Aston Villa v AZ Alkmaar Post-Match Thread

[tomd2103]

Oh yeah and Douglas Luiz's ball for Watkins' goal was a touch of class.  Rolled back the clock over 30 years there and reminded me of a Gordon Cowans pass and David Platt header.

[AV84]

Edit: It seems Wiki needs updating if AV84 is drawing directly from UEFA. However if we bought four players, we could only field three in Europe.

Yeah, that's straight from the UEFA website. I do wonder though if we can remove players from the list of registered players. Like Chambers, for example. Can we take him out and register Kellyman instead. And then add 3 new signings too? Or is it then squad already named + 3?

[VillaTim]

Emery genius getting the full squad effect. He does know a bit about winning in Europe .

[AV84]

Edit: It seems Wiki needs updating if AV84 is drawing directly from UEFA. However if we bought four players, we could only field three in Europe.

Yeah, that's straight from the UEFA website. I do wonder though if we can remove players from the list of registered players. Like Chambers, for example. Can we take him out and register Kellyman instead. And then add 3 new signings too? Or is it then squad already named + 3?

According to goal.com

The squad size in list A cannot excede 25 by any means. So if a club has to register 3 new players, then an equal number must be replaced.

If a club makes more than 3 new signings in January, then they have to choose 3 players they wish to have registered. The rest have to sit out.

So if we sign 3, we can add 3. Or we could do 2 and Kellyman. But if we already have 25 on list A, then we have to remove people.

[olaftab]

A subdued game on and off the pitch. Really glad we won, but it was a bit too pedestrian at times.

I thought Tielemans played well especially in the first half, but not sure Lenglet and Carlos are that suited to the high line, but I guess they don't play much.

Don’t agree with your first paragraph. It was actually a very good game and I thought Villa Park was quite lively.
I do agree that Tielemans was very good and surprised when subbed.

[BC54 VFC]

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.

You most certainly are. Just ignore any wet wipes on here. Sorry to learn about your misfortune.

[dave.woodhall]

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.

You most certainly are. Just ignore any wet wipes on here. Sorry to learn about your misfortune.

Less of that, please.

[BC54 VFC]

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.

You most certainly are. Just ignore any wet wipes on here. Sorry to learn about your misfortune.

Less of that, please.

WTF?

[dave.woodhall]

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.

You most certainly are. Just ignore any wet wipes on here. Sorry to learn about your misfortune.

Less of that, please.

WTF?

'Wet wipes' is a bit childish.

[BC54 VFC]

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.

You most certainly are. Just ignore any wet wipes on here. Sorry to learn about your misfortune.

Less of that, please.

WTF?

'Wet wipes' is a bit childish.

Very true in this scenario, though.

[dave.woodhall]

It's not true in any scenario.

[BC54 VFC]

It's not true in any scenario.

Well, we'll just have to disagree on that one!!

[Percy McCarthy]

So Im not sure what Mr & Mrs Dufus on TNT were talking about by rimming AZ all game. A

You must have been watching a different TNT to me, I thought they spent the entire 90 minutes practically sucking us off, they were so effusive in praising us.

The last ten minutes was borderline embarassing as they went on and on about how clever we are, closing down the game effortlessly.

I genuinely thought the whole match was the most fawning coverage I've heard in ages.

Yeah the bloke who kept calling Bailey Diaby is a massive fan of ours .

He got Bailey/Diaby, Kamara/Tielemans and Torres/Digne all mixed up.

[Matt C]

If that early goal had stood (as it should) we were headed for a comfortable evening but as it turned out AZ grew into the game. Not a vintage performance but we stayed calm and were deserved winners in the end. After a tricky opening game we’re now in control of our destiny in the group.

[tomd2103]

Just watched the highlights back.  Cannot fathom the logic why the goal in the first few minutes was chalked off.  Were they saying that Bailey was offside when the ball was headed?  Surely he was nowhere near interfering with play at that point and only became 'active' after the AZ player had cleared the ball off the line?

What a bizarre decision.  Saying that, I've just seen the decision to rule out Liverpool's equaliser in Feance and that's an awful one as well.