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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on April 09, 2026, 09:53:52 PM
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Never in doubt.
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ICYMI: We won.
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Job done
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Rowe was brilliant, their keeper is shit.
I missed the first half which sounds like it was a blessing.
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King Ollie to the rescue.
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Big stage, World Cup getting near.
It's time Ollie.
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Far better 2nd half, Onana stepped up as did Buendia and Rogers to a certain extent. Chuffed for Ollie.
Great result.
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Classic smash and grab.
Would like to have seen better subs, earlier, but I'm not going to complain.
Bring Rowe back on the team coach, please.
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Great result. Rowe was excellent though, beat Cash a few times….oh and Bailey for their goal ffs. Onana was superb.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
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Great result. Good 2nd half performance.
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Brilliant result.
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I’m envious of those Villa fans out in Bologna must be a great night tonight.
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Terrific result - Bologna were really good in the first half, and Rowe was excellent. Watkins absolutely superb, and the importance of good deliveries from corners again.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
30m for Rowe, 38m if they take Bailey.
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More than enough and should easily be so to put the the next game to bed back at Villa park, well done Villa, Unai, proper job, now we focus on the massive game on Sunday.
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Rode our luck, but did enough. Feel like we have some European nous now - getting results despite not finding top gear.
Pleased for Watkins. What a save from Martinez.
Rogers seems out of sorts again. Bailey was weak for their goal - maybe we should take a look at Rowe for next season?
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All good, result-wise.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
30m for Rowe, 38m if they take Bailey.
Absofuckinglutley.
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...the importance of good deliveries from corners Tielemans again.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
30m for Rowe, 38m if they take Bailey.
Rowe
10 ECL appearances
3 goals
2 assists.
€20m on Transfermarkt
€55k per week.
Worth thinking about?
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How good was Youri too.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
30m for Rowe, 38m if they take Bailey.
Rowe
10 ECL appearances
3 goals
2 assists.
€20m on Transfermarkt
€55k per week.
Worth thinking about?
Then he turns into prime Guessand in the Premier league!
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We should go all out for Rowe.
We should also leave Bailey there, the useless fcuker.
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We were total shit first half but miles better than them second half.
Rogers worst player, Watkins the best.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
30m for Rowe, 38m if they take Bailey.
Rowe
10 ECL appearances
3 goals
2 assists.
€20m on Transfermarkt
€55k per week.
Worth thinking about?
Then he turns into prime Guessand in the Premier league!
Indeed.
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What a strange game that was. As others have said, and it’s a blindingly obvious thing to say but Rowe would be a tremendous acquisition. Everything in him that Bailey isn’t.
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I'd be amazed if we don't ask the question about Rowe. Konsa doing God's work at full time and chatting him up. Guarantee he d mentioned it. Players know.
Bailey hanging around the conversation like a bad smell, not realising he was looking at his replacement.
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I love that we decided to put that corner into the box at the death, and not just use it to play out the last few seconds.
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Rowe gives defenders something to think about as well as shifting the ball 30/40 yards up the pitch in an instant. Something we do not have.
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Very good performances from Onana, Buendia and Ollie. Great result.
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Rowe gives defenders something to think about as well as shifting the ball 30/40 yards up the pitch in an instant. Something we do not have.
100%. He is exactly what we are missing.
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Far better 2nd half, Onana stepped up as did Buendia and Rogers to a certain extent. Chuffed for Ollie.
Great result.
Very kind to Rogers, thought he was poor throughout.
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How good was Youri too.
It is so good to see that beautiful man back on the pitch, and a full 90 too.
Just wonderful.
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Far better 2nd half, Onana stepped up as did Buendia and Rogers to a certain extent. Chuffed for Ollie.
Great result.
Very kind to Rogers, thought he was poor throughout.
Same, wasteful and poor decision making.
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We should be putting in an offer on Rowe right now, and give them bailey just for shits and giggles.
30m for Rowe, 38m if they take Bailey.
Rowe
10 ECL appearances
3 goals
2 assists.
€20m on Transfermarkt
€55k per week.
Worth thinking about?
