Lille vs Aston Villa - Conf League QF 2nd leg - pre match chatter

[Somniloquism]

Maybe edit the opening post to remind folk of the early kick-off time, (5.45pm).

But for TV it is 12:45pm

[eamonn]

2-0

That's what you said for the Arsenal game...

[Demitri_C]

Hoping legion prediction comes true again 🙏

[PhilVill]

Hard game but a 2-1 win. Villa set the standards for themselves on Sunday, if I was Uni, I'd be demanding that they don't drop between now and end of May...

[London Villan]

It’s got to come from the players. Sunday will have hopefully given them the belief they can stay unbeaten until the end of the season.

[andyh]

I wasn't that optimistic at full time last Thursday but after yesterday? We'll FTF!

My thoughts precisely

[ADVILLAFAN]

Lille haven't played a game since facing us, so hoping they are tired (more than well-rested).

[olaftab]

Hard game but a 2-1 win. Villa set the standards for themselves on Sunday, if I was Uni, I'd be demanding that they don't drop between now and end of May...

Yes however I hope the reaction isn't similar to When we beat city and arsenal in 3 days and followed it up with a poor run of results.

[eamonn]

Lille haven't played a game since facing us, so hoping they are tired (more than well-rested).

They've been shaking like shitting puppies since watching our game on Sunday.

[KevinGage]

Depends how much Sunday took out of us

We played with a degree of control not seen for the last few months, so it's not as if we should be completely knackered.

But Lille are a good side; well capable of getting an early goal or two (partic on their own patch) and taking the game away from us. In that scenario, do we go all in and chase? Prob not, with what we have coming up.

[Drummond]

Of course we do. It's a trophy.

[itbrvilla]

Depends how much Sunday took out of us

We played with a degree of control not seen for the last few months, so it's not as if we should be completely knackered.

But Lille are a good side; well capable of getting an early goal or two (partic on their own patch) and taking the game away from us. In that scenario, do we go all in and chase? Prob not, with what we have coming up.

They have no choice but to attack us. They will leave themselves vulnerable

[usav]

They have no choice but to attack us. They will leave themselves vulnerable

That's what I'm thinking.  They were happy to sit in at VP, they have to come at us on Thursday, should leave gaps.

[Demitri_C]

Just hope if we concede early we dont fall apart like often has been case this season

If we score early silence the crowd i think we go through

[Flamingo Lane]

The more I think about our win at Arsenal, and the way we did it (and I've been thinking about it a lot), the more important I think it is for us to actually go and win this competition, and lay a firm foundation for an exciting few years. That said, the game is massive for Lille as well, and I'm sure this will be tough. 1-1, I reckon.