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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => 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.
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Where is £100 million being referenced coming from from?
We shouldn’t accept a penny less. He’s a 23 year old full England international who likely starts at the World Cup. If Cole Palmer, as an example, a lesser player in my opinion, left Chelsea that’s precisely what they would want for him.
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Matty Cash must still be chasing Rowe in his dreams , he looked a very good winger - lots of pace and skill
Martinez was very good and made a fantastic save, thought Torres was also very good.
Roger’s was poor, he needs a goal to get his confidence back.
Looks as though we will be playing Forest 3 times in the next few weeks - hopefully we can get to the final, but it will be tough
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Where is £100 million being referenced coming from from?
We shouldn’t accept a penny less. He’s a 23 year old full England international who likely starts at the World Cup. If Cole Palmer, as an example, a lesser player in my opinion, left Chelsea that’s precisely what they would want for him.
I think Palmer is a better player.
Rarely gives the ball away , Rogers the opposite.
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Nonsense.
Indeed - Rogers isn’t in great form, but he’s really fucking good. He’s shown that for Villa over a period of time, and has been absolutely central to most of the good stuff we’ve done since he’s been here. That’s also the reason there’s a load of interest from other clubs in him. We might net out ok, but the idea his ability is some kind of myth or it’d be good to sell him is daft.
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If I've got one fault from last night, it was the amount of chances they had. They were always going to attack being the home side though i suppose. Still, an early goal next week and a bout of the shits for Rowe should see us through.
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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.
I think they’ll come at us like a train anyway.
They will know those tactics can go one of two ways, but they’ll need throw everything at us early to try and grab a quick goal.
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Rogers is paying the price that every quality player pays when they 'burst' on the scene. They get more tightly marked. At the moment, all opposition managers will devise a plan to target Rogers.
This is his next challenge. Currently, Rogers is getting flustrated, narky, losing his focus and on occasion, throwing the towel in.
But he is young, extremely talented and under the guidance of Unai will overcome this hurdle. Mentally and physically.
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Martinez was my MoM. One top-drawer save, and he dictated the tempo of our play for long stretches. Which is a strange thing to say about a goalkeeper.
Honorable mentions for Torres and Watkins - the goals were more down to mistakes from Bologna, but he deserved a break for the constant harrying and pressing. Also McGinn, who although he didn't quite manage to resolve the Rowe dilemma with Cash, did drag us up the pitch a few times, especially in the first half. Digne was solid. Onana was the most consistent midfielder, I thought, but Tielemans, when he finally got himself going, was the most effective.
Cash had a nightmare with Rowe. Buendia and Rogers couldn't get settled on the ball when we needed them to in the first 45, but grew into the game second half. Konsa, despite the goal, looked vulnerable with Castro. Poor old Leon did "a Sancho" that even the great man would have been proud of.
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Martinez was my MoM. One top-drawer save, and he dictated the tempo of our play for long stretches. Which is a strange thing to say about a goalkeeper.
Honorable mentions for Torres and Watkins - the goals were more down to mistakes from Bologna, but he deserved a break for the constant harrying and pressing. Also McGinn, who although he didn't quite manage to resolve the Rowe dilemma with Cash, did drag us up the pitch a few times, especially in the first half. Digne was solid. Onana was the most consistent midfielder, I thought, but Tielemans, when he finally got himself going, was the most effective.
Cash had a nightmare with Rowe. Buendia and Rogers couldn't get settled on the ball when we needed them to in the first 45, but grew into the game second half. Konsa, despite the goal, looked vulnerable with Castro. Poor old Leon did "a Sancho" that even the great man would have been proud of.
Agree with all that. Really impressed with Watkins all night, Rogers really poor, form snd body language, might be harsh, but looked like he couldn’t be arsed a few times.
Anyway, one foot in the semi’s and it would be size nice to get an earlyish goal next Thursday. Exciting times.
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Martinez was my MoM. One top-drawer save, and he dictated the tempo of our play for long stretches. Which is a strange thing to say about a goalkeeper.
Honorable mentions for Torres and Watkins - the goals were more down to mistakes from Bologna, but he deserved a break for the constant harrying and pressing. Also McGinn, who although he didn't quite manage to resolve the Rowe dilemma with Cash, did drag us up the pitch a few times, especially in the first half. Digne was solid. Onana was the most consistent midfielder, I thought, but Tielemans, when he finally got himself going, was the most effective.
Cash had a nightmare with Rowe. Buendia and Rogers couldn't get settled on the ball when we needed them to in the first 45, but grew into the game second half. Konsa, despite the goal, looked vulnerable with Castro. Poor old Leon did "a Sancho" that even the great man would have been proud of.
Agreed about Martinez
Goalkeepers always the most underrated yet most important player in any team
We’d have been nowhere near European football in the last four years without him
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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.
Young lads often have sticky patches, so you're probably right.
