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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on October 02, 2025, 09:55:19 PM
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Never in doubt. We always win in Rottwedam.
6 unbeaten.
MOTM?
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3rd in the table.
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That’s our best performance of the season.
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Pau or KonsaMotM for me. Rogers getting back to form.
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Job done
Rogers and Guessand a waste of time.
Buendia quality. Bogarde looking better each game.
Win on Sunday and it’s 4 in a row. That’s the doom mongers silenced for now.
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Clean sheet away with a backup keeper and some decent signs of improvement on the year.. can't complain.
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That was good.
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Job done, Unai masterclass, the froth and bubble of a young Feyenoord fell short of a very tempered cool headed Villa, looking forward to seeing Villa in the final.
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Tough going in the first half brilliant in the second half. Bizot is an absolute gem of a find.
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Well done Villa. Two good goals and a solid enough defensive performance. A bit sloppy at times but good overall. Bizot, I have faith in him. Good win at a side bang in form, with only half a squad.
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Bizot my motm. Full confidence in him now.
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I only saw the second half, but that was absolutely fine. That was either our toughest or second-toughest fixture and we're coming back with a 2-0 win.
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Excellent result that. Tough at times, but a tough place to go.
Really good result, starting to come together more. Thought McGinn, Kamara, Emi, Bizot, Pau and Konsa were great.
Later in the game Rogers started to look sharper.
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Old fashioned European away win against a tough team. Soak up pressure and score when you get chances.
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Brilliant win. Can we play all our away games at our lucky stadium?
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We love scoring at the Peter Withe end, UTV
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It seems only right that we score at that end of the pitch!
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Rogers improved through the game, albeit starting from a very low bar. Quite a few players with good games, I'd give Bizot motm.
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Brilliant win. Can we play all our away games at our lucky stadium?
Small Heath are knocking it down. ☹️
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Some very good performances in that game. Torres man of the match, Bizot commanding, Konsa excellent, Maatsen very good. Ollie played very well first half. Buendia another who really stood out. SJM and Kamara doing what SJM and Kamara do.
I thought Guessand was very decent second half after his very quiet first half.
Great run by Malen for the second.
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I am so, so chuffed with that! We did get away with it at times in the first half but the way we owned the second half was brilliant to see. Showed some class tonight. Not an easy place to go to and win. We haven't even fully hit our stride yet. Here's to you, Unai Emery.
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Feyenoord have some really talented players there. You can see why they’re hard to beat at home.
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That's more like it.
Before we even went 1-0 up - and even if we had actually lost the game when it was in the balance - I thought Konsa and Pau were so much better than recently. Prob Pau's best game for about two years.
Bizot -Still channelling that massive Schmeichel star jump energy.
Buendia - Wizard
SJM - Standard.
Rogers - Work in progress.
Guessand - Hmm.
Biggest take home:
Unless there's a genuine clash of colours, play the in the actual Villa kit as much as possible.
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Eashy Winsh
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It seems only right that we score at that end of the pitch!
And I believe McGinn now matched Withe's Euro goal total.
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Rogers improved through the game, albeit starting from a very low bar. Quite a few players with good games, I'd give Bizot motm.
Agreed about Rogers. He showed glimpses of his best self in the first half then promptly gave the ball away. Much much better in the second half. The fact that they had a player who's sole intention seemed to be to push pull and generally niggle him or foul him for the whole game says a lot.
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Very good performance, our best of the season.
Bizot was superb. Konsa and Torres were excellent, as were Kamara and Ginny.
Guessand was awful. Truly awful. Let’s hope he is a very,very slow starter and not a dud.
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Great result, Bizot, Konsa, Torres, Kamara,SJM all excellent. Looking like our old selves at last. Need to sort Rogers and Guessand out, they are hindering us offensively. Not sure why Elliot is not getting more game time. Buendia has really taken his opportunity to impress the gaffa.
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First half not brilliant, second half improved. Pleased for wee Emi, he's doing well at the mo. Rogers' turns were sensational, his passing not so good.
I would have Bizot as MotM , with Konsa a close second.
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Fantastic result! Imagine being in that stadium amongst the Villa fans now?
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Some very good performances in that game. Torres man of the match, Bizot commanding, Konsa excellent, Maatsen very good. Ollie played very well first half. Buendia another who really stood out. SJM and Kamara doing what SJM and Kamara do.
I thought Guessand was very decent second half after his very quiet first half.
