Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on March 12, 2026, 07:45:01 PM
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Hopefully kickstarts us like the 1-0 win v Bologna did earlier in the season.
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One(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDO3EbkbcAA-rOV?format=jpg&name=small)one goal
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Would definitely have taken that, great to be ahead after the away leg.
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Result is king. Seems a few had better games than for a while.
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Happy with that.
Hope we don't rue the missed chances in that second half.
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Great to have McGinn back.I'm sure it'll be a great fillip for our season
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If Onana played like that every week we'd be happy.
Decent display, some poor decisions in the final third but signs of a recovery. Glad for Ollie, hopefully he kicks on.
Great result.
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Apparently Unai's 100th Villa win.
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That'll do nicely. Great to see Ollie score at last and SJM back.
Thought Bogarde was MOTM.
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That’ll do pig.
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Fair play lads, that has alleviated some gloom. Looking forward to the second leg.
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Bogey was excellent, don't think Garcia would have done as well.
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Apparently Unai's 100th Villa win.
Got their quicker than George Ramsay they said!
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Doug looked more like old Doug, Bogarde very good, Onana far better and a very good goal. Hopefully push on,l and dare to dream that we might turn up at OT for a change.
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Happy with that. Rarely looked threatened. Onana POTMIMO.
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Fine result, that. I thought we played well.
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Fantastic performance. Huge game from Dougie and Onana, Bogarde excellent, even Buendia played well. Onwards….
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I know he was only on the pitch for 20 minutes but McGinn makes such a difference.
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Apparently Unai's 100th Villa win.
Got their quicker than George Ramsay they said!
In fairness, they did have to keep stopping every few months to colonise Africa in those days.
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That'll do nicely. Great to see Ollie score at last and SJM back.
Thought Bogarde was MOTM.
Totally agree, When he has a specific job to do he plays at his best. Just keeps it simple and gets into good positions.
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Result is everything. But we were decent second half. Defence and midfield sound. Shout outs to Luiz and Bogarde. Onana much improved.
I worry about our lack of incision upfront.
But Id have taken 1-0 all day long earlier
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Phew. Will take it.
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That’ll do. Good goal, should have had a pen, and just generally looked better after we scored. Hopefully that gives a bit of confidence.
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With Stuttgart losing you can probably all stop worrying about the poxy coefficient, n'all.
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Solid in the end, happy with that.
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Bogey was excellent, don't think Garcia would have done as well.
Yeah he did well.
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Defensive line is so much better when Pau plays.
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Defensive line is so much better when Pau plays.
But but but he can't defend.
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That's more like it. Great to see SJM back.
Rogers has gone off the boil a bit.
Well done lads.
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Special shoutouts to: Bogarde, Onana, Dougie - all were excellent.
Needs to improve: Sancho, Rogers, Watkins, Digne (crossing and corners, defending was ok).
Should not start: Buendia, Bailey
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Luiz was excellent; Bogie played well; Onana was okay.
A win - move on .
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Dougie played well, Ollie scored, SJM back, 3 points on the road. Job done!
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Defence and midfield was fine, ahead of that there were the usual problems.
Hope this is the start of a recovery.
Play like that Sunday and it we will get beat.
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Doug is starting to look good now. He’s making more creative passes.
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Apparently Unai's 100th Villa win.
Got their quicker than George Ramsay they said!
Ramsay didn't get there at all.
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Decent result.
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Great result in the end.
Now god let us beat those bastards on Sunday.
Just once please.
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Luiz my Villa MotM, SJM's arse a close second.
Got the job done, onwards and upwards.
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Oh,and a clean sheet.More of that kind of thing please.
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That'll do. We badly needed a result and a performance, seems like we got it. (yet to watch it)
Hopefully the boost we need to push on now.
UTV!
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Defensive line is so much better when Pau plays.
But but but he can't defend.