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Well I’m rather bleary eyed on the train to Milan this morning. Pretty much agree with brontes ratings with the exception of his usual harsh score for Onana. I thought Bologna’s high press man for man all over the pitch really troubled us and in the first half we really struggled to get out. It improved in the second half as we started to pass the ball into Watkins a lot more and he gave their CB an absolute mauling, he’ll be having Olly nightmares for weeks after that.
Fully deserved win in my view and I think people are giving Bologna far too much credit. Thought they only caused us problems when we turned over possession but had little clue otherwise.
Bologna was ace. Didn’t get much chance to see it so will be going back.
More Italian trips please Villa.
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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.
What utter twaddle. Yah, he's currently crap but class is permanent.
And, £50m for Rowe would be vastly overspending.
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Rogers was a bit off it last night, yeah let's sell him, he's only played like peak Maradonna for half a season, get rid.
Christ we have some dickheads for fans.
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Where is £100 million being referenced coming from from?
We shouldn’t accept a penny less. He’s a 23 year old full England international who likely starts at the World Cup. If Cole Palmer, as an example, a lesser player in my opinion, left Chelsea that’s precisely what they would want for him.
Well the Beeb Gossip page seems to be doing its best to sell him again this morning, the "tug-of-war" for him being the lead headline.
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As I said straight after the match, he improved slightly in the 2nd half but overall had a poor game. Unless we're desperate for the money or he declares that he wants to leave we need to keep him. Players with his quality don't come along very often in my experience.
He looks like he's trying too hard, as he did at the start of the season but he'll come good again.
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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.
Crikey, it’s still going ?
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From the Grauniad:
Italiano, whose side are five points above the Serie A relegation zone, said: “I feel very bad for our fans. We have a very slim chance [to qualify] but we have to honour this competition.”
A lot of teams must go down in Italy if they’re 5 points above the drop zone….
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From the Grauniad:
Italiano, whose side are five points above the Serie A relegation zone, said: “I feel very bad for our fans. We have a very slim chance [to qualify] but we have to honour this competition.”
A lot of teams must go down in Italy if they’re 5 points above the drop zone….
5 or 13, depending on your maths.
Usual level of granular detail in the Guardian when reporting on us.
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They're nowhere near the relegation zone are they?
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They're nowhere near the relegation zone are they?
No.
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9 points and two places behind 6th for any Euro qualification, and 18 points / 10 places above 18th for any relegation. They got them confused with Fiorentina.
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No they’re 8th.
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They've mixed them up with Fiorentina
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We did a job on them thats for sure. We were pretty slow and abit crap 1st half. Thankfully their goal was offside. As much as we dislike var that would have been given had there been no var in place.
Second half was a lot better. Olie back scoring in form helps us at the right time. He knows he has tammy breathing down his neck so this is bringing the best out of ollie.
Their keeper was shite so bad. Rogers was pretty crap tbh and bailey should just be left in italy. Shambolic footballer
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Typical European performance from us, we rode our luck a little, then stepped it up and won easily.
Is that a once in a lifetime performance from Rowe, I know we’ve been interested in him before but I can’t recall seeing him play anything like that before?
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From the highlights, it looked like everything went for us. Did we create anything notable without it being gifted?
Bologna must hate us, they haven't played badly in any of the three games against us, yet we've ended-up winning them all. Wish this type of thing happened when we play ManUre.
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I watched Rowe last night and thought what an upgrade on Bailey, pace, power and shooting ability. There was however an incident at Marsaille, was it a blip or a pointer to a behavioural problem
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy0q2ngven5o
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I watched Rowe last night and thought what an upgrade on Bailey, pace, power and shooting ability. There was however an incident at Marsaille, was it a blip or a pointer to a behavioural problem
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy0q2ngven5o
Was speaking to an OM fan last weekend. His take on that was that the "fight" was leaked by OM in order to sugar the pill of the departure of two of their best players. There's no chance that kind of stuff gets out the dressing room, otherwise.
But I did read this morning somewhere that Rowe also left Norwich under a cloud.
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He'll be alright with our lads, plus would be a nice contrast to have someone playing in Bailey's place with an ounce of fire in his belly.
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Brilliant win I'm so pleased.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
Unlike some on here, I doubt very much doubt the people involved in recruitment at any professional club these days would consider doing that.
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We did a job on them thats for sure. We were pretty slow and abit crap 1st half. Thankfully their goal was offside. As much as we dislike var that would have been given had there been no var in place.
Second half was a lot better. Olie back scoring in form helps us at the right time. He knows he has tammy breathing down his neck so this is bringing the best out of ollie.
Their keeper was shite so bad. Rogers was pretty crap tbh and bailey should just be left in italy. Shambolic footballer
Of course with no technology it doesn't get given because it looked like Cash had cleared it off the line. The ref didn't look like giving it until his watch beeped.
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Let's finish the Italian Job next week without letting in an early Villa-esque goal.
Onto Forest. Reckon a crazy draw!
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Let's finish the Italian Job next week without letting in an early Villa-esque goal.