Great run by Malen for the second.
Yeah agree with this, Bizot looking very capable, Konsa!, he looks so masterful and Torres pairing makes us look very solid at the back, Buendia, another performance, took him of right at the perfect time so he stays at the top of is game for Burnley, Guessand, I would have taken him off but that's why I'm not earning millions as a manager, I think Guessand is being shaped by Unai in the same way Rogers was, it will come and when it does that 30 million will seem like peanuts.
Top result.
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Just watching the goals again. Kamaras involvement for the first goal shouldn't be understated. He stole the ball off their player with aplomb after a poor touch by Rogers then calmly played it to Buendia in the heat of battle on the edge of the box. Brilliant contribution.
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That’s our best performance of the season.
Agreed.
Keeper 8/10
Defence 8/10
Midfield 8/10
Attack: 5/10
MOTM: Maatsen. His best performance for us since signing.
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Bigot fantastic
Torres imperious and quality on the ball
Mcginn a true captains performance
Kamara a Rolls Royce
Konsa even better than a Rolls Royce
Both Cash and Maatsen very decent.
Little Emi fantastic goal
Bogarde looks a gem
Win Sunday and talk of our demise well and truly premature.
Just wait till we get some of the injured back and Rogers back into some form
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Chuffed and relieved. Bogarde looking like Kamara’s apprentice at times, needs to develop his swagger. Good subs as it turned out - wasn’t convinced at the time! I think we’d have lost with Olsen, Bizot is a great signing. McGinn - legend. All our long serving players were reliable, hope the newer ones reach the standards they have set over the last few years.
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Stat of the day.
Since they returned to major European competition in 2023-24, only Real Madrid (19), Paris St-Germain (18) and Bayern Munich (17) have won more games in those competitions than Aston Villa (16): six in the Conference League, eight in the Champions League and two in the Europa League.
(Courtesy of the BBC).
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Rimmer-Spink...motm
Martinez-Bizot...motm
That Rotterdam thing again..
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MOTM Kamara, peerless.
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Spinksian change of keeper too. Bizot apparently faced 8 shots and saved all of them Brilliant.
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That’s our best performance of the season.
Agreed.
Keeper 8/10
Defence 8/10
Midfield 8/10
Attack: 5/10
MOTM: Maatsen. His best performance for us since signing.
I thought Maatsen was decent enough, surprised you saw him as MOTM though. But fair enough.
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Very chuffed.
8 days and season seems a lot more promising now
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MOTM Kamara, peerless.
Every. Single. Game.
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Bizot looks a bit like Olsen.
But plays nothing like him, thankfully.
It's no harm if a genuine ego like Emi has a bit of genuine fear about holding on to the shirt for a change.
Let's see how he responds.
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I really love the shirt they wore tonight. I wonder if it's available to buy? Would be nice to have a shirt without a bookie's name plastered over it.
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Shout out to Malen.
He’s been finding it difficult, but his turn and drive is the reason we finished comfortably.
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Mixed enough performance in truth, particularly in the first half. Bizot bailed us out with some excellent saves and the ref disallowed a perfect goal. We were much better in the second half, key was our midfield two taking control. Guessand was much narrower too and that helped our shape in and out of possession. Delighted for Buendia, that was a quality goal. Decent cameos off bench from Bogarde and Malen.
Bizot 8 - monumental improvement on Olsen. 3 or 4 excellent saves. Calm in possession too
Cash 6 - solid defensively but a bit meh on the ball
Konsa 7 - outstanding with the ball for a change but done in the air far too often like just after our second
Torres 7 - brilliant out ball for our second. Helps us break the press in a manner Mings can't. But partnership is very weak in the air.
Maatsen 6 - mixed enough, really poor defensively in first half but stretched them a few times in second including brilliant cutback for Guessand.
Kamara 8 - cruised a bit in first half but outstanding second including winning a great tackle before the first
McGinn 8 - same as Kamara really, fortunate goal maybe but his run was brilliant
Guessand 5 - first half was Weah's cousin level but I thought he was effective enough second half
Buendia 8 - not sure about that partnership on left defensively but Emi's touch was outstanding all night and brilliant goal
Rogers 6 - mixed sublime with ridiculous. Much better second half.
Watkins 7 - very good first half I thought but a bit meh second half.
Malen sharpest he has been in a while, Bogarde was decent. Our replacement full backs less so.
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Great result, good performance.
