Lille vs Aston Villa post-match thread

[Astnor]

Was yellow actually shown to Emi during the shootout? Ref had it in his hands walking over t0 him but I didnt really see it holden up in the air being shown to him. Could have been me.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Well played Matty Cash, looked our most likely scorer all evening, and what a screamer to keep us in it, a goal that will live long in the memory.

[passport1]

We march on. Excellent weeks work. Onwards and upwards.

[villadelph]

Well played Matty Cash, looked our most likely scorer all evening, and what a screamer to keep us in it, a goal that will live long in the memory.

Agreed! His first game back he goes for 120 minutes, scores the vital goal to get us back in it and smashes a pen.

He might not have been at his sharpest, but certainly doesn't deserve all the flak.

[Lastfootstamper]

I don't think Martinez did much wrong, really. Nothing that warranted a yellow card. It's football, it's emotional, he's a character. He makes the game better. He's a lead guitarist amongst a peer group of bass players and drummers.

[wolfman999]

I understand a lot of it is about getting in the zone and there isn’t a single goalie on the planet I’d prefer to have in a shoot out but…..deep down do you wish he’d turn it down a notch?

Eh, no.

[Cliftonville Villlain]

Emi is the best keeper in the world by a country mile - the last two matches have shown that. That stop against Arsenal at nil each and those saves tonight. Wow. Oh, and shithousery and winding up ultras are an added bonus.

[dave shelley]

UTV!

[villadelph]

I don't think Martinez did much wrong, really. Nothing that warranted a yellow card. It's football, it's emotional, he's a character. He makes the game better. He's a lead guitarist amongst a peer group of bass players and drummers.

I don't either.. he said in the post-match interview that there was no ball in the box so he went to a ball boy to get one, and the referee booked him. The whole world was confused because the referee was fucking ridiculous and made a fool of himself tonight.

The Lille fans abused him all night and they can't take a little shimmy after a penalty shootout? Soft.

[Drummond]

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Special credit to Ollie; the wonderful Lille fans tried so hard to put him off with withholding then throwing the ball on the pitch and even slipping he was ice cool.

Yep. Great penalty by Ollie (I was looking through my fingers)

Now we know he can take a penalty, Southgate has to have him in the Euros squad in June now!

[paul_e]

I don't think Martinez did much wrong, really. Nothing that warranted a yellow card. It's football, it's emotional, he's a character. He makes the game better. He's a lead guitarist amongst a peer group of bass players and drummers.

The yellow card in normal play was a fucking terrible decision as well, I'm utterly convinced the ref got confused by how many times Emi was stood in open play with the ball at his feet waiting to be closed down and had it in his head that he'd been time wasting so was looking for the first possible chance to book him. I don't think he'd taken any longer ofver that goal kick than any other in the game.

[Forge10]

It was like an all-dayer, they showed their first goal and it was still sunny. ☀️

[Astnor]

Well played Matty Cash, looked our most likely scorer all evening, and what a screamer to keep us in it, a goal that will live long in the memory.

Agreed! His first game back he goes for 120 minutes, scores the vital goal to get us back in it and smashes a pen.

He might not have been at his sharpest, but certainly doesn't deserve all the flak.

Might be that he dosent deserve all but also seems to me that sometimes he so clumsy and missable with the ball and his running that it s bit comedy and that its a bit rare at this level so that shoudnt go unoticed either.

[rob_bridge]

After seemingly decades of being a soft touch and rolling over at VP for the big boys, we are mixing it up good and proper with them.

Martinez is an on pitch personification.