Onto Forest. Reckon a crazy draw!
5-5, Tammy to score four. Cash own-goal for one of theirs.
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We did a job on them thats for sure. We were pretty slow and abit crap 1st half. Thankfully their goal was offside. As much as we dislike var that would have been given had there been no var in place.
Second half was a lot better. Olie back scoring in form helps us at the right time. He knows he has tammy breathing down his neck so this is bringing the best out of ollie.
Their keeper was shite so bad. Rogers was pretty crap tbh and bailey should just be left in italy. Shambolic footballer
Of course with no technology it doesn't get given because it looked like Cash had cleared it off the line. The ref didn't look like giving it until his watch beeped.
On top of that, how come that tech can make such a close call in less then a second. (apart from one really noticeable case)
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From the highlights, it looked like everything went for us. Did we create anything notable without it being gifted?
Bologna must hate us, they haven't played badly in any of the three games against us, yet we've ended-up winning them all. Wish this type of thing happened when we play ManUre.
I thought they were fairly anonymous in both games at Villa Park to be honest. They were good in the first half last night, we largely controlled the second half, until we sat vack a bit in the last 10 mins. We had fortune in the first half, but took our chances when required.
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We played better in the second half but Steve Bruce would be proud of wor efforts tonight. A classic BruceBall smash and grab.
That's understating matters. For 20-30mins after half we were outstanding. Played at a great tempo. At 0-2 up, we had a number of opportunities for our forwards to finish the tie. Buendia x 2 and Rogers on edge of box came close, Ollie miscontrolled a 1 on 1. Tielemans running the show and Buendia/Watkins torching them.
They finished strong again for sure. But Emery was sitting on his hands a bit and made the wrong changes. It was blatantly obvious that Rowe was their main threat. Putting on Bailey on the right wing and moving a fatigued McGinn inside was poor.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
We took a gamble on morgan after ine game against us although it was a low transfer fee
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Fantastic game!
What a result
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
I doubt it. We watched Guessand 30 times, for all the good it did.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
We took a gamble on morgan after ine game against us although it was a low transfer fee
We didn't sign Rogers after one game against us, especially as he did nothing in that game of note. He was probably put on Emery's radar because of monitoring the opponents ahead of a game and he then was looked at indepth. But being as we were supposedly looking at Rowe around the same time (Dec2023) and didn't sign him might point that Emery didn't see the same things in him at that time.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
We took a gamble on morgan after ine game against us although it was a low transfer fee
We didn't sign Rogers after one game against us, especially as he did nothing in that game of note. He was probably put on Emery's radar because of monitoring the opponents ahead of a game and he then was looked at indepth. But being as we were supposedly looking at Rowe around the same time (Dec2023) and didn't sign him might point that Emery didn't see the same things in him at that time.
I think there was a long Athletic article about his early years in football, and that seemed pretty sure that the main voice behind us signing him was Mark Harrison who had him for years when he was in the West Brom academy.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
We took a gamble on morgan after ine game against us although it was a low transfer fee
We didn't sign Rogers after one game against us, especially as he did nothing in that game of note. He was probably put on Emery's radar because of monitoring the opponents ahead of a game and he then was looked at indepth. But being as we were supposedly looking at Rowe around the same time (Dec2023) and didn't sign him might point that Emery didn't see the same things in him at that time.
I think there was a long Athletic article about his early years in football, and that seemed pretty sure that the main voice behind us signing him was Mark Harrison who had him for years when he was in the West Brom academy.
Yep, I think a lot of people seem to overlook that Rogers was coached at WBA by a lot of people who are now in our academy structure.
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Whilst Rowe played well last night I hope the club aren't going to throw big money around based on one performance, unlike some on here.
We took a gamble on morgan after ine game against us although it was a low transfer fee
We didn't sign Rogers after one game against us, especially as he did nothing in that game of note. He was probably put on Emery's radar because of monitoring the opponents ahead of a game and he then was looked at indepth. But being as we were supposedly looking at Rowe around the same time (Dec2023) and didn't sign him might point that Emery didn't see the same things in him at that time.
Great scouting by Emery on Rogers but not quite the level of Brian green (rip) recommending Ollie Watkins to the club when he was at Weston super Mare?
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Is that Toronto's schoolpal from the late 80s, Harrison?
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A cracking trip and feels like I was away for 4-5 days but in reality it was only 48 hours even with the flight cancellation meaning a Friday night in Milan. It was amazing how many Villa fans I spoke to yesterday who had rescheduled flights as far away as Switzerland, France and Croatia so my 3 hour journey to Milan was easy in comparison.
Even in a small bar away from the main nightspots last night I bumped into 2 separate Villa fans who were taking the Milan option to come home. A great trip in an amazing city topped off with a good first leg result. As we all know, it’s only half time.
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Absolutely agree with Bronte, that if you want to bring on Bailey near the end, he is not best deployed as a support marker of the opposition's best player!
SJM should have been told to stay out there.