I thought our tempo and build up play was so much better. Some great performances - Pau, and the rest of the back 4 looked good, and offered a fair bit going forward. Bizot was excellent, great to not see a lineup without Martinez and think "christ, well need to score at least 3"
Midfield 2 were excellent, as wasl ittle Emi - nice redemption arc going on there. Watkins looked sharp, I think Rogers looked a bit sharper, albeit still woefully off form and Guessard looked laboured. Bogarde and Malen both made good cameos.
Hopefully we'll beat Burnley - then onwards and upwards!
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That's arguably our best result away from home since we've been back in European competition. Still some frustrations with elements of the performance, but they can can wait for another time.
It was last ditch stuff at times, but Bizot, Konsa and Torres had really good games. Kamara was good and McGinn was excellent again.
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great result.
Pau, Konsa, Kamara , Maatsen, Emi little, Bizot and SJM all excellent.
Lucky with the goal chalked off but they could have had 10 men , which probably wouldnt suit us.
Get Sancho, Youri , Barkley and the glass man back and we will look alright.
Guessand will come good ..
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That’s our best performance of the season.
Agreed.
Keeper 8/10
Defence 8/10
Midfield 8/10
Attack: 5/10
MOTM: Maatsen. His best performance for us since signing.
I thought Maatsen was decent enough, surprised you saw him as MOTM though. But fair enough.
Maybe I'd never seen him play so well. It wasn't his usual attacking threat that impressed me, it was his defensive work.
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Mixed enough performance in truth, particularly in the first half. Bizot bailed us out with some excellent saves and the ref disallowed a perfect goal. We were much better in the second half, key was our midfield two taking control. Guessand was much narrower too and that helped our shape in and out of possession. Delighted for Buendia, that was a quality goal. Decent cameos off bench from Bogarde and Malen.
Bizot 8 - monumental improvement on Olsen. 3 or 4 excellent saves. Calm in possession too
Cash 6 - solid defensively but a bit meh on the ball
Konsa 7 - outstanding with the ball for a change but done in the air far too often like just after our second
Torres 7 - brilliant out ball for our second. Helps us break the press in a manner Mings can't. But partnership is very weak in the air.
Maatsen 6 - mixed enough, really poor defensively in first half but stretched them a few times in second including brilliant cutback for Guessand.
Kamara 8 - cruised a bit in first half but outstanding second including winning a great tackle before the first
McGinn 8 - same as Kamara really, fortunate goal maybe but his run was brilliant
Guessand 5 - first half was Weah's cousin level but I thought he was effective enough second half
Buendia 8 - not sure about that partnership on left defensively but Emi's touch was outstanding all night and brilliant goal
Rogers 6 - mixed sublime with ridiculous. Much better second half.
Watkins 7 - very good first half I thought but a bit meh second half.
Malen sharpest he has been in a while, Bogarde was decent. Our replacement full backs less so.
Hold on a minute what's happening? Im agreeing with nearly all of Bronte's points? Think I need a lie down.
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Some very good performances in that game. Torres man of the match, Bizot commanding, Konsa excellent, Maatsen very good. Ollie played very well first half. Buendia another who really stood out. SJM and Kamara doing what SJM and Kamara do.
I thought Guessand was very decent second half after his very quiet firsSome very good performances in that game. Torres man of the match, Bizot commanding, Konsa excellent, Maatsen very good. Ollie played very well first half. Buendia another who really stood out. SJM and Kamara doing what SJM and Kamara do.
I thought Guessand was very decent second half after his very quiet first half.
Great run by Malen for the second.
Great run by Malen for the second.
Agree with all of that
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Bizot was great, looking like our old selves.
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Brilliant second half, thoroughly enjoyed that.
3 in 3 for SJM, f’n love him!
King Unai of the Europa League, he’s the master of this competition.
UTV!!!
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Not sure if I WANT Bogarde to be good or whether he actually is. He seems to have the X factor which is not easy when you play DCM.
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We looked a busy, enterprising side tonight.
Unlike the side trying to play at testimonial pace in the first 2-3 games of the season.
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Mixed enough performance in truth, particularly in the first half. Bizot bailed us out with some excellent saves and the ref disallowed a perfect goal. We were much better in the second half, key was our midfield two taking control. Guessand was much narrower too and that helped our shape in and out of possession. Delighted for Buendia, that was a quality goal. Decent cameos off bench from Bogarde and Malen.
