Aston Villa v AZ Alkmaar Match Thread

[paul_e]

The ref has given them some really soft fouls and given us nothing.

[Rigadon]

As others have said, this is almost identical to the Forest game minus the ridiculous mistakes and odd choices of songs from home fans. 

We need to be able to break these teams down when they pack the midfield and defence. Is this a gap in our squad? 

[pauliewalnuts]

Not very happy with the way this is going. Keep giving the ball away and any chances created are spurned. One break away in the second half and we’re stuffed.

Not happy..?! We've been in their end for the whole match.

Indeed

I can’t remember seeing such a one sided match in ages.

[Goldenballs]

Wtf was that dog mask in the crowd all about?? Bizarre.

[Skerra]

Bit like the Forest match, loads of possession, loads of corners that we make nothing of and no real end product. We need to score to settle us down.

[Nelly]

I do think we've looked much more dangerous than against Forest so far.

[Toronto Villa]

Tielemans has played really well so far.

[kippaxvilla2]

Li’l Lee just said it’s like Forest.

[Goldenballs]

The commentator seems to like us, but knows jack shit about football.

[villadelph]

I do think we've looked much more dangerous than against Forest so far.

No question. The games aren't even slightly comparable.

[Chris_Jephcott]

We don’t seem to want to shift out of 2nd gear here.

[AlexAlexCropley]

They're no mugs, mind

[VillaTim]

The commentator seems to like us, but knows jack shit about football.

He also isn't clear on who is Bailey and who is Diaby

[Toronto Villa]

First time for a good while, if ever we’ve seen the team under Emery look a little lost in the final third

[paul_e]

The commentator seems to like us, but knows jack shit about football.

He also isn't clear on who is Bailey and who is Diaby

They are swapping positions constantly to be fair but yeah, he's got that wrong a few times. I think one of them mistook watkins for Bouba earlier as well.