Then he turns into prime Guessand in the Premier league!
Indeed.
Commentator said he wants to return to the UK.
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Great to see Youri back. Rogers has reverted back to how he was during our early season slump.
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Love here Watkins talking like that. Backing it up right now too. Good lad.
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How good was that result
They huffed and puffed but we in control, they pull one back and we score again.
I understand the logic behind bringing on two quick players for the last ten mins, but, Bailey for fucks sake responsible for their goal
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I was cheesed off we'd lost the two goal advantage and then we go and do that last kick of the game. Lovely stuff. We are so good in Europe this season, four more to go hopefully.
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Yeah hopefully people give him a bit of slack, because after that early season slump he reminded people he’s pretty bloody good.
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I've said it before but it's emphasized every time we play, we are the definition of a 'crack European outfit' now
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Third goal is crucial because at 1-2 they would have came at us like a train next week. They can't do that now because they'll know the score line will get beyond them very quickly.
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I guess at 0-2 up we were rampant really and had a series of half chances to finish them. When we play at that tempo then no team in this competition will touch us. We dropped off that pace and weren't helped by a mess of substitutions, both in the timing and personnel. They are a mess at set pieces and we got two very soft goals. A mixed performance, some brilliant stuff, some brutal. But 1-3 first leg win is superb. They have taken a lot of grief on here lately but Buendia and Watkins turned the game for us tonight and deserve the plaudits.
Martinez 9 - one outstanding save and was solid throughout when many struggled. Their goal got a little flick off Cash which did him.
Cash 4 - struggled with Rowe's power but left isolated far too often.
Konsa 6 - awful first half but much better after half time
Torres 7 - best of our defence, decent in possession and no calamities out of it
Digne 6 - mixed at best, a bit too safe but maybe that's what Emery wanted tonight
McGinn 5 - not often I'll criticise him but thought he was off the pace tonight. Got nowhere near Rowe for Emi's brilliant save.
Onana 5 - utterly anonymous in first half, more involved after half time but still doesn't not cover the right side anywhere near what Kamara does
Tielemans 7 - took a good while to get going, nothing wrong with footwork but surprised he played 90+
Buendia 8 - struggled like most in first half but his turnover made second for Ollie and was excellent in second half. Not everything came off, one through ball to Rogers stands out, but lots more did.
Rogers 3 - shocking unfortunately. Pathetic in first half, bar one good shot did little right in second half either. His form is a real worry.
Watkins 8 - like Buendia transformed after break. Bullied their centre backs like the Ollie of old. Loved his first and deserved the second.
Subs - Bogarde was shite for their goal, as was Bailey. Maatsen on very late.
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How good was that result
They huffed and puffed but we in control, they pull one back and we score again.
I understand the logic behind bringing on two quick players for the last ten mins, but, Bailey for fucks sake responsible for their goal
Bailey can fuck right off and whatever's going on with Rogers' body language needs sorting, but I'm trying to focus on the positives. That was a great European away performance. Absorb the pressure, come away with a two goal lead for the home leg.
Lee's on the money. We are a serious proposition in Europe at every level.
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For how ‘poor’ Watkins has been this season he still has 12 in all competitions.
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Like pretty much every European game this season, felt like we did just enough to get the result without overly exerting ourselves.
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I've said it before but it's emphasized every time we play, we are the definition of a 'crack European outfit' now
We're the modern day version of how Manchester United used to be. Win ugly.
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Feels like a bit of a defeat really, who wants to win playing like Arsenal?
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Rope a doped them. We didn't play well but we were decisive. We need to get Rowe. When did he get that good?
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Ollie fantastic second half, Buendia much improved, Konsa imperious, Onana and Tielemans impressed throughout, Torres solid.
Rode our luck a bit but always felt we could step up a gear if we had to.
Bologna 21 home matches in Europa League. 10 wins, 10 draws, ONE LOSS.
Well done lads.
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Unai not thrilled with our performance. Certainly not in the first half. Good to hear we have things to work on.