Bizot 8 - monumental improvement on Olsen. 3 or 4 excellent saves. Calm in possession too
Cash 6 - solid defensively but a bit meh on the ball
Konsa 7 - outstanding with the ball for a change but done in the air far too often like just after our second
Torres 7 - brilliant out ball for our second. Helps us break the press in a manner Mings can't. But partnership is very weak in the air.
Maatsen 6 - mixed enough, really poor defensively in first half but stretched them a few times in second including brilliant cutback for Guessand.
Kamara 8 - cruised a bit in first half but outstanding second including winning a great tackle before the first
McGinn 8 - same as Kamara really, fortunate goal maybe but his run was brilliant
Guessand 5 - first half was Weah's cousin level but I thought he was effective enough second half
Buendia 8 - not sure about that partnership on left defensively but Emi's touch was outstanding all night and brilliant goal
Rogers 6 - mixed sublime with ridiculous. Much better second half.
Watkins 7 - very good first half I thought but a bit meh second half.
Malen sharpest he has been in a while, Bogarde was decent. Our replacement full backs less so.
Hold on a minute what's happening? Im agreeing with nearly all of Bronte's points? Think I need a lie down.
Indeed, I think he's gone low on Torres, Maatsen and Guessand (who was a 5 in the first half but was better 2nd) but the rest is pretty fair.
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Before I forget, our fans were bloody brilliant. What was it, 2,500 hidden up in the skies? Most impressed and wished I was back there. Safe travel back. I trust you all enjoyed the game.
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A good solid professional away performance.
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great result.
Pau, Konsa, Kamara , Maatsen, Emi little, Bizot and SJM all excellent.
Lucky with the goal chalked off but they could have had 10 men , which probably wouldnt suit us.
Get Sancho, Youri , Barkley and the glass man back and we will look alright.
Guessand will come good ..
Perfectly summed up.
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This could be the result that gets our season motoring.
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Easy-peasy, can't believe you can still get us at 9/2 to win it. Money in the bank.
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Shush. We don't do trophies.
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Van Persie: Ref apologised to me for disallowed goal
Feyenoord boss Robin van Persie:
"That was a clear goal for us. The ref said sorry to me during half-time.
"I asked him, 'can you explain what just happened because nothing happened'. Then he said sorry. He thought someone was blocked but he said sorry a couple of times. That's a shame - it had a big influence on the game."
So did your player not being sent off. Swings and roundabouts.
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The Ref probably said sorry because it was ruled out. RVP is just sulking and has exaggerated it.
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Feyenoord didn't play badly at all. Right back definitely a player. But thought their centre backs were horribly naive at times, like the red that wasn't and getting turned so easily by Malen for our second. Second half our midfield two imposed themselves physically with ease. The conditioning levels between the PL and Dutch league are huge, same v Ajax last season.
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Great performance by us as a team. Thought Maatsen was excellent and MOM overall. Rogers was much improved, played very well in parts but gives possession away inexplicably too often, if it’s possible to stop him doing that he’d make the grade. Maybe it’s just what Rogers is, a maverick, exciting individual, or, a liability. We’ve had both but more of the latter so far this seasy.
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That was fun. There were glimmers it was going to click in the first half but admittedly we needed Bizot to bail us out. Second half we were the better side and exerted control. Nice goals, lots of decent performances and three wins on the bounce. Onwards.
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Job done
Rogers and Guessand a waste of time.
Buendia quality. Bogarde looking better each game.
Win on Sunday and it’s 4 in a row. That’s the doom mongers silenced for now.
Ridiculous post.
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Agreed. Rogers really drove us forward second half..
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Can we play all of our European games on 2nd October,? A year to the day when we beat Bayern also with a clean sheet.
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Excellent nights work, especially with six out injured/ unavailable.
Onwards and upwards!
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Excellent nights work, especially with six out injured/ unavailable.
Onwards and upwards!
Seven, but yeah
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The disallowed goal, was that the push on Cash? because looking from the side angle it didn't look over the line fully in a replay
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It was definitely over the line.
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I thought the referee acknowledged it had crossed the line but then indicated he was disallowing it for an earlier foul.
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I presume the goal line technology bleeped. In any case it is visibly over the line on a naked eye reply. That bit is not in dispute
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Job done
Rogers and Guessand a waste of time.
Buendia quality. Bogarde looking better each game.
Win on Sunday and it’s 4 in a row. That’s the doom mongers silenced for now.
Ridiculous post.
That’s what I say to the postman every day. :D