AZ Alkmaar Vs Aston Villa Post-Match

[Chris Smith]

Utterly ruthless performance.

We punished any errors and scored at the right times to take the sting out of anything they tried and, for probably the first time, the changes in the team didn’t cause any drop off in levels.

[Somniloquism]

It is no surprise that having the first choice pairing of Luiz and Kamara in front of the defence seemed to make us more solid. Tielemans performance showed he is better further forward then in front of the back 4, although he also got the blocks in when needed.

[darren woolley]

Brilliant performance again we are playing some fantastic football and long may it continue.

[AV82EC]

Amazing away experience, really enjoyed it, right time for my flight home.

The ear worms are strong though

🎶oh what a night…..🎶

[brontebilly]

It is no surprise that having the first choice pairing of Luiz and Kamara in front of the defence seemed to make us more solid. Tielemans performance showed he is better further forward then in front of the back 4, although he also got the blocks in when needed.

Thought Tielemans did well when he shifted back into Luiz spot. Made one great block that forced a corner.

I'm increasingly unsure about Carlos though. He had a shocker of a second half.

[Brend'Watkins]

It is no surprise that having the first choice pairing of Luiz and Kamara in front of the defence seemed to make us more solid. Tielemans performance showed he is better further forward then in front of the back 4, although he also got the blocks in when needed.

Thought Tielemans did well when he shifted back into Luiz spot. Made one great block that forced a corner.

I'm increasingly unsure about Carlos though. He had a shocker of a second half.

He’s far too casual for my liking. Good enough as a back up for now but he’s not worrying our first choice paring anytime soon.

[Risso]

It's easy to forget with Carlos that he had a long time out with a serious injury. We haven't seen enough of him yet to know if he can adapt to Emery's methods. I think he's probably 4th choice centre half now though, and might not have much of a future with us once Mings is fit again.

[RamboandBruno]

It is no surprise that having the first choice pairing of Luiz and Kamara in front of the defence seemed to make us more solid. Tielemans performance showed he is better further forward then in front of the back 4, although he also got the blocks in when needed.

Thought Tielemans did well when he shifted back into Luiz spot. Made one great block that forced a corner.

I'm increasingly unsure about Carlos though. He had a shocker of a second half.

He’s far too casual for my liking. Good enough as a back up for now but he’s not worrying our first choice paring anytime soon.

Thats a bit harsh Bren, based on last nights performance alone.

[wince]

Not happy at all

U ok hun?

You missed his next post

He timed them perfectly, too.
Bottom of page 3 and top of page 4 

Haha gotcha all! I didn’t intend splitting the post but I was a bit merry shall we say……

[Gareth]

It's easy to forget with Carlos that he had a long time out with a serious injury. We haven't seen enough of him yet to know if he can adapt to Emery's methods. I think he's probably 4th choice centre half now though, and might not have much of a future with us once Mings is fit again.

There aren’t many better 4th choices about tho.  Think he is perfectly good enough for our bench and the odd start & I think he would also be useful to bring on if chasing a game against a side sitting back for attacking set pieces

[Brend'Watkins]

There were two risky passes first half in our area that could have been punished. As I mentioned at half time he put their striker off with his challenge for the Kamara fuck up so yes, he did contribute but overall his tendency to pass the ball loosely is what his weakness is. Lifting the ball instead of keeping it on the ground. He may sharpen up but as it is now Im not sure.

[Skerra]

Worrying reports of us conceding in matches. So true because if we hadn’t scored 4 last night, we would have lost 1-0!! You couldn’t make it up.

[taylorsworkrate]

It's easy to forget with Carlos that he had a long time out with a serious injury. We haven't seen enough of him yet to know if he can adapt to Emery's methods. I think he's probably 4th choice centre half now though, and might not have much of a future with us once Mings is fit again.

There aren’t many better 4th choices about tho.  Think he is perfectly good enough for our bench and the odd start & I think he would also be useful to bring on if chasing a game against a side sitting back for attacking set pieces

That's just given me a flashback to when we used to do that with Chris Samba.......

[OCD]

Apparently there was a kid with a sign asking Diaby for his shirt, and the ground staff took it off him before the game, which made him cry. Diaby found him after the game and gave him the shirt. How nice. (might be video on twitter but I can't access that these days)

the kid had a sign for Diaby but some fucking miserable steward made him take it down and might even have thrown it away from the video. The club helped him connect with Diaby after the game and he got a shirt from his hero. I nice ending.

Incident

https://x.com/WhatTheForkLads/status/1717624463561310663?s=20

With Diaby

https://x.com/MenInBlazers/status/1717620478745973098?s=20

It's a shame replica shirts cost £70 and it's come to kids having to take signs to games in order to get a Villa top.

[Risso]

Apparently there was a kid with a sign asking Diaby for his shirt, and the ground staff took it off him before the game, which made him cry. Diaby found him after the game and gave him the shirt. How nice. (might be video on twitter but I can't access that these days)

the kid had a sign for Diaby but some fucking miserable steward made him take it down and might even have thrown it away from the video. The club helped him connect with Diaby after the game and he got a shirt from his hero. I nice ending.

Incident

https://x.com/WhatTheForkLads/status/1717624463561310663?s=20

With Diaby

https://x.com/MenInBlazers/status/1717620478745973098?s=20

It's a shame replica shirts cost £70 and it's come to kids having to take signs to games in order to get a Villa top.

That's a bit of a leap mate, he's not exactly begging for food because his parents can't afford to eat. Plus he was in the Netherlands, so his parents could obviously afford a match ticket, flight and hotel.

It was a nice touch by the club, but I hate those signs, and now there are going to be loads of similar X Factor style sob stories doing the rounds, I'm sure. It's just a sense of entitlement.