Aston Villa v AZ Alkmaar Post-Match Thread

[Nii Lamptey]

Shite night out tbh.
Some dopey bitch pulled out in front of me on the Hagley road, then drove off before I could get her details, costing me a replacement front bumper at the very least…. then I ended up sitting through a pretty lacklustre performance from both the team and the fans. Well worth the effort! 🙄
3pts in the bag though I suppose. Onto Sunday. UTV

[usav]

So are we saying that VAR fucked up again?...

Twice and both times against us.

errr we scored off a corner that was a goal kick .

errr what?  you are correct, but that is not reviewable by VAR, so not what we were talking about.

[AV84]

Compare our lads reactions to that tarmac head arteta.

I don't think we'd be as calm if we'd lost because of it, let's be honest.

[Hookeysmith]

Maybe I'm in a majority of one but anyone else worried about Diaby?
Think he has been completely ineffectual last 2 games and is making Watkins become very isolated which is limiting our pace when we break.

[coreyfeldman]

Shite night out tbh.
Some dopey bitch pulled out in front of me on the Hagley road, then drove off before I could get her details, costing me a replacement front bumper at the very least…. then I ended up sitting through a pretty lacklustre performance from both the team and the fans. Well worth the effort! 🙄
3pts in the bag though I suppose. Onto Sunday. UTV

Let's not refer to women as bitches eh, not helpful is it

[brontebilly]

Didn't see the game tonight but good to get back to winning ways after last Sunday. Emery rotated the squad a bit too with Cash, Luiz and Torres given a breather. Maybe a bit worrying that Moreno not given a minute yet. Any of Lenglet, Carlos, Tielemans, Bailey suggest they deserve more game time?

[Nev]

One of those nights that I hope become routine.
YT was our best player and fair play to him for putting people like me straight.

Scruffy now and again, not always smooth but in the grand scheme of things, this is not bad, not bad at all....

[Somniloquism]

[Astnor]

I thought we looked a good team and played fluid football until Cash and Zaniolo came on. Tielemans had a good game and Luiz brought the quality that won us the game I also thought. Pleased for Watkins gettng a goal - he was not that involved with the ball all the time but he seems to run around a lot in front trying making himself available and making space for others - thought he had a good game.

[coreyfeldman]

Didn't see the game tonight but good to get back to winning ways after last Sunday. Emery rotated the squad a bit too with Cash, Luiz and Torres given a breather. Maybe a bit worrying that Moreno not given a minute yet. Any of Lenglet, Carlos, Tielemans, Bailey suggest they deserve more game time?

Tielemans motm for me, lenglet was very good, Carlos was decent though those two look like they need more minutes as a pair generally but they played well. Bailey was involved in all our good moments but also classic him gave the ball away a lot and often held on to it for too long.

Moreno  - it was his first time on the bench after months, I imagine he's holding him back for sunday

[Nii Lamptey]

If it was a guy I’d call him a b’stard (or probably far worse). She’s broken the law, driving off after causing an accident, whilst also causing me a lot of expense and inconvenience weeks before Christmas. I would absolutely not use that term to describe women generally, but I think I’m  absolutely well within my rights to use that term on this occasion. Thanks.

[Somniloquism]

I was surprised how many times Kamara was furthest forward of the midfielders, especially with Tielemans being a better "attacking" mid.

[AV84]

Didn't see the game tonight but good to get back to winning ways after last Sunday. Emery rotated the squad a bit too with Cash, Luiz and Torres given a breather. Maybe a bit worrying that Moreno not given a minute yet. Any of Lenglet, Carlos, Tielemans, Bailey suggest they deserve more game time?

Emery seems quite good at protecting players, so I don't think chasing a game against a physical enough side is the time to bring on a player who hasn't played in about 6 months. Obviously we'll have to put him on at some point, but I'd imagine the ideal scenario is 20/25 minutes at the end of the Fulham game, and if he's still in one piece after that, he may well start against Spurs.

[RamboandBruno]

Decent game and lively in the ground in parts, though went a bit flat towards the end.
Tielemans and Kamara played well, Lenglet was ok, but he’s not as good as Torres. Konsa is better than Diego and Lenglet at CB but is not a right back.

Lenglets goal not incorrectly ruled out, we stroll that 3 or 4 nil.

Dougie’s pass for Watkins goal was Sidesque. It reminded me so much of how Cowans and Platt used to combine.

We march on.

[PeterWithesShin]