excellent. I'd expect nothing less. ;)
I only mentioned the new faces met in the original post but I was over there with Aftab too, bringing some gravitas to proceedings. He went off to get beers at half time and the police wouldn’t let him back in to our spot so he had to take a detour and bumped intoSeb, the Belgian Villan, which is how Steve and I met in the first place. Seb drank my beer, the bastard.
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Hurray! Two of my favourite people met up!
Indeed. I've had the great honour and pleasure of meeting them here. Both very fine gents.
Trying to imagine their conversation..the wheels of steel or aluminium? ;)
A bit of both mate but plenty of alcohol driven gibberish about the Villa!!
Where were you in Ghent?
Managed to get around quite a bit Dave. Lovely sunshine so down by the castle and river before finding a couple of great places up by the university (Cafe Backdoor was one I think). Of course, had a mooch in a couple of record shops.
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As in November, great to meet you all. The result made it all much sweeter this time. Hope to meet you again in Madrid or Munich boys!
Some pics :
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18K4qMvPYB/
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As in November, great to meet you all. The result made it all much sweeter this time. Hope to meet you again in Madrid or Munich boys!
Some pics :
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18K4qMvPYB/
Excellent Seb.
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As in November, great to meet you all. The result made it all much sweeter this time. Hope to meet you again in Madrid or Munich boys!
Some pics :
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18K4qMvPYB/
Great photos - thanks Seb.
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Any idea what the near-end bust-up between Unai and Cashy was about?