Stade Rennais v Aston Villa pre-season friendly thread

[Brazilian Villain]

Feeney is a baller as the kids might or might not be saying.

Please don't! You'll be posting TikTok videos next.

[cdbearsfan]

Hurrah we win again. One hand on the title, IMO.

[Bad English]

Feeney is a baller as the kids might or might not be saying.

Irrationally, I hate 'baller'.

Is balloner okay?

Footballer will do.

[Risso]

I suspect what is going to happen is that Luiz being able to play more further forward is going to make feck all difference.

I just don't 'get' him.

He's just very average all over the pitch.

[ez]

Just seen Ings leaving the pitch. When did he get on?

[VILLA MOLE]

Good lad Tim. Rennes player gives him a shove, so Tim tries to split him in half.

he looks very  imposing

[VILLA MOLE]

Hurrah we win again. One hand on the title, IMO.

champions of France and Australia

[Risso]

Just seen Ings leaving the pitch. When did he get on?

Didn't even notice he was in the squad. When did he come on?

[Nev]

I still think pre season doesn't really tell you anything about the season ahead. I feel that Watkins and Doug are on borrowed time, we have a much stronger squad and the youngsters coming through look very promising but I still can't shake the feeling that we are going to finish in the same position again by May next year.

[paul_e]

Despite the compalints on here I thought that was a decent performance against a team that tried to catch us with a high press, got the result and could've done better with 3-4 other chances whereas I can only think of 1 'real' save that martinez had to make after their goal.

My only complaint outside the odd individual error was that we were underweighing our passes. Tim, JJ and Sanson coming on helped because all of them zipped the ball about a little more and that, along with Rennes tiring, meant we looked like we had loads more time in the last 15-20minutes.

[Brend'Watkins]

I suspect what is going to happen is that Luiz being able to play more further forward is going to make feck all difference.

I just don't 'get' him.

He's just very average all over the pitch.

And that’s when he’s at his best. Young Tim is more the kind of player that suits us.

[paul_e]

Just seen Ings leaving the pitch. When did he get on?

Didn't even notice he was in the squad. When did he come on?

Replaced Bailey with about 15 to go.

[RamboandBruno]

Been travelling over to west of Ireland today, so just come on this and scrolling through. Reading the comments i thought we were getting hammered, we won! Brilliant.

[eamonn]

Were many of that Rennes team regulars last season that finished in the top four of Ligue Une?

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Just saw a The Digby Water Orton flag. Our mom lives about two minutes away.

Used to drink in there a fair bit and played football for them for years. Not been in since well before covid. The gaffer is a big villa fan.