Aston Villa vs Juventus post-match thread.

[The Edge]

Brace yerselves. Joe Cole talking sense:

https://x.com/louisdebono2/status/1861913535619518467?s=46&t=GdM6cpVxe5IloByNCRheWA

Very interesting take from Joe Cole. He's bang on the money and the player he's not naming is John Terry. We are way too passive and Unai  seems far too honest to instruct the players so it would have to come from within the players themselves. I remarked during the game just how vehemently they contested every decision no matter how obviously wrong their protests were. There won several 50/50 throw ins by ranting at the officials and Bailey got booked because they were in the refs face. It's horrible to watch but they don't care. I really think we need to be savvy if we're going to win anything especially if we're to progress in Europe. When in Rome.

[LeeB]

With the ref's it's mostly incompetence, and by that I don't mean being able to make a decision, I mean more they're weak minded, suggestible, influenced by celebrity and suchlike.
They make decisions based on getting on in their careers, upsetting the likes of Juve, Barca or Madrid at this level threatens that, just like it does with the usual suspects in our own league.

[olaftab]

I don’t agree with “we are far too passive” suggestion.  We were in their faces ok on Wednesday and no one chatters more than McGinn. Of course the Italian mentality takes it to a different level and we don’t necessarily want to do that. We didn’t have much success when Terry was on the pitch for us which proves that it’s better teams and better players that win football games not yabbers.