Aston Villa v Legia Warsaw Match Thread

[LeonW]

Solid team. Olsen will be fine. Very happy with that. Welcome back Alex Moreno. And hoping to see Jhonny D put in a great display.

This post has got the potential to age very badly.

Or cause needless mass hysteria.

Martinez isn't going to start every match, even when fit. The levels of breakdown whenever olsen starts are kinda silly

So if we have to play a load of extra games in February because Olsen drops a clanger and we chose to put Martinez on the bench, therefore finishing as runners up in the group, that won’t be kinda silly?

It's so so so boring lads, the same shit every time

Bizarre.

[tomd2103]

Solid team. Olsen will be fine. Very happy with that. Welcome back Alex Moreno. And hoping to see Jhonny D put in a great display.

This post has got the potential to age very badly.

Or cause needless mass hysteria.

Mass hysteria?  Can't say I saw scenes of mass panic on the streets of Witton on the walk down to the ground.

[tomd2103]

Legia fans not overly happy

https://twitter.com/CharDuncker/status/1730306265551659340

Still not in the ground.

[pauliewalnuts]

Legia fans

https://twitter.com/LegionisciCom/status/1730297793216942246

Pet Shop Boys fans too by the sound of them, the barsterds! Now I have Go West earworm.

West End Poles.

Domino Gdansking.

Lech Make Lots of Money.

[PeterWithesShin]

https://twitter.com/CharDuncker/status/1730308155597353202

[PeterWithe]

I’ve never been sure about that old adage of if you treat people like animals; they’ll behave like them. Guess we might find out.

[Brazilian Villain]

Legia fans not overly happy

https://twitter.com/CharDuncker/status/1730306265551659340

What have they, what have they done to deserve this?

[Toronto Villa]

The current police posture causes hostility but it’s also what comes from a supporter group that gains that reputation. Police can inflame the situation but they will also be panned by fans and the media of anything happens that could have been avoided. And it’s always a minority that ruins it for the majority.

[eamonn]

Legia fans

https://twitter.com/LegionisciCom/status/1730297793216942246

Pact Shop Boys

A Man Could Get Arrested

(Deep-cut, may have been the b-side to West End Girls. I should know really, they were top of my Spotify Unwrapped).

[lovejoy]

I’ve never been sure about that old adage of if you treat people like animals; they’ll behave like them. Guess we might find out.

I was thinking the same. Not sure kettling people if they’ve done nothing wrong will work out in the long run, it just rules people.

[Dave]

Legia fans

https://twitter.com/LegionisciCom/status/1730297793216942246

Pet Shop Boys fans too by the sound of them, the barsterds! Now I have Go West earworm.

West End Poles.

Domino Gdansking.

Lech Make Lots of Money.

Lodz of Money was there for the taking.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm not sure the best way to diffuse any potential flashpoints is to lock them in a car park for a couple of hours when it's cold, and not let them in the ground with less than half an hour to kick off.

[lovejoy]

It’s pronounced Wudj. (Łódź).

[PeterWithesShin]

It's also worth remembering that while there will be some twats in their support, their normal fans that are just like us are also being treated like shit.

[Goldenballs]

What's the reasoning for the police to be doing that to them?

Seems a pretty shitty thing to do to them, if it was our fans being treated like that away in Europe then I think we'd be pretty pissed off.