Very dodgy first 15 mins but he grew into it and didn’t disgrace himself in the end. Bogarde v reliable as usual. Wonder what back line Unai will pick v Man U.
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Missed the first half but we looked by far the better team in the second and should have had a more comfortable lead. Great header by Ollie but that 1 on 1!
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Lille were not very good
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Lille were not very good
Nor were we. We move on with a whistle.
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Defensive line is so much better when Pau plays.
Definitely, much better than v Chelsea. Rarely caught with a man behind the line like we were v Chelsea for 90 mins
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Apparently Unai's 100th Villa win.
First to a century since Ron Saunders, before that it was Joe Mercer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Aston_Villa_F.C._managers
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Martinez 6, Bogarde 8, Konsa 8, Torres 7, Digne 5, Onana 7, Luiz 8, Sancho 3, Buendia 4, Rogers 4, Watkins 4. McGinn had a fine cameo, rest of subs were meh. The Elliot business is nonsense for me. Either we bring him back properly and hes treated the same as everyone else. Or we leave him out. Having a forward player that doesnt give the ball away every time he gets it has its benefits.
Started really poorly but eventually Luiz and Torres got us playing. Understatement to say our front four struggled throughout. But in the end we were disappointed we didnt finish the tie on the night. Buendia stupidly going for the spectacular volley and not heading it, lets not even get into Ollie's effort. They had a few moments too I guess, header in first half just past the post, Torres bailing out Martinez and Martinez doing likewise late on. Thats a very limited Lille team too. Hopefully we look back on this night in a few weeks as when the tide turned in our fortunes. Best likes of Konsa and Onana have played in ages, Torres showing why we need to stick with him, Luiz continuing to progress and McGinn back. I criticised him pre-game but Bogarde did really well at right back too.
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Agree with lots of the above, but I just don't get that buzz watching Villa these days. Too many turgid build-ups, none of that crisp incisive passing that was part of our game. Maybe I'm being greedy (or maybe watched too much of the Madrid game last night.
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Much better than recent performances, although they were dreadful. Still would have taken 0-1 all day long.
Great finish from Ollie, capping off a truly horrific display of indecision and ineptitude.
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Doug is starting to look good now. He’s making more creative passes.
Wins back the ball a lot too. More than he's given credit for.
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Good win, even if wasn't great to watch at times. Great to have Bravearse back.
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Important few minutes for Harvey at the end. He kept the ball so well seeing out those extra time minutes. Could still play a part.
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Good result and thought it was a better performance in.certain areas. Thought we moved the ball well around the back and through midfield, but the four attacking players remain a source of real frustration. Thought Ollie took his goal really well, but then went and blew a massive chance to pretty much settle the tie.
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Bogey , Dougy , Onana, Pau and Mcginn pluses for me , the rest hopefully catch up next game.
happy with the result thou....
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A very important win and a clean sheet in front of a hostile crowd. Great to see SJM back and credits go to Onana and Doug but MOTM goes to Lamare, probably his best performance so far for us.
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I think Torres made a big difference, our defensive line looks better and our ability to play quick counters is much higher. With the midfielders we've had missing we just can't live without him.
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only english team out of 9 to win in Europe
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only english team out of 9 to win in Europe
Yeah, the bookies would have given you good odds on that happening.
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only english team out of 9 to win in Europe
Nice bit of perspective there.
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only english team out of 9 to win in Europe
Yeah, the bookies would have given you good odds on that happening.
Higher than Lesta winning the league.
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Apparently Unai's 100th Villa win.
Got their quicker than George Ramsay they said!
In fairness, they did have to keep stopping every few months to colonise Africa in those days.
Not *just* colonise Africa. We had to pilfer their stuff as well.
To be fair it was a clever bit of work. Pinch all of Johnny Foreigners valuable things, make a fancy hat out of them, then get our king to wear said fancy hat whilst patronising the leaders of the countries we’ve stole stuff from.
It’s next level stuff when you think about it.