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I guess at 0-2 up we were rampant really and had a series of half chances to finish them. When we play at that tempo then no team in this competition will touch us. We dropped off that pace and weren't helped by a mess of substitutions, both in the timing and personnel. They are a mess at set pieces and we got two very soft goals. A mixed performance, some brilliant stuff, some brutal. But 1-3 first leg win is superb. They have taken a lot of grief on here lately but Buendia and Watkins turned the game for us tonight and deserve the plaudits.
Martinez 9 - one outstanding save and was solid throughout when many struggled. Their goal got a little flick off Cash which did him.
Cash 4 - struggled with Rowe's power but left isolated far too often.
Konsa 6 - awful first half but much better after half time
Torres 7 - best of our defence, decent in possession and no calamities out of it
Digne 6 - mixed at best, a bit too safe but maybe that's what Emery wanted tonight
McGinn 5 - not often I'll criticise him but thought he was off the pace tonight. Got nowhere near Rowe for Emi's brilliant save.
Onana 5 - utterly anonymous in first half, more involved after half time but still doesn't not cover the right side anywhere near what Kamara does
Tielemans 7 - took a good while to get going, nothing wrong with footwork but surprised he played 90+
Buendia 8 - struggled like most in first half but his turnover made second for Ollie and was excellent in second half. Not everything came off, one through ball to Rogers stands out, but lots more did.
Rogers 3 - shocking unfortunately. Pathetic in first half, bar one good shot did little right in second half either. His form is a real worry.
Watkins 8 - like Buendia transformed after break. Bullied their centre backs like the Ollie of old. Loved his first and deserved the second.
Subs - Bogarde was shite for their goal, as was Bailey. Maatsen on very late.
Harsh on Onana
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Those are the match marks for a team that lost.
Bailey apart, wanker.
We stepped it up second half and Bologna didn’t have an answer for us. Far better side and the score line is about right. Watkins was excellent.
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King Ollie to the rescue.
Thankfully no McDonalds in Italy.
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We were total shit first half but miles better than them second half.
Rogers worst player, Watkins the best.
We still offer little up front, MOTM was Emi Martinez. Without him we'd have lost the game.
Delighted for Watkins, who has really struggled in Europe but Tuchel can't ignore two goals plus it will drive up his value this summer.
Rogers? Love his talent but he's got to raise his game; he's a shadow of the player we know he can be.
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Far better 2nd half, Onana stepped up as did Buendia and Rogers to a certain extent. Chuffed for Ollie.
Great result.
Very kind to Rogers, thought he was poor throughout.
Same, wasteful and poor decision making.
Not played well since the brace against Man Utd for me
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An excellent 2nd choice and in the end a deserved win, delighted for Ollie, if he does find his top form for the rest of the season, then that will go a long way helping us to qualify for the CL and of course possibly winning a trophy at the end of the seadon.
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Good win. Thought we'd thrown away the 2 goal lead but we kept going. Could have stepped up another gear if we wanted to as well.
Rowe was excellent. Worth keeping an eye on.
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I guess at 0-2 up we were rampant really and had a series of half chances to finish them. When we play at that tempo then no team in this competition will touch us. We dropped off that pace and weren't helped by a mess of substitutions, both in the timing and personnel. They are a mess at set pieces and we got two very soft goals. A mixed performance, some brilliant stuff, some brutal. But 1-3 first leg win is superb. They have taken a lot of grief on here lately but Buendia and Watkins turned the game for us tonight and deserve the plaudits.
Martinez 9 - one outstanding save and was solid throughout when many struggled. Their goal got a little flick off Cash which did him.
Cash 4 - struggled with Rowe's power but left isolated far too often.
Konsa 6 - awful first half but much better after half time
Torres 7 - best of our defence, decent in possession and no calamities out of it
Digne 6 - mixed at best, a bit too safe but maybe that's what Emery wanted tonight
McGinn 5 - not often I'll criticise him but thought he was off the pace tonight. Got nowhere near Rowe for Emi's brilliant save.
