Aston Villa v HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

Also, spare a thought for those poor people who excitedly accepted free tickets tonight.

Those poor kids fron the deprived inner city school. As if they haven't suffered enough.

"Mom, mom, can we go home and play with the rats instead? This is terrible."

[N'ZMAV]

BORING

[Risso]

Ref useless. Giving us nothing. We faded badly after a bright start. Zaniolo almost with a worldie.

Mostar are niggly as hell.

Unai could have us in a title challenge next April and people would still be moaning about going out of the Carabao Cup!

There he is! Like Flin5tone without the likeability or people skills!

[pauliewalnuts]

It's so exciting to see European nights under the floodlights back at Villa Park, mind.

[pablo_picasso]

Anybody else think this ref is biased?

No.

Just shit...

Like our first half performance.

We are too slow with the passing.

Too many touches allowing their players to get their bus back into position so they can clamp the fucker.

And then they are hitting us with the odd counter attack.

Although they are 70's Brazil listening to these twats commentating.

All in all, two teams playing shit boring football.

The reasons for that will be debated until the cows come home, but it doesn't matter who we have on the pitch if we are going to continue to play so slowly.

[Stu82]

Centre mid partnership so slow and uninspiring

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

 very frustrating watching us play so slowly. go left go right go back.
 start fast and overwhelm them and win it early then run the clock down?

[ez]

It's so exciting to see European nights under the floodlights back at Villa Park, mind.

Doesn't bear much resemblance to the European games I remember. 

[AV84]

0-0 in the other game too at HT

[PeterWithesShin]

I reckon Tielemans found where they store the Pic n Mix cart from the Lower Grounds.

[taylorsworkrate]

I'm not sure what people are complaining about with the ref to be honest. We've needlessly fouled numerous times, and surely no one can complain about McGinn being booked for a clear dive?

[wolfman999]

Too many of this lot proving why they are not first team regulars. Telemans, despite the moaning about not getting starts, has done nothing to justify getting any, Dendonker turns slower than an oil tanker and Bailey is, well Bailey.

[malckennedy]

Frustratingly slow and ponderous from Villa. And that referee is having one of those quietly incompetent games - not overtly outrageous decisions, just a string of irritatingly small ones. A corner given as a goal kick here, a decent challenge penalised as a foul there.

[pelty]

Just need to figure out a way to win. Does not need to be pretty... and so far it sounds like it has been anything but.

[Clark W Griswold]

I'm going early on this, I know, but fuck it, I am going with it and calling it now - Tielemans is shit.

He’s looking to me like an Ireland or a Gabby, had a few good seasons and that’ll do him, can’t be arsed any more.

Duran on the other hand is continuing to look like a young player with big potential.