Onana 5 - utterly anonymous in first half, more involved after half time but still doesn't not cover the right side anywhere near what Kamara does
Tielemans 7 - took a good while to get going, nothing wrong with footwork but surprised he played 90+
Buendia 8 - struggled like most in first half but his turnover made second for Ollie and was excellent in second half. Not everything came off, one through ball to Rogers stands out, but lots more did.
Rogers 3 - shocking unfortunately. Pathetic in first half, bar one good shot did little right in second half either. His form is a real worry.
Watkins 8 - like Buendia transformed after break. Bullied their centre backs like the Ollie of old. Loved his first and deserved the second.
Subs - Bogarde was shite for their goal, as was Bailey. Maatsen on very late.
Maatsan came on with Bailey
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A first ever win in Italy.
Delighted for Ollie, could be picking up two medals by the end of the summer.
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Fantastic result.
Ollie did very well leading the line, particularly when you consider that his source of supply in the first half was Martinez.
As always, Pau maintains the discipline our defensive line, which is crucial in games like this.
The entire midfield did their job, but Buendia was indefatigable.
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Yeah hopefully people give him a bit of slack, because after that early season slump he reminded people he’s pretty bloody good.
Who?!
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Delighted for Ollie, could be picking up two medals by the end of the summer.
You don't get medals for finishing in the Champions League spots.
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Yeah hopefully people give him a bit of slack, because after that early season slump he reminded people he’s pretty bloody good.
Who?!
Buendia.
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No reception in Camden Electric Ballroom but was happy to see the result coming out after. Sounds like it was peak EuroVilla, flatter to deceive and rope a dope.
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Yeah hopefully people give him a bit of slack, because after that early season slump he reminded people he’s pretty bloody good.
Who?!
Unai.
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I've said it before but it's emphasized every time we play, we are the definition of a 'crack European outfit' now
We're the modern day version of how Manchester United used to be. Win ugly.
I'd prefer to win sexily but I guess Emery isn't that hot.
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Thank you
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Delighted for Ollie, could be picking up two medals by the end of the summer.
You don't get medals for finishing in the Champions League spots.
You do for world cups.
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Delighted for Ollie, could be picking up two medals by the end of the summer.
You don't get medals for finishing in the Champions League spots.
You do for world cups.
But Ollie's not Scottish though I see why you may think that. His European stats will look better tonight and that's something neither Clarke or Tuchel can ignore.
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Ollie immense tonight. Easily MOTM.
Rogers on the other hand. Bang out of form and needs hooking for a bit I think, as he’s totally ineffective at the moment.
Looked like he was blowing out of his arse from minute one tonight.
Give him a few sub appearances to get his head right and maybe try Tammy up top with Ollie or something? Lot of pressure on the kid and needs to be pulled out of firing line.
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Rogers tries to do too much. Always trying to wriggle out of impossible situations on his own instead of playing a simple lay-off. The rest of the time he looks lethargic. Worrying.
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Deano wanted Rowe from Norwich didn’t he? I was hoping we’d be in for him when Marseille bombed him out.
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Classic old school away performance.
Nice 2 goal cushion.
We never got close to getting out of 2nd gear.
The only negative was Rogers.
Blimey he was truly awful.
He gave away virtually all the balls he received.
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Rogers tries to do too much. Always trying to wriggle out of impossible situations on his own instead of playing a simple lay-off. The rest of the time he looks lethargic. Worrying.
Its not worrying. Hes a young player going through a sticky patch but still showing glimpses of quality.
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If top money offered for Rogers I would be taking it, he occassionally does brilliant things but not often enough, his first touch is dodgy and he is not quick. This is just not about tonight performance but all season, when he is on it he is brilliant but top players are consistant most of the time. Relieved with the win but we need to play better the last few Prem games left.
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Rogers is overrated, to inconsistent, one good game every 6/7 take the £100 Millikn, spend half of it on Rowe, we have an upgrade already with money to spend.
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Nonsense.
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Where is £100 million being referenced coming from from?
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Play like we did in the first half and still win 3-1, away from home, in Italy. They should stop the competition right now and crown us as Champions, there's just no need to prolong the inevitable.
We played better in the second half but Steve Bruce would be proud of wor efforts tonight. A classic BruceBall